How Microsoft’s Surface Book compares to Apple’s MacBook: Let’s play CPU detective

Microsoft clearly had Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro in its sights when it designed its radical Surface Book. But was it marketing hype or was Microsoft really laying down legitimate smack when it said the Surface Book offers “twice” the performance of a comparable Mac? Check this article from PCWorld.com

How To Post To Multiple Facebook Groups

Do you have something important to share and a bunch of Facebook groups ready to listen? Here’s how you can get the word out quickly. Get some tips on this article from MakeUseOf.com

How to Fix an iPhone Yourself

It happened to me. Over the course of a few weeks, the angle I needed to plug the lightning cable into my iPhone 5S got more and more specific, until one day it just wouldn’t charge. No amount of wiggling, positioning, angling, swapping cables, swearing, or praying could fix it. The Internet recommended cleaning the port with a vacuum cleaner but it did nothing; it was dead. Check this helpful article from MakeUseOf.com

3 Sure Ways to Boost Your Productivity with Google Scripts

Even if you think you’re the most efficient and productive person in the world, there is always room for improvement and Google Scripts can help. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com

Microsoft’s new Surface Dock is a smaller, yet still-potent docking solution

The new Surface Pro 4 shed ounces and thickness alike in its evolution from the Surface Pro 3, but it wasn’t the only Microsoft hardware to slim down over the past year. A new Microsoft Surface Dock announced for the Surface hardware on Tuesday assumes the form of an unassuming brick—and it’s downright tiny compared to the gargantuan design of previous Surface-as-desktop options, which required you to slide your tablet into a large docking station. More of this article from PCWorld.com

Hands on: Microsoft’s new Band has a cleaner design, but its fate remains murky

Microsoft’s new Band curves like a bracelet, arcing over your wrist in a clean plastic line. How the Band slides from one activity to the next has been smoothed out as well, enough to give the Band a slick sheen the first lacked. Check this article from PCWorld.com

Microsoft improves sharing in OneNote Class Notebooks as school year plows on

Microsoft took aim at the classroom when it launched a version of one OneNote for students and teachers last October, and on Monday it released a handful of updates roughly a month into the current school year. Check this article from PCWorld.com