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

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

Microsoft will let business users opt out of Windows 10 tracking

There has been at least a low hum of concern around new features in Windows 10 that send information back to Microsoft. The company has mostly kept quiet about those concerns, until now. Check this article from PCWorld.com

How To Make Quick Videos and GIF Animations Of Screencasts (And Why)

If you write a blog or organize information for your company wiki, you no doubt need to take thousands of screenshots showing people how to do certain things on your computer. And one thing most people know from reading the sorts of documentation full of screenshots is this: It’s boring. This article from MakeUseOf.com

Migrate to Linux without Leaving Windows Behind with a Virtual Machine Conversion

You can have the best of both worlds: run Linux and still have convenient access to your Windows-only applications. Better yet, instead of setting up a dual boot, you can merge the two by importing your current Windows installation with all its installed programs into a virtual machine running in Linux. How is this miracle possible? More of this article from MakeUseOf.com