Microsoft morphs Office 365 UI into Windows Mobile Start menu clone

Microsoft today outlined a new Windows 10-like interface for corporate users of Office 365, the software-by-subscription program.
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Google's home delivery service, Google Express, hits New England

Google today announced an expansion of its home delivery shopping service Google Express, which is now available across a large part of the East Coast.

ProsperWorks raises $24M for its Google-centric CRM solution

ProsperWorks, a cross-platform customer relationship management (CRM) service that plugs into the Google for Work platform, today announced that it has raised a $24 million Series B funding round.

Google fights router hackers with OnHub security

When Google released OnHub, its sleek home router, last year, CNET reviewer Dong Ngo found it perfectly serviceable, though priced much higher than its competitors.

Use Microsoft Rewards to score free Amazon or Starbucks gift cards every month

There's this thing called Microsoft Rewards. Until last month it was known as Bing Rewards, which netted you points in exchange for using Bing, taking quizzes and so on.

Google sets the bar high for its Oct

4 phone reveal Google has built intense speculation for its Oct. 4 event in San Francisco, where it's expected to reveal new phones aimed at consumers that will power a new virtual reality platform, and possibly, other smart-home devices.
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How Google Tries to Keep Android Devices Safe

Adrian Ludwig, Google's GOOG -0.19% lead engineer for Android security, said Wednesday during the Structure Security conference in San Francisco that one way it makes sure it can make those devices are secure is by keeping the Android OS free to ...

Forza Horizon 3 rewrites the Aussie map to create something special

Microsoft could quit the Lumia line in December. An anonymous Microsoft employee has allegedly revealed the company's plan to put an end to sales of Lumia phones by the end of 2016.

Microsoft teams up with Renault-Nissan on in-car productivity and connectivity

Microsoft has already expressed some interest on bringing Office to the car, and it sounds like it'll continue to do that work with Renault-Nissan via a new tie-up between the two companies.

For complaining's sake: Apple's case cash cow | Macworld

Would you be surprised to learn that Apple makes iPhone design decisions based on how many of its battery cases it thinks it can sell?

Inside the iPhone 7: Apple's Taptic Engine, explained

Apple has moved the Taptic Engine to its third device - the iPhone 7. The new technology replaces the older linear actuator, and will ultimately bring a world of force feedback sensations to the user, as developers implement the technology in their ...

Microsoft paid me $650 to scrub Windows 10 from my grandpa's PC, says man

Microsoft has paid the relative of an Alzheimer's patient for having to scrub his PC clean of Windows 10. Jesse Worley said he'd received a cheque for $650 from Microsoft - seen by The Register - which he told us he'd received after threatening the ...

Microsoft Surface: Microsoft boosts investment in enterprise plan

Microsoft is beefing up enterprise support for its Surface hardware. Image: Microsoft. Microsoft has provided some more details about its plans for the enterprise programme centred on its Surface tablet/laptop hybrid.

Google launches offline YouTube app and Wi-Fi expansion in India

To start, Google is adapting its apps to handle slower mobile connections and is looking to add more Wi-Fi hotspots across the country.
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Apple, Inc

Earnings: Mark Your Calendar -- The Motley Fool Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) fiscal fourth-quarter earnings have just been scheduled. After market close on Thursday, Oct. 27, the tech giant will announce its ...

Apple Highlights iOS and tvOS Apps for Watching US Presidential Debate

Apple recently updated the iOS and tvOS App Stores with a collection of apps that will be able to live stream tonight's first presidential debate, airing at 9PM eastern at Hofstra University.
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Microsoft updates Office apps with Excel maps, PowerPoint QuickStarter and Tap for Word and Outlook

ATLANTA, GA. - Microsoft is releasing a number of significant updates to its Office applications at the Microsoft Ignite conference today.

Microsoft's Bing mobile apps get support for Google's AMP

Bing, the search engine Microsoft pays you to use, is jumping on the AMP bandwagon. The open source AMP format is essentially Google's version of Facebook's Instant Articles and its stripped down format, which in some ways goes back to the early days ...

Microsoft Announces Office Training on LinkedIn Learning - eWeek

Workers can spruce up their Microsoft Office skills on LinkedIn Learning, a new learning platform based on Lynda.com.

Apple to reveal fiscal Q4 2016 earnings on Oct

27 For the three-month period ending in September, Apple is looking to stabilize the first-ever contraction in iPhone demand dating back to the April quarter.

Nvidia working with Apple on graphics for 'revolutionary' new Mac products

A series of new available positions advertised by Nvidia seek software engineers for the company's Mac graphics drivers team. Qualified applicants should have experience with Apple's Metal cross-platform application programming interface, featured on ...

Disney, Microsoft among possible Twitter suitors: reports

Microsoft is also among the list of potential suitors, although Facebook Inc (FB.O) is not likely to have an interest in the social network, CNBC said, citing sources, following the Bloomberg report.
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Heading into its second year, the Apple Watch finds its focus

One of my favorite pieces of Apple writing from the last couple years is Ben Thompson's discussion of the Apple Watch's introduction and how it compared to past Apple product introductions. I'm not just referring to standard Apple product events, but ...

iPhone 7's Ugly Battery Fix Highlights Apple's Greedy Design - Forbes

As expected, Apple has released an updated iPhone Smart Battery Case alongside the release of the iPhone 7. And as expected, upgrading users who have the ...
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Apple Is Now Boring Enough to Buy for $37 Billion Stock Sifter

Investors have started questioning Apple's ability to expand after the company ended 13 straight years of uninterrupted sales growth earlier in 2016.

Samsung Files Patent for 3D Touch Copycat Feature while Apple looks to Challenge the Galaxy Note for Pros

Ever since Apple introduced 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s there's been speculation that Samsung would eventually copy this Apple feature. Apple released their 3D touch on September 9, 2015. A Month later Synaptics announced their new Android solution to ...
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Microsoft employees assemble meals for N.J

hungry children PARAMUS - Microsoft employees put down their tablets and laptops Saturday when they turned the Garden State Plaza store into a pop-up kitchen.

Bill Maher rages at Apple for releasing dull iPhone 7

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. maherapp.jpg. Enlarge Image. Can you imagine Apple not releasing a new iPhone every year? Real Time With Bill Maher/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET.
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Microsoft talks Project Scorpio and the end of the console generation

When Microsoft took to the stage at this year's E3, they announced not one but two new consoles: the Xbox One S, which went on sale earlier this year, and Project Scorpio, which will bring up to native 4K resolution gaming when it hits store shelves in ...

An Editor at The Verge Was Also on Apple's Payroll for Two Months

Yesterday, Nilay Patel, co-founder and Editor in Chief of technology webmagazine The Verge, revealed that Verge editor Chris Ziegler had left the publication and accepted a position at Apple. That's not so strange—the path from tech journalism to tech ...
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Snapchat's Wild New Specs Won't Share Google Glass's Fate

Spectacles (Specs, for short) were first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which detailed quirky features—like shooting circular video rather than rectangles—but spent appreciably less time on Spectacles' real predecessor: Google Glass, a ...
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If Linux won't install on your laptop, blame Intel not Microsoft | PCWorld

Why won't Linux install on modern Lenovo laptops? The discovery of this problem set off a recent firestorm. But contrary to initial speculation, it's not that ...

Microsoft releases beta version of SharePoint for Android

Microsoft's SharePoint mobile application has been released on the iOS platform months ago, but Android users have been skipped from the initial launch.

Taiwan Asks Google to Make Images of Disputed Island Unclear

Taiwan has asked Google to blur, or make unclear, satellite images showing a disputed landform in the South China Sea. The images appear to show military installations on Itu Aba, which the Taiwanese call Taiping Island.

Microsoft Among Those Reportedly Interested in Possibly Buying Twitter

Multiple reports today have named a handful of companies that could be thinking about bidding to purchase social networking site Twitter--and Microsoft is among them. TechCrunch reports that Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, and Verizon are all ...

Google Is Trying to Get Oracle in Trouble for a $1 Billion Open Secret

Last month, Oracle asked for a new trial, claiming that Google failed to disclose key information prior to the most recent trial.

Microsoft Ignite: The Attendee Backpack Swag Hands On Review

As the final frantic steps are completed your mind may begin to drift and wonder about things that await you in Atlanta such as the keynotes, sessions, the expo, Microsoft Showcase and connecting with friends and far off co-workers. I know people do ...

Microsoft Ignite: Skype for Business Cloud PBX Solutions a Key Focus

Next week Atlanta will host the second Microsoft Ignite Conference, bringing together more than 20,000 IT decision makers, IT professionals, and enterprise developers.
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Microsoft's Bing mobile apps get support for Google's AMP

Bing, the search engine Microsoft pays you to use, is jumping on the AMP bandwagon. The open source AMP format is essentially Google's version of Facebook's Instant Articles and its stripped down format, which in some ways goes back to the early days ...

Google takes on the iPhone ahead of hardware event

Earlier this week, the company announced that it would launch some "made by Google" hardware, hinting at the arrival of new smartphones.
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Microsoft finally fixes double-print bug, but more patching problems loom

Microsoft finally acknowledged yesterday that it has fixed the bug that breaks certain kinds of print jobs. The problem was created by a security patch issued on Aug. 9, and in the intervening six weeks the company offered a rat's nest of partial fixes ...

Google's Internet-Beaming Balloon Gets a New Pilot: AI

This summer, the Google X lab launched a balloon into the stratosphere over Peru, and it stayed there for 98 days. Launching balloons into the stratosphere is a usual thing for the Google X lab—or just X, as it's now called after spinning off from ...

Microsoft takes its 4K console power argument directly to Sony

Remember earlier in the week when we described the emerging competition over the coming world of 4K console gaming? That contest just got a little more direct and personal, judging by comments Microsoft head of Xbox planning Albert Penello made ...

Google Maps' shining blue beam guides Android users' travels

Google has replaced the tiny Maps arrow on Android with something that can better represent the way you're facing. When you fire up the updated app, you'll ...

Microsoft researcher behind TB treatment-monitoring program wins 'genius' grant

The annual MacArthur Foundation fellows have been announced, and among them is Bill Thies, a researcher for Microsoft who works on communications programs in the developing world.

Google launches its Daydream VR development tools out of beta

Google's VR platform Daydream is now ready for developers' full attention, thanks to the release of the new Google VR SDK, which exited from beta today. The kit will allow developers to build VR experiences for Daydream-ready phones and headsets, the ...

Google Allo should never be used, says Edward Snowden

But that also means that chats are stored on Google's servers indefinitely, and are able to be read by it. The company had initially indicated that the messages would only be stored temporarily, limiting the possible impact of any data breach and ...

Google to launch Oakland lab to mentor minority students

Google is looking across the San Francisco Bay to solve the problem: to Oakland, California. The search giant, based about 40 miles south of Oakland in Mountain View, is working with the MIT Media Lab to start a new lab to mentor black and Hispanic ...
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People don't appreciate just how big Microsoft's proposed buyback is

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it was authorizing up to $40 billion in buybacks. (The software company did not reveal a timeframe for the buybacks and told CNBC it has "nothing further to share" on timing.
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Google welcomes the arrival of fall -- and spring -- with new Doodles

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Google is celebrating the arrival of fall in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere with new Doodles.
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Exclusive: Apple targets historic Carnegie Library for downtown ...

Representatives from Apple have proposed opening a flagship store and events center in one of the District's most prominent and historic buildings, the ...

Google's New Messaging App Is “Smart.” But Should You Use It?

The first thing to remember about Allo, Google's new messaging app, is that there are a lot of messaging apps out there.

Why Amazon and Google Need to Challenge Microsoft on Corporate Servers

If Google goog and Amazon amzn execute well and quickly, they could hurt Microsoft msft , the software giant already ensconced in corporate data centers that has long promoted its view of hybrid infrastructure.

Apple's 'Portrait' mode comes into focus

It does this using a built-in signal processor that identifies people with machine learning and keeps them in focus while applying a blur, which photographers call a bokeh, to the out-of-focus portions of the photo.

Microsoft just unveiled a new Nokia phone

Microsoft is still making Nokia phones. In a surprise announcement this morning, the software giant unveiled its latest Nokia 216 feature phone.

“Corporate troll” wins $3M verdict against Apple for ring-silencing ...

Company backed by Nokia, Sony, and MPEG-LA gets a $3M verdict.

Battle of Dividends: Apple, Inc

vs. Microsoft Once the Street's growth darlings, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are now mature dividend stocks. For much of their publicly traded existence, both companies were commonly known as growth investments; opting to reinvest their ...

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to block ads for selecting the sex of babies in India

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to ban adverts in India that promote services to help parents determine and decide the sex of their unborn babies.

Microsoft opens Beijing center to allow governments to review its source code

The ability to ensure products are secure makes governments keener to deploy them, says Microsoft. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Microsoft prepares for Skype world domination with cross-platform client

Microsoft is a company with a plan as far as Skype is concerned, and apparently that plan is to get rid of the sprawl of existing Skype clients, instead producing one single app which works across all platforms.

What the iPhone 7 reveals about Apple's augmented-reality plans

I believe that Apple's next big iPhone release is going to feature augmented-reality technology. Obviously, nobody at Apple has said anything about such a product. But the now-shipping iPhone 7 Plus, complete with dual-camera technology, is the latest ...

Microsoft hopes AI will find better cancer treatments

Google isn't the only tech giant hoping that artificial intelligence can aid the fight against cancer. Microsoft has unveiled Project Hanover, an effort to use AI for both understanding and treating cancers.

The iPhone 7 costs Apple more than you think

All that new tech crammed into the new iPhone 7 isn't coming cheap for Apple. Apple's materials and manufacturing costs for the phone total $224.80, according to a teardown estimate by researcher IHS Markit on Tuesday.
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How Tesla and Apple Could Be Good for Each Other

Great partnerships are often forged when each party enjoys a surplus of something the other needs, and there's little conflict in their ambitions.
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3 Fascinating Things You Probably Didn't Know About Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) employs hundreds of scientists through the powerful entity known as Microsoft Research, which has contributed to nearly every product sold by the company in the last several decades.

Ceramic Apple Watch Paired With Milanese Loop, Classic Buckle, and More

The Apple Watch Series 2 didn't change much visually from the original version of the device that launched in 2015, but Apple did introduce one new version of Series 2 that could be immediately distinguished from earlier iterations: the Ceramic Apple ...
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Microsoft Data Center to Guard Utility Grid from Blackouts

Cheyenne has never needed nearly the amount of power the Microsoft data center campus is expected to draw in the future, so neither the local utility, Black Hills Energy, nor the state's Public Utility Commission had the infrastructure in place to ...
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Apple revises return and exchange policy in Hong Kong

Apple has recently aborted a policy in Hong Kong which allowed consumers to return or exchange products within 14 days free of charge.

Wall Street ends flat as banks gain, Apple drags

A see-saw session on Wall Street on Monday ended little changed, with gains in big bank stocks offsetting a drag from Apple, as investors braced for the Federal Reserve meeting later this week. The Fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at ...