Rick Broida - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Rick Broida

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 | 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 | 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?

Article | 26/06/2012 The business benefits of adding a second monitor

For my money, there's no better way to transform your computing experience than by adding a second monitor.

Article | 11/06/2012 The 6 best new iOS 6 features for business users

It's official: Apple iOS 6 is coming this fall," and with it some 200 updates and improvements.

Article | 22/05/2012 How to manage multiple Twitter accounts

There are many ways you can use Twitter to help build your business. For example, you can track trending topics, leverage Web analytics, and tap some ...

Article | 8/05/2012 The right way to respond to a nasty email

Very often in business, the important thing is not how you act, but rather how you react.

Article | 1/05/2012 How to manage Google Docs on your desktop

No one would argue that Google Docs is a great tool, but it remains, stubbornly, a Web-only tool.

Article | 20/04/2012 Three smart ways to use Evernote in business

It's easy to see why Evernote has legions of fans. It's like a digital brain for all your ideas, a way to capture and organize the volumes of informat...

Article | 11/04/2012 Sign and send documents from your smartphone or PC

See if this sounds familiar: Someone e-mails you a document, contract, or whatever that requires your signature. So you print it, sign it, then dust o...

Article | 1/11/2011 How to Put Windows 8 on a Flash Drive

If you've poked around PC World in recent weeks, you've learned how to download and install Windows 8 on a new hard-drive partition and how to install...