Firefox’s Windows XP and Vista support will finally end in 2017
Mozilla will shut down support for its Firefox browser running on Windows XP and Windows Vista in 2017, the company said last week. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
How to Use Apple AirPods With Android Devices
After their reveal a few months ago alongside the headphone jack-less iPhone 7, you can finally buy Apple’s AirPods. Since the only way to use earbuds or headphones with the iPhone 7 is via Bluetooth, these are Apple’s new official listening solution. More of this article from MakeUseOf.com
BlackBerry Is Dead in All But Name
BlackBerry once made phones everybody wanted to own. And then the competition, namely Android and iOS — upped its game, and things quickly went sour. Now, BlackBerry is dead in all but name, with Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL acquiring the BlackBerry brand. More of this article from MakeUseOf.com
How to record audio with OneNote to supercharge your note-taking
We’re big fans of OneNote around here, but there’s one killer feature that often gets overlooked in coverage of the note-taking program: recorded audio. The ability to record audio (or video, hardware permitting) sounds pedestrian. Your PC, smartphone, or tablet could easily do that with any number of apps. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
Is Amazon Prime A Good Deal?
We’ve now had over ten years of Amazon Prime. In that decade, it has gained some notable upgrades. Once no more than a free shipping offer, Amazon Prime is now a multifaceted service that many subscribers cannot do without. More of this article from MakeUseOf.com
Yahoo breach means hackers had three years to abuse user accounts
Security researchers are disturbed it took Yahoo three years to discover that details of over 1 billion user accounts had been stolen back in 2013. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
Skype’s radical real-time voice translator now works with normal phone calls
Skype snuck an interesting new feature into its preview build of the Skype Windows Store app late last week. The new version of Skype Preview can now perform real-time spoken word translations via Skype Translator when calling landlines and mobile phones—no Skype required on the receiving end. Check out this article from PCWorld.com