Stories by Rick Broida

Article | 8/05/2013 Passwords: You're doing it wrong. Here's how to make them uncrackable.
For years now I've harangued relatives about their shoddy password practices. Either they use easily-hacked passwords or forget the passwords they've ...
Article | 29/04/2013 21 tips for supercharging your cloud storage
Cloud storage isn't just for files and photos. With the right tools and services, you can do much more: organize data, or automate uploads and downloa...
Article | 9/04/2013 Speek eases conference calling hassles for Windows Phone
If that headline sounds familiar, it's because I wrote a similar one back in January about Speek for iOS. It's an app that brings conference-call crea...
Article | 9/03/2013 WordPress unveils hosting package for small businesses
For as long as I can remember, WordPress has been synonymous with blog hosting--mostly consumer blog hosting.
Article | 21/02/2013 Square rolls out turnkey 'Business in a Box'
Square made it possible for small businesses to accept credit cards via smartphone. Today the company unveiled a decidedly non-mobile solution: a paym...
Article | 18/02/2013 App Spotlight: Sendboo translates multi-lingual messages on the fly
So you're looking to work with an overseas supplier for parts. Or you need to hire a programmer whose English is fractured at best. Now what? Do you r...
Article | 15/02/2013 Infographic: The top 10 productivity-killers (and how to beat them)
Time is on your side, at least according to Mick Jagger. (Think: song lyric.) But it rarely seems that way when you get to the end of the day and real...
Article | 13/02/2013 How to recover lost form data in your Web browser
The other day I spent a goodly amount of time writing a blog post. This blog post, in fact. As always, I composed it using PC World's browser-based to...
Article | 12/02/2013 Four desktop email clients that can improve your Gmail experience
I don't like Gmail...I love Gmail. But I'm not wild about using it from within my Web browser, as I find the interface, well, lacking. (Unattractive a...
Article | 26/12/2012 The five best productivity apps of 2012
It's been a big year for smartphones--the iPhone 5, the Galaxy S III, the debut of Windows Phone 8--but as always, it's the apps that matter.
Article | 17/10/2012 How to move from Gmail to Outlook.com
So you've decided you like the cut of Outlook.com's jib, so much so that you're ready to ditch Gmail and move your mail into Microsoft's camp. Easier ...
Article | 27/09/2012 How to move from Hotmail to Outlook.com
Late in July, Microsoft unveiled Outlook.com, a new Webmail service designed to take the place of the aging Hotmail.
Article | 22/08/2012 Learn the basics of Ice Cream Sandwich with the Android 4.0 cheat sheet
So your company just snapped up your aging BlackBerry and handed you an Android phone. Or you got fed up with Apple (it happens) and decided to switch...
Article | 6/08/2012 Print from your iPhone or iPad to any printer
Want to print an email you received on your iPad? How about a photo you snapped with your iPhone? Or a document you just downloaded from Dropbox?
Article | 25/07/2012 Need help choosing a smartphone or tablet? Head to Versus IO
Trying to decide between, say, the hot new Samsung Galaxy S3 and the iPhone 4S? How about the Amazon Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7 tablets?

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