Microsoft releases tools to let devs start building for its upcoming dual-screen devices

Like | TechCrunch | Jan 24, 2020 | Technology | Tags: Microsoft, Surface Duo, surface neo, TC

Source: Microsoft releases tools to let devs start building for its upcoming dual-screen devices As we learned back in October, Microsoft has been cracking away at not one, but two dual screen devices: Surface Duo, and Surface Neo. Surface Duo will run Android, while the Surface Neo will run on a special fork of Windows 10 dubbed “Windows 10 X”. This morning the company is pulling back the curtain a bit, debuting its first batch of dual-screen developer tools and shedding some light on how apps can utilize that second screen. While a developer kit for the Android-powered Duo ...

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Browsers are interesting again

Like | TechCrunch | Jan 6, 2020 | Technology | Tags: Developer, Firefox, Google, google-chrome, Microsoft, Mozilla, operating system, safari, TC, Web browsers

Source: Browsers are interesting again A few years ago, covering browsers got boring. Chrome had clearly won the desktop, the great JavaScript speed wars were over and Mozilla seemed more interested in building a mobile operating system than its browser. Microsoft tried its best to rescue Internet Explorer/Edge from being the punchline of nerdy jokes, but its efforts essentially failed. Meanwhile, Opera had shuttered the development of its own rendering engine and redesigned its browser with less functionality, alienating many of its biggest fans. On mobile, plenty of niche players tried to break the Chrome/Safari duopoly, but while they did ...

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2019 was a hot mess for cybersecurity, but 2020 shows promise

Like | TechCrunch | Jan 3, 2020 | Technology | Tags: Amazon, cryptography, cybercrime, data breach, General Data Protection Regulation, giphy, internet of things, Jeanette Manfra, mark warner, Microsoft, ransomware, Security, Senate Intelligence Committee, TC

Source: 2019 was a hot mess for cybersecurity, but 2020 shows promise It’s no secret that I hate predictions — not least because the security field changes rapidly, making it difficult to know what’s next. But given what we know about the past year, we can make some best-guesses at what’s to come. Ransomware will get worse, and local governments will feel the heat File-encrypting malware that demands money for the decryption key, known as ransomware, has plagued local and state governments in the past year. There have been a near-constant stream of attacks in the past year — Pensacola, ...

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In the shadow of Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle startups are having a moment

Like | TechCrunch | Dec 31, 2019 | Technology | Tags: Airbnb, Amazon, Angel Investor, Barclays, boston, Boundless, bridge bank, Convoy, corporate finance, Disney, divvy, DN Capital, Dolly, Dropbox, economy, entrepreneurship, facebook, finance, generation investment management, Goldman Sachs, howard schultz, jeff bezos, madrona venture group, Marc Benioff, maveron, Microsoft, mighty, money, Naspers, new york city, Pioneer Square Labs, Princeville Global, Private Equity, real estate, remitly, Salesforce, San Francisco, Seattle, silicon valley bank, starbucks, Startup company, Startups, stripe, stripes group, TC, Twitter, Uber, university of washington, utah, Venture Capital, Venture capital investment, Voyager Capital, Weave, xiao wang

Source: In the shadow of Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle startups are having a moment Venture capital investment exploded across a number of geographies in 2019 despite the constant threat of an economic downturn. San Francisco, of course, remains the startup epicenter of the world, shutting out all other geographies when it comes to capital invested. Still, other regions continue to grow, raking in more capital this year than ever. In Utah, a new hotbed for startups, companies like Weave, Divvy and MX Technology raised a collective $370 million from private market investors. In the Northeast, New York City experienced record-breaking ...

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A bug in Microsoft’s login system put users at risk of account hijacks

Like | TechCrunch | Dec 9, 2019 | Technology | Tags: computer security, computing, cryptography, CyberArk, cybercrime, hacking, Information technology, Microsoft, outlook.com, Security, spokesperson, vulnerability

Source: A bug in Microsoft’s login system put users at risk of account hijacks Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in its login system, which security researchers say could have been used to trick unsuspecting victims into giving over complete access to their online accounts. The bug allowed attackers to quietly steal account tokens, which websites and apps use to grant users access to their accounts without having them to constantly re-enter their passwords. These tokens are created by an app or a website in place of a username and password after a user logs in. That keeps the user persistently ...

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A TED-Ed Lesson Exploring the Pros and Cons of Types of Milk October 21, 2020
TED-Ed released a new lesson this week. The lesson is all about milk. The title of the lesson, Which Kind of Milk is Best for You? doesn't accurately portray the number of lessons and questions that can be raised when students watch the video. Which Kind of Milk is Best for You? explains the basics of […]
An Easy Way to Search in Google Classroom October 21, 2020
Twice this week I've had people ask me if there is a search function in Google Classroom. Unless, I've been overlooking something obvious, there isn't a native search function built into Google Classroom. What I have been telling people to do is use Control+F on Windows computers or Command+F on Mac computers to search within […]
13 Google Forms Tutorials for Beginners and Experienced Users October 21, 2020
For the last six or seven months whenever I open my YouTube analytics the top two videos are almost always How to Host an Online Meeting With Zoom and The Basics of Creating a Quiz in Google Forms. And based on the response to the Google Forms video that I posted on Monday, there are […]

Apparently Foxconn's Wisconsin LCD Factory Is Fake October 22, 2020
Last week, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) rejected electronics maker Foxconn’s tax subsidy application for failing to not only hire the number of employees it promised, but to build a Gen 10.5 LCD factory. The company had instead built a Gen 6 facility to manufacture phone screens instead of a…Read more...
Amazon Isn't Even Hiding Its Intentions Anymore October 22, 2020
After spending years promising Congress that the data it collected from third-party sellers wasn’t used to beef up its private-label products, today Amazon decided to roll out a product meant to do exactly that. The Amazon Shopper Panel, as it’s called, promises to pay Amazon customers that offer intel to the…Read more...
What Your Favorite iPod Says About You October 22, 2020
In honor of the launch of the original scroll wheel iPod on Oct. 23, 2001, let’s look back on some notable iPod models and what they say about you as an early tech consumer. Every iPod tells a story, and some of the stories they told were pretty darn rough. Rip. Mix. Burn.Read more...