Spotify has 100 million users but Apple Music remains a threat

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spotify-discover-weekly-100597299-largeAccording to a new report in The Telegraph, Spotify has reached 100 million active users every month and 30 percent of those users are paid subscribers. Those figures certainly sound impressive, but it’s interesting to note that Spotify reported a similar figure of paid subscribers back in March. This means that Spotify’s paid subscribers have remained pretty stagnant at 30 million in the last three months. Check out this article from PCWorld.com

9 Tips For a Minimalist & More Efficient Mac Experience

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mac-minimalist-644x373Your Mac’s interface is clean and beautiful as it is, but by making a few visual and functional tweaks here and there, you can polish it up some more and speed things up all around. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com

How to Customize Microsoft Word Layout Settings

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customize-word-644x373Microsoft Word now arrives on our systems chocked full of useful templates, styles, and themes to help shape the layout of your document. Microsoft has created a pretty good system: immensely open for an absolute novice, but with enough depth to be consistently used throughout the business world. Check out more of this article from MakeUseOf.com

GoToMyPC hit with hack attack; users need to reset passwords

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hackers_security_password-100004008-galleryIf you use Citrix’s GoToMyPC remote desktop access service, you need to change your password. According to a post published to GoToMyPC’s system status page, the service experienced a hack attack this weekend, and it’s now requiring all users to reset their passwords before logging in to the service. More from this new article in PCWorld.com

Twitch fights view-inflating bot makers with lawsuit

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twitch-logo-100368820-galleryTwitch has just about had it with bots that artificially inflate view counts for videos. In fact, it’s taking the makers of such bots to court. Check out this article from PCWorld.com

Microsoft buys Wand to boost its chat-centric “conversations as a platform” vision

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Satya Nadella wasn’t kidding when he said earlier this year that he believed in using chat as a platform for computing. Microsoft just bought Wand, a chat app for iOS, to further that vision. Check this article from PCWorld.com

Excel pro tips: Importing and parsing data

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microsoft_excel_logo_primary-100567253-largeData imported from other spreadsheets or databases is already separated into fields, using something called a field delimiter—a comma, tab, space, or custom character—to separate one field from another. These databases import easily into Excel and place all the fields in separate columns. If your company pays bills and/or banks online, these sites usually offer copies of the company’s records in electronic form. CSV (comma separated values) is the most common data exchange format and, if offered, the best one to use. But what happens when all the data imports into one cell? Check out how on this article from PCWorld.com