Evernote announced a price change coming to the popular note-taking software. Currently available in three tiers, Basic, Plus, and Premium, new limitations will be placed on the free Basic plan and the price will increase for the Plus and Premium customers. Basic is free, allows 60MB of uploads per month, and the new restriction allows only two devices to be synced per … [Read more...]
How a DirecTV bill really works in 2016
This is a follow-up post to How a DirecTV bill really works in 2015. It has been almost a year since AT&T acquired DirecTV. The telecom giant has made subtle changes to the service since taking over such as integration with AT&T wireless services. DirecTV has been a better experience than my local cable company and with better technology for the DVR and related … [Read more...]
5 ways Steam should allow us to further customize our queues
We are right in the middle of the Steam Summer sale. Without a mini game or flash sales, the event feels pretty tame. You can earn up to three cards for the summer sale badge by browsing your discovery queue each day. Steam has a new feature that allows you to customize your queue but I think it could do more. The current options available allow you to include early access … [Read more...]
Microsoft Hardware fixes their Twitter link problem
I stumbled upon a minor problem while looking into a Microsoft Hardware issue. The Microsoft Hardware Twitter account used to be at @MSFTHardware. They stopped tweeting to the account in 2013 and transitioned to just tweeting to the @Microsoft account. There's nothing wrong here. It makes sense for Microsoft to consolidate their publications on Twitter. In the beginning … [Read more...]
How to ‘Unblock’ multiple files at a time with PowerShell
If you have been frustrated by the warning message on Windows computers "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer.", you are not alone. The warning might pop up when you try to open a file that you downloaded from the Internet. It can cause a decent amount of frustration because of the way it is implemented. If you right-click … [Read more...]