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• Apple promises something ‘new and wonderful’
  The game of thrones among Apple’s executive elite continues on news that current hardware engineering lead, Dan Riccio, is moving into a new role in which he is, “creating something new and wonderful” at Apple.What is new? What is wonderful? Riccio, whose full title was SVP Hardware Engineering, becomes VP Engineering with John Ternus taking […]
• In a SaaS world, Tucows closes the Internet shareware barn doors
  Once upon a time, in the early 1980s to be exact, you could pay hundreds of dollars for a PC program, or you could download a shareware program at the shocking high speed of 1200 bits per second (BPS). You'd then try the program, and if you liked it, could buy it for a fraction […]
• What's in the latest Edge update? Password monitor and vertical tabs
  Microsoft's Edge 88, last week released, boasts major improvements to its password manager and debuted new tab features, including vertical tabs — something Chrome has yet to offer.The Redmond, Wash. company also patched at least 24 security vulnerabilities, the most serious marked as "High," the second level in a four-step ranking system. Google's Chrome 88, which […]
• Office 365: A guide to the updates
  Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscribers always have the latest version of Microsoft Office — currently Office 2019. They also get more frequent software updates than those who have purchased Office 2019 without a subscription, which means subscribers have access to the latest features, security patches and bug fixes. But it can be hard to […]
• Microsoft to integrate Teams with SAP as partnership expands
  Microsoft has unveiled plans to integrate Teams with a range of SAP business applications, enabling workers to share information more easily without leaving the collaboration platform.The two companies announced that the German enterprise software vendor’s S/4HANA enterprise resource planning (ERP) application, used by many of the world’s largest organizations, will connect into Microsoft’s collaboration platform. This […]
• Why smart homes are the future of the smart enterprise
  The first HomeKit-compatible Thread accessories are beginning to appear, and while that’s good news for consumers, it should also be good news for enterprise users.What the Thread? Originally designed by Nest, Samsung and ARM, Thread is an IP-based connectivity standard for smart devices. It’s a low-power mesh technology protocol that uses existing standards, such as IPv6, […]
• Decoding Microsoft Defender’s hidden settings
  Ask someone what antivirus software they use and you’ll probably get a near-religious argument about which one they have installed. Antivirus choices are often about what we trust — or don’t — on our operating system. I’ve seen some Windows users indicate they would rather have a third-party vendor watch over and protect their systems. […]
• Is Windows 10X a Chromebook killer?
  Demand for laptops soared to record levels in 2020, driven by the work-at-home and school-at-home requirements brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Notebook sales rocketed past 200 million in a year, a record-breaking 22.5% year-over-year increase, according to market intelligence firm TrendForce.Microsoft should be celebrating. But look closely and you’ll find a disturbing trend for […]
• How apps can help you build a healthier WFH office
  Still working from home? Many of us are. What follows is some advice and a selection of apps that should help you optimize your workspace to protect your health during the remote work day.What are ergonomics? The Mayo Clinic explains how good office ergonomics can help mitigate work-related neck and back pain and potential problems […]
• Tech event calendar 2021: Upcoming US shows, conferences, and IT expos
  Regional IT events Africa Australia Middle East Southeast Asia Global security events Computerworld has compiled a list of upcoming technology events for the IT industry taking place in the following weeks and months.To read this article in full, please click here
• Online privacy: Best browsers, settings, and tips
  “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it,” Scott McNealy said of online privacy back in 1999, a view the former CEO of the now-defunct Sun Microsystems reiterated in 2015. Despite the hue and cry his initial remarks caused, he’s been proven largely correct.Cookies, beacons, digital signatures, trackers, and other technologies on websites and in […]
• 18 advanced tips for Android 11
  A new Android version is intriguing, exciting, and — let's be honest — sometimes a little perplexing. Especially nowadays, it's all too common to see a shiny new update show up on your phone, eagerly look to see what fresh treats are in store, and then find yourself scratching your head as you struggle to […]
• Windows 10 Insider Previews: A guide to the builds
  Microsoft never sleeps. In addition to its steady releases of major and minor updates to the current version of Windows 10, the company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and even help shape — upcoming features.Microsoft numbers Windows 10 releases using a […]
• Android's consistency crisis
  Back in Android's earliest days — way, way back in the prehistoric era of 2010 and the years around it — the platform was a promising but messy piecemeal effort. It was fresh, it was packed with power and potential, and it was absolutely exciting. But it also had virtually no standards surrounding it, and […]
• How mixed reality (and Hololens) boosted productivity at Lockheed Martin
  Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author.Mixed reality (MR) in the consumer market has been less than exciting, but it’s been a big hit in business — particularly in manufacturing and training. Lockheed Martin was one of the first companies to embrace this technology (along with other aerospace firms like Boeing). In a presentation […]
• What's in the latest Chrome update? Password inspections, less annoying site permission requests
  Google earlier this week released Chrome 88, adding capabilities to the browser's password manager; streamlining permission requests from sites that asked, say, to switch on the microphone; and for enterprises, ending support for an add-on that called up Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to render old intranet websites and legacy apps.The Mountain View, Calif. search giant […]
• The work-from-home employee’s bill of rights
  Remote work became the new normal quickly as COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns came into force in spring 2020, and it’s clear that after the pandemic recedes, remote work will remain the norm for many employees — as much as half the deskbound “white collar” workforce, various research firms estimate. As a result of the sudden lockdowns, […]
• What's the business case for UWB, which Apple supports in iPhones?
  Apple appears to have kick-started development and implementation of the Ultra WideBand standard first deployed in a mass market product in iPhone 11 — and now available in smartphones from Apple and other manufacturers.This technological deployment is beginning to transform into new business cases, so what do we have so far?In the heat of the […]
• Q&A: How ViacomCBS cut Zoom costs, not jobs, during the pandemic
  In February 2020, before lockdown restrictions had even come into force in many countries, Zoom announced it had already added more new users in the first two months of 2020 than it had in all of 2019.As lockdowns were introduced in North America and across Europe last year because of the pandemic, companies bought up Zoom licenses […]
• Google to cut off other Chromium-based browsers from access to services such as Sync
  Google plans to revoke others' Chromium-based browsers' access to a long list of APIs that power such popular services as bookmark and settings synchronization."We discovered that some third-party Chromium-based browsers were able to integrate Google features, such as Chrome Sync and Click to Call, that are only intended for Google's use," Jochen Eisinger, Chrome engineering […]