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How to get started with Google’s new Wifi router
Google Inc. in October introduced its Wi-Fi router, which creates a “mesh network” to blanket your entire home in Wi-Fi. Google Wifi, available in a single or three-pack, is now available for purchase from the Google Store, Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon. It can only be controlled via the mobile application and, once set up, will ...
Windows 10 Creators Update: security and device management features for enterprise users
Microsoft Corp. has announced a slew of features for its Windows 10 Creators Update, due out in spring 2017, for information technology administrators and enterprise users. Microsoft has seen a “3X increase in Windows 10 enterprise deployments over the last six months,” wrote Rob Lefferts, director of program management for Windows Enterprise and Security, in ...
Oculus Touch arrives: how to buy it, what to do with it
Facebook Inc.-owned Oculus VR has finally released its Touch motion controllers for the Oculus Rift. Despite its release date being pushed out by several months, Facebook announced at its third annual Oculus Connect Conference in October that pre-orders of Oculus Touch would start on Oct. 10, with Dec. 6 marked as the date the controllers ...
How to use Trusted Contacts, Google’s personal safety app for Android users
Google Inc. has launched a new Android app called Trusted Contacts, a personal safety app that lets you share your location with friends and family, even if you are offline, your battery is dead or you can’t get to your phone. Trusted Contacts is currently only available for Android (KitKat and above) users, but ...
HP print bot lets you print shared files directly from Slack
HP Inc. has made it easier to print files shared in Slack with the launch of its HP Print Bot for the team messaging platform. The HP Print Bot for Slack makes use of a cloud-based HP ePrint, allowing you to print shared PDFs and images from anywhere. Shortly after Facebook Inc. launched its Messenger ...
Computer vision, sensors and deep learning drive the new Amazon Go smart convenience store
Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its brick-and-mortar retail presence with the launch of Amazon Go, a small convenience store in downtown Seattle that will allow customers to simply take items off the shelf and walk out, no checkout needed. Together with a smartphone app and various in-store technology, Amazon will be able to track the items ...
Microsoft expands Office 365 accessibility features
On Friday, Dec. 2, the day before the 2016 International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Microsoft Corp. announced various new accessibility features for Office 365 to ensure content is easier to use for people with varying levels of vision, hearing, cognition and mobility. Here’s a look at the new accessibility features coming soon for Office ...
How to stop Uber tracking your location before and after your ride
Uber Technologies Inc. has added additional location tracking to its ride-sharing app for both Android and iOS users. The location tracking service called “Trip Related Location Data” will be able to track Uber users from the moment they book a ride as well as the first five minutes following their drop-off, which includes when the ...
Amazon Web Services unveils slew of cloud services for developers, IT staff
Amazon.com Inc. launched a slew of new developer features and tools Thursday at it Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. During a two-hour keynote presentation, Werner Vogels (left), Amazon’s chief technology officer, announced new features for Lambda, a new service that offers protection against distributed denial of service attacks, automation of batch processing deployments ...
Google launches App Maker, a faster tool for app developers
Google Inc. is rolling out a test version of App Maker, an application developer tool for enterprises that doesn’t require as much manual coding. App Maker is intended to software developers to build and deploy apps within their organization faster than they could with conventional app development. App Maker forms part of G Suite for ...