Sunday, October 2, 2016

Microsoft goes AI crazy: Now Office 365 can track what you really get up to in meetings and other top stories.

  • Microsoft goes AI crazy: Now Office 365 can track what you really get up to in meetings

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: "We're infusing intelligence into everything we deliver." Image: Microsoft Microsoft has announced several new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features for Office 365 and Dynamics 365 for Sales.At its annual Ignite conference this week in Atlanta, GA, Microsoft is showing off new AI features across its core products for the enterprise. According to CEO Satya Nadella, this AI-eve..
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  • How to use Messages in iOS 10, from special effects to iMessage apps

    How to use Messages in iOS 10, from special effects to iMessage apps
    Thanks to iOS 10, your Messages app is way more than a texting app. Way, way more. Now that the official release of iOS 10 is out, hereĆ¢€™s your guide to using all the new features in Messages, from sending fullscreen effects to installing your third-party iMessage apps from your favorite services like Venmo, ESPN, and OpenTable. The first thing you should know is that the recipient of your messages will need an iPhone, iPod, or iPad running iOS 10, an Apple Watch running watchOS 3, or a M..
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  • Disney's rumored Twitter bid raises doubts

    Disney's rumored Twitter bid raises doubts
    One is an entertainment giant famous for exacting tight control over its content.The other is a tech firm whose commitment to free speech has earned it a reputation as a hub for news and a haven for online harassment.  Together, they make for a brow-raising pairing. But stranger things have happened in the land of acquisitions than the chatter surrounding Walt Disney Co. and Twitter Inc.Bloomberg first reported Monday that Disney is considering bidding on Twitter, joining a growing list of pot..
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  • Xiaomi's new Mi 5s flagship comes with an ultrasonic fingerprint reader

    Xiaomi's new Mi 5s flagship comes with an ultrasonic fingerprint reader
    Chinese phonemaker Xiaomi has unveiled its new Mi 5s and Mi 5s Plus handsets, successors to this year's Mi 5. The devices offer mostly expected updates, including an improved camera and faster processor, but there is one particularly interesting touch — a new ultrasonic fingerprint reader built under the glass at the bottom of the phones. This, says Xiaomi, means the Mi 5s and its larger sibling can boast "seamless, button-free design." This is a bit misleading, considering that the 5s still ha..
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  • On its 18th birthday, Google is more indispensable than ever

    On its 18th birthday, Google is more indispensable than ever
    I’ve been thinking lately about how easy it is to live without Apple products. Sure, they’re the best in the world in each category Apple competes in, but unless you’re already locked into the Cupertino ecosystem, they’re honestly optional technology. You can listen to music on the move, play movies in bed, take your office on the road with you, and concentrate your entire life into a smartphone all without an iPod, iPad, MacBook, or iPhone. There are alternatives. Not so with Google. In its 18..
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  • German Regulators Ban Facebook From Collecting WhatsApp Data

    German Regulators Ban Facebook From Collecting WhatsApp Data
    Earlier this year, WhatsApp betrayed its longstanding commitment to privacy when it announced that it would share user data with its parent company Facebook for the purpose of selling ads. Today, a German regulator announced it is putting the brakes on Facebook’s plan. From The New York Times: The city of Hamburg’s data protection commissioner ordered Facebook on Tuesday to stop collecting and storing data on WhatsApp users in Germany, the first time a privacy watchdog has waded into the deba..
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  • Sundar Pichai explains why Google is focusing hard on India

    Sundar Pichai explains why Google is focusing hard on India
    Today is a big day for Google for two reasons. Firstly, it's the company's 18th birthday, so it can now legally vote and smoke. Secondly, and possibly more importantly, it just held a massive event in India where it unveiled a bunch of new products relevant to the country including YouTube Go, new versions of Chrome and the Play store, the Google Station public Wi-Fi initiative, Google Assistant in Hindi, and more. India is obviously a major opportunity for Google. There are over a billion peop..
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  • Elon Musk has a lot to prove at today's Mars colonization announcement

    Elon Musk has a lot to prove at today's Mars colonization announcement
    Elon Musk will present the world with SpaceX’s plans for Mars colonization today in Guadalajara, Mexico — what should be the victorious presentation of a dream project. But he doesn’t have the money to get to Mars alone. So today he must either announce a substantial financial partner or woo one, in the face of a very recent SpaceX rocket explosion. There's one agency Musk needs to win over, and it already has its own Mars plans Ambitious space projects are glamorous, but this event isn’t real..
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  • Galaxy Note 7 Recall Rushing To Replace Samsung's Defective Smartphones

    Galaxy Note 7 Recall Rushing To Replace Samsung's Defective Smartphones
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