It’s a tradition. Another Windows release, another non-reviewer’s review by yours truly. (I call my reviews “non-reviewer” ones because unlike some of my colleagues, I don’t do many and definitely don’t do them as thoroughly, with all the speeds and feeds.) I’ve had a chance to use the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update preview (the […]
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Microsoft still has some soul-searching to do before deciding what’s next in the hardware-manufacturing field, with Lumia phones likely on the verge of extinction, but the Surface lineup almost guaranteed for an expansion… eventually. Unless the fabled Surface Phone is due out as a replacement of sorts for the entry-level Atom-based Surface tablet family. That […]
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IT pros in charge of making sure employees have the tools they need don’t often see the clouds part and the heavens open wide. Laptops and tablets, smartphones and desktops — they don’t slide down a rainbow and land in your office gleaming like the sun. In most cases, it’s about examining the specifications and […]
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Microsoft is preparing to launch a contract-free wireless service for Windows PCs, based on a new app found on the Windows store. The Cellular Data app allows users to connect to an “anywhere” network offering 3G, 4G, and LTE service. Users can find and connect to the service in the wireless network section of the taskbar, as with any personal WiFi signal. […]
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The future is uncertain for Microsoft’s plan to introduce a tool for bringing apps originally written for Android to its own Windows 10. The tool, nicknamed Project Astoria, was designed to encourage programmers who wrote apps for devices powered by Google’s mobile software to bring those apps to Microsoft’s new operating system. Windows is still […]
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Are you getting the sense that Apple is becoming the new Microsoft, the giant corporation that’s simultaneously doing too much and refusing to take risks? Not surprisingly, Tim Cook would like to have a word with you. He tells Fast Company that he doesn’t accept those comparisons because Apple is “willing to lose sight of […]
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