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DROP Promises Privacy But The River Still Flows
California has new rules – the DROP platform – that could interfere with the money being made by California data brokers. The data brokers will find ways around the rules . The profile they put together by spying on you is a tiny twig carried in a rushing river of…
Beware Of The Baidu Links! Your Skype Account Might Be Hacked
If you get a link to a website with “Baidu” in the name sent through the Skype messaging system, don’t click on the link. The message will appear to come from someone you know…
Quickbooks Moves Inexorably To The Cloud
A year ago I wrote about Intuit’s promotion of Quickbooks Online and the bleak long-term prospects for the desktop version of Quickbooks. It’s not really a choice for Intuit;…
This Is Not America
A little piece of you The little peace in me Will die For this is not America Blossom fails to bloom this season Promise not to stare Too long For this is not the miracle…
Office 365 Business Plans Now Include Access
Microsoft Access, an Office program for database management, will be included with the other Office programs in the Office 365 Business and Business Premium plans, starting next…
LastPass Is Now Free On All Devices
LastPass announced this week that it is now free to use on all your devices, including computers, phones and tablets. Here’s the LastPass announcement. If you’re a LastPass user,…
Thunderbolt And Lightning, Very Very Frightening
Remember the lyric in Bohemian Rhapsody? “Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me!” It’s right before “Galileo, Galileo” and the part where everybody starts shaking…
HP Spectre X360 Joins The Best Business Laptops
The new HP Spectre X360 joins the small group of the best business laptops. A business-quality laptop costs $1,000-$1,200. The best laptops in that price range are not…
Microsoft’s Enterprise Products Are Literally Overwhelming
Overwhelm (verb) Defeat completely; give too much of a thing to someone; inundate Microsoft’s roadmap for business apps and services is overwhelming. Good news! It’s also…
Yahoo Is Dangerous And Endangered
Yahoo is in free fall. It is negotiating a sale of its Internet business to Verizon but that sale is in jeopardy, likely at least to be renegotiated to lower the price by one or…
Photo Management For Computer Users In A Mobile World
All the people who have asked me how to manage their photos on a computer are over 40. If you’re under 40 (“young’un” is the technical term), you take several hundred photos a…
Chromebooks Gain But Google Isn’t Talking
Chromebook sales are steadily increasing. In the third quarter, Windows PC sales were down 5.7% and Mac PC sales plummeted by 13%, while Chromebooks dominated back to school…
Use Splashtop For Remote Access To Office Computers
Splashtop is the best choice for remote access to office computers in small businesses. Splashtop is an alternative to LogMeIn and TeamViewer, each of which have their own…
You Might Not Want To Know How Much Google Knows About You
You have a vague idea that Google knows a lot about you. You’re right. Google has nothing to hide. It’s prepared to show you everything it has collected about you. Are you sure…
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update Update
Microsoft just keeps on making friends with its updates. Anniversary Update is a major refresh of Windows 10 with new features, changes and improvements throughout the entire OS,…
Spotify Daily Mix: Better Playlists Through Algorithms
If you’re a regular Spotify listener, you’ve got to check out the new Daily Mix playlists! Before we get to that, start with the advice: if you listen to music, you should have a…