Eliana Willis

Stack Social/ZDNETProject management is key for companies, no matter the size, but can be a challenge. Software solutions can help maximize precision and efficiency. Two popular options are Microsoft Project Professional 2024 and Microsoft Visio Professional 2024 for Windows — both of which are currently on major discount through Stack Social.Microsoft Project Professional is a user-friendly option for managing projects from start to finish, and includes pre-built templates, timesheet submissions, and visual representations of complex schedules and timelines. It syncs with Project Online and Project Service, and supports Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) and is compatible with Office LTSC and Office 2024. Microsoft Visio Professional is a diagramming software that helps visually represent complex data, processes, and workflows across different industries, including IT, engineering, business, and architecture. It offers a number of different diagram types (including flowcharts, process maps, floor plans, network diagrams, and organizational charts), templates, and real-time collaboration. A caveat: While Stack Social is an authorized Microsoft partner and offers “lifetime” access to Microsoft Project Professional and Visio Professional, it is possible that Microsoft could end the license. But the site has been running these Microsoft deals for years, and I can personally vouch for them — I purchased an Office license from Stack Social about two years ago, and it’s still working on my personal MacBook today. Save big when you buy either Microsoft Project Professional 2024 or Microsoft Visio Professional 2024 for Windows right now.  More

fatmawati lauda/Getty Images My current Linux desktop has one main drive housing the OS and four other drives where I store different data. I have a drive for music, one for video, one for documents, and one for virtual machines. Each secondary drive was purchased new, so they had to be formatted before use. Because […] More

Cesar Gallardo/Getty Images Sometimes I need to jot down my thoughts but I don’t need a full-blown office suite or a to-do list. I might need to take notes on a book idea, a journal entry, or a stream-of-consciousness (a great exercise for writers). Or maybe a configuration file needs to be edited, and an […] More

Khanchit Khirisutchalual/Getty Images Excitement is over the top about all the marvels of today’s technology — artificial intelligence, real-time analytics, virtual reality, and connected enterprises, to name a few. However, without the right data, these initiatives are dead in the water. Two new surveys warn that companies still need to put their data houses in […] More

Jason Hiner/ZDNETA good camera, photo skills, and a worthy subject are only part of the equation when capturing the perfect photo. Some factors are out of your control, such as objects or people in the background that you can not move but are in the way of your perfect shot. That’s where AI can help. With Monday’s release of iOS 18.1, Apple introduced an AI-powered “Clean-up” feature, available in the editing section of the Photos library.  With this feature, you can remove unwanted elements of a photo and seamlessly blend the background back in. Also: Apple just gave the MacBook Air a big performance upgrade – at no extra costAlthough this is a new and exciting feature for iOS users, Google has had a similar feature, Magic Editor, available for Pixel phones since 2023. Google recently expanded its offering to all Google Photos users  — including iOS users. So, the question is: Was Apple’s counterpart worth the wait? To find out, I tested both tools using photos — from my recent trip — in which removing something could improve my shot. The removals ranged from easier to more challenging, as seen from left to right.  More

Jason Hiner/ZDNETThere’s a new MacBook Pro More