IDG Contributor Network: The follow-me mode in this drone is like a scary, fanatical personal assistant

Someday, we'll all have a personal assistant who is always just a voice prompt away.A bit…

IDG Contributor Network: How A.I. could help United Airlines avoid problems with overbooking passengers

The entire airline industry is at first glance highly technical and, at the same time, highly…

IDG Contributor Network: Samsung has a lot to prove with the new Galaxy S8

“The only thing I hate about this phone is how hot it gets…”That’s one of my…

IDG Contributor Network: Great plan, Twitter: ‘Let’s resurrect an old outdated app and make people pay for it’

TweetDeck was one of the greats. Back in 2010 and 2011, I used the app as…

IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft Teams debuts with a sonic boom

I’m happy using Slack. I run the app in a few editorial roles and with some…

IDG Contributor Network: Love Google? You might be ditching Slack for Hangouts Chat soon

In the Google ecosystem, there’s only a small amount of overhead.Google Docs loads quickly, and it’s…

IDG Contributor Network: Why the Samsung TV spying hack is way overblown

Major media has some egg on their face over this one.Drawn to the attention-grabbing idea of…

IDG Contributor Network: Smart technical gear for a winter trek

Technology is not all about iPhones and laptops. I recently tested several products out on an…