Microsoft is bringing its Edge browser to Android and iOS

Like | TechCrunch | Oct 5, 2017 | Technology | Tags: Android, Browser, EDGE, edge browser, iOS, Microsoft, Mobile, TC, Windows 10

Source: Microsoft is bringing its Edge browser to Android and iOS Begin: WordPress Article Content While Microsoft is still officially working on the mobile version of Windows 10, it’s no secret that the company has all but given up on building its own mobile ecosystem. That only leaves Microsoft with one option: concede defeat and bring its applications to the likes of Android and iOS. That’s exactly what the company has been doing for the last few years and today the company announced that its Edge browser (the successor to the much — and often justly — maligned Internet Explorer) ...

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Microsoft will soon shutter its music store and streaming service, move users to Spotify

Like | TechCrunch | Oct 3, 2017 | Technology | Tags: Apps, Groove Music Pass, Microsoft, Music, Spotify, streaming music, TC, windows store

Begin: WordPress Article Content You can’t fault Microsoft for trying, but Groove Music, its Spotify competitor, never took off. Today, the company is admitting defeat. Microsoft today announced it will soon shutter both its Groove Music Pass streaming service and the ability to purchase songs and albums in the Windows Store. Given how competitors like Spotify and Apple now own the markets for streaming and purchasing music online, this move doesn’t come as a total surprise. What does come as a surprise, though, is that Microsoft has partnered with Spotify to move all its Groove Music Pass customers over to ...

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Apple computers are at risk from flawed updates, researchers find – CNET

Like | cnet | Sep 29, 2017 | Apps, Code, Data, Data Breach, Development, IPAD, Kacking, Mobile, Security, Software, Technology

Users of MacBooks running MacOS 10.13 High Sierra will receive weekly alerts monitoring their firmware. Sarah Tew/CNET Maybe it isn’t sexy, but it stops hackers from using well-known bugs to break into your computer. In fact, it’s the most important thing you can do to keep your computer safe. Say it with me: Update your software. But there isn’t much you can you do if the update doesn’t work the way it should. That’s what’s happening with some automatic updates to Apple computers. According to research published by Duo Security on Friday, Apple updates can sometimes leave out very important ...

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Google reports all-time high of government data requests – CNET

Like | cnet | Sep 29, 2017 | Technology

With so many products under Google’s umbrella, a government request for data can mean handing over a lot. James Martin/CNET Governments around the world are doing a record amount of searching on Google, but it’s a kind of searching than you and I do. The search engine giant released its biannual transparency report on Thursday, disclosing to the public how often it gets requests from the government for users’ private information, along with how often Google hands it over. The first half of 2017 broke a record for most Google user data requests over a six-month period. Between Jan. 1 ...

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