<![CDATA[GeekRemedy.com - Geek Blog]]>Sun, 15 Jan 2023 07:42:42 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Windows 10 Forced Updates Will Soon End]]>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:21:56 GMThttp://www.geekremedy.com/geek-blog/windows-10-forced-updates-will-soon-endWindows 10 forced updates will end soon, but not as quickly as we would all hope.
Over the past year, Microsoft has been increasingly heavy fisted with forcing Windows 10 updates on its Windows Home and Pro users.
The updates were never technically forced, but Microsoft rightly received a lot of bad publicity with the perception that they were. Their most recent antic left users bewildered when after clicking on the red X on the Windows 10 event scheduler, an action normally associated with closing or stopping a program, left the update still scheduled to run without the user’s knowledge. The only way to currently cancel the update is to carefully read the fine print in the event scheduler and follow the hyperlink maze to eventually decline Windows 10 - a process that was very clearly hidden several click layers deep in the event window.
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will no longer be free come July 29th. According to comments previously made by Microsoft, they are sticking hard and fast to this date. To Microsoft’s benefit, they did state that winding down the update process will take a month or two. It’s not an easy process to kill. What Microsoft hasn’t mentioned, though, is whether they will remove Windows 10 from the recommended update list.
Microsoft has remained rather quiet on that subject, even when directly asked. Of course, this poses other issues. What will happen after July 29th if a PC reboots to install Windows 10 during that wind-down phase? Is Microsoft going to demand that full payment for the update? Will the PC rollback to its previous OS – a feature that thus far has been riddled with bugs?
The answers are unclear. The one thing we can say for sure is that the Windows 10 forced updates will be coming to an end within the next couple of months. In the meantime, if you haven’t upgraded yet and don’t wish to, check out an app called Never 10.
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]]><![CDATA[Microsoft: Windows 10 upgrade will cost $119 starting July 30th]]>Sat, 07 May 2016 12:23:16 GMThttp://www.geekremedy.com/geek-blog/microsoft-windows-10-upgrade-will-cost-119-starting-july-30thMicrosoft announced that starting July 30th, Windows users will have to shell out $119 to upgrade to their popular operating system Windows 10.  Windows 10 is Microsoft's most popular OS release since Windows 7; having reached over 300 million active devices six months earlier than Windows 7 could.  Much of the high user satisfaction is due to the perks Windows 10 brings to the table like a speedier system, more security, Cortana and of course the return of the Start menu.   
If you haven't made the leap quite yet, you should hurry up while it is still FREE; find out how to upgrade here. 
Are you one of Microsofts 300 million Windows 10 users?  How do you like it?  Tell us below in the comments.

-Geek Remedy]]><![CDATA[Microsoft Word Flow Keyboard for iOS]]>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:17:43 GMThttp://www.geekremedy.com/geek-blog/microsoft-word-flow-keyboard-for-iosFormer Windows Mobile users will see a familiar face in the Apple Store this week.  Microsoft introduced the Apple store to Word Flow;  a "next-word" predicting keyboard for the iOS 9 and later with features that include Arc mode, and custom backgrounds.  
Geek Remedy jumped at the chance to test out Word Flow and we have zero complaints!  Our favourite feature around the shop has been Arc mode which is quickly accessible with a swipe of your finger to either side of the screen, a feature that wasn't previously available to Windows 10 Mobile users.  
​Arc mode is designed to make one-handed typing effortless by allowing the user to continuously swipe their thumb along the keyboard vice tapping the keyboard and possibly losing their grip on the phone entirely.  
Have you tried out Word Flow yet?  Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.  

-Geek Remedy​]]><![CDATA[Apple Watch and iPhone are calling it quits!]]>Sun, 24 Apr 2016 13:16:11 GMThttp://www.geekremedy.com/geek-blog/apple-watch-and-iphone-are-calling-it-quitsPicture
Are you dependent on your iPhone?
Your Apple Watch is too.... but not for long!  
As of 01 June, 2016 developers have been given new guidelines for Apple Watch apps.  All new apps  for the watchOS need to be native apps; no longer dependent on the iPhone.  Apple is rolling out these changes prior to their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, California where we can expect to see the new watchOS 3 rolled out along with a new OS X 10.12 and iOS 10.
Apple is looking to take a bigger bite out of the wearable tech market with making the Apple Watch independent and free to pair up with other smartphones.  
-Geek Remedy

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