HP hit a home run with its Stream 11 and Stream 13 laptops, so it’s no surprise that the PC maker is trying to extend this success with other product types. The HP Stream 7 is the firm’s entry-level tablet, and while it lacks the svelte form factor of competing mini-tablets, at less than $100,…

Office Lens is one of my favorite Windows Phone apps, letting you use your handset’s camera like a portable scanner. Since its September release, this app has gotten better and better. And this week it pick up more useful features, including the ability to save to PDF and auto-classify images. Before this week’s new update,…

I get this question a lot: Midstream in Surface Pro 3’s life cycle and on the eve of the Windows 10 launch, should you pull the trigger on this device or wait for Microsoft to release a presumed Surface Pro 4? David J. asks: I typically refresh my computer every 3 years and I am…

In the latest episode of What The Tech, Andrew Zarian and I discuss RadioShack filing for bankruptcy and rumors that Amazon may take over many of their retail stores, Windows 10 and the Raspberry Pi 2, and why Samsung is losing ground in the mobile market. Running time: 58:38 Subscribe Audio: iTunes | RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Video:…

With OneDrive available everywhere—on PCs and Macs, iPhones, iPads, Android devices of all kinds, Windows Phones and tablets, and even Xbox One—there’s no excuse for not taking advantage of this pervasive cloud storage service. But what if you need more than the 15 GB of storage that Microsoft provides for free? Here are a few…

We all know that Apple sold fewer iPads in 2014 than they did in 2013. But it turns out that Apple wasn’t alone in experiencing a shortfall in 2014: the entire tablet market constricted in the final quarter of last year, with fewer tablets sold worldwide than the same quarter a year ago. This doesn’t…

It’s one of the biggest downers in personal technology: you buy a new PC, take it home and set it up, and then spend hours investigating and removing the crapware that PC makers put on there. But there’s a better way thanks to a small selection of utilities designed specifically to help remove this space-…

Here’s an interesting question about File History, an update to the “previous versions” functionality that Microsoft provides in Windows 8.1. By default, you can only configure File History to use a second disk or a network drive. Is there a way to store previous versions of files on the PC’s only internal disk? Why yes. There…

While the world has clearly moved on to HD video, many of us still have massive DVD collections and would like to make this content available digitally so that it can be enjoyed on mobile devices and streamed to screens around the home via Plex or similar solutions. So here’s how I rip DVD movies and…

If you’re lucky enough to own one of a select few, mostly high-end Lumia smart phones, and are further lucky enough to have been updated to the very latest system update—Windows Phone 8.1.1 plus the Lumia Denim firmware—then you are in for a treat in the form of a new version of the Lumia Camera…

One of the major gaps in Microsoft’s cross-platform strategy has been closed: Today, Microsoft made its OneDrive for Business cloud storage service available to users of Apple’s computing platforms. But the implementations are different: Mac users can now download a public preview of the OneDrive for Business sync client, while iOS users can now access…

Just a week after it made preview versions of Office for Android tablets available, Microsoft has made non-preview versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint for Android tablets available generally. These apps are free to consumers but require an Office 365 subscription for premium features, much like the Office for iPad apps that were released in…

When Microsoft purchased Acompli in December 2014, I knew the software giant had made a great choice: this stunning mobile app faithfully replicated the Microsoft Outlook experience on iPhone, iPad, and Android handsets and tablets. But now the transformation is official: Microsoft is rebranding Acompli as Outlook on those platforms, where it will eventually replace…

Microsoft today announced major improvements to the photos experiences in OneDrive on the web and on mobile devices and PCs.

The Lumia Denim update enables you to download a new version of the Lumia camera app that includes some impressive new features, but only on certain phones.

In the latest episode of What the Tech, Andrew Zarian and I further our discussion about Microsoft’s HoloLens and my firsthand experience using the device. We also talk about new universal apps in the latest technical preview build of Windows 10, and Apple’s earnings report. Oh, and there’s a snow storm. Running time: 53:02 Subscribe Audio:  iTunes | RSS |…