Chromebooks, dual-band routers, undo, and more

Tech Talk #87 – Sep. 29, 2018 Chromebooks, dual-band routers, undo, and more   What’s a Chromebook? A Chromebook is an inexpensive laptop, designed to be used while connected to the internet. Most of your applications and all of your files are stored online.   Why are they inexpensive? Chromebooks don’t run on a Windows or Mac operating system, so they don’t have to pay the Microsoft or Apple “tax.” Chromebooks run Chrome OS, Google’s

Scary smartphone stats, user-friendly home tech, Google search tips

Tech Talk #86 – Sep. 15, 2018 Scary smartphone stats Addiction. There, I said it. People, Americans in this case, are addicted to their smartphones. Not you and me, though; we’re fine. Other people, probably someone we know, is addicted.   How smartphone-addicted are Americans? People use their phones for an average of 3 hours and 8 minutes a day and check their phone 110 times a day 50% are uncomfortable when they leave their

Should you choose Apple or Android for a new phone?

Tech Talk #85 – Sep. 1, 2018   Should you choose Apple or Android for a new phone?   Smartphones running Android by Google, or iOS by Apple, have borrowed (or stolen, see Apple Inc. v Samsung) so many features and design elements from each other that most phones look basically the same. So if you’re buying your first phone, which should you choose? If you’ve already got a smartphone, you’ve already chosen either Android