As per our tradition, here are some tech headlines from around the web that your newsletter/blog editor found this month. Not a ton of headlines this month, as your editor took a vacation this month. Your editor apologizes profusely. Your editor needs to quit talking in the third person. Just the same, there are still some great headlines, including the hoverboard from Back To The Future possibly becoming a reality.
- We’ve said it a million(ish) times: You need to encrypt your data. But it’s still not happening.
- Need a alarm clock you’ll never sleep through? Try this Android app, which you can force it to require you to either take a picture of a certain room of the house (which you register with the app) or do a math problem before it will turn off.
- Windows 10 is coming soon. While it might not be right for your business, you can still take a peek at its new start menu.
- In an annual tradition, how did Microsoft Word’s spell-checker fare against the words in the Scripp’s National Spelling Bee?
- Keep watching those cat videos: They’re good for your health.
- Interesting what computer scientists have to deal with: Suddenly, a leopard print sofa appears.
- If you’re a heavy OneNote user, there are some add-ons and macros as part of Onetastic that might help your productivity.
- The secret alliance that could give the Web a speed boost.
- Google Street View takes you climbing up Yosemite’s El Capitan.
- Need a ton of capacity on the MicroSD card in your smartphone? You can now buy a 200GB MicroSD card. I was pretty happy with my 32GB card. My phone’s a bit jealous.
- It’s magnetic, but it’s still a hoverboard.