Last month, Microsoft announced it would be shutting down the desktop version of Skype 7.0, otherwise known as classic Skype, in September and transitioning users […]
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Google reveals Android P is named Pie, begins rollout to Pixel phones
Google today revealed Android P stands for Android Pie, succeeding Android Oreo, and pushed the latest source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). […]
Fitbit Sees Strong Demand for New Smartwatch
Fitbit announced this week that its recently-launched Versa smartwatch is off to a strong start and has outsold Samsung, Garmin and Fossil smartwatches combined in […]
The Surface Go reviews are in, and… they’re a bit all over the place
Surface Go—Microsoft’s 10-inch, $399 tablet—launches today in 25 markets. Many publications around the Web have had a couple of days to review Microsoft’s latest attempt […]
Apple Removing iOS and Mac Apps from Affiliate Program
Thank you for participating in the affiliate program for apps. With the launch of the new App Store on both iOS and macOS and their […]
YouTube Music is about to get a lot better
YouTube Music launched in May to mixed reviews. Even though its song catalog matches Apple Music and Spotify’s (in addition to millions of videos pulled […]
City of Rome begins making LibreOffice the default office suite on its workstations
Over the last several years, the City of Rome has been implementing its decision to use free and open source software, that it made in […]
Amazon plans to move completely off Oracle software by early 2020
Amazon’s emergence as a major provider of data center technology has turned many of its longtime suppliers, including Oracle, into heated rivals. Now Amazon is […]
Microsoft AccountGuard Service Offers Protection for Political and Election Orgs
Microsoft has launched a pilot program aimed at providing cybersecurity protection for political campaigns and election authorities. The pilot program —named AccountGuard— was launched at […]
Microsoft Raises Prices on Core Enterprise On-Premises Offerings
Microsoft this week quietly revealed that it will “adjust”—e.g. “raise”—the price of some of its core enterprise on-premises products. “Microsoft will be making a series […]