Tech News and Commentary Dave and the team discuss IFA announcing a full in person show this year, Musk buying Twitter, a Blockhead, the Boring company's valuation, Google's incorrect words, DJI suspending sales in Russia, and more. Our guest this hour: Dave Cooper, Senior VP of Edge Computing at Lumen Technologies Dan in Wilmington, Delaware listens on WDEL and asked: "I'm looking for a new - either laptop or Chromebook. Trying to decide which would be the best option for moderate home activity - spreadsheets, a little bit of Word documents - specifically for my father, late 70s and not too tech savvy. I'd like to find something that's easy for him to use that keeps him stimulated but not as complicated as maybe a PC. Any recommendations that would be good for someone who's a senior citizen? Nowadays everything is e-mail and unfortunately his phone is too small for him to use the QWERTY keyboard." 29-2022-H1S1.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/content.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/04-29-2022-H1S1.mp3 Dan, if you want something that is not as complicated as a PC then a laptop is automatically out. A laptop is just a portable PC as opposed to a desktops stationary PC. A Chromebook would definitely be a much easier option. It would restrict him to mainly using a browser which should be enough for text editing and spreadsheets, but he wont be able to open standalone Word, hell have to go to Microsofts site to use the online version of it. The same goes for spreadsheeting, he can use Excel or a competitor like Google Sheets, but it will be something online rather than the full Excel interface. If the only problem is that his phone is too small, but otherwise his needs would be met by a phone, then a tablet may be the solution. Theyre bigger if he wants to use the screen, theyre simpler than a full laptop but more powerful and versatile than a Chromebook, and it is possible to connect a keyboard to them to make typing easier for him. In terms of pricing the ranges are so wide that you can find a cheap version of any of those devices and an extremely expensive version of any of those devices, so this will mostly come down to personal preference and what hed prefer. Heather in Idaho Falls, Idaho is participating by clicking the AskDave microphone at IntoTomorrow.com and asked: "I've recently switched Internet services, which means I've had to switch my routers. Now, my Chromebook won't print to my Epson 7700 air printer. So any help with that would be great." 29-2022-H1S4.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/content.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/04-29-2022-H1S4.mp3 Heather, Chromebooks print via a service called Google Cloud Print. Google Cloud Print relies on two things: The printer being able to connect to the service. In your case, we know that it can if you used to be able to print. The Chromebook being set up to use the Google Cloud Print account. As long as the Chromebook can get online, it should still be able to connect to the same Google Cloud Print account you were using before.