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Most people know that Apple isn’t very forthcoming with discounts, but during the holiday season, they seem to get pulled in by the tide of deals and offers – especially for Black Friday deals. Best Black Friday Deals on Apple Mac Products You can save quite a bit of money on most Mac models today. Here’s…
The name – and the game – Solitaire is synonymous with Windows PCs, and Microsoft is now bringing the whole collection of Solitaire games to iOS and Android. Well, it’s about time! The game has been on Windows for over 25 years, and is now ready to venture out of the Windows operating system for the…
LastPass is one of the best-known password management applications on the web and mobile. A while ago, they did a study on the psychology of how we set our passwords – our last bastion of security against hackers and hack bots. In the wake of multiple hackings around the world and the very real cybersecurity…
We’ve known for quite a while that Microsoft has gradually been embracing the concept of open source, but the company made a bold and official statement earlier today by becoming a Platinum Member of the Linux Foundation, committing half a million dollars each year towards advancing open source technologies. So what’s the big deal? Well,…
For WhatsApp users currently using iOS 6 and all the smartphone models mentioned below, there will be no more support after the end of the year – as of 11:59 pm on December 31, 2016. Why is WhatsApp Support Being Suspended on these Phones and Operating Systems? Although these smartphones and OS versions have played…
Soon after Microsoft launched the Surface Studio PC to much acclaim and some criticism, Dell is sharpening its stylus to take a stab at a similar market with the Dell Smart Desk in 2017. But Dell isn’t copying Microsoft by any means, other than the fact that they seem to be targeting similar markets with…
Continued from Part 1 Amazon: Everything Under the Sun – At Your Doorstep In 1994 Amazon.com started its business as an online retailer of books, nothing more. Shortly after, they included music CDs as part of their offerings. Within a short span of 4 years, it bought Junglee Corporation for $187 million. In an interview…
Gone are the days when big technology companies took a single segment, focused on it like a laser, kept upgrading their offering and kept customers – and money – flowing towards them. Today, this ideology no longer works. If a company can’t expand its reach, it’s a sure way downhill. But if it can, then…
Microsoft reported first quarter earnings (2017) results yesterday October 20th after the market’s close, results that signalled that the company has finally reached an inflection point in their business lines. In the last several quarters Microsoft’s Windows-based revenues streams were declining, while revenues from cloud-based products and Office productivity applications were growing. Microsoft’s revenues decline…
Most people don’t think of a Chromebook as a serious laptop. From a user perspective it’s neither a full-fledged laptop nor does it have the flexibility of a hybrid tablet. Chromebooks users are, of course, the most reliable source of information with regard to usage, performance and so on, but even there the sentiments are…
Microsoft HoloLens is now available for buyers in Australia, Ireland, France, Germany, New Zealand and United Kingdom. The Hololens, which was unveiled at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington on January 21, 2015, is the Windows maker’s serious attempt at what the company calls mixed reality, or MR. It attempts to bring 3D holographic content…
Since launching the Apple Pay mobile wallet nearly 23 months ago, Apple has worked really hard to keep expanding the digital wallet’s reach around the world. The company has been strengthening its services portfolio as part of its effort to diversify its dependence on devices, and Apple Pay can easily become the lead architect of…
Earlier this week Microsoft and Workday, an enterprise software solutions company that specialises in human resource and financial management, announced their strategic partnership. Through the partnership Workday aims to connect productivity tools in Office 365 with Workday’s finance and HR applications. At first look it does looks a bit more like a regular partnership that…
Apple has recently announced that Apple Maps now offers full support for Amtrak’s entire system across the United States as well a select cities in Canada. The move is a follow-through from what they did in 2015 for Northeastern cities in the U.S. The Apple Maps app on iOS will now allow users to check…
Microsoft Office came into existence nearly 25 years ago, at a time when not many people in the world even had a computer in their homes. Since then the lead application of Microsoft’s Office Productivity suite has undergone many iterations to become a huge asset to Microsoft’s arsenal. The Microsoft you see today is not…
