GDPR notifications and a chance to review.
With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) coming into force on May 25th, I like many of you have been getting lots of emails from companies telling you about updates to their security policies. This is a good opportunity to decide if you still want to receive communications from these companies and services. As well it's a good time to decide if you still want to use the service. I've gotten emails over…
5 Reasons To Wait Before Upgrading To Windows 10
This week Microsoft released Windows 10, the latest and according to Microsoft the last version of its flagship product. In a departure from previous releases of Windows, Microsoft is making this upgrade free to existing users of Windows 7 and 8. The upgrade offer is good for 1 year. Microsoft is taking a page from Apple’s OS X book in offering the new operating system for free. They have realized that by offering the operating…
Technology advice for the holidays
Its that time of year again, the annual last minute rush for Christmas. Have you got a list of technology request and have no idea what have the items are and what they do? Do you need someone to explain some of this for you without it feeling like a sales pitch? Want to verify what the salesperson is saying. If so I offer technology advice for those shoppers who need to know what they…