Profile of Dino Londis

Blog Posts: 60

10 Top Password Managers

4/30/2013
Tired of being stuck in password hell? Consider these password managers that balance security with convenience.
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How BYOD Can Complicate Support

3/13/2013
Often it seems that bringing in a consumer product to do business work will be straightforward and easy, but it doesn't always work out. BYTE's Dino Londis tells a tale of technical tribulation from the seemingly simple task of using an iPhone for dictation.
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Microsoft Surface Pro: A First Look

3/4/2013
The Microsoft Surface Pro is the most famous of the hybrid tablet/notebook systems running Windows 8. We know what the competition from Dell, Asus, Acer and HP offers, so does the Surface Pro hold up?
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Microsoft Surface Pro Fails iFixit’s Repairability Test

2/15/2013
Gadget repair site iFixit finds Microsoft Surface Pro virtually unrepairable
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Siri, Order Me a Vertu Ti

2/14/2013
Vertu introduces the $6,000 Ti smartphone -- complete with concierge services -- for those with discerning taste and preferences
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Evernote Business Goes International

2/6/2013
Evernote has re-launched Evernote Business and expanded international markets for it. The business versions lets users share access to company notebooks and data and allows administrators to control that access.
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More Hybrid Tablet/Notebooks Vs. Microsoft Surface

1/25/2013
The Microsoft Surface is not the only hybrid device of its kind, usable as either a tablet or a notebook computer. In this review we add 3 new products — the Sony Xperia, Acer Iconia W5 and Samsung ATIV Smart PC — to 5 others that we wrote about last week — the Microsoft Surface, Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101, Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx K3011, and HP Envy.
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How The Surface Compares With The Other Hybrids

1/16/2013
For a detailed look at how the Microsoft Surface compares to other hybrids on the market, here is a review of the features in these combination laptop-tablets. We look at 4 Windows 8 hybrids — the Microsoft Surface, Dell XPS 10, Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx K3011 and HP Envy — and one Android hybrid, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer.
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2015: Apple Becomes App

1/9/2013
It's CES in 2015: Apple has successfully executed its transition from hardware company to ecosystem company. The mini iPads and iPhones were just part of an overall strategy of increasing market share in order to drive growth of revenues from apps and other services.
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For Microsoft Surface, Modest Sales Are Good Enough

12/8/2012
The software giant is finding that modest sales are the sweet spot for Surface hardware, but is it a winning business model? It could be. Surface doesn't have to be as big a hit as the iPad for Windows 8, and therefore Microsoft, to win big. More than Surface itself, Microsoft needs to get Windows 8 and the app model working, and for that the success of Lenovo, Dell, HP and other OEMs is also good for Microsoft.
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Surface Hands-On At The Microsoft Store

11/11/2012
They look a lot like Apple Stores, but Microsoft Stores sell Windows PCs and Surfaces and Xboxes. One is coming, if not to a mall near you, then some place near an Apple Store for sure. I popped in to my local Microsoft Store to take a Surface tablet for a spin.
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Microsoft Surface: Keyboard Is Key

11/11/2012
The Surface succeeds where the iPad fails in one important area: Document production. The optional keyboard for the Surface has a touchpad for doing practical work, whereas the iPad is limited to Bluetooth keyboards that make you reach out and touch the screen too much. Too bad the Surface costs so much.
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Evernote 5: Don't Rush To Upgrade

11/9/2012
Evernote 5 for iPad and iPhone looks new but it isn't functionally better, except for one or two new features. Evernote should have spent its time overhauling the desktop version instead.
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With iPad Mini Apple Sees Bigger Picture

10/24/2012
Apple sees only itself as the competition. It now has a full range of tablets, plus the iPod Touch, to fill various needs.
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AirWatch Brings MDM To Windows Phone 8

10/23/2012
Mobile security vendor AirWatch announces its mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) software tools will support Windows Phone 8 devices, which are expected to be released next week.
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Top iOS6 Problems And How To Fix Them

10/12/2012
Have you bought an iPhone 5 or upgraded your iPhone 4 or 4S or iPad to iOS 6? Many users have experienced problems with the new operating system version. We went through Apple's community discussions forum looking for common problems and solutions that users have found. Here are some of the most common having to do with Wi-Fi failures, missing music, failure to connect to iTunes, high cellular bills and, of course, the infamous Apple Maps.
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Any Apple Magic Left For iPad Mini?

10/9/2012
The iPad Mini isn't even here yet, and already its future looks murky. BYTE's Dino Londis gives his Magic 8-Ball a shake and divines the answers.
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Consumer Cloud Services Undergo 'Enterprisation'

10/7/2012
EverNote, Box, SugarSync, and Amazon.com are springboarding off their success as consumer services to launch business-focused designs that appeal to enterprise IT.
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AirWatch Updates MDM, Configurator Support For iOS 6

9/20/2012
Leveraging the new version of iOS, AirWatch admins can disable features such as the Shared Photo Stream and Passbook; control the synching of recent contacts to the mail server; and control many other configuration options.
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Homegrown Databases: Alive, Well, and Mobile

9/17/2012
If you need an app to do something specific, sometimes it makes sense to "bring your own database." FileMaker and QuickBase, among others, are moving accessible database app builders to the mobile world.
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Tech Out Your Pet Photo Contest

8/31/2012
Got a pet? Got a gadget? Take a photo of your pet with the gadget and enter it in the Honeywell Tech Out Your Pet Photo Contest. Tweet or Instagram it to @HoneywellPlugIn using the hashtag #TechOutYourPet. The deadline is September 7th.
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Top 5 Password Managers

8/28/2012
2012 is the year of the password breach. Did you know there are tools to manage multiple, strong passwords so you don't have to? Here are BYTE's Top 5 P@$$w0rd Managers.
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Microsoft Surface Rumored At $199

8/15/2012
Microsoft's hybrid ARM-based Surface RT tablet running Windows 8 reportedly will cost as little as $199.
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How Consumerization is Lowering Security Standards

8/9/2012
Security and convenience are a direct tradeoff. The market need to make products convenient makes them insecure. Just ask Wired journalist Mat Honan, whose identity was stolen through his Amazon and Apple accounts.
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Google Wallet Accepts All Cards, But Will Retailers Come?

8/3/2012
Google Wallet now works with any credit or debit card, although Google's relationships with retailers, mobile carriers, and card networks are still forming.
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Company Policy Be Damned: Employees Love Dropbox

7/27/2012
Thirty-one percent of IT pros say their users frequently use Dropbox, according to a new survey. Half the respondents think it's led to loss or theft of confidential documents. Forbidding employees from using such services isn't practical anymore. DCS--data-centric security--could be the answer.
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BYOD Warrior? Have Contingency Plans For Disaster

7/18/2012
Smartphones fail. tablets get damaged, and Internet services go down. Knowing that you have a backup plan and that it works brings peace-of-mind. In this article we tell you how to keep yourself protected.
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Desk Phones: Are Their Days Numbered?

7/18/2012
Desk phones appear to be a dying technology. But are they? Dino Londis explores various scenarios in which the BYOD movement might change small business communications.
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Why Google, Microsoft Got Into Tablet Business

7/17/2012
Google and Microsoft have watched the performance of their respective operating systems suffer on underpowered, hastily built hardware. If you want a job done right, sometimes you just have to do it yourself.
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Nexus Q Is Made In America, Sort Of

7/9/2012
Is the Nexus Q, Google's new consumer device for streaming Internet content to home electronics, really made in America? iFixit took it apart to see how true that claim is.
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10 Must-Have Evernote Add-Ons

6/20/2012
Evernote can be addictive, especially if you also use it on your mobile devices. The cloud-based note-taking service can become even more useful if you partake of the add-on products from Evernote and third parties. Here are 10 products--hardware and software--that stand out.
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Falling Flat On Its Facebook

6/6/2012
Facebook's stock price has spiraled downward since the IPO, but that might be the least of its troubles. Marketers are dissatisfied with the value of advertising on Facebook and even users might be tiring.
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IT Can Support BYOD Or Be Replaced

6/5/2012
Fair or not, it's no longer enough for IT to make sure everything runs properly and securely. Spoiled by the iPad, workers want new technology now, and if IT doesn't respond quickly enough, it just might find itself squeezed out by a paradigm shift.
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Three Apps That Will Reveal The Identity Of Unknown SMS Texts

5/14/2012
As BYOD becomes more popular, text ID services may help employees manage their new contacts and filter out spam, while keeping the enterprise network secure.
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Facebook Takes Charge Of Apps, Opens Store

5/14/2012
Facebook's new App Center will be modeled after Apple's App Store and Google Play. It will be a single location for apps that are submitted by developers and approved by Facebook. All apps will have Facebook single-sign-on and better documentation.
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Google Drive: Half-Baked Cloud, With Scary License

4/27/2012
Google Drive is an improvement over Google Docs, but it's been released without many of the features that had promised to elevate it above other free consumer cloud services such as Dropbox. Further, this Google service attempts to create a new relationship with users, one that could threaten your privacy.
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Rumors Escalate--Can iPad Mini Be Far Behind?

4/18/2012
Rumors about a "mini" iPad are shaping up to be much more than hot air.
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Phone Stolen? FCC PROTECTS Initiative Promises Some Relief

4/16/2012
With the recently announced PROTECTS Initiative, the FCC hopes to put an end to smart phone thefts by removing the incentive to steal them. Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile will create a blacklist of stolen device IDs, making it harder to reactivate them. Even so, some victims might be on their own.
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Opera Tracks App Installations Within Apple's Rules

4/10/2012
Apple's new rule against iOS app tracking based on the device's UDID is causing problems for ad-based programs, but a subsidiary of Opera has a workaround.
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Data Safety In A Time Of Natural Disasters

4/5/2012
If a tsunami or tornado hit your business today, would your data survive? Here's how to prepare your hardware for an impending natural disaster.
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Employees Remove Confidential Data At An Alarming Rate

4/2/2012
Even when they know it's against policy and could lead to termination, many employees think it's okay to take confidential data out of the office if they have a "good" reason.
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Bill Shock Coming To New iPad Owners

3/22/2012
In a few weeks, when the first bills arrive, third-generation iPad owners might be in for a bit of a shock.
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iPad Mini Rumors Resurface

3/14/2012
An unnamed Samsung source in a Korean report claims that Apple will be releasing an iPad with a smaller screen by the end of this year. There's clearly a market for such a tablet, but does Apple want to enter that market?
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The iPad 2 Gets More Attractive

3/9/2012
The new (not) iPad 3 with its great display and 4G got the big news, but the lower-key iPad 2 price drop may be of greater immediate interest.
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Time For HR To Step Up On Consumerization

2/22/2012
Clear and current company policies are essential if a company is going to handle the problems posed by consumerization of IT.
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Windows Phone 8 Bodes Well For Customers

2/6/2012
The next version of Windows Phone will be based on the same kernel as Windows 8. This is good news for everyone.
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Facebook's Timeline Soon Will Be Mandatory

1/27/2012
Your Facebook page as you know it will be going away, to be replaced by Timeline, a richer and more complete look at your status over time.
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iPad 3 May Be Coming as Soon as March

1/18/2012
The next generation of the iPad could be here in a matter of months and sport features to court content creators.
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Why Security Does Not Concern Generation Y

1/9/2012
Most Generation Y users don't respect their IT departments' security policies. Here's why.
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Business-Worthy Consumer Tech Gifts

12/14/2011
The team at BYTE had the unique challenge of finding the top business-worthy consumer tech gifts for the holidays. There are lots of top 10 lists out there, but our challenge was finding cool consumer stuff that will also work well in the enterprise. Of course, many consumer products can be brought into the enterprise--that's the raison d'etre for BYTE--but there aren't a lot of them that also make great gifts. We skipped the obvious--the iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire--because we bet whoever wants t
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Consumerization Is Forcing Techs To Improve Their Business Skills

11/28/2011
Consumerization of IT is putting greater pressure on techs to broaden their skills beyond information technology, lest they find themselves marginalized by skilled power users.
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Mobile Workers Working Longer, Sleeping And Exercising Less

11/21/2011
Are you always connected? Is vacation just working in a more exotic location? If so, you're not alone, according to a new survey.
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Generation Y Expected To Disrupt The IT Department

11/14/2011
The under-30 crowd--Generation Y--is pioneering the CoIT movement, and young workers are turning down jobs where they can't use their own devices. How far should IT go to accommodate the BYOD employee?
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Steve Jobs and Apple: Within and Without You

8/27/2011

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20 Percent of IT Departments Prohibit Consumer Devices

8/18/2011
More than 20 percent of IT departments don't permit outside devices.
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The PC Made Me Do IT

8/8/2011
BYTE technologist Dino Londis tries to figure out if the IBM PC really was his first computer.
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Did IT Infect Your Computer? The Surprising Truth.

8/1/2011
Your IT staff might not be telling you the whole story about what's wrong with your PC. Especially when it's IT's fault.
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NASA Gets The Consumerization Of IT. Do You?

7/25/2011
If you want to see a model of consumerization of IT in action, look at NASA
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The BYTE That COIT Built

7/15/2011
How the consumerization of IT worked for BYTE.
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How To Get IT To Pay For The Tech You Crave

7/8/2011
How to get IT to pay for your tech.
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