Your Android smartphone only stores the last 30 days of phone calls made or received. Your text messages are also a mess after a point, especially with contacts you talk to often. If you want to keep this data safely backed up, the new IFTTT for Android will automatically store them forever in your Google Drive. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
To the uneducated eye, Windows’ libraries are simply convenient places to store your data files, such as documents, spreadsheets, pictures, music, and videos. And they are convenient. They make it easier to find, organize and back up the most important files on your hard drive. Get some information on this article from PCWorld.com
As we recently covered, Windows 8.1 is Microsoft’s most secure release of the operating system so far. The company has completely overhauled many of the OS’s key security features whilst introducing new levels of protection such as Secure Boot and Dynamic Access Control. After critics have spent most of the last decade criticising Windows for its often lackadaisical approach to online safety, it seems the developers finally decided to listen and address their concerns. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
The term “BSOD” commonly refers to the Blue Screen of Death, a common Windows error screen that appears when a critical system fault occurs. The B in BSOD doesn’t always stand for blue, however; sometimes it can stand for black. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
Microsoft Word is a wonderfully configurable tool. You can set a default font and give every new document your preferred margins. You can re-arrange the ribbons and Quick Access Toolbar. You can record simple macros and even—if you have the programming skills—write complex ones. Check this article from PCWorld.com
On May 19th, Google updated its popular Android Gmail app to include new features like the ability to save attachments to Google Drive, in-line spam email explanations and more. Check this from MakeUseOf.com
For all of eBay’s talk about notifying users about its deep, devastating database breach—in which hackers swiped customer names, email addresses and physical addresses, phone number, date of birth, and yes, encrypted passwords—an official notification of the incident has yet to hit my inbox, and judging from reactions on Twitter, I’m not the only one being left in the dark. Get more information on this article from PCWorld.com