Ideas from Mark Stout

Windows 10 is here, arriving a couple days ago on Wednesday.  When Windows 8 appeared, the world seemed to ask. “Do I want to upgrade to 8?” And in fact, many users did not do it, instead staying with Windows 7. For those who have read about Windows 10 and downloaded the trial version, most are eager to make the move. There are many good things about 10. First of all, if you are a home user of Windows 7, 8, or 8.1, then Windows 10 is free. That is always nice. I wrote about the new features of 10 in June. Check FamilyTechOnline.com to read it again. What I did not stress enough then however is that Windows 10 is a new concept for Windows Operating Systems. It is no longer an application you purchase. It is now a service. Read the rest at FamilyTechOnline.com

Google released an add-on for Office 365 allowing a user to open and save Office 365 files to your Drive space. You can download it here .

Windows 10 is coming.  And here's a few things you'll want to know. Family Tech

The  Wall Street Journal is reporting  that Microsoft has purchased  6Wunderkinder GmbH , maker of Wunderlist.  Many, myself included, think Wunderlist is the best task manager / ToDo List manager out there. Wunderlist works with Sunrise, Microsoft's Calendar Program I spoke of in  my recent column about Microsoft . Microsoft is inching its way into my Google dominated personal ecosystem. cross posted with FamilyTechOnline .com and GetProductiveFast.com

Family Tech: Its not your father's Microsoft .  

Family Tech for June 20 , made it to the web as well today.  There are new toys coming from Apple, Microsoft and Sony.  If you like Mac's, iPhones or game consoles, this is worth a read.

Microsoft has a new Windows 8, has its own tablets and has a phone OS too.  Lots of great things coming from a rebooted Microsoft.  Will it work out for them? This week's Family Tech column.

I was thinking real hard about diving into a Google Chromebook when they come out.  I like the idea of doing all I can on the web.  I'd still keep my Windows 7 PC running as long as I could, primarily for editing video.  Other than than, I could do everything I wanted on a Chromebook. Ideally, I'd like a tablet that could work well for creating documents, slide shows and spreadsheet.  The iPad is not quite there yet.  Mainly because when you are creating those type of documents, you want another document along side -- maybe a web browser with the material you are writing about, etc. Who, I thought, would be the first one to create a tablet that would be good for serious work, and combined with a keyboard and a flat work surface, meet my needs for serious work as effectively as a laptop? Who thunk it might be Microsoft? Not me, until I listened to Windows Weekly this week .  Co-host Paul Thurrott said it best about 37 minutes in when he said "Microso...