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April 3, 2018May 27, 2018Microsoft Edge, Windows 10

Turning a WordPress Blog into a PWA

Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are web apps that feature a native Windows app experience, and can use features like push notifications. The […]

March 22, 2018May 27, 2018Connected Home, Cortana

Cortana, IFTTT, Invoke all together now

Microsoft just announced that Cortana now works with IFTTT. Cortana has had an appalling lack of third party skills (still does) but […]

February 17, 2018Alexa, Connected Home, Cortana

Alexa you aren’t doing very well with weather forecasting

All of my Alexa enabled devices are configured with the correct geo location, but I’ve had doubts for some time as to […]

January 25, 2018April 9, 2018Surface

Where is the Surface Pro LTE Recovery Image (How to get)

Microsoft’s latest addition to the Surface Pro family is the Surface Pro LTE. If you are a road warrior, this is THE […]

October 27, 2017March 24, 2018Connected Home

Sonos One Meets Alexa

It’s not my fault that I’m very, very particular about how my music sounds. My dad was an audiophile who originally owned […]

October 25, 2017March 24, 2018Connected Home

Harman Kardon Invoke Cortana Speaker

Harman Kardon launched its Invoke Cortana powered speaker on October 22, 2017 into an arena dominated by Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home. […]

June 30, 2017Security

Does Removing SMB1 Break Anything on Home Networks?

My previous post provided information ( primarily for home users) on how to turn off SMB1 to help avoid the bad guys […]

June 27, 2017Security

Turn Off SMB1 on Windows Now

For the non technical computer users out there, this is a red alert. You many have heard of Wannacrypt. There’s a new […]

June 19, 2017March 24, 2018Surface

Surface Pro (2017)

I really loved my Surface Pro 3 (purchased June 2014), but earlier this year, it became useless as a portable with a […]

May 27, 2017Security

Multi Factor Authentication App Backup and Usage Strategies

I’ve been using Microsoft’s Authenticator App because not only does it support Azure Authentication (Office 365) but because it supports my Microsoft […]

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