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As with any major operating system transition, a lot of users of OS X are bound to have issues when they try to install the new macOS Sierra. It has now been a week and a half since the official launch of the stable version of macOS Sierra, and we’ve received a bunch of requests…
In recent years, the proliferation of mobile apps has been so aggressive that another type of application has been pushed to the sidelines – web apps. But what’s the real difference, and why are many software developers and tech companies now creating a resurgence in web apps? To do this, we first need to understand…
Over the past few years mobile carriers in the United States have been worried about what will happen in 2020, when their combined subscriber base will exceed the total population of the United States by more than 170 million. With multiple devices in nearly every home, that’s a definite possibility. But what happens beyond that?…
Are you afraid that your data on iCloud might be hacked at any time? Did the news about email leaks in Dropbox send a shiver down your spine? Well, even if you’re not as dramatic as I am, you might consider setting up your own cloud storage service that can be accessed from any of…
Hot on the heels of the still-smoking $26 billion dollar acquisition of LinkedIn, Microsoft has done it again. This time, it’s messaging app developer Wand Labs. Unlike the highly publicized LinkedIn deal, this buyout was a quiet affair, but a highly potent one. At the Microsoft Build 2016 keynote, CEO Satya Nadella spent a great…
Ever since word came out that Microsoft would acquire LinkedIn, there has been speculation that Google may well respond with an acquisition of its own. What options does Google have, and will leveraging a key acquisition allow them to gain an edge over Microsoft? If so, in which space does it expect to compete with…
One of the biggest advantages of sitting pretty on a cash pile of $105 billion is that you can pretty much spend it on what you like. The bigger the spend, however, the returns better be even bigger – and that’s exactly what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the board are betting on as they…
This week, Amazon announced that Alexa, cloud-based Virtual Assistant that powers Amazon Echo, Fire TV and Tap, has crossed a significant benchmark of 1,000 skills. A skill is nothing more than a particular task you want Alexa to perform. Understanding what you’re saying and then responding to it, or even performing a function that you…
Some four months after dropping subscription fees, WhatsApp is again making news as parent company Facebook has announced that there is now a full desktop version. WhatsApp was purchased by Facebook in 2014 and has become the most popular mobile messenger app on earth with over one billion users. The new desktop-native version is designed…
