Articles about cloud computing from a consumers perspective
I subscribe to half a dozen video streaming services and, in my opinion, not one provides a decent menu system. I’m not sure if it’s just me but I find the majority of these streaming services’ menu systems unintuitive and tedious. I won’t go into […]
Do modern appliances last as long as they used to? Jim says not. Take a look back at Jim’s 2015 article and see if you agree. Remember the old days when appliances and electronic devices actually lasted? When we were young, and our kids were
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Originally published in 2014, this is the first in a series recounting Marc’s interesting and often humorous encounters as a PC Technician, including colorful characters and unusual situations Catch up with all previous articles in Marc’s series: All A Day in the Life Of A
Two free tools to check whether customer reviews on Amazon are legitimate. I believe that most online shoppers would read customer product reviews as part of their decision-making process, I know I do. These two AI-powered tools will filter out fake reviews and present a
Following my article on Google’s Magic Eraser, I decided to subscribe to Google One in the end, mainly to take advantage of said Eraser and all the other premium photo tools available. Some can be used in the free 15GB basic account, but the really
Of all the usual PC peripherals, multifunction inkjet printers must surely be the weakest link. The thing that bugs me most about these printers is the ongoing cost of keeping them supplied with ink. With the exorbitant price of genuine replacement ink cartridges, the less
Like many others of my age, I grew up with 45s, LPs, and cassettes, long before music went digital. Our idea of a playlist was the rather burdensome, yet exciting process of carrying a box of cherished records to a party, perhaps even with a
Overview In 2013, Amazon launched the AmazonSmile program offering Amazon Prime members an opportunity to give money to a charity every time they shop. The AmazonSmile tagline is “You Shop. Amazon Gives” and Amazon says that the members can “Experience feel-good shopping” when shopping on
I have written about the pitfalls of online shopping previously but with Christmas around the corner and more and more people shopping online, I thought it might be timely to repeat some of the steps to help consumers avoid a disappointing, or even disastrous, online
Seems to me that big tech – and we’re talking Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc, – are out of control and treating users with disdain. Whatever happened to customer support and why is there no longer any human contact with these major online presences? Microsoft: Microsoft’s
Google’s App Install Optimization Recently, I have been getting a lot of apps appearing on my phone. After a little research, I noticed that Google’s App Install and Optimization Tool was set to on and it is the furthest thing from an optimization tool “for
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Understand Your New Computer Purchase Did you miss a great deal on buying a computer this Holiday Season? If you missed the hyped-up Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, don’t worry, most retailers will offer great deals through January and particularly in February when overstocks
With the holidays behind us, we need to get back to reality. During this time of the year, we get to figure out where all our money went. At least that is what I do at the beginning of every year. Most of us probably
Not really a fan of online storage but I finally bit the bullet and decided to upload a few things to Google Drive. If you have a Google account, you automatically have access to 15 GB of storage on Google Drive. So the first thing
