Author: Joseph Brunoli

Microsoft adds AI-powered text predictions to Word

Microsoft adds AI-powered text predictions to Word

Machine learning will be added to the existing text predictive feature According to the latest Microsoft Road Map, the company plans to add AI-powered text predictions to Word users starting in March of 2021. Microsoft first introduced "test predictions" last year to both Word and Outlook. Th... Read more

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Apple ranked number one in smartphone sales for 2020

Apple ranked number one in smartphone sales for 2020

This marks the first time since 2016 that the iOS devices reached the number one spot in worldwide smartphone sales. Worldwide smartphone sales declined 5% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the latest Gartner smartphone sales report. But thanks to a relatively strong fourth quarter sa... Read more

date3 years ago
New browser-tracking hack defies standard defensive measures

New browser-tracking hack defies standard defensive measures

The hack works even when users flush caches or go incognito. For years, Intewrnet users have used a variety of tools to defend against websites tracking them. For example, they use anti-tracking browsing extensions, or they enable private or incognito browsing sessions, or they just clearing coo... Read more

date3 years ago
Microsoft readies Power Fx for low-code language

Microsoft readies Power Fx for low-code language

Microsoft's new language aims to further simplify access to its Power Platform low-code/no-code platform. Microsoft is continuing to try to make its Power Platform collection of low-code tools easier for non-programmers to use. The latest addition to the Power Platform stable looks to be a new l... Read more

date3 years ago
UK welcomes European Commission draft data adequacy decisions

UK welcomes European Commission draft data adequacy decisions

British government seems pleased with the EU decision on post-Brexit data flow The Government of the United Kingdom has "welcomed" a preliminary decision by the European Union this week. The decision paves the way for the continued free flow of personal data between the EU and the UK. The Eu... Read more

date3 years ago
Red Hat brings resilient storage to the public cloud

Red Hat brings resilient storage to the public cloud

Red Hat now supports high-availability and clustered applications in AWS and Azure public clouds. Red Hat Linux has released its Resilient Storage Add-On (RSAO) software to run in the AWS and Azure public clouds. This means apps like SAS and IBM Websphere MQ, can now run on Red Hat Linux in AWS... Read more

date3 years ago
Microsoft cuts Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC support to five years

Microsoft cuts Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC support to five years

Redmond wants to crack down on those abusing the program. Microsoft has announced that they will be reducing the length of their Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) version of Windows 10 Enterprise. Specifically, they plan to shorten the period of coverage from ten years to only five. The cut in ... Read more

date3 years ago
LinkedIn launches Sales Insights to deliver real time data

LinkedIn launches Sales Insights to deliver real time data

The tool provides customer segmentation and opportunity analysis to sales teams. Microsoft's LinkedIn social media platform this week unveiled a new tool for its customers in sales management. Sales Insights is a new data analytics solution tat aims to give sales teams real-time insights into po... Read more

date3 years ago
Low-code platform maker OutSystems raises $150 million

Low-code platform maker OutSystems raises $150 million

The Series E funding round yielded a valuation of $9.5 billion. OutSystems announced this week that it had closed a funding round that netted the company $150 billion in cash and a valuation at almost 10 billion dollars. The company specialises in "low-code" soutions that allow companies to b... Read more

date3 years ago
Apple M1-native malware is already appearing in the wild

Apple M1-native malware is already appearing in the wild

Apple's machines are becoming more targeted as macOS market share grows. Thanks to the relatively small size of Apple's share of the PC market, Apple users in the past did not have to worry so much about malware. Indeed, ten years ago, macOS' operating system market share was only 6.5 perce... Read more

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