Amazon Alexa was initially created as a voice platform to let users order items from Amazon.com through the Internet-connected Echo device. Now it seems as if Amazon planned a much greater future for Alexa. As time goes on and technology evolves, this amazing virtual assistant is getting smarter and smarter adding new skills and features to its bag of tricks. Since its inception, Alexa has [...]
A huge wave of cybercrime has stormed England and Wales, putting businesses and laypeople at risk. As reported by the Office for National Statistics, there were over five million cases of hacker attacks registered in just one year across the victimized countries. Considering the 8% rise in cyber criminality, protecting private data from attackers, especially when it comes to businesses, becomes problematic. Radware, one of [...]
The latest security update drew a lot of attention when the news proclaiming WhatsApp security unreliable, broke on the Internet. WhatsApp Security Concerns WhatsApp data security has always been a question for all who care about their data privacy. Because of the WhatsApp’s popularity, its security protocols were on hackers’ top-target list for years. The WhatsApp security and privacy terms were static, but it appears Facebook [...]
The LG G6 is one of the first devices in 2017’s lineup, and has proven itself as a highly anticipated model among LG fans. Syncing LG G6 with Outlook should be easy, but it’s not—especially when you don’t want to store your data in Google or in any other Cloud. Most big brands push their users to adopt the Cloud without giving proper attention [...]
How safe it is to connect your smartphone to public Wi-Fi or PC? With the increasing use of smartphones, we all know the amount of personal data that can be stored in this very small device—business contacts, important notes, credit card information or even some sensitive personal data related to your location. The constant race for adding new smartphone features often leads to unanswered security questions. Any [...]
It may seem that technology progress has already reached its apogee with modern-day smartphones equipped with almost every modern convenience–functionality that we couldn’t even imagine ten years ago! The high-res screen and super-fast processor, incredible image definition and brightness, express charging–that’s what convinced people to buy smartphones in 2016. We saw a lot of amazing smartphones in 2016 and most of them, really worth buying. [...]
It may seem that technology progress has already reached its apogee with modern-day smartphones equipped with almost every modern convenience–functionality that we couldn’t even imagine ten years ago! The high-res screen and super-fast processor, incredible image definition and brightness, express charging–that’s what convinced people to buy smartphones in 2016. We saw a lot of amazing smartphones in 2016 and most of them, really worth buying. [...]
After one of the biggest cybersecurity breaches in history, it is reported that Yahoo hack is even worse than originally believed. According to the estimates, nearly 1 billion Yahoo accounts were breached, compared to last year’s 500 million breached accounts report. What hackers can do with your Yahoo credentials Hackers who stole the information from Yahoo servers now have your name, password, answers to your security [...]
A recently reported malware continues to breach 13k new Android devices each day; the malware known as Gooligan that specializes in hacking smartphones running old Android versions. Gooligan spreads itself by sending text messages with a link to infected apps hosted on 3rd party app stores that can look like a message from someone you know encouraging you to try a “new and amazing” [...]
Outlook.com is a web-based service from Microsoft that enables webmail, contacts, calendar and tasks management. Outlook’s popularity grows with each passing year, while at the same time the frequency and scale of problems grow equally. In the latest incident, millions of Outlook.com users were left face to face with an issue preventing them from accessing their emails and other data. What happened? Beginning Thursday, Nov 17th [...]
Exchange server is what many business owners use to sync Outlook calendar and contacts with their smartphones. Exchange server works like a connection point between your PC and smartphone. Thanks to Exchange ActiveSync technology added since Microsoft Exchange server 2003, all synced devices can exchange data in a manner that prevents deleting, duplicating or corrupting data. You can use this technology with any version [...]
How to make Acer devices sync with Outlook Most Outlook users tend to keep their sensitive Outlook data synced with their mobile devices. However, most Android devices lack a seamless way to sync with Outlook data. The native software cannot sync Outlook, or does it with lots of issues; Acer smartphones are not an exception. To sync Acer with Outlook, smartphone owners have only a [...]
With each new released device, Apple is increasing iPhone’s functionality by adding new exciting OS features and hardware capable of providing alternatives for doing even more challenging tasks. For most of the software we used to have installed on our PCs, we now have alternatives that work on our smartphones. However, things are complicated when it comes to your productivity apps and software, where [...]
With each passing year, we witness how the importance of cyber security grows not just for Fortune 500 companies, but for SMBs and individuals. The latest survey performed by Insureon where Akruto Inc. founder, George Tatar, was featured as one of contributors, reveals shocking data: one in five small-business owners does not use any antivirus software and two in three business owners update their [...]
This year has been exciting for BlackBerry as the company finalizes plans to release a trio of new devices. The three new models will reach the market in 2016, and BlackBerry Mercury is one them. This means BlackBerry fans can now switch to another device within the BlackBerry family. Apart from its easy functionality, pocket-friendly price, and sophisticated design, BlackBerry Mercury will provide its owners [...]
True fans of BlackBerry devices can now enjoy a new innovative release from their favorite brand. This autumn BlackBerry introduces the BlackBerry Argon, a fresh model from their budget-oriented lineup. One of the main features of the smartphone is its similarity to predecessor BlackBerry PRIV, which has established itself as a high-end product. The other great news is the new BlackBerry Argon can be [...]
The innovative BlackBerry Neon, featuring exceptional functionality at an accessible price, gives consumers a lot to look forward to! Although the official sale of the smartphone is scheduled for spring 2017, the actual release of the device is planned for Q4 2016. If you are reading this, then you are probably searching for the best way to sync your new BlackBerry Neon with Outlook. [...]
This fall Google released a new Nexus smartphone, traditionally used as a launch device for its once-a-year Android update. This year was not an exception for the Nexus lineup with an innovative Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL (aka Nexus Marlin and Nexus Sailfish), giving many fans of the true “Android experience” a chance to try a new Google phone. So if you are [...]
The recently announced 500 million Yahoo accounts hack is the biggest data breach yet seen. This incident led to compromising email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and answers to security questions, which is more than enough for an identity theft or compromising accounts on other online services. Yahoo said in a statement: "Online intrusions and thefts by state-sponsored actors have become increasingly common across [...]
Apple is expected to reveal the next iteration of its ever-popular iPhone (iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus), along with new iOS 10, in early September − just in time for back-to-school and to end the year on a high. If you're planning to upgrade, you will definitely want to know how to synchronize your contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes between Outlook running on your [...]
Evernote is no longer free if you want to sync your notes with more than two devices. Beginning in late June, Evernote has limited its users to sync notes with only up to two devices with the free plan. Their pricing policy has changed as well. Right now Plus and Premium plans cost $4 and $8 per month, respectively, compared to the $3 and [...]
As with any technology, issues often arise that make it difficult to use your devices. One of the most common frustrations people encounter is when iPhone contacts are not syncing with Outlook. Syncing with iCloud is not always reliable; sometimes contacts (calendar events, or other content) doesn’t sync due to tech issues with iCloud PC software. Similarly, Apple’s cloud services recently had a meltdown during [...]
Because you can’t carry your computer with you wherever you go, you probably want to synchronize Outlook with your iPhone calendar. There are several ways to sync your iPhone Calendar to Microsoft Outlook, including routing calendar entries through another service, like iTunes or iCloud. Many people feel using iTunes is too tedious, can be complicated and take a lot of time. You must correctly configure [...]
Customers who have multiple phones and devices have been asking, “How to sync Outlook calendar with iPhone?” Until now, we didn’t officially support iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch devices. Customer feedback and forum users sharing their frustrations with trying to sync Outlook with iPhone through iTunes and iCloud prompted us to add official support for iOS devices. Akruto is the only software to directly sync [...]
If you want to export Outlook contacts to iPhone but don’t want to use iTunes to sync the device to your computer, or delete the contacts already stored on the iPhone, it’s not a problem. AkrutoSync is Windows PC Outlook sync software that delivers automatic, complete, continuous two-way synchronization between Outlook Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Notes, and unlimited iOS, Windows phones, tablets, and other devices. Here [...]
