Design

We were notified a whole month ago by the folks at Yelp that we had been awarded “People Love Up on Yelp” for 2017. Of course we were thrilled to get such an award and it largely stems from the great reviews we’ve received from customers. We also understand that we regularly hear from Yelp sales reps who want us to advertise on their platform. So we’re excited, we hope we can continue to receive the award in future years and we want to thank our customers for helping us receive this award. Now that the award is out there, let’s talk about all the different social media channels and the ability they provide to share feedback on most anything. Yes, we’ve gotten some great reviews. We’ve also received some...

With all the craziness around the globe in the last week, some big announcements from Apple didn&#8217;t get as much attention as in the past. Were they impressive enough? Give their new products a look and decide for yourself. Cars, game consoles, new Windows features flying cars and more are also in the news. Click on the headlines below to read the full stories. <ul> <li>How to Make the Most of Amazon Echo and Google Home</li> <li>How to make money on Youtube</li> <li>What Really Happened with Vista</li> <li>Google WiFi Review: The Future Of Routers</li> <li>Why our credit cards keep getting hacked</li> <li>Apple debuts iMac Pro with beefy specs, real ports, $5K starting price</li> <li>Microsoft’s Surface Pro Laptop Returns With Bigger Brains</li> <li>Checking out the new iPad...</li></ul>

Since I&#8217;ll be within 100 yards of the sea in less than a week, I&#8217;ve been more interested in ways to explore underwater recently. Back in April I wrote AirBuddy Tankless Dive Gear For Portable Scuba Diving. Their Kickstarter campaign has now ended and they raised more than twice their goal. It should begin shipping in another year or so. My Airbuddy post got widely shared and the folks from Scorkl reached out and asked if I would write about their product. While they asked me to write about it, I&#8217;ve not been compensated in any way and get nothing if you choose to support them. OK, maybe I&#8217;ll get a thank you email from them. First, let&#8217;s look at a picture of Skorkl in action. Skorkl is also a product in late...

There was a lot of convfefe in the news this week. Thankfully there was also a lot of more interesting news in the world of technology. Click on the headlines below to get the full story. <ul> <li>Android creator Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone looks stunning and will cost $699</li> <li>Steve Ballmer: we should have turned Microsoft into a “world-class hardware company”</li> <li>Microsoft&#8217;s Skype draws inspiration from Snapchat in big redesign</li> <li>Google aims to clean up &#8216;unwanted software&#8217; in 2017</li> <li>Amazon&#8217;s app store compromises Android security</li> <li>How hackers can ruin your summer vacation</li> <li>A World Without People (photo tour of abandoned places)</li> <li>Why are doughnut boxes pink?</li> <li>Dissolving the dead</li> <li>Most of the World’s Bread Clips Are Made...</li></ul>

I know you don&#8217;t backup your computer often or at all. There may be a couple of you who have regular backups, but you are a rare breed. Today we&#8217;re going to look at external hard drives that can help you keep your data safe or to simply be a place to store more data. I&#8217;ll give you some links to Amazon for which I receive a few pennies if you buy something. Unfortunately they didn&#8217;t send me any free drives to use. The box I&#8217;ve pictured is a 1 TB Seagate drive that connects via USB 3.0. That means the data travels fast as long as you have a USB 3.0 port on your computer. From a size standpoint, 1 TB may not be large enough if you have a lot of data. There are also 2 TB, 3 TB and 4 TB versions of the drive....