Tag: application

November 21, 2018

IF WE WERE SO INCLINED, we could go back over the last few weeks and on the vast majority of days we’ve had to bring you news of the latest borkage to Microsoft software. Up to now, it’s been that […]

November 20, 2018

Why it matters: As more data centers are built and global energy consumption continues to rise, powering all of the high tech servers inside reliably is going to require building more resilient energy grids. Downtime is a very expensive event […]

November 20, 2018

Skype has introduced the ability for users to share OneDrive files seamlessly in a chat, and while the feature is only live for testers right now, hopefully, it will roll out to the general computing population soon enough. The latest […]

November 19, 2018

Big quote: “I think their search engine is the best. Look at what we’ve done with the controls we’ve built in. We have private web browsing. We have an intelligent tracker prevention. What we’ve tried to do is come up […]

November 19, 2018

Facebook ’s founder is facing pressure to accept an invite from eight international parliaments, with lawmakers wanting to question him about negative impacts his social network is having on democratic processes globally. Last week Facebook declined an invitation from five […]

November 16, 2018

Microsoft could soon face sanctions over its data collection methods after Dutch investigators discovered that the way the software giant collects data poses a risk to user privacy. According to a report commissioned by the Dutch government, both Microsoft Office […]

November 16, 2018

Google Play Protect, the service that Google uses to scan apps installed on users’ phones, is more powerful than previously thought, Google revealed today. “Play Protect analyzes every app that it can find on the internet,” the company said in […]

November 16, 2018

After originally announcing it earlier this year, Instagram is finally rolling out the activity dashboard. The feature shows how much time you spend inside the app every day, along with your weekly average. Users can even set daily time limits, […]

November 15, 2018

Other than overeating and argument at the dinner table, the most frustrating part of Thanksgiving is the travel. You can’t go anywhere without being swarmed by traffic, whether you’re on foot, on the road, or in the airport. But Google […]

November 15, 2018

Google Maps is getting a feature that allows customers to directly message businesses. This should make it easier to contact a business to ask a question or place an order. This also adds yet another messaging capability in addition to […]