Apr 11, 2018 | Android, Apple, business, Chromebook, Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, mobile, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, phone, Windows 10 S, Windows10
We have arrived at a point where Microsoft no longer has a Windows division. To a generation of computer users, Windows was the product that defined Microsoft and defined our own relationship to technology. Now that defining product is a legacy, used by many but...
Apr 8, 2018 | Apple, business, Internet, Microsoft, news, Office, Vista, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft announced an internal reorganization last week and raised the profile of its cloud, artificial intelligence, and enterprise teams. This would not normally be an important event for us. Microsoft frequently reshuffles its employees. This reorganization,...
Mar 18, 2018 | Amazon, Apple, business, Facebook, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Politics
Five companies – Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft – dominate everything that happens in technology. They arguably wield more power than many governments and they have an outsized influence on the global economy. These dominant platforms have created...
Mar 14, 2018 | Android, Apple, business, Google, security
I never used a credit card in Australia. I bought coffee and sandwiches and souvenirs and dinners and clothing, but I never pulled out my wallet. I never used cash, either. I tapped. You should tap. Australian merchants accept mobile payments with Google Pay or Apple...
Nov 19, 2017 | business, news
Ever since Richard Nixon, American presidential candidates have railed against China, promising to crack down on human rights abuses or trade policy or some other hot button issue. I’ve always assumed that very serious advisers sit down with each newly elected...
Nov 13, 2017 | Amazon, Apple, Azure, Box, business, Chromebook, Cortana, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Surface, web_services, Windows10
If you’re an individual or small business Windows user, you might have the wrong idea about how Microsoft is doing. We all tend to generalize from our own experiences. You can be forgiven for thinking that Microsoft’s future is dim when Outlook has just crashed or...