WOO ON TECH

Since Android OS version 6, the widely used smart phone platform has been vulnerable to an exploit of a feature that Google touts as a competitive advantage over its chief competition – multitasking. Without getting down into the technical weeds, the vulnerability takes advantage the operating system’s inherent ability to do multiple things at once,

Every year clients ask us what they should be watching for on Black Friday and lately, Cyber Monday as a possible replacement for their aging desktop or laptop. As online shopping has steadily stomped out brick-and-mortar outlets in the electronics and technology market, finding a good deal is a combination of vigilance, internet savvy and

It’s late and we’re fighting through a rather difficult month of technology challenges for our clients, but I wanted to make sure you got a heads-up on two important news items that happened this week. The first one actually happened months ago, but we are only hearing about it now, after the companies involved were

Many of my clients, even the ones that I’ve worked with for years, view my tech troubleshooting skills as supernatural. While some of this is attributable to the perverseness of mechanical devices, “It was doing the thing until you walked into the room, and now it’s working,” the rest of the time it looks easy

I’m sure that when the first prototypes of today’s smart speakers were demonstrated it probably felt like part of the bright, shiny future from Star Trek: Next Generation had arrived. Finally we were going to have the modern-day equivalent of Majel Barrett politely making things happen just with the power of our voice. It’s taken

Last week I explained why email continues to be the number one source of malware infections, but this week’s blog is for the TLDR crowd: how to reduce the amount of risk we incur each day using email. Enough talk, more tips, Woo! Image courtesy of cuteimage at FreeDigitalPhotos.net