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Sorry, Microsoft: The Surface Pro didn’t win me over

I’ve given the Microsoft Surface Pro nearly nine months to impress me with what it can do. And as you

It took me a while to finally write this post – I was too busy kicking myself when the $99

Just because Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone doesn’t mean you won’t be able to find some

I’ve been seeing some scattered reports of people with Windows 8 having issues obtaining the token needed to unlock their

A little over one year after the company originally released Windows 8, Microsoft has finally updated its operating system to

For a while now, we have known that Acer is working on an 8-inch tablet to be loaded with Windows

Over the last few years, Microsoft has worked hard to transform itself from a software giant into a devices and

Ever since information about Windows 8‘s consumer preview was announced last year, Spotify users have been requesting a Windows 8 application.

The first major update for Windows 8, Windows 8.1 (codenamed “Blue”) is set to deliver a number of nice features

Microsoft recently released a new update for the Bing News app on Windows 8, adding support for custom RSS feed

Six months go, Microsoft finally made the transition from Zune to Xbox Music and Xbox Video. But while the initial version

Descentman Just went through a similar experience trying to get comcast to explain how I can be charged for 1) Service that I cancelled. 2) Service that I haven't used for two months. 3) How is this legal? If...
What happened when I tried to disconnect Comcast Business · July 27, 2021
Paul King The G6 has it and that's running at $89 - I was unaware any phone after 2016 was released without NFC - got a link?
If you haven’t tried in a while Tap-to-pay seems workable. Finally. · July 27, 2021
Davin Peterson The problem is that Google doesn't get the same recognition as Apple, so most stores didn't introduce tap to pay until after Apple Pay came out even though NFC & Google Wallet existed on Android 6...
If you haven’t tried in a while Tap-to-pay seems workable. Finally. · July 27, 2021
Davin Peterson Walmart still refuses to accept Google Pay or Apple Pay. Instead they use Walmart pay in the Walmart App. You simply scan the QR Code on the terminal screen using the Walmart App
If you haven’t tried in a while Tap-to-pay seems workable. Finally. · July 27, 2021
Davin Peterson Many Android Phones under $300 have NFC (expect Motorola). I use Google Pay on the DC subway. https://www.wmata.com/about/news/SmarTrip-for-Android-in-Google-Pay.cfm.
If you haven’t tried in a while Tap-to-pay seems workable. Finally. · July 27, 2021