My Desultory Blog

RichC | May 31, 2019

If you are using Apple’s Photos app, you’ve probably noticed the software attempts to identify faces of people (not just Apple either). This can be helpful for “you” to sift through photos, but also seems a bit nosy when the app also builds a pile of “facetile” photos on its own. Most people likely will […]

Category: Cellphone, Cloud, Computer, Photos, Software, Tablet, Technology | No Comments »
Tags: app, apple, backup, bigdata, cloud, Computer, drive, facial, google, imac, ios, phone, Photos, privacy, recognition, tablet, tech friday, techfriday

RichC | May 18, 2018

Like most longtime savvy Internet users, I use Google more than I would like to admit. I try not to depend on them for everything, but just like with online shopping using Amazon … Google is simply the best at what they do: Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube and Drive/Cloud Storage. The latter has been a […]

Category: Advice, Cloud, Computer, Technology | No Comments »
Tags: amazon, apple, aws, box.net, cloud, comparison, drive, Dropbox, google, icloud, microsoft, odrive, onedrive, storage, tech friday, techfriday

RichC | February 7, 2016

While our BMW X5 35d is in the shop and waiting for a few parts, I was given a pretty nice loaner car or the weekend – X3 XDrive 28i. After buzzing around town for a coupled day, I must say that it is nearly a 10 in my book. I’m impressed with the styling, […]

Category: Automotive, BMW | No Comments »
Tags: BMW, drive, SUV, test, x3xdrivei

RichC | April 27, 2012

Against my TOS reservations, I installed the PC version of Google Drive on my notebook computer. So far from what I can see – for storage — it’s not all that different from Sugarsync that I used for a couple years and my regularly used Dropbox installation (still preferred at this time). I had thought […]

Category: Cloud, Computer, Technology | 2 Comments »
Tags: cloud, drive, Dropbox, google, sugarsync

RichC | April 25, 2012

Before jumping ship from Dropbox, Skydrive or Sugarsync for Google Drive, the new lower price cloud storage solution, be sure to read the TOS agreement. A quick analysis of Google’s terms of service shows how the search company owns the files you upload the minute they are submitted, and can in effect do anything it […]

Category: Computer, Technology | No Comments »
Tags: cloud, drive, Dropbox, google, skydrive, storage, sugarsync