Chromebooks are simple, relatively secure computers that download operating system and security updates automatically… for a set period of time. When Google first launched Chrome OS, the company promised to deliver 5 years of updates from the release date of each Chromebook or Chromebox. Eventually the company raised that do 6.5 years. And recently Google […]
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Google gives some Chromebooks another 3 years of support
Some of the key selling points for Chromebooks is that they’re easy to use, secure, and always getting better thanks to software updates delivered regularly. But the truth is that Google only guarantees 6.5 years of software updates from the release date of a particular Chromebook (or rather the board that a Chromebook is based […]
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Windows 10 Mobile has less than a year to live (Support ends Dec, 2019)
Windows 10 Mobile has been mostly dead for a while. Microsoft pulled the plug on the Windows Insider Preview program for phones a year ago and there haven’t been any major updates to the operating system since then (or any major new smartphones shipping with it either). And app developers have been jumping ship — […]
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Google ends support for the original Chromebook Pixel
Google offers at least 5 years of support for every Chromebook, which means that users should get regular security and feature updates for half a decade (the clock starts ticking the day a Chromebook is released, not the day you buy it). Compared with Android smartphones, that looks pretty good. Compared to Windows computers? Not […]
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Google’s 5 years of support for older Chromebooks is starting to be a problem
When Google announced a few years ago that it would offer at least 5 years of software updates for Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, that seemed like good news. After all, most Android phones only get updates for a year or two, if that. But compared to Windows and OS X, that 5 year lifespan is pretty […]
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Microsoft pulls the plug on push notifications for Windows Phone 8 and below
If you’re one of the three people on earth that still has a phone running Windows Phone 7.5 or Windows Phone 8.0, it’s about to get a lot less useful. Microsoft has announced that it’s turning off push notifications for those platforms starting today. That means phones will no longer get notifications, live tiles on […]
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Windows Phone 8.1 mainstream support ends July 11th
Microsoft released Windows Phone 8.1 in 2014, and this week the company is ending mainstream support for the operating system. That means the company will no longer promise to release security updates or other operating system updates after July 11th, 2017. Will this affect a lot of people? Not really, in the grand scheme of […]
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Windows Vista support ends today
Microsoft launched Windows Vista more than 10 years ago… and today the company is finally pulling the plug on the operating system. Mainstream support ended way back in 2012, but Windows Vista extended support ends April 11th, 2017. These days it’s easy to look back on Vista as something of a failure, akin to Microsoft’s […]
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Google Chrome will end support for Windows XP, Vista, and OS X 10.8 in 2016
Microsoft ended support for Windows XP last year, but it’s still installed on a lot of computers. Sure, Internet Explorer and other Microsoft apps aren’t getting software updates anymore, but there’s always Google Chrome, right? Not for long. Google has announced it’s pulling the plug on support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and OS X […]
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Google Chromebooks get 4+ years of OS updates (Enterprise and Education)
One of the nice things about Chromebooks is that Google pushes out software updates automatically which means that security patches, new features, and other enhancements are just about always at your fingertips. But if you buy a Chromebook today, how do you know you’ll still get updates in a few years? Well, if you’re an […]