Notepad, a simple plain text editor, is with us since earliest versions of Windows. I remember my first computer, a Pentium I-based PC with 32 MB RAM and 512 MB HDD. I was a little child and I was playing with Windows 95. I was amazed by screensaver called “The Warp Drive” and autocorrect feature on ancient Microsoft… Read More »
Future is in the cloud. You may say yes or no, but some services are already – obviously – cloud-based, like e-mail or social networks. Also, some kinds of Internet services are expected to work as cloud service – like GitHub, a code-hosting service used by many software developers. And fact, that GitHub is cloud-based service, means that… Read More »
I love my Office 365 subscription. It’s not only about Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but I also got 1 TB of space on OneDrive. If you compare solely cloud storage with competitors, like Dropbox, Microsoft’s solution is mostly the best. And as a bonus, you can have MS Office apps on all your devices, all up to date.… Read More »
With OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, Apple announced new package of features called Continuity. It serves as closer connection between Macs and iOS devices. You can call from your Mac using paired iPhone or to start working on one device and to continue on another device thanks to feature called Handoff. It’s much more, and Microsoft also… Read More »
I was resisting to smartphones for the long time, though I had iPad already, but finally I decided to get my first smartphone. It was Lumia 640 running Windows Mobile. It was low-end model, but system was very fast and without lags. I had also some Android smartphones before I finally got an iPhone, and I have to… Read More »
Adobe products are here for years and became the industry standard. Since Adobe changed its pricing policy and turned into subscription model, many users are finding alternatives. The best competitor is Serif. It released Affinity Photo as Adobe Photoshop killer and Affinity Designer to replace Adobe Illustrator. Serif released its product for Mac and Windows, and, of course,… Read More »
Apple’s apps for Windows PC, like iTunes, QuickTime or Safari, are trash. And the same applies to iCloud for Windows. Every big platform, like Apple, Microsoft and Google, requires its own bloated account. Do you want to use Word on your Android device? Then you need both bloated Google and bloated Microsoft account. And then to join Apple… Read More »
With upcoming macOS Catalina and iPadOS, a new feature was added – Sidecar. Essentially, you can connect an iPad to your Mac – by cable or wirelessly – and enjoy an additional space for your Mac. As I’m not developer and I don’t have a developer account, I can’t try it on myself yet, but reports say that… Read More »
Since May 7th, US city Baltimore is under ransomware attack, reports The Verge. It affected government services like its e-mail systems and systems for other government services. According to security experts, hackers used EternalBlue, a “technology” developed by NSA for high-profile cyberattacks, which was stolen from NSA in April 2017 by hacker group The ShadowBrokers. NSA was reportedly… Read More »
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is present everywhere, even if we don’t recognize it. Our smartphones feature smart assistants like Google Assistant, Microsoft’s Cortana, Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri. Some of the high-end mobile SoCs already include neural network accelerator, like Neural Engine in A12 chip found in iPhone Xs (including Xs Max and Xr) or AI engine in Snapdragon… Read More »
Ransomware is a plague of computer systems. In short, it encrypts files on your computer, so you can no longer access them, and ransomware typically wants payment, usually in cryptocurrency, to decrypt your files. In a lot of cases, you have also limited time to do so – otherwise you lose all your data forever. Some ransomware attacks… Read More »
At annual Build developer conference, Microsoft provided sneak peek of Edge for Mac. Edge is converting from its own rendering engine to Chromium, a rendering engine used by Google Chrome. Similarity is not only in rendering engine, but also in the look. In the past, Microsoft was developing Internet Explorer for Mac, which was default web browser for… Read More »
