The best privacy and security apps for Android
Forget malware scanners or over-the-top security suites: These are the apps that’ll actually improve your security and protect your privacy on Android. Let’s get one thing out of the way right off the bat: If you’re looking for recommendations about Android security suites or other malware-scanning software, you’ve come to the wrong place. Why? Because, like most people who closely study Android, I don’t recommend using those types of apps at all. Android malware isn’t the massive real-world threat it’s frequently…
Why recent smartphone ‘bad news’ is really good news
Smartphone shipments are in decline, Apple won’t let you change the battery and other great news. Elijah O’Donell Have you kept up with this week’s smartphone news? Smartphone shipments declined. Again. Apple’s iPhone revenue is dropping. Apple added a “software lock” to discourage you from replacing your iPhone battery. And smartphone manufacturing is fleeing China. This is all presented as bad news. In fact, it’s all good news. Here’s why. Smartphone shipments fall IDC reported last week that…
What’s behind the Google Cloud-VMware partnership?
Last week the two vendors announced a deep integration, allowing customers to run virtualised workloads on Google Cloud Platform, so what does that mean for the market and who are the target customers? © Google Cloud Following the announcement last month of a major partnership with Google Cloud, VMware worklaods can now be run on all three of the major cloud infrastructure providers, as well as Alibaba and IBM. The deal clearly signals VMware’s desire to set itself up…
When will your phone get Android Q? A data-driven upgrade guide
Wondering when the soon-to-launch Android Q software will make its way to your device? Let cold, hard data guide your guess. Google Android Q When will your phone get Android Q? A… 4 big, fat, pesky problems with Android… The real story with Android’s new… Android Q gestures: The good, the bad,… Android Q’s quietly important… SHOW MORE With Google’s final Android Q beta now out in the wild and the final Q release likely just days away, the question on everyone’s mind…
What Fairness of High-Skilled Immigrants Act means for H-1B and Indian (and trans-sahara African) IT
Scrapping the 7 percent cap on H-1B visas is sure to bring cheer to India’s IT workforce. But will it earn a vociferous “aye” among right-leaning Republicans? Here’s why India’s hiring pros think HR1044 is a win-win for US and India as well as trans-sahara Africa like Nigeria. Nearly 70 percent of IT professionals who come on H-1B visas are Indian – they are mostly young, male and hail predominantly from three southern Indian states (need we say which).…
The smart worker’s guide to using a Chromebook offline
Chrome OS may be cloud-centric at its core, but you can get plenty accomplished offline on a Chromebook — if you set things up thoughtfully in advance. Ricardo_Duque/Google Chrome OS 65 Chromebook tips for maximum… Chromebook cheat sheet: How to get… The smart worker’s guide to using a… The 15-minute Chromebook tune-up The most important thing to check… SHOW MORE Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A Chromebook is just a glorified browser in a box.…
Excel for Office 365 cheat sheet
Learn to use the best new features in Microsoft Excel for Office 365 in Windows. Microsoft Microsoft Windows may get all the press coverage, but when you want to get real work done, you turn your attention to the applications that run on it. And if you use spreadsheets, that generally means Excel. Excel is, of course, part of Microsoft’s Office suite of productivity tools. Microsoft sells Office under two models: Individuals and businesses can pay for…
For Microsoft, Windows 10 is a ‘cornerstone’ no more
For four years, Microsoft described Windows 10 as the very foundation of its ambitions. But in this year’s Form 10-K filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, that description no longer applies, raising questions about how the company now sees the OS. Thinkstock Microsoft last week struck the word “cornerstone” from its annual Form 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) when describing Windows 10, a change from four years of honoring the OS.…
