Blog FCC Approves Plans For WiFi 6 To Open Wireless Spectrum January 11, 2022 by Vertical Axion The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gets a lot of bad press. Sometimes there are good reasons for that but much of the time there are not really any good reasons. As the nation’s lead spectrum regulator their primary job is to balance all needs and factors. They are supposed to arrive at decisions that do […] Read more » General Interest Mobile Carriers New Technology Technology News
Blog Android Can Track AirTags And Similar Devices With New App December 28, 2021 by Vertical Axion The Apple and Android ecosystems just took another step toward melding together with the release of a new App built by Apple. The app allows Android devices to track any nearby device that is “Find My-enabled.” From Apple’s perspective the move is less about creating a user experience that spans ecosystems and more about user […] Read more » Android Apple General Interest Google New Technology Technology News
Blog Voice Commands Getting New Attention In Windows 11 December 25, 2021 by Vertical Axion For a few years now Microsoft has been experimenting with voice commands. Their early experiments were limited to contexts that resided wholly inside specific applications however. For example, once you opened Word you could use voice commands to activate a few of the software’s features. Recently the company decided to take voice controls to a […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Office 365 Recent News Technology News Windows Windows 11
Blog WhatsApp Now Provides Disappearing Messages Feature To Improve Security December 21, 2021 by Vertical Axion Whatsapp has had a tough year from a security standpoint and has suffered losses in the size of its user base as a result. To their credit, the company has been working hard to make their product more secure. Recently they took another powerful step in that direction with the introduction of disappearing messages. These […] Read more » General Interest New Technology Recent News Social Networking
Blog Apple Rolls Out Digital Keys For Hotels With Partnership December 18, 2021 by Vertical Axion Apple Wallet just got a powerful new feature that’s sure to make it more attractive to busy travelers. Thanks to an agreement with Hyatt your Apple Wallet is now capable of serving as a digital hotel key. This counts as a promise kept. At the 2021 WWDC Apple promised that it would be adding digital […] Read more » Apple General Interest iPhone New Technology Recent News Technology News
Blog Microsoft Office Is Rolling Out A New User Interface December 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft is making a few UI changes across its entire product line in anticipation of rolling out Windows 11. Early this year (2021) the company announced that they were updating the UI for Office 365 and Office 2021. Over the summer small groups of users participated in an open beta and began playing with the […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft New Technology Office 365 Windows
Blog Legacy Contacts Shares Data From Those Who Have Passed November 25, 2021 by Vertical Axion The internet has been around for a while at this point and it has brought to mind an issue we’ve never had to deal with until now. What happens to your digital “stuff” when you die? Does it just go away? Does it simply become inaccessible? In the here and now the answer has been […] Read more » Apple General Interest iPhone New Technology Recent News Technology News
Blog Twitter Rolls Out New Paid Plan Called Twitter Blue November 24, 2021 by Vertical Axion One of the things that has allowed social media platforms to grow so quickly and utterly dominate the internet is the fact that they’re free to use. They’re not completely free however because users are required to give up a lot of personal information. The bottom line is that there’s no monetary cost involved which […] Read more » General Interest New Technology Recent News Social Networking Technology News Twitter
Blog Firefox Is Now A Download Option In Windows Store November 19, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you spend a lot of time browsing the Windows Store you may have noticed something unexpected. You can now download Mozilla’s Firefox browser from that source. Previously Mozilla was unable to upload its browser to the Windows Store because Microsoft’s policies required that all browsers on their platform had to use the engine provided […] Read more » Browsers General Interest Microsoft Mozilla Firefox New Technology Recent News Windows
Blog Microsoft Windows 7 And 8 OneDrive Support Is Ending November 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion Are you a OneDrive user running Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1? If so be aware that on January 1st, 2022 your OneDrive desktop application will reach end of support. The company offered the following by way of explanation: “In order to focus resources on new technologies and operating systems and to provide users […] Read more » Business Advice General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security Windows
