IDG Contributor Network: CES 2018: Microsoft’s broad near-term vision of our very different technology future
COMPUTER WORLD [Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author.] I got to sit down with Microsoft prior to the…
iPhone Was Most Activated Smartphone in United States Last Quarter According to Survey
MAC ROUMORS Apple increased its share of smartphone activations in the fourth quarter of 2017, following the release of the…
Apple-owned FileMaker launches ad campaign featuring actors from TV show 'The Office'
APPLE INSIDER Apple subsidiary FileMaker has released a new ad campaign touting the custom app development tool, with a video…
Apple's WebKit team helps launch Speedometer 2.0 browser benchmark
APPLE INSIDER In partnership with Chromium, Apple’s WebKit team has released Speedometer 2.0, an updated benchmark for developers testing the…
CES 2018: Apple’s CarPlay wins friends and frenemies
COMPUTER WORLD Apple may (or may not) have scaled-back its ambition to build its own connected vehicles, but at CES…
Maersk, IBM create world's first blockchain-based, electronic shipping platform
COMPUTER WORLD Maersk and IBM today announced a joint venture to deploy a blockchain-based electronic shipping system that will digitize…
Twitter Rejects Claims It Snoops on Private User Data Including Direct Messages
MAC ROUMORS Twitter has rebuffed claims by a conservative media outlet that its staff monitor users’ private data, including direct…
Amazon Starts Taking Pre-Orders from U.K. Customers for Echo Spot
MAC ROUMORS Amazon began taking pre-orders from U.K. customers for its Alexa-powered Echo Spot speaker on Tuesday. Announced along with…
How to make sure Windows gets the right patches coming to it
COMPUTER WORLD The Windows emergency security updates issued by Microsoft earlier this month came with an unprecedented prerequisite – a…
How to create and edit PDFs in Microsoft Word
COMPUTER WORLD You’ve been asked to supply a letter of reference by email. You compose one in Microsoft Word —…