Let’s have some fun with this new theme of desktop wallpapers for Windows. It’s called Delectable Designs theme and it contains 13 very colorful images of cupcakes, cookies, donuts, popsicles, as well as coffee pots and mugs. These yummy illustrations are designed by Karyn Servin and perhaps will result in a sweet temptation for a [...]
If you haven’t heard WebP is a new image file format designed for the web and developed by Google. It is also an open-source royalty-free compression technology that derivates from the video format VP8 that will help to make the web better and faster in desktop computers, but mobile devices are the ones that will [...]
Google I/O 2013 kicked off today and the company talked about almost everything (almost I say, because the only absence was the announcement of Android 4.3). During the 3.5 hours keynote the search giant unveiled a new redesigned Google+, which looks a lot like Pinterest and Facebook, demoed a new standalone Hangouts app, and showed [...]
The Windows 8 upgrade assistant tool makes it a lot easier than in previous versions to install the new operating system, but if during the upgrade process you choose to format the hard drive, you will lose the ESD folder, which contains the OS installation files. This is a problem, because if you didn’t create [...]
Although Microsoft is now fully focus on finishing and releasing Windows 8.1 later this year, the company still keeps releasing regular firmware updates for Surface RT and Surface with Windows 8 Pro. The Patch Tuesday that the company is rolling out today is a series of updates to address low speaker volume and to improve system [...]
In an effort to stop users from worrying in which service they should save their files, Google just decided that having a separate storage for each of its services isn’t working anymore. So starting now the search engine giant is combining the 10GB space storage from Gmail and with the 5GB of Drive and Google+ Photos [...]
Today Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming update, Windows 8.1, will be available for free for current users running Windows 8 and Windows RT, including Surface. And also the company has officially confirmed that Windows 8.1 will be the official name of the update, in the past also known as “Windows Blue”. The announcement was [...]
In a new interview from 60 Minutes, Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates talked specifically about Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and his efforts to use technology to help the world prevent and eradicate diseases. But things got emotional when the inevitable conversation shifted to the long time rival Steve Jobs. During the interview with Charlie Rose, Bill [...]
Windows 8 sold 100 million copies. Microsoft confirms that Windows 8.1 Public Preview is arriving in June. Also the company is reportedly creating a cheap set-top box primarily to stream content. I announced a new section in Pureinfotech called Workspace and much more. Welcome to Pureinfotech: Tech Recap edition. Each weekend I will bring you [...]
Today I’m excited to start a new section in Pureinfotech, which I simply call “Workspace”, a home for amazing modern space ideas. The new section will feature different workspaces, from a home office in tiny corner, in the attic, or in the basement to interesting work places I can come across. The hope with “Workspace” [...]