Google Maps iPhone users rejoiced when they the new Google maps was finally released. It allows you to find directions, voice guided turn by turn navigation, public transit directions, street view, and a lot more more. Google Street View helps users view a 360 degree panorama view of many places around the globe. If you’re tired of Apple Maps, you definitely need to install Google’s. Price: Free Download Google Maps...

Little Snitch is easy to use and free to try. In this quick overview, I’ll show you how it works and what it does. Where is my data going? The most prominent element of the Little Snitch window is the global map that shows the geographic location of where your data is going to and coming from. In most cases, this won’t mean much—servers are located all over the globe, and just because your computer sends a packet or two to Romania or Switzerland isn’t particularly suspicious....

If you use a lot of different Microsoft services, it can get confusing sometimes remembering all your credentials (passwords and usernames) for each one. Sure, you could just use one universal username and password for everything, but that poses an obvious security risk. That’s where Windows 7 comes in with its Windows Vault that will help manage your credentials for you. And it can even create backups. The bad news is that Windows Vault will only work with applications that are designed to communicate with and pull the information from the vault....

If you work in an office doing menial number crunching on huge amounts of data, the biggest secret to success is becoming adept at Excel and not telling anyone. It’s what I do. Someone comes to my desk and says: “Hey, sorry to do this to you, but could you go through 2,000 rows of poorly formatted data and tell me which ones have been requisitioned but not shipped? I know it’s short notice, but could you have it done by Friday?...

Vista Support Ends April 11th Here’s a look at what End of Support (EOS) means as well as which when support is ending for other versions per the Windows lifecycle fact sheet: Remember the uproar from users when Microsoft killed support for XP? Well, we doubt there will be as much concern for EOS for Vista. Microsoft launched Windows Vista back in 2007. The adoption of it by users (unless they bought a new PC) was low, to say the least....

This latest build includes a couple of interesting new features including a new picture-in-picture option, Windows Game Bar improvement for additional titles, and more. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15031 Compact Overlay mode is a picture-in-picture type feature that allows you to continue watching a moving or doing video chat while switching to a productivity app like Excel. “When an app window enters compact overlay mode it’ll be shown above other windows so it won’t get blocked....

According to the patent the company submitted to the US Patent Office, the system is somewhat similar to Google’s Project Glass, using a HUD (heads-up display) to show information to the user. The difference is that Microsoft’s system seems to serve a very specific purpose — delivering information about an event their at through the glasses. The user would get information about what’s in their field of view. This could work well for conferences, sports, and even concerts....

Windows Technical Preview November Update (KB3019269) You will need to be running the Windows 10 build 9879 from the Fast ring to see this update. We can assume that those of you who are still using the Slow ring to get new builds should have this update included, which Microsoft is making available now. The update is under 2MB and will be a quick install, but a restart will be required....

Want a free version of Microsoft Office? Well, perhaps better said a Diet-Coke version of Microsoft Office 2010? Good news, this week Microsoft finally delivered on their push into the online document collaboration realm bringing to market (finally) a competing product to Google Docs and Zoho. Months after the initial announcement and tech preview they’ve finally released Office 2010 online as web apps. You can find them at Office.live.com. Although the online suite is limited in comparison to the desktop version, here are some highlights I’ve noticed after playing with it for a few minutes:...

Windows 10 19H1 Preview Build 18298 File Explorer improvements include an updated icon and updated default download folder sorting. There are new start menu improvements that continue to improve upon those with build 18290. You can now utilize the “Quick unpin for groups and folders” which lets you quickly start fresh and reorganize you Start menu layout. Today’s build also includes improvements to the Touch Keyboard for faster response. Console updates which include a new Terminal tab in the Properties page....

Nonetheless, the new build is finally here and rolling out to Fast ring Insiders. And the 19H1 Bug Bash has been officially kicked off. It will run until February 3rd. This means the company is starting to wind down development of this feature update. It is also confirmed this build will be version 1903 and should start rolling out in March. Should being the keyword. Remember version 1809 was plagued with issues....

Windows 10 Build 21313 Microsoft is bringing the News and Interests feature to more markets. Microsoft Edge replaces Edge Legacy, and there are improvements to Input Method Editor (IME). Here is the list of Changes and Improvements included in this release: Based on feedback, and to align with the fact that Dev Channel builds are not matched to a specific Windows 10 release, we have updated the displayed version name to now be Dev....

Windows 10 Build 21343 The new icons in File Explorer that you’ll find are known folders, Recycle Bin, and more have a completely new look. According to the blog post: “Several changes, such as the orientation of the folder icons and the default file type icons, have been made for greater consistency across Microsoft products that show files. Notably, the top-level user folders such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and Pictures have a new design that should make it a little easier to tell them apart at a glance....

Windows 10 Mobile Preview Build 14342.1004 According to Gabe Aul, this update adds some fixes to battery life issues for the Lumia 930, 929, and some other phones. Gabe noted the following on the Windows Experience Blog: This comes on the heels of last week’s Windows 10 Mobile Preview update, Build 14342.1003. It fixed some issue and added some new features like swipe navigation for Microsoft Edge, apps for websites, improvements to the Feedback Hub....

Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17754 Here is a look at the announced list of changes, improvements, and fixes for this latest Windows 10 Redstone 5 build: The build watermark at the lower right-hand corner of the desktop is no longer present in this build. This does not mean this is the final build as we are not done yet. We’re just now beginning the phase of checking in final code to prepare for the final release....

Microsoft Surface Tablet Details 10.6 Display with Gorilla Glass 2.0One-of-a-kind scratch resistant vapor deposition caseLiquid Magnesium case9.33mm with USBFront and Rear facing camerasDual 2×2 antennas for WiFiBuilt in 3mm Magnetic Cover with a keyboard and a trackpadTouch sensitiveComprised of seven layersAvailable in many different colorsBuilt-in accelerometerRuns Microsoft OfficeUSB 3Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT VersionsRT Version – 32GB and 64GB models – Available @ Windows 8 LaunchPro Version – 64GB and 128GB models – Available 2-3 Months after Windows 8 LaunchMicrosoft Surface Product Page...

Between glue and solder, there was no easy way to remove the battery or ram. The solid state disk is non-standard dimensions. Opening the case requires a proprietary screwdriver thanks to pentalobe screws. The display assembly is also stuck. Conclusion? For a $2,200 device, don’t expect to be doing any of the repair work yourself. With this iteration of the MacBook Pro, Apple will require you to take it in to them to handle any of the dirty work....

DNSCrypt is an additional service layered on top of OpenDNS that helps protect against vulnerabilities presented by “DNS leaks.” It does so by encrypting DNS traffic to ensure that it can’t be intercepted by a hacker or a man-in-the-middle. This is similar to, but not the same as, HTTPS encryption of web traffic (SSL/TLS). In a nutshell, OpenDNS improves your web browsing security by giving you greater assurance that the website you are connecting to is the one you intended to connect to....

We already wrote about the importance of not deleting the Windows.old folder, in case you wanted to revert back to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. But if you’re happy with it, and want to get a good chunk of your local drive space back, you can. Delete Windows.old on Windows 10 To clean it up, open This PC, right-click your local C: drive and then select Properties from the context menu....

Save Attachments Directly to OneDrive According to Neowin, which appears to be the first site to pick this up, it’s not clear if Microsoft is slowly rolling this out as a feature, or if it’s testing it out with different accounts. When you get an Office document attached in an email, click on it as you normally would view or download it, and now you’ll see a box pop up with three options: View online, Save to OneDrive, or Download....