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Technology TrendsTop 4 Tech Trend Predictions for 2022
Over the last few decades, technology has been a driving force in business transformation and doesn't show any signs of slowing down. The fact that direct digital transformation investments are projected to total $7 trillion between 2020 and 2023 demonstrates this.1 If you want your firm to succeed, you must have the appropriate technologies to help you keep up with the changing business world.
January 12, 2022 3 min -
Technology TrendsNew Windows 11 Bug Found With Displaying HDR Content
If you're one of the early adopters of Windows 11 then you may have already experienced the latest bug that crept into the mix as of build 21H2.
January 12, 2022 2 min -
Technology TrendsFCC Approves Plans For WiFi 6 To Open Wireless Spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gets a lot of bad press. Sometimes there are good reasons for that but much of the time there are not really any good reasons. As the nation's lead spectrum regulator their primary job is to balance all needs and factors. They are supposed to arrive at decisions that do the best for the greatest number of people.
January 11, 2022 2 min -
Technology TrendsSkype Adds Zoom Feature And Additional Modern Updates
Are you a Skype user? If so be aware that Microsoft (the company that owns Skype) just added a handy new feature you may want to start taking advantage of right away. The next time you update your software you'll be able to zoom in on a screen shared by the user you're communicating with.
January 10, 2022 2 min -
Technology TrendsMicrosoft Teams Gets End To End Encryption
Two months ago, Microsoft began rolling out support for end-to-end encryption for all Teams calls. Given the pandemic and the increased demand for Teams and services like it, that was a very big deal.
December 30, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsAndroid Can Track AirTags And Similar Devices With New App
The Apple and Android ecosystems just took another step toward melding together with the release of a new App built by Apple.
December 28, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsVoice Commands Getting New Attention In Windows 11
For a few years now Microsoft has been experimenting with voice commands. Their early experiments were limited to contexts that resided wholly inside specific applications however.
December 25, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsMicrosoft Office Is Rolling Out A New User Interface
Microsoft is making a few UI changes across its entire product line in anticipation of rolling out Windows 11. Early this year (2021) the company announced that they were updating the UI for Office 365 and Office 2021.
December 16, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsMicrosoft Paint Got A Makeover After Recent Update
Microsoft has had a long and interesting relationship with its venerable "Paint" app.
December 13, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsMicrosoft Really Wants People To Use Their Edge Browser
It's no real secret that Microsoft has never been a big fan of Chrome, FireFox, or any other web browser that it didn't build. The company clearly hasn't gotten over the fact that it lost the browser wars and lost them handily. That's why it keeps trying periodically to reinvent the wheel offering up new and improved versions first of its "Internet Explorer" browser and more recently of Microsoft Edge.
December 11, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsLatest iPhone Update May Fix Dropped Calls Problem
Do you own an iPhone 12 or 13? Have you been dealing with dropped calls? If so then Apple has good news and a fix for that. Simply upgrade to iOS 15.11 and you should be good to go.
December 7, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsBlue Screen On Windows 11 Could Be Audio Driver Issue
Sometimes the development process is smooth and sometimes it's not so smooth. Right now Windows 11's development is falling into that latter category. Recently Windows Engineers announced a serious issue plaguing the OS.
December 2, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsYouTube Will Start Hiding Dislike Counts From Public
Some months back YouTube announced that it would begin experimenting with the notion of hiding the number of down votes or dislikes that displayed content receives.
December 1, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsYou Can Now Easily Block Users in Spotify
Are you a Spotify user? Have you found yourself wanting or needing to block another user?
November 30, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsTwitter Will No Longer Auto-Crop Photos On The Web
Twitter hasn't had a very good relationship with auto-cropping. Images just haven't historically displayed very well on the platform.
November 29, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsLegacy Contacts Shares Data From Those Who Have Passed
The internet has been around for a while at this point and it has brought to mind an issue we've never had to deal with until now.
November 25, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsTwitter Rolls Out New Paid Plan Called Twitter Blue
One of the things that has allowed social media platforms to grow so quickly and utterly dominate the internet is the fact that they're free to use.
November 24, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsFirefox Is Now A Download Option In Windows Store
If you spend a lot of time browsing the Windows Store you may have noticed something unexpected. You can now download Mozilla's Firefox browser from that source.
November 19, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsMicrosoft Excel Adding Useful Features For Developers
There's great news in your immediate future if you're one of the legions of Excel users. Recently Microsoft made some behind the scenes changes to the venerable spreadsheet application that allows developers to code their own custom data types for use inside the program. The upgrade isn't aimed at business executives but rather at developers who need to incorporate metadata into Excel cells.
November 17, 2021 2 min -
Technology TrendsAI Comes To Microsoft Office Products
The folks of Microsoft have been busy quietly making improvements to their venerable MS Office Suite.
November 15, 2021 2 min
