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Google Photos Makes Sharing Easier

Google showed off a number of new features coming to Google Photos. Key among them…

Google Announces Major Improvements to Google Home and Assistant

A year ago, Google announced its Assistant and the Assistant-powered Home appliance. This year, both…

Duolingo Can Now Teach You Japanese

Duolingo Can Now Teach You Japanese

Duolingo announced today that its amazing language learning app now supports Japanese, one of the…

Google Lens Will Bring Vision-Based Object Identification to Your Phone

Google Lens Will Bring Vision-Based Object Identification to Your Phone

Google this week introduced a new set of Google Lens technologies that can visually identify…

2 Billion

2 Billion

Google announced that there are now over 2 billion monthly active Android devices worldwide. So…

Google Reveals Some New Features Coming in Android O

At its Google I/O 2017 developer conference today, Google revealed many of the major new…

Google is Also Targeting Creators in New Education Push

Google is Also Targeting Creators in New Education Push

You have to give Google some credit: There is no idea from its competitors that…

OneNote Gets a Design Refresh on iOS

Microsoft has pushed out a nice update to OneNote on iOS that offers an improved…

Microsoft Clarifies How Xamarin Live Player Works

Last week, Microsoft announced a preview version of Xamarin Player, which lets developers create iOS…

Microsoft Debuts a New Sharing Interface for OneDrive on PC, Mac

Microsoft Debuts a New Sharing Interface for OneDrive on PC, Mac

Today, Microsoft unveiled a new sharing interface for OneDrive on Windows and Mac at its…

Pixel Dethroned as the Best Smartphone Camera

Pixel Dethroned as the Best Smartphone Camera

It took several months, but another smartphone has finally shipped with a superior camera to…

Thinking About the Next Wave of Personal Computing (Premium)
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Thinking About the Next Wave of Personal Computing (Premium)

During his Build 2017 keynote address, Microsoft's Terry Myerson referred to Mixed Reality as "the…

The Biggest Threat to Microsoft's New Mobile Strategy? Ambivalence
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The Biggest Threat to Microsoft’s New Mobile Strategy? Ambivalence (Premium)

Now that PCs have a diminished role in personal computing, Microsoft's new focus on mobile…

On the Hunt for Great Web Apps

On the Hunt for Great Web Apps

As part of an ongoing transition from Windows desktop applications to more portable solutions like…

Samsung Chromebook Pro Finally Limps into Pre-Order

Just days ahead of Google's annual developer conference, the long-delayed and Android-compatible Samsung Chromebook Pro…

Google Will Partially Address Update Fragmentation in Android O

Google Will Partially Address Update Fragmentation in Android O

Google announced this week that it is taking steps to address the Android fragmentation issue…

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