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Apple last week reported a 15% uptick in iPad sales, the tablet's first sign of growth in more than four years.

The saga of Google's Chrome OS platform has seen plenty of dramatic twists — but from the get-go, most tech-observers have been too busy scoffing at the software to notice the rich narrative unfolding around it.

New net neutrality rule proposals mean the internet will inevitably become balkanized, while reactionary and ill-thought-through "anti-fake-news" attempts seem likely to funnel traffic to a few so-called "legitimate" sources. However, even within this alternative internet reality, can carriers cope with the coming demands of augmented reality (AR)?

I became an industry analyst during the ramp to launch for Windows 95 and, as luck would have it, I owned operating systems for Dataquest at the time. The success of the product was directly tied to my own success and I doubt I’d be where I am today were it not for that timing and responsibility. As a result, I’ve watched Windows closely over the years, almost as if it was my digital brother and both of us have had some impressive ups and downs. (Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author.)... Читать дальше...

Microsoft recently began the rollout of modern Communication Sites in Office 365. This new template is now available in 100 percent of First Release tenants. If you are not in a First Release tenant, you can try out the new experience if your account is set to be a First Release user in your tenant. (Once your settings are updated, you may have to wait few hours for the new site creation experience to appear.)

Desktop support pilot fish gets a week's notice from this manager: Several of her employees will be changing desks, and they'll need to be set up in their new spots overnight.

Often, Microsoft presents technological solutions to problems experienced by only a tiny percentage of its customer base. Windows to Go was like that — a nice solution to a problem that was virtually non-existent back when it was first released in 2011. Six years later, though, Microsoft is looking prescient, since its solution fits a new problem that a lot more people want solved.