Category: Software

  • Kick-starting Connectify Dispatch

    The most useful software tool for Windows that I’ve discovered this year (if not in the past few years) is Connectify. This utility lets you connect your laptop, netbook or other Windows PC to a wired or wireless internet connection,…

  • Paying with your smartphone at Starbucks UK

    When Starbucks announced recently that an Android app is now available in the UK to let you pay for your coffee and other products in store with that app, I was looking forward to trying it out. And I finally…

  • Democratizing visual expression

    As someone who only recently discovered Instagram when the Android version of the popular iPhone app was released a few months ago, I’m a compulsive snapper at any moment that I can whip out my smartphone. The beauty of Instagram…

  • The future for QR codes can be rosy

    Whenever I read reports that assess how poorly QR codes and other barcodes are doing, and the unhappy outlook for their future, I’m always reminded of Hugh McLeod’s classic cartoon from 2007 you see here. A new report from eMarketer…

  • I’d love to try the new Office Preview if I could get it installed

    This concise comment on Microsoft’s Office Preview support forum says it all about the frustrations that many people including me have experienced in trying to install the free trial version of Office Customer Preview: Hey Microsoft, make it simple yo………