It can be tricky choosing a new smartphone to purchase. The manufacturers of all the big Android handsets, Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo and more all target their advertising at how great their new handsets are, how much the cameras have improved, and how you’ll really…
Author: Mike Halsey
Written – July 2022 I have had a couple of problems over the last year and a half. During the autumn of 2020 I purchased a cottage in the middle of the French countryside, literally in the middle of nowhere… my nearest neighbour is a…
When you connect to a Windows 365 Cloud PC you can also access local files on your PC, such as files and documents you have stored locally that you need access to for work. Fortunately this is very simple to do and works in one…
Written – June 2022 I’ve been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) awardee now since 2010, which is a long time. In more than a decade I’ve had the opportunity to get many hundreds of online briefings from different product groups at Microsoft’s global headquarters…
I don’t often take to these pages to rant about a subject that annoys me, but the USA annoys me. Okay so that’s an oversimplification as I’ve just returned from a very successful business trip to Microsoft in Redmond, Washington State. This is one of…
If you use a Microsoft Account with your Windows 11 PC, it’s possible to manage that account directly from the Settings panel on the desktop. When you open Settings, click Accounts in the left panel and you will see options and details for your Microsoft Account. These…
I have written previously about how you can check if your Android smartphone is still in support and receiving security patches. These come from your handset manufacturer and while some manufacturers are better at supporting handsets than others, with Google and Samsung proving the longest…
If you chat a lot online with friends and family you’re probably using an app such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram or WeChat. There can be privacy issues to contend with when using these services however that you might not have considered. Telegram makes strong…
Written: May 2022 For those of you who read my website blog regularly, you will know that since my late teens and early twenties, I have been a huge fan of handheld computing. I have my own personal computer museum in my home office that’s…
