Skype has an embarrassing bug where a simple set of characters, easily mistyped, will crash the iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows apps plus (as we just discovered) Skype for Windows. The characters are http://: (note the extra colon)which is easily done when typing a web link. We just tried sending that text from the latest […]
Facebook has made Microsoft look bad with their latest innovation: encrypted email. Facebook probably didn’t mean to do it, but their announcement shows up Microsoft’s lack of proper support for secure email. First the good news … Facebook now has the option to have their maintenance emails sent in encrypted form, which include password reminder/reset […]
The US Scripps National Spelling Bee is over for another year with another tie between two amazing young people. Both winners are impressive to us mere mortals but also compared to Microsoft Office. As we have for the last few years, we’ve made a list of the championship words to see how Microsoft Office’s English […]
We’ve just released Clever Outlook Contacts, an extensive guide to Outlook’s Contacts list and using that list on many computers, phones and devices. The Contacts part of Microsoft Outlook 2013 & 2010 is quite amazing. It goes far beyond just recording phone numbers and addresses. Far beyond just Outlook on a Windows computer. Stuff you need to know, […]
This week has seen three bits of news from Microsoft about more apps and features coming our way. Let’s have a look at what’s supposedly in store; Flow, Office Now and OneClip. Two could be interesting and useful, the other will send chills up the spine of anyone with a shred of interest in their […]
