WhatsApp is ending support for Windows Phone, and old Android / iOS devices

WhatsApp is ending support for Windows Phone, and old Android / iOS devices Time to upgrade your smartphone When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. As time rolls forward we have to forget the past – that’s whatWhatsAppis doing, at least, as it’s discontinuing support for a large number of outdated smartphone models over the course of the next year....

May 10, 2019 · 3 min · 496 words · Heather Ward

Windows 10’s update for late 2019 may not have any major new features

Windows 10’s update for late 2019 may not have any major new features It’s basically just a service pack, by all accounts When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. It seems that the next update to follow after theWindows 10May 2019 Update – which after the May update will arrive in the second half of this year – could be a minor affair that makes little or no additions in terms of new features, and is pretty much just a service pack (fixes and refinements) for the previous update....

May 10, 2019 · 3 min · 616 words · Edward Price

You won't need to use the Microsoft Store to install Windows 10 apps in the future

You won’t need to use the Microsoft Store to install Windows 10 apps in the future Is the company distancing itself from the Store? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. TheMicrosoftStore, which was once the only way to install UWP (Universal Windows Platform) apps, hasn’t been the success that Microsoft hoped it would be, and it’s now confirmed that soon you may not need to use the Store to get UWP apps forWindows 10....

May 10, 2019 · 4 min · 665 words · Troy Jackson

A single student has 'solved' the problem of cheap, non-invasive glucose testing

A single student has ‘solved’ the problem of cheap, non-invasive glucose testing Microsoft gives him a trophy and $100,000 as a ‘well done’ When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. US student Bryan Chiang appears to have done what several decades of big pharma investment, the billions in theGoogleinnovation fund,Apple, and numerous failed medical start-ups haven’t managed: he’s cracked the impossible problem of checking a person’s blood glucose level without having to smear some actual blood on a sensor or poke a wire into the skin....

May 9, 2019 · 4 min · 754 words · Tracy Hunt

After nine months, Android 9 Pie is only on 10% of Android phones

After nine months, Android 9 Pie is only on 10% of Android phones Oreo is the most used Android OS When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. With each new version of Android,Googlebrings new and useful features to its phoneoperating system, but it seems no-one feels pressured to update their phones judging by new distribution stats released by Google. According to the figures, the nine-month-old Android 9 Pie, Google’s latest operating system, is only on 10....

May 9, 2019 · 3 min · 636 words · John Mendoza

AI’s memory is perfect for insight into collective behaviour

AI’s memory is perfect for insight into collective behaviour What AI tell us about collective behaviour When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. AI was never intended to give insights into collective behaviour, yet it’s becoming an increasingly efficient method of doing so. In an age of theGDPRfearful, collective behaviour is the way forward to understanding consumer preferences and AI’s memory of data allows this to happen without jeopardising individual behaviour....

May 9, 2019 · 6 min · 1125 words · Katie Brown

All Chromebooks will now be Linux-ready

All Chromebooks will now be Linux-ready Google will bring full Linux support to all Chromebooks launched this year When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. At this year’sGoogle IOdeveloper conference,Googlequietly revealed the fact that all Chromebooks launched this year will be Linux-ready right out of the box. Last year the company began to make it possible to run desktop Linux on Chrome OS and since then more Chromebooks have been able to run Linux....

May 9, 2019 · 3 min · 566 words · Rachel Compton
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