It’s time to wind back the Wambooli clock and review my ill-fated (or not) high tech predictions for this current year. As the curtain closes on 2015, how well did I do?
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December 30, 20152015 Predictions Recap
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December 28, 2015PorchCam 2016 Year in ReviewIt was a sad day. On Thursday, 14 May of this year, the Wambooli PorchCam died.
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December 25, 2015December 23, 2015My Bluetooth HeadsetI enjoy computing on the road, taking my laptop to a café or coffee shop. The problem I frequently have is the noise. To combat that issue, I’ve invested in a wireless, noise-canceling headset.
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December 21, 2015Clear Google’s Search HistoryI recently received an email from a reader. His question was about clearing the Google search history. I cover clearing the web page history from your mobile web browser’s history list, but one thing that doesn’t fix is Google’s own history of those items you’ve searched for. Here’s how to clean-up that list.
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December 18, 2015Messin’ with the Google App
OK Google. That’s how it all starts. Utter those words, and your Android phone or tablet perks up its ears and gets ready to act.
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December 16, 2015The Perils of Not Upgrading IE
It’s been a long time since Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was the planet’s number one web browser. Some people still use it. Over 20 percent of those people use versions of Internet Explorer (IE) prior to the current version. Those people are facing an ominous security risk.
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December 14, 2015OneDrive Could Be So Much Better
Like many humans, I subscribe to (or have been forced to subscribe to) several cloud-based file sharing services. My options for storing and sharing information are pretty much unlimited, but one of the services I’d like to use more is Microsoft’s OneDrive. The problem is that the service doesn’t live up to its potential.
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December 11, 2015The Subscription Model Takes HoldIn the beginning, software was hardwired into the computer. Then came the programmable era, where software was coded by flipping switches or input from a stack of punchcards. Man, how things have changed. December 9, 2015The Other Way to Cast
A while back, I wrote a post on how screencasting works on an Android device. The technique describe does work, and it does broadcast your phone or tablet’s screen to a nearby TV or monitor. But as I get into a TV-less life, I’ve discovered that other, more common screencasting methods exist.
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