Since I get many questions about Smartphones here are some interesting statistics which may answer some of your inquiries. The top five smartphone operating systems, according to comscore.com stack up like this. Android is number one with 52.0% of the market followed not very closely by Apple with 39.2%. Next were Blackberry, Microsoft with 5.1%…
At some point in time after "smart phones" hit the market people starting leaving them on buses, in taxis and had them stolen. The Chief Information Officers website states that in August, 2013 that approximately 200 cell phones are left in New York City cabs every day. That adds up to about 73,000 per year. …
Over the years I have received many emails from readers in regard to making online purchases. They often ask if I make any online purchases, and if so has it worked well? How about returns? But the number one is, "How do I shop securely online?" Today we will look at a few thoughts I…
I talked to a young lady recently about how she used her Recycle Bin. As if you did not know, the Recycle Bin is the trashcan icon on your Windows desktop. It is usually located on the lower right or upper left corner of the screen. It displays as empty or full. When full, whether…
Time and technology march on. A couple of months ago I wrote about the Nexus 7 and how it compared to my first tablet which was a Toshiba Thrive. Since then they have come out with a new Nexus 7, called…are you ready for this snazzy name? "Nexus 7 (2013)" Yeah, they even use the…
Welcome back to another week of Double Click (now, Gray Haired Tech). I would like to remind you to shoot me an email with your tech/computer questions when you run into them. I am always glad to hear from you guys any time. If you read the column regularly you will know that I have…
Last time we talked about what to do if you could not remember your Android phone’s passcode or pattern. An email this week stated, "OK, I don’t really use Gmail for much and never log into it." They then went on to explain that they could not provide adequate information to Google to get their…
Robert wrote me recently with a question I had never received before. It was an excellent question. I am sure some of you have bumped up against before, too. He wrote saying that he had just gotten back from a vacation out of the country and had not wanted to be bothered by work. To…
I read online about an interesting application a couple of weeks ago and thought I would try it out to see how it works. If it was a good one I would recommend it to you. I always test programs like this in two ways. First, I install a "test" application with all the default…
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