Should You Leave Your Laptop Plugged in All the Time?
There are many things you can do to improve your laptop’s battery life. But is there anything you can do to extend the actual lifespan of the battery? Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
Archive for year: 2015
Cortana coming to the Xbox One in 2016
On Friday evening, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb—better known as Major Nelson—took to his blog to make a couple announcements. First, a new update to the Xbox Beta app for Windows 10 is on its way. We’ll get to that in a moment, but the big news is that Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant technology, will make its way to the Xbox in 2016. More of this article from PCWorld.com
Microsoft acknowledges Office 2016-OS X El Capitan crashes but lacks ETA for fix
Microsoft has acknowledged that users of its Office for Mac 2016 application suite are encountering frequent crashes and implied that it’s working on a fix, but offered no timeline for delivering an update. Check this article from PCWorld.com
Quick and Easy Safari and Opera Start Page Customization
We give a lot of attention to Firefox and Chrome, while even taking on Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. But, what about Safari and Opera? These are solid browsers and they deserve a little love too. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
Make Ubuntu Look Like Mac With the Gela Theme
Up until Ubuntu went public with Unity, out-of-the-box Linux has always been rather ugly compared to both Windows and Mac. (And depending on who you ask, Ubuntu’s Unity was even a step in the wrong direction!) Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
6 Things to Do When Facebook Goes Down
Facebook has gone down a few times recently, and though there are many things to do when this happens, they aren’t always apparent. Here’s a quick list for next time. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com.
OneDrive for Business finally gets selective sync, updated Android and iOS apps
September has been the month for companies to announce updates to their cloud storage products in order to draw business away from the competition. It’s a crowded, rough-and-tumble market, with offerings from Google, Box, Dropbox and other companies. More of this latest news from PCWorld.com