2022-02-23 14:54
Is Apple’s Qualcomm relationship already on the rocks?
Apple and Qualcomm have never enjoyed the easiest relationship and the two companies were involved in litigation before they agreed to a peace deal that popped Qualcomm’s 5G radios inside iPhones.
2022-02-23 12:00
A hidden gem in Gboard on Android
Few things bring me as much geeky pleasure as uncovering clever new ways to save time with text input on Android. And for my money, no keyboard comes close to the level of consistency, quality, and caliber of features as Google's own Gboard
2022-02-22 20:12
Slack outage stymies some business users
Some Slack users were unable to access the popular collaboration app on Tuesday.
2022-02-22 19:36
No, Microsoft, don’t require an account to set up Windows 11
Dear Microsoft — we need to talk.
2022-02-22 18:09
Apple’s new workplace transition isn’t going well
Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, employees have developed new expectations of what they want from their workplace. Many large organizations are facing problems meeting these new needs — and Apple is one of them.
2022-02-22 16:01
Trello introduces Dashcards to boost portfolio work tracking
Trello today unveiled several new features to its platform designed to help users better track and prioritize their work. The move comes a year after the work management tool overhauled its platform and introduced Trello views, which allo
2022-02-22 15:22
Human errors cause significant IT security problems for small businesses
Candid Wüest recalls the time he worked with a client whose systems became infected with ransomware after an employee fell for a phishing attempt. The individual was tricked into downloading and running a file, believing it had come from s
2022-02-22 13:00
Don’t be Coinbase. Don’t crash your site.
I hated the Coinbase Super Bowl ad immediately. The last thing I want is for yet more people to be conned into buying into a Bitcoin pyramid scheme. I also thought, as I saw that colorful QR code bouncing around the screen like a screensave
2022-02-22 12:00
Why workforce management faces a daunting post-COVID world
Over the past two years, COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the workforce in many ways. More people work from home or other remote locations, meaning when and how they do their jobs has changed dramatically. And temporary and "gig" workers have
2022-02-22 11:14
Signing up with a cloud provider? Don't forget to set an exit plan
In my last post, I wrote about a cloud platform (Rackspace) that made leaving its environment impressively difficult. So it makes sense now to explore ways companies can better prepare for an exit — and precisely how to exit when the time