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Google has just announced that they will begin shutting down their Google+ Photos service on August 1. Android users will be the first to lose access to the service, with iOS and web users not far behind.
Google+ Photos has long been the glue that has held many users within the larger Google+ community, and now that Google is getting ready to ditch it I am left wondering what Google has in mind for the future of Google+ itself. [Read more…]
For all their faults (and they have many IMO), you have to give Microsoft credit where credit is due. They are quite generous their outstanding collection of ebooks.
You can download hundreds of step-by-step how-to guides and other valuable resource ebooks from Microsoft’s MSDN website for free. The topics covered run the gamut from Windows 7 to Windows 10. You can even download books on Microsoft Office and Computer Programming.
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CVS has just announced that the third-party company that runs its CVSphoto.com website has been hacked and millions of customer credit cards have potentially been compromised.
And CVS customers aren’t the only folks who need to be concerned. PNI Digital Media (the company that actually runs the CVSphoto.com website) also provides online photo services for both Costco and Wal-Mart Canada. [Read more…]
According to a recent Gallup poll, almost half of all Americans who use a smart phone can’t imagine life without one. Overall, a whopping 46% of the respondents agreed with this statement:
“I can’t imagine my life without my smartphone.“
51% of the women who participated in the poll agreed with that statement, along with 41% of the men. Interestingly, 9% more iPhone users agreed with the statement than did Android users. [Read more…]
Comcast has just announced that they are now offering a blazing-fast 2Gbs Internet service plan in select markets. Yes, you read that right. That’s 2Gbps!
To put that into perspective, Comcast’s new “Multi-Gig” service offers twice the “Internet on steroids” speed of Google Fiber.
Of course as with all things Comcast, this announcement includes a mixture of good news and bad news.
First, the good news… [Read more…]