Microsoft Office may be the de facto productivity tool for millions of workers worldwide, but it’s no monolith. Rather than a single, towering smooth-black Office, there’s a whole Stonehenge of options: Office on the iPhone, on iPad, Office on Android smartphones, Office on personal computers, Windows and macOS, Office with a handful of applications, Office […]
Once upon a time, making a choice about how you updated Windows was easy: Let Microsoft decide. The company had a release cycle, and you went along for the ride. Those days seem so quaint now. Today there are multiple versions of “rings” and “channels,” with what seems like impossible-to-understand nomenclature. Should you update Windows 10 […]
I saw a very interesting report this week — from the reliable XDA Developers.com site — that the upcoming Android OS, Android Q, will let IT shops downgrade apps. That means that if a third-party app or even Android native app update presents problems, such as conflicting with other apps or opening a security hole […]
Google Play Protect does screen every app for malware before a user downloads the app, but the tech giant still has more to do. Google very recently pulled out 29 camera and photo editing apps from the Play Store after they were found to be pushing obtrusive ads, scam users and even steal content. An investigation carried […]
The product categories in the CPU marketplace are rapidly eroding. Intel and AMD have spent the last year and a half furiously releasing new products, and tweaking their lines to take on the competition. In some cases, prices have been slashed. In others, it’s meant CPUs have had more cores or threads packed in. The […]
Just when you thought Facebook has put the worst of its troubles behind, the social media giant revealed on Friday that it had experienced a new security incident that possibly affected 90 million users. However, unlike previous scandals, in which malicious actors used legitimate features of the Facebook app and APIs for their evil ends, this was a […]
PDFs are great for when you need to share official documents, but they can be more difficult to work with than other file formats when you need to edit or fill them out. Thankfully, we’re here to help with that. I frequently need to sign PDF letters and forms from folks like courier companies and […]
A WhatsApp VP says the messaging service will start showing ads alongside its popular Status feature. Speaking at an event in New Delhi, WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels said that the ads would be the service’s “primary monetisation mode for the company” and would offer “an opportunity for businesses to reach people.” No timeline was […]
Today, Google unveiled one of the biggest Gmail updates in the service’s history. There’s a new Confidential Mode, the ability to set expiration dates and passcodes for emails, and other advanced security features. Not all of the features are here yet (confidential mode is rolling out in “the coming weeks”), but upgrading now will give […]
Whether it’s Captain America, Ironman, Wonder Woman or the machines of Transformers – we all have our favorite superheroes. So, when you get the chance to play one of them — at least in the gaming world — then why let the chance slide? This week, we have curated the top five superhero games for […]
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