In the latest chapter of GAFAM’s continuing bid to conquer online gaming, Microsoft has acquired PlayFab, which helps game developers launch their titles online more quickly with simplified back-end services. The startup will be integrated into Microsoft’s Azure gaming group. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
The Vikings stadium in Minneapolis has a transparent roof like no other in the United States.
Source: CNET
The address book is the last, worst default app you rely on. It’s time it got as smart as the rest of our phones. That’s the idea behind SuperPhone. Email isn’t how you build relationships anymore. Yet most business software sanctifies the spammy inbox when it’s the immediacy of text messaging that keeps people in touch today. Musician Ryan Leslie learned that when… Read More
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It’s not doing as much work as Google’s spinoff, which is why it’s managed to exist in Castle without much fanfare.
Source: CNET
The U.S. military has responded to privacy concerns over a heatmap feature in the Strava app which displays users’ fitness activity — and has been shown exposing the location of military facilities around the world — by saying it’s reviewing the rules around usage of wireless devices and apps by its personnel. Read More
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Apple may launch as many as three new Mac models in 2018, built using its own in-house co-processor designs. We’re told that the updates will include at least one desktop and new laptops.
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Source: Digital trends
A “debate” over the value of cryptocurrency turns out to be mostly a debate about nothing.
Source: Wired
Microsoft’s Slack competitor, Microsoft Teams, rolled out its biggest update since the software’s launch last year, the company says. The focus of the new set of features is allowing users to better work with apps – something Microsoft Teams accomplishes via integrations, new search and discovery features, commands, and more.
Some of the features are, in fact, quite… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Microsoft issued a rare emergency out-of-band update to turn off Intel’s microcode fix for the Meltdown and Spectre CPU exploits. You need to apply it manually for now, however, and here are your instructions.
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Source: Digital trends
By now you’ve probably heard that the Dell board is supposed to be convening later this month to figure out how it might reorganize itself to deal with the mountain of debt it took on when it bought EMC in 2015 for $67 billion. The rumors began on Friday and involved a couple of possible scenarios including Dell going public or Dell buying the remainder of VMware (which I’m not… Read More
Source: TechCrunch