Google makes the Android operating system and so many appy work very well with Google. They make a browser (Chrome) and own of have bought a number of other companies which means that many things you do on the internet are part of the Google empire. Do you use google to search, for maps, for […]
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Black Friday
Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November), often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. In recent years, most major retailers have opened very early and offered promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many […]
Windows 10
Windows 10 is going to be released by Microsoft in 2015; probably April/May. Hopefully Microsoft will have learned from the barriers of Windows 8 – so far it is looking good. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-how-to#how-to=tab0
Microsoft Office
This is the most commonly used software product in the world (for office work- over a billion users) and a new version is now produced every 3 years. The next version is due in 2016. The next version of Windows, version 10 is due in 2015. Microsoft Office come in a number of versions, defined […]
Securing an App
Sometimes you may wish to make an app available to you alone. For example, if you do your banking on your tablet you might want an additional level of security which prevents access to the banking app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.morrison.applocklite&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sp.protector.free https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enlightment.appslocker
Microsoft OneDrive
OneDrive is free cloud storage provided by Microsoft. It allows you to save anything to the cloud, but is also ideal for saving tablet Office apps. It is available on all platforms. Android iPad
Microsoft Office for tablets
Microsoft Office is available for tablets free – but there is a catch. For editing you need an Office 365 subscription on an iPad and you need a business subscription for business access on Android and you need a Microsoft account for home use. In other words, you need a One Drive (Microsoft Cloud) account […]
Image management
Digital Images are simply images captured by an electronic device such as a digital camera or scanner. On an android tablet there is normally a camera, a photo app (which may have some editing capacity) and a gallery management tool. Picasa is a tool for managing photos, not editing them. You can upload to Picasa […]
Replacing the Windows 8 start with a Windows 7 style system
This is easily done if you cannot get to grips with Windows 8. Below are 4 popular free options, although perhaps Classic Shell is the most familiar. Pokki Classic Shell 4.0 Start Menu Reviver Start Menu 8
Make a Windows 8 machine behave like Windows 7
You have to install a different programme to change the way Windows 8 looks. One such program is: Classic Shell – http://www.classicshell.net/ It creates a very close approximation of the Windows 7 Start Menu, with all of the features in the right places. When you set up Classic Shell, go to the Start Menu Settings […]