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Wednesday, 16 November 2016

The Man Who Is Transforming Microsoft

When Nadella replaced Steven Ballmer as Microsoft's CEO in February 2014, he inherited what you might diplomatically call a growth crisis.

Uber just poached a longtime Google exec from SoftBank to be its new head of HR

Uber is bringing in Liane Hornsey, a longtime VP at Google and current operating partner at SoftBank, to be its new Chief HR Officer.

Google Daydream vs

Gear VR: Which is the best mobile VR device? video - CNET

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Google says the EU is wrong: Android is not anti-competitive

In a blogpost yesterday, Google rebuffed antitrust charges by the European Union accusing the search giant of monopolistic practices with its Android operating system.

From the graveyard: Hands-on video with production Nokia ...

While the Microsoft Band is the main wearable accessory for Windows Phone users, there was once meant to be another device by Nokia, codenamed ...

A closer look at Microsoft's crazy Surface Dial puck

Microsoft unveiled its Surface Studio PC last month, alongside a crazy-looking Surface Dial puck. The new accessory is, perhaps, the most surprising and unique part of the Surface Studio.

Long-Time Google Executive Alan Eustace On His 135890-Ft

World Record Parachute Jump

Almost everyone at Google knew. There were basically two classes of people. There were those working on the project, who kept it incredibly secret.

Sunday, 13 November 2016

11-year-old girl wins Google's doodle competition in India

Google will showcase a picture drawn by an 11-year old Indian girl as its doodle on Children's Day (November 14) in India.

Finding a Non-Mac Alternative to Microsoft

My heart is with Microsoft Office, and I need to upgrade my computer, but I really dislike Windows 10. Aside from buying a Mac with Microsoft Office, can you suggest any alternatives that won't break the bank? A. If you do not care for Windows 10 but ...

Apple begins hiring staff for new Campus 2 ahead of move-in early ...

Apple has started hiring for positions needed at its new Campus 2 facility ahead of a move-in date expected for sometime early next year.

Saturday, 12 November 2016

Apple CEO Tim Cook On Trump: 'Let's Move Forward'

During his campaign. Donald Trump made it a habit of picking on Apple for manufacturing its products overseas. Now Apple will have to deal with Trump as president. CEO Tim Cook wrote a note to Apple's US employees (obtained by BuzzFeed) on ...

Microsoft's iOS app augments hues for color-blind folks

Tom Overton and Tingting Zhu started working on Color Binoculars during Microsoft's 2015 Hackathon and they finished it in the company's Garage program, which helps experimental apps go public.

Apple, Nike and Playboy among most popular US brands on Alibaba's Singles Day

“Alibaba is using this year's Singles Day to showcase the number of international brands participating, everyone from Apple, Victoria's Secret, Burberry, Gap GPS, +1.71% , [and] Nike, acting as the gateway to China for these brands and fulfilling ...

Apple Wins 'Gold' Customer Service Award From Twitter - Mac Rumors

Twitter today announced the results of its first ever #Awards initiative, naming Apple as the top customer service provider on the social networking...

Xbox One Continues to Lead Sales, According to Microsoft

By Seth G. Macy The Xbox One was October's best-selling console, according to a statement from Microsoft. "Xbox One was once again the best-selling console in October in the U.S.

Hacked in 18 seconds: PwnFest exploited Microsoft Edge to execute malicious code

On Thursday during the PwnFest 2016 event within Seoul's Power of Community security conference, a team from vulnerability firm Qihoo 360 and South Korean security researcher JungHoon “Lokihardt” Lee demonstrated two different hacks that took ...

Friday, 11 November 2016

Apple, FANG stocks push Nasdaq composite lower - CNBC.com

Thursday was was not a good day for technology stocks.
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Walmart Black Friday ad features $199 Apple iPad mini 2, $119 Chromebook deals

While Target has three different iPad models on sale, Walmart just has one -- not surprisingly, the Apple's cheapest model.

A closer look at Microsoft's crazy Surface Dial puck

Microsoft unveiled its Surface Studio PC last month, alongside a crazy-looking Surface Dial puck. The new accessory is, perhaps, the most surprising and unique part of the Surface Studio.
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Microsoft says it will push for diversity and security from the Trump administration

“Every president-elect deserves our congratulations, best wishes and support for the country as a whole. The peaceful transition of power has been an enduring and vital part of our democracy for over two centuries, and it remains so today,” Microsoft ...
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Apple Leak Reveals Massive New iPhone Cancellation

Ming-Chi Kuo is at it again. The KGI Securities analyst (widely regarded as “the best Apple analyst on the planet”) has revealed Apple has decided cancel the annual upgrade of arguably its most successful iPhone in 2016… In a new research note ...
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Australian IT leaders prioritising migration to hybrid cloud: Microsoft

Mike Heald, hybrid cloud product manager at Microsoft Australia, told ZDNet that different departments within organisations -- such as finance and marketing -- are spinning up their own public cloud workloads that are often outside the scope of the IT ...

Apple (AAPL) to Launch a "Jet White" Color iPhone 7 &7 Plus?

Apple Inc AAPL might launch its latest iPhone 7 and 7 Plus models in jet white color, reports Mac Otakara, citing supply chain sources.

Apple, Inc

Is Still Working on Cracking India

For years, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has tried to make inroads within the world's second-most populous country. The iPhone maker has struggled to make much progress due to a wide range of structural challenges associated with expanding its presence.

Thursday, 10 November 2016

Ireland to formally submit appeal on Apple case this week

REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne. DUBLIN Ireland's government will this week formally submit its appeal against the European Commission's multi-billion-euro demand for back taxes from Apple (AAPL.O), Finance Minister Michael Noonan said on Tuesday.

Apple quietly launches Support App for iPhone and iPad users

Apple's App Store has offered nearly every mobile software tool you can think of, except, oddly, for an official Apple Support app. That is, until now. Apple's new Support app quietly made its debut on Tuesday in the App Store, in the Utilities category.
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Microsoft Nixes Its Project Hobart Streaming Stick

During the E3 2016 conference in June, Microsoft unveiled is trimmer, 4K video-enabled Xbox One S and teased the late-2017 release of its Project Scorpio games console with full 4K gameplay.

The Google Pixel XL Review: Life After Nexus

Google's latest phones, the Pixel and Pixel XL, still provide that pure Android experience along with at least two years of timely software and security updates, but the new branding is about more than clearing away the Nexus naming clutter.

Microsoft and smartphones: What could it have done differently?

Vista, and the inability to make its own hardware, took the blame for Microsoft's smartphone woes. Image: Microsoft. Microsoft should have moved much faster to make its own smartphone hardware, said former CEO Steve Ballmer, in a recent interview with ...

Google Search Indexing To Go Mobile-First

Google has announced a shift to its search index that could have significant consequences for websites of all sizes. The Nov. 4 blog post, "Mobile-Indexing First," is the latest effort by the search giant to adjust its search algorithm to a world where ...

All hail Clippy! With Apple losing its cool, it's finally Microsoft's moment

Microsoft and Bill Gates! Once, he was derided as a squeaky-voiced billionaire who couldn't possibly be as cool as that guy who tucked his roll-neck shirt into stonewashed dad jeans (weird times, looking back now).

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Crushing it: Microsoft always wins

Microsoft probably doesn't care if it sells more of its own Surface devices, or if it helps Windows OEMs sell more Surface-inspired devices.

Google's Real-Time Map of Voter Issues Is Totally Captivating

Created in collaboration with design studio Pitch Interactive, the map uses real-time data from Google Trends and historical search queries to identify up-to-the-minute interest in what Google says are the five most relevant voting issues: problems ...
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All hail Clippy! With Apple losing its cool, it's finally Microsoft's moment

About a decade ago, Apple ran a series of adverts featuring the comedians Mitchell and Webb, designed to highlight the difference between Macs and PCs.

Microsoft's Windows 10 Smartphone Dream Still Alive Thanks To New Android Device

Although much of Microsoft's current mobile strategy is about getting users signed up to its cloud services no matter the mobile platform they are on, there are some signs of life on the Windows 10 smartphone front this week.

Webjet partners with Microsoft for blockchain-based online booking service

Travel booking website Webjet has announced it has developed a blockchain proof-of-concept solution with Microsoft that has the potential to transform the way the entire travel industry handles online payments for hotel bookings, the companies said.

A Look at Microsoft vs

Adobe (MSFT, ADBE)

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) and Adobe Systems Incorporated (ADBE) are two global software and services companies, offering a range of products for corporations and consumers.

Here's how Google Maps could grow to be a $5 billion business by 2020

That's according to analysts from Baird Equity Research, who claim that Maps is one of the company's "most valuable assets," one that could deliver $5 billion in incremental revenue by 2020.
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Snapchat Has a Powerful New Ally in Its Battle Against Facebook

This article first appeared in Term Sheet, Fortune's newsletter about deals and dealmakers. Sign up here. When Google reorganized itself as Alphabet GOOG last year, it immediately struck the “Google” brand from a number of its divisions. Google X, its ...

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Microsoft Surface Pro 5 vs MacBook Pro 2016: Rechargeable Stylus of Microsoft to Battle with Apple's Touch Bar ...

After the unveiling of the MacBook Pro 2016, laptop fans are now looking forward to the release of the Microsoft Surface Pro 5. The device was not announced during the October event of Microsoft so fans are anticipating in the spring of 2017. Though ...

Google Could Benefit From Samsung's Reported Galaxy S8 Plans

As Alphabet (GOOGL) makes a serious foray into the high-end smartphone market, Samsung's Note 7 debacle has proven to be quite the welcoming gift.

Microsoft forced to refund Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare players due to unpopularity of the Windows Store

Around 400 million devices have the Windows Store installed, but it seems only a tiny fraction of those Windows 10 users actually use the store.

Microsoft's Windows 10 Smartphone Dream Still Alive Thanks To New Android Device

Google Play store unwraps new ways to subscribe, pay

The search giant is making changes to Google Play, its online marketplace where you can download apps and games, Google said during a software developer event in San Francisco on Thursday. The company is also making a big push at hooking in users ...

Home Voice Assistant Showdown: Amazon Echo vs

Google Home

This week, Google released Google Home, a voice-controlled smart appliance, to compete with the surprisingly popular Amazon Echo.

We took the Google Pixel and iPhone 7 Plus to France for an epic camera shootout

Apple and Samsung have long been reigning champions in smartphone camera technology, but there's a new challenger vying for the top spot - Google's new Pixel smartphones. Apart from getting the highest score for a smartphone on DxOMark, the ...

A Gmail Rival Sent to Siberia by a Mysterious Google Glitch

Then there's Google. It's a company that many consumers rely on and love. It is also a company that has an immense impact on online commerce, in the United States as well as in many other countries where its search engine dominates.

Monday, 7 November 2016

Google Daydream View vs Samsung Gear VR2: Which Portable Headset Is The Better Buy?

Samsung Gear VR2 came out last August, while Google Daydream View VR is coming out this November 10. Aside from Samsung's issues about its controversial fire-prone device and its latest with its washing machines, fans and critics are excited to know ...

Apple brings AirPod-style streaming, Live Listen accessibility to MFi hearing aids

Apple has enhanced its iOS accessibility features for users with hearing impairments, adapting its enhanced Bluetooth-based streaming to Made For iPhone hearing aids while introducing Live Listen, a feature that uses an iPhone's mic to focus on ...
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Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on why he laughed at the iPhone

Roughly three years into his retirement from Microsoft, the company's colorful former CEO, Steve Ballmer is beginning to open up a bit more about his past mistakes and his relationship with Bill Gates.

Google snaps up the creators of a game-focused Android emulator

You can already run Android apps on a Chromebook, but would you run games and other intensive mobile apps on it? Probably not. However, Google might be taking steps to make that practical. The creators of LeapDroid, an Android emulator that ...

Sunday, 6 November 2016

Apple fans have click-signed more than 100000 words of legal contracts

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you're an Apple fan. You've got a Mac, an iPhone, an Apple TV, and at least one Airport router.
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Dongle dilemma provokes Apple price cut

A tweet posted shortly after Apple's recent Macbook launch event underlined the absurdity: Apple now sells 17 different types of dongle.
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PSA: Not all Windows 10 phones get direct updates from Microsoft

Unfortunately, it seems that Microsoft can still allow OEMs to leave their Windows phones completely unsupported. Take the Coship Moly X1 for instance, launched with Windows 10 Mobile and sold in the USA and Europe, the phone offered a cheap big ...

Microsoft Selfie is a fast and easy way to enhance your own selfies ...

Microsoft Selfie has been available on iOS since last December. What took it this long to reach Android is anyone's guess, especially considering the... by Rita El ...

Microsoft Corporation: The Line in the Sand for MSFT Stock

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported earnings on October 20, 2016. Following this report, Microsoft stock created a new all-time high.

Microsoft Insider build 14959 includes first preview of improved feature-download capability

Microsoft is making changes under the covers as to how Windows 10 will handle feature-update downloads going forward. windows10differentialupdate.
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Microsoft Designed the Touch Bar Long Before Apple's MacBook Pro

Microsoft might've been thinking about a Touch Bar long before Apple and its design chief Jony Ive considered it. Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group has a webpage detailing how the company has considered the use of “adaptive hardware” over the years.
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