Ben Woods

Professional biography

With a psychology degree under his belt, Ben set off on a four-year sojourn as a professional online poker player, but as the draw of the gambling life began to wane his attentions turned to more wholesome employment.With several years' experience covering everything in the world of telecoms and mobility, Ben's your man if it involves a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or any other piece of tech small enough to carry around with you. He's also keenly interested in broadband issues, and has spent more time than strictly necessary testing out a multitude of software packages.Hot tips (no tittering at the back) can be passed along to me at ben.woods@zdnet.com or you can follow me on Twitter @BenWoodsZD, if you can bear intermittent cake and cat tweets.

Sharing is caring: Chromebooks get public managed sessions for kiosk use

Google has added a new feature to Chrome OS that makes it easy to turn a Chromebook into an internet kiosk that doesn't require a log-on.

published 11 hours ago by Ben Woods

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Coming soon: App activity served up alongside your Google search results

Google will soon start showing in-app activity for certain apps that include Google+ integration alongside its desktop search results.

published 1 day ago by Ben Woods

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Outlook.com now offers Skype video calling directly from the inbox

Users of Microsoft's Outlook.com email service can now make and receive Skype calls directly from their inbox.

published 1 day ago by Ben Woods

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