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Why more enterprise customers are choosing Portable Windows 10: IronKey explains
Portable workspaces, including the latest Microsoft version of Windows 10 that can be booted from a USB external drive, have been called “incredibly convenient” and a “a worthwhile and productive time-saver”. Windows 10 has already been downloaded somewhere between 25-30 million times, according to reports, but how well will the new OS fare with enterprise customers? According ...
The Total Depravity of Mr. Robot (Spoilers EP:7)
For the most part Mr. Robot Episode 7: View Source is largely a poignant tale of Good Vs. Evil. It’s more or less tech-less, and might aptly have been given the name The Total Depravity of Man, a biblical doctrine featuring the darker side to human nature. The show starts in flashback with protagonist Elliot’s ...
Microsoft just made the Apple Watch much much better
Microsoft has expanded its presence in the wearable market by updating its Outlook for iOS to version 1.3.5, now available for the Apple Watch. Users now have the added function of custom notifications, voice dictation, access to inbox and calendar, pre-written email response, deleting and flagging emails. Outlook will also appear in Apple Watch’s Glances ...
Microsoft’s smart presentation app Sway now available for Windows 10, iOS and web
Microsoft’s Sway app is now generally available for Windows 10, as well as for iPhone and iPad. Sway, which has been called a ‘digital presentation tool’, was first released on October 1st 2014, and later updated in December that year. Microsoft has reported how the new app exceeded its own expectations in terms of popularity, ...
Xbox One is going to be a hell of a lot better, and here’s why
Microsoft has just upped the ante in the console wars when it revealed its soon to be redesigned Windows 10 interface for Xbox One at Gamescom in Cologne. PS4 has once again been outselling Xbox One in the U.S., and remains a distant leader on the world stage, but perhaps Microsoft’s recent announcement might give ...
Microsoft acquisition: a productivity platform that pits sales teams against each other in a fantasy league
Microsoft has just bought Austin, TX-based Incent Games Inc., the company that created FantasySalesTeam. The latter is a sales gamification platform that promises to motivate sales teams by pitting sales employees, as well as other departments, against each other in a contest not unlike that of a fantasy sports games. According to FST the app is ...
Windows 10: It’s not really free
Microsoft’s new OS, Windows 10, has so far gained widespread popularity. While we reported that there had been 14 million downloads a day after its release, Windows Central claims that a Microsoft employee secretly told them that Windows 10 was running on a massive 67 million PCs as of three days ago. This number has ...
14 million upgrades and counting: Windows 10 takes a bow, but not everyone is clapping
We know that Windows 10 is being rolled out in phases, with those on the Windows Insider program getting first dibs. But only 24 hours after the OS was released Microsoft has said that it is “humbled” by consumer demand so far. In a blog post head of marketing at Windows, Yusuf Mehdi , said, “We ...
Mr. Robot, and how we, the weak, are exploited
Episode 5 of USA Network’s Mr. Robot: ‘Exploits’ (S1.E5 eps.1.4_3xpl0its.wmv), like the episodes that came before it, has been congratulated for its realistic interpretation of hacking. But in this installment, rather than sophisticated hacks involving numerous computers, hacking software and complicated code, it was humans that were mostly exploited, not machines. First a security card ...
What we now know about Microsoft’s new flagship phones
On the back of all the controversy starring Microsoft’s phone business a leak has been revealed showing us what the next two flagship Lumia phones will look like. Rumors about the phones have been circulating for a while now, but thanks to Windows Central it looks like we have something more concrete than rumors this ...
