It’s a free iOS app (recently updated for iOS 6) that lets you scan documents with your iPhone and email them in JPEG or PDF format. It uses the camera to capture the document and you can crop the shot to the part of the document you want to point out. It will auto-detect documents edges which is handy. Scan Documents with Genius Scan for iOS First download the free version of Genius Scan from the App Store....

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...

So, I thought I’d give it a whirl. I bought a $2 1-year data protection plan for a 16 GB USB drive from SanDisk. Then, I broke it and got to test out the service. Overall, I was pleased. But I’m not sure that I would recommend the extra investment. Update: The folks at Seagate reached out to me after reading this blog post. I have some updates and clarifications near the end of the review....

Basically, if a would-be-hacker can gain possession of your iPhone, within a few minutes (6 minutes according to Fraunhofer) they might be able to decrypt the passwords stored in the iOS Keychain even if the device is protected with a PIN you’ve configured or your IT guy forced on the phone via ActiveSync. Once hacked, passwords including your GMAIL account, WIFI Passwords, LDAP and corporate accounts including VPN, Microsoft Exchange etc… So getting into the phone is obviously just the first step since most of the Juicy stuff is probably in your mailbox and across your company VPN....

MAC Filtering ASUS Router If it talks on your network, wireless networks included, it has a unique MAC address that never changes. On an ASUS router, you have two options for using MAC filtering. Accept mode is a whitelist. You specify which devices are allowed to connect. Everyone else is blocked.Reject mode is a blacklist. You specify which devices are not allowed to connect. Everyone else can use the network....

By now everyone should know that Google Voice has gone public and ANYONE can get an account. Now with the latest upgrade, Google Voice has become a true Skype killer, land-line slayer, VOIP provider, and a threat to cell phone carrier’s minute planes. Why? Because you can make free phone calls anywhere in the United States and Canada using just your computer and an internet connection, no phone required....

“Today, we began rolling out new benefits for Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal subscribers who use Outlook.com,” the Outlook team writes. “These premium email features include an ad-free inbox, enhanced protection against malware and phishing, larger mailbox sizes, and premium customer support. In the coming months, we’ll be introducing additional premium Outlook.com features to make personal email and calendar experiences for Office 365 subscribers more powerful, productive, and secure....

Organizations using premium business subscriptions such as Office 365 E3, E4 or the new E5 Plan, will once again see the return of unlimited storage. Microsoft will be using a phased approach starting at the end of December. If you are running one of Microsoft’s other Office 365 business subscriptions, you won’t see any changes to your current 1 TB plan. Changes to OneDrive Storage Plans for Office 365 Business Office 365 customers on our premium Enterprise, Government and Education plans will receive OneDrive for Business unlimited storage....

KB4517511 for Windows 10 1903 After installing KB4517211 your build will be bumped to 18362.387 and it includes the following fixes: Addresses an issue that causes vertical fonts to be larger when printing to a PostScript printer.Addresses an issue that causes printing from 32-bit applications to fail with an “Access is denied” error when you select Run as different user for the application.Addresses an issue that may give write access to a removable USB disk when a user switches from a privileged user to an unprivileged user....

KB4451762 for Windows 10 1903 and 1909 This update (KB4451762) fixes one thing, which is the SMBv3 security vulnerability, and includes the following highlight: Updates a Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 protocol issue that provides shared access to files and printers. And here is the full info on the fix: Security update to the Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3). After the update, your version of Windows 10 1903 will be bumped to build 18362....

Microsoft offered users running Windows 7 or 8.1 the opportunity to upgrade for free within the first year of release. This guaranteed free upgrades to future revisions of Windows 10 throughout the life of the device. The OS focuses on software as a service, delivering updates and functionality as they become available; instead of the traditional three-year revisions, users were accustomed to in the past. Get Windows 10 App Finally Removed by Microsoft The GWX app became quite controversial during its availability....

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17127 Cortana now includes a new profile page that you can add and edit your favorite places. “The places you add are used to give you traffic updates for your daily commute, and let you easily set reminders when you arrive or leave your places,” notes Dona Sarkar in today’s announcement. Cortana’s Notebook has received an updated design and support for more international languages. It also will learn to use a default Skill lie Weather, Sports, or News and provide a set of tips for easier management of the digital assistant....

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14931 Here’s a look at some of the new features according to Microsoft: Native support for USB Audio 2.0: We now have native support for USB Audio 2.0 devices with an inbox class driver! This is an early version of the driver that does not have all features enabled, for e.g.: only playback (render) is supported with this version. Recording (capture) support is scheduled to arrive in later iterations....

Windows 10 19H1 Preview Build 18267 Input improvements include the availability of Vietnamese Telex and Number key-based keyboards. “Do you write Vietnamese? We want you to have the best possible typing experience, so we’re happy to announce that with this build you can now use Vietnamese Telex and Number-key based (VNI) keyboards,” write Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlanc in their announcement. There are now more Accessibility improvements including the ability of Narrator to work with Chrome....

Microsoft’s Nokia Acquisition A lot of this came to light when Finland’s largest newspaper did some digging last week and discovered that not only did Elop’s employment contract differ from previous Nokia CEO’s, but there was a huge incentive for a “change of control” that was written in. As Forbes translated it (the original newspaper is written in Finnish), if Elop met the following criteria he was headed towards a big payday:...

Open Outlook 2010 and Open your Calendar. Now up near the top, Click and hold the mouse button on the Month A list of months will popup. Select a Month or, while holding down the mouse, move the mouse above or blelow the calendar popup and the months will scroll automatically. Muck quicker than using those little arrow keys next to the calendar… Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

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Normally when I’m having issues on a Google site, I check my connection, reboot, etc.. This time however it wasn’t me – it was Google! Earlier this morning Google had issues across most of its online products including GMail, Google Drive and Google Docs. If you subscribe to Google’s App Status RSS feed you probably already knew this before I did… App Status Page And if you click on one of the Orange Bullets on the page, you can get a nice play-by-play update as they work to restore service....

Use Version History Feature in OneDrive to Restore Files First, sign in to OneDrive, then navigate to the location of the file you would like to restore. Select the file, then click the More actions menu (…), represented by an ellipsis. Click the Version History menu; this will open the document in Word Online. In Word Online, you will see current and previous versions of the document listed in the window....

Send Google Now Web Commands To set a reminder on your device, type: Set a reminder into Google and hit Enter. You’ll see the following dialog box at the top of the search page. Here you can just enter in what you need to be reminded about and when. Then click the Remind me on Google now link, and the reminder will be sent to your device. To set an alarm on your device, type: set an alarm into Google, and then you’ll see the following dialog box where you can set your alarm, and select which device you want it set up on, if you have more than one....