Legacy apps are at risk with the September Patch Tuesday update
This week’s Patch Tuesday was an unusual update from Microsoft and we have added Windows, the Microsoft development platform, and Adobe Reader to our “Patch...
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Should the brilliant new iPad mini go Pro?
I imagine the A15 processor inside the iPad mini may deliver similar performance to what it can achieve inside the smaller iPhone. We don’t have...
Great R packages for data import, wrangling and visualization
The table below shows my favorite go-to R packages for data import, wrangling, visualization and analysis — plus a few miscellaneous tasks tossed in. The...
Best-loved productivity tools of the rich and famous
What’s that one productivity tool you simply couldn’t live without? For me, it’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the voice recognition package that, despite its many quirks and...
The problem with the Poly Studio E70 and X70
I got a briefing this week on the impressive Poly E70 conference room camera and X70 (with built-in speakers). They are impressive pieces of hardware,...
The rise of tablets: Why we don’t need laptops or phones anymore
The tablet is a provocative beast. Make a big one, and people argue over whether it could replace a laptop. Make a small one, and...
Podcast: Apple introduces the A15-powered iPhone 13, plus iOS 14.8 patches Pegasus spyware flaw
Apple announced its latest additions to its iPhone lineup, as well as a new iPad mini, at its “California Streaming” event on Tuesday. Both devices...
Apple’s challenge now: innovation at scale
Apple is the perfect illustration of what happens to a company when it achieves mass-market presence – it’s a problem of scale. Develop, manufacture, supply...
A handy hidden shortcut for taking control in Chrome on Android
One of the absolute worst parts about browsing this dusty ol’ web of ours is when you innocently open up some site — maybe, say,...
It’s been a big week for patches
This week brought updates that I consider critical for the “Big Three” — my operating system (Windows), my browser (Google Chrome) and my phone (from...