Toshiba Chromebook 2 . If You Hadn’t Noticed, Chromebooks are Making Waves in the PC Market Chromebooks use Google’s lightweight desktop operating system, Chrome OS. They are tuned for performance, and more than capably keep pace with Microsoft Windows (or Apple’s offerings) for school, light work, browsing, streaming, research and more. Along with being technically capable devices, … Continue reading
Background These days you might want to add images to email, Twitter, website posts, and a variety of other places, all from the convenience of your smartphone. There are many ways you can work with images using your phone. You can use any combination of free or paid apps to get the job done. Depending … Continue reading
Background Recently, I had to replace an old PC running Windows XP with a newer PC that had a newer version of Windows on it. Swapping out PCs is simple, but when you want to move programs, files, and settings from one PC to another it’s another story. The task is made especially complex when … Continue reading
Dual Booting Between Windows 10 & Linux Mint 17.3 is Convenient Setting up a PC as a Windows 10 and Linux Mint 17.3 Dual Boot device is not too difficult, though it requires following certain configuration steps. Once in place, Dual Boot provides a boot menu from which you can choose to go into either Windows or Linux. … Continue reading
Awesome Speed of LiFi Demonstrated LiFi, or Light Fidelity, is a fast light-based wireless Internet technology. LiFi has attracted attention recently because an Estonian company called Velmenni conducted a real-world test where it was able to transfer data between devices at 1 Gbps, which is roughly 100 times faster than Wi-Fi in the real world. In lab tests, the … Continue reading
Project Fi is Google’s Official Cellular Service Project Fi is designed to be a very cost-effective, comprehensive, yet simple to use service. From my experience, signing up was a breeze, transferring my cell number from another carrier was quick & painless, and monitoring my account via the Project Fi website was easy — including … Continue reading
The new Pixel C — First Completely Google-Made Tablet The Pixel C hybrid Android tablet was briefly shown off at Google’s Nexus 5X & 6P smartphone launch in San Francisco nearly a month ago. We saw how sleek the Pixel C looks, were shown the flexibility of the keyboard dock, and were give a lowdown on … Continue reading
Upgrading to Windows 10? Not so fast, you should take a look at these articles first… Windows 10 Service Release 1 — After Just One Week. Really, Microsoft? Out just a week and already Microsoft is rolling out Windows 10 Service Release 1, a fix for all sorts of bugs. Is Windows 10 perhaps not … Continue reading
Google’s Project Loon Balloons Will Provide Sri Lanka Wi-Fi Internet Google’s plan to bring internet to the world via balloon is getting off the ground in central Asia. The government of Sri Lanka announced this week that Google’s Project Loon will provide “affordable high-speed” internet coverage for the entire country, beamed from balloons floating in the atmosphere. … Continue reading
Lint Mint 17.2 Desktop Why would anyone choose Linux these days? There are several good reasons to choose mainstream Linux, including: Easy to use GUI (graphical user interface), complete with simple point and click icons & menus Install steps are straightforward, with an easy-to-use GUI installer Abundance of applications: Firefox or Chrome browser, LibreOffice office … Continue reading
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