Popular vendor of OS.http://aics-app.sakura.ne.jp/rss_share/201504271430106698867Microsoft, Apple, Google's latest news. Contains official and unofficial news.(ENG)Renders imagine future iPhone X w/ smaller notch & bezel, flush camera, more
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/iphone-x-renders-smaller-bezel-and-notch/
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 02:19:16 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/iphone-xi-concept-images-idrop-news-7.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Following a <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/16/iphone-12-almost-notchless/">report last week indicating</a> that the new iPhones introduced next year would feature several design improvements, <a href="https://www.idropnews.com/rumors/iphone-xi/61016/">iDropNews</a> has published new renders imagining an iPhone XI with even smaller bezels, as well as a smaller notch…</p>
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Tue, 23 Jan 2018 02:19:16 +00009to5MacTim Cook makes surprise appearance at Toronto Apple Store to tout ‘Everyone Can Code’
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/tim-cook-canada-toronto-apple-store/
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:14:51 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/tim-cook-auburn.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p><strong>Update</strong>: Tim Cook continues his tour of Canada with a Maple Leafs game:</p>
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<p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MapleLeafs</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RealKyper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealKyper</a> for an exciting night of hockey! Tough Loss. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoLeafsGo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoLeafsGo</a> / Merci aux <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MapleLeafs</a> et à <a href="https://twitter.com/RealKyper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealKyper</a> pour une soirée de hockey enlevante! Ce n’est que partie remise. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoLeafsGo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoLeafsGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/tYdqQH1RAo">pic.twitter.com/tYdqQH1RAo</a></p>
<p>— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) <a href="https://twitter.com/tim_cook/status/955639857031806976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Tim Cook today made his first ever visit to Canada since becoming Apple CEO. As reported by <em><a href="https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/apple-ceo-tim-cook-surprises-toronto-students-in-first-canada-visit/article37681868/">The Globe and Mail</a></em>, Cook visited a downtown Toronto Apple Store to talk with shoppers and students…</p>
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Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:14:51 +00009to5MacHow to set up Medical ID and customize SOS on iPhone and Apple Watch
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/how-to-set-up-medical-id-sos-iphone-apple-watch/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:08:33 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/iphone-apple-watch-medical-id-sos.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>iPhone and Apple Watch provide some awesome features when it comes to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/15/apple-watch-saves-life-managing-heart-attack/">health and fitness</a>, but they also include important ways to get help in case of an accident, injury, and more. Follow along for how to make sure your Medical ID is set up or up to date, along with how to customize the SOS settings on iPhone and Apple Watch.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:08:33 +00009to5MacTestFlight update raises cellular download limit to 150MB
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/testflight-2-0-1-update/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:56:10 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-10-at-2-33-22-pm.png?w=1600" /></div><p>Apple has today <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/testflight/id899247664?mt=8">pushed an update</a> to its TestFlight beta testing application. This brings the app version to 2.0.1 and includes a handful of new features.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:56:10 +00009to5MacNetflix expects Apple’s TV shows to be bundled with Apple Music or iOS
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/netflix-apple-competitor-content/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:43:26 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/netflix.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000" /></div><p>Netflix today <a href="https://ir.netflix.com/static-files/0c060a3f-d903-4eb9-bde6-bf3e58761712">announced</a> its fourth quarter results for 2017, reporting $3.29 billion in revenue and 8.33 million additional subscribers. Hidden in the company’s announcement, however, is also acknowledgment that Apple may soon be a major competitor…</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:43:26 +00009to5Mac011: New HomePod details, Apple’s top investigator departs, DJI Mavic Air leak | 9to5Mac Daily
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/9to5mac-daily-011/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:28:07 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/artboard-12x.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Today we’ve got new details on Apple’s upcoming HomePod smart speaker, Apple’s Director of Worldwide Investigations leaving the company for Facebook, Apple supporting the Malala Fund, and DroneDJ’s scoop on the upcoming DJI Mavic Air.</p>
<p>9to5Mac Daily is available <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1331816080?at=10laZc&pt=11l8808" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/9to5mac-daily">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/9to5Mac-Daily-p1089524/">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/I5d4dzs7dauazmfxvvrynyiuram?t=9to5Mac_Daily">Google Play</a>, or through our <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/9to5macDaily">dedicated RSS feed</a> for Overcast and other podcast players.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:28:07 +00009to5MacWindows Community Standup discussing the Always Connected PC
http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/01/22/windows-community-standup-discussing-always-connected-pc/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:15:12 +0000During our January 2018 Windows Community Standup, we discussed the Always Connected PC and what that means for developers. Kevin Gallo (CVP), Erin Chapple (GM) and Hari Pulapaka (Principal Group Program Manager) discussed the ARM architecture and Qualcomm chip, how the OS is natively recompiled with full feature support, how we extended our WoW abstraction […]Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:15:12 +0000Windows BlogApple creates activity rings-themed watch band for second internal wellness challenge
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/apple-creates-activity-rings-themed-watch-band-for-second-internal-wellness-challenge/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:13:26 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/apple-watch-fitness-lab.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/01/apple-watch-fitness-lab/"><em>Apple Watch fitness lab</em></a></p>
<p>Apple is kicking off its second-ever internal activity challenge company wide next month, and this year the competition includes a new prize. Employees who finish the challenge with gold will earn a special nylon Apple Watch band themed after the activity rings that isn’t sold in stores.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:13:26 +00009to5MacFeature Request: How Activity Sharing for Apple Watch could improve
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/feature-request-activity-sharing-improvements/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 20:38:13 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/watchos-4-activity.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Apple Watch <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/09/22/activity-sharing-social-ios-10-apple-watch/">Activity Sharing</a> is a great way to share your fitness progress with friends and stay motivated. The feature lets you easily share completed workouts, achievements, and more with your Apple Watch friends.</p>
<p>Activity Sharing has its limitations, however, and I’m hoping watchOS 5 and iOS 12 can address them with a few changes.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 20:38:13 +00009to5MacMeltdown: Intel now asking everyone to skip flawed firmware updates
https://www.onmsft.com/news/meltdown-intel-now-asking-everyone-to-skip-flawed-firmware-updates
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:45:09 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-20.35.00-1034x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-20.35.00-1034x580.png 1034w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-20.35.00-250x140.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-20.35.00-768x431.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px" />Intel is now asking PC OEMs and consumers to skip recent firmware updates, as they may introduce higher than expected reboots. Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:45:09 +0000On MSFTT-Mobile tops OpenSignal network tests as AT&T launches new range extender
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/opensignal-report-tmobile-on-top/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:10:40 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-22-at-10-52-02-am.png?w=1600" /></div><p>This morning OpenSignal has <a href="http://opensignal.com/reports/2018/01/usa/state-of-the-mobile-network">published</a> its annual report on the four major U.S. carriers. In 2017, the two largest U.S carriers, AT&T and Verizon, unleashed their unlimited data plans, which means all four major carriers now offer an unlimited data plan in some form. But the major two networks are seeing some challenges.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:10:40 +00009to5MacMicrosoft reveals the workings of OneDrive Files Restore feature
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-reveals-the-workings-of-onedrive-files-restore-feature
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:01:59 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/onedrive-media.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/onedrive-media.jpg 840w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/onedrive-media-250x140.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/onedrive-media-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" />Microsoft has finally revealed the workings of the OneDrive Files Restore feature, showing users how they can recover files accidentally deleted or compromised by malware infection. Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:01:59 +0000On MSFTApple’s top leak investigator departs for Facebook, Jessica Kirschbraun fills position
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/apple-leak-investigator-departs/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:59:58 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/apple-security.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Apple’s top investigator Lee Freedman has departed the company for a new role at Facebook. Freedman previously served as the Director of Worldwide Investigations at Apple.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:59:58 +00009to5MacYou’ll soon be able to view and delete diagnostic data in Windows 10
https://www.onmsft.com/news/youll-soon-be-able-to-view-and-delete-diagnostic-data-in-windows-10
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:40:30 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0701-773x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Windows 10 Logo White Featured Hero Generic" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0701-773x580.jpg 773w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0701-220x165.jpg 220w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0701-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px" />It turns out that you may soon have the ability to view, control and delete diagnostic data in Windows 10 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:40:30 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft software sales in Russia limited by new US sanctions
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-software-sales-in-russia-limited-by-new-us-sanctions
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:35:39 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Microsoft-France-Headquarters-877x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Microsoft" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Microsoft-France-Headquarters.png 877w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Microsoft-France-Headquarters-100x66.png 100w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Microsoft-France-Headquarters-250x165.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Microsoft-France-Headquarters-768x508.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px" />Thanks in large part to the back and forth posturing of the US and Russia, Microsoft has found itself restricted to whom it can sell its software to in the area.Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:35:39 +0000On MSFTiTunes mishap allowed some users to snatch ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ a month early
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/itunes-glitch-thor-ragnarok-early/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:23:46 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/thor-ragnarok-jpg.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Due to a mishap, a small amount of users were able to snatch the film ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ nearly a month early, according to <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/thor-ragnarok-furiously-pirated-after-itunes-pre-order-blunder-180122/"><em>TorrentFreak</em></a>. However, the iTunes page says that the film will be available on February 20.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:23:46 +00009to5Mac#ifdef WINDOWS – 3D launchers and glTF toolkit
http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/01/22/ifdef-windows-3d-launchers-gltf-toolkit/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:00:25 +0000With the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, when developing experiences for Windows Mixed Reality, a 3D launcher can be defined to override the default 2D launcher and provide a richer experience launching a game or app from the mixed reality home. Roberto Sonnino and Tom Mignone from the mixed reality team dropped by my office to give me a hands on […]Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:00:25 +0000Windows BlogWisconsin Cheese Mart makes a comeback—online and on the blockhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/anfHdu4LFn8/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>In 2003, Wisconsin Cheese Mart was up for sale and in danger of closing. When Ken McNulty, an Air Force veteran and native Wisconsinite, heard the news, he and his family decided to take a big risk. They purchased the small shop, which has been a Milwaukee cornerstone since 1938, and set out to revitalize it.</p><br/><p>At the time, only a fraction of sales were online. After investing in their online presence, Wisconsin Cheese Mart now generates over 75 percent of its business through online sales and provides cheese lovers across the United States with the largest selection of Wisconsin cheese in the world. </p><br/><p>Watch the video above to learn more about how Wisconsin Cheese Mart collaborates with local farmers and factories, and connects with customers on the web.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/anfHdu4LFn8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:00:00 +0000Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:00:00 +0000The Official Google Blog‘Apple Music for Artists’ debuts as a new analytics dashboard for musicians
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/apple-music-for-artists/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:49:27 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/apple-music-for-artists.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Apple has released a new dashboard specifically for musicians called Apple Music for Artists. The new dashboard has been created to give “deep analytical insight” about fans’ buying and listening habits.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:49:27 +00009to5MacMaking France’s digital potential work for everyonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/gD2aI-F7I0I/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>When people think of “digital champions,” it’s natural to think of a highly trained computer scientist creating new technology. There are many other kinds of digital champions, however. They can be small business owners accelerating their growth online or people finding better ways to do their jobs. To do this, people now need to easily learn digital skills throughout their lives. </p><br/><p>That’s important for countries as well as individuals. According to the European Commission, France ranks just <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/sites/digital-agenda/files/untitled.png">16th in the EU’s Digital Economy and Society Index</a>. Yet France has all the assets to succeed. It has top engineers, great entrepreneurs, one of the best education systems in the world, great infrastructure, and successful global companies. Studies suggest that if France fully seized its digital potential, it could earn up to <a href="https://www.rolandberger.com/publications/publication_pdf/etat_des_lieux_numrique_de_la_france_google_rolandberger.pdf">10 percent of GDP from digital technology by 2025</a>, creating 200-250 billion euros’ worth of additional value per year. </p><br/><p>Achieving this will take significant digital transformation for both France’s citizens and its businesses. With the right approach and infrastructure, that transformation doesn’t need to be hard. Over the last three years, we’ve trained more than 3 million Europeans in digital skills. In France alone, more than 230,000 French students and professionals have attended digital-skills training sessions given by our teams and partners. We now want to do more. </p><br/><h2>Grow with Google in France—“Les Ateliers Numériques Google” </h2><p>We will open four local Google Hubs called “Les Ateliers Numériques” across France, run by a network of local partners from the digital sector. These physical spaces will provide a long-term Google presence in French cities, with a dedicated team setting up free trainings in online skills and digital literacy. With our partners, we intend to help people find better jobs, keep their families safe online, and develop their businesses or careers. Brittany will be our pilot region, with the opening of a Google Hub in Rennes during first half of 2018; three other hubs will follow. This will bring the best digital training within easy reach of more than 100,000 people every year.</p><br/><h2>A new research center dedicated to AI </h2><p>France has produced some truly heroic figures of science—like Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Blaise Pascal and Sophie Germain—and its educational system still produces amazing researchers. So it’s only natural that we set up a new research team in Google France around the age’s defining technology: artificial intelligence. Our new research team will work closely with the AI research community in France on issues like health, science, art and the environment. They will publish their research and open-source the code they produce, so that everyone can use these insights to solve their own problems, in their own way.</p><br/><h2>Oh, and we’re going to need a bigger office, too.</h2><p>To keep pace with this digital growth, we need to expand our presence in France. We announced recently that our staff in France will increase by 50 percent, bringing our total workforce to more than 1,000 Googlers. Our offices will also grow by 6,000 m2, via new buildings connected to our office today. </p><br/><p>More than ever, we’re committed to help France find new ways to grow in this digital era—whether through helping people retrain, or growing a business, or using amazing talent to research and build new products for the world. We hope these new investments will help the country, academia and local businesses turn France into a true digital champion.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/gD2aI-F7I0I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:35:00 +0000Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:35:00 +0000The Official Google BlogHomePod settings interface, volume controls, more shown off in new images from internal testers
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/homepod-settings-volume-controls-screenshots/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:29:57 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/homepodsettings.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Leading up to the much-anticipated launch of <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/14/homepod-siri-speaker-launch-details/">HomePod</a>, Apple’s first entry into the smart speaker space, many details about the device have continued to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/16/siri-give-me-the-news-feature/">trickle out</a>. Today, new images from <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/07/homepod-spotted-in-the-wild-ahead-of-december-launch/">employees testing</a> the HomePod in France reveal how you’ll manage the speaker’s settings.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:29:57 +00009to5Mac9to5Toys Last Call: $100 off iPad Pro, Apple Watch Series 1 $180, Apple TV 4th Gen. 64GB $170, more
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:29:08 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/9to5toys-lunch-break.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by <em><strong><a href="http://9to5toys.com/9to5toys-newsletter-signup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter</a></strong></em>. Also, be sure to check us out on: <a href="http://twitter.com/9to5toys">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://9to5toys.com/feed">RSS Feed</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/9to5toyscom/228249133858390">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/b/105878626736210310777/105878626736210310777/posts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google+</a> and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2013/12/11/safari-push-notifications-are-live-on-all-9to5-sites/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Safari push notifications</a>. <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/9to5toys-lunch-break-ipad-apple-watch-apple-tv-more/#more-516626" class="more-link">more…</a></p>
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:29:08 +00009to5MacGboard for iOS adds built-in GIF creator tool featuring Motion Stills integration
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/gboard-ios-adds-built-in-gif-creator-motion-stills/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:24:18 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/gboard-friday-5-e1516641298596.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Over the weekend, Google’s Gboard for iOS began rolling out a handy tool for creating GIFs right from the keyboard. Based on <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/15/google-motion-stills-update/">Motion Stills</a>, users can create animations with a variety of effects, with quick access to them in the future.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:24:18 +00009to5MacAugmented reality on the web, for everyonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/DFRTkJhvXNc/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>In the next few months, there will be hundreds of millions of Android and iOS devices that are able to provide augmented reality experiences - meaning you'll be able to look at the world through your phone, and place digital objects wherever you look. To help bring this to as many users as possible, we've been exploring how to bring augmented reality to the web platform, so someday anyone with a browser can access this new technology. In this post, we’ll take a look at a recent prototype we built to explore how AR content could work across the web, from today’s mobile and desktop browsers, to future AR-enabled browsers. Techies, take note: the last section of the post focuses on technical details, so stick around if you want to dig deeper.</p></div></div>
<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>How the prototype works</h2>Article is a 3D model viewer that works for all browsers. On desktop, users can check out a 3D model—in this case a space suit—by dragging to rotate, or scrolling to zoom. On mobile the experience is similar: users touch and drag to rotate the model, or drag with two fingers to zoom in.</div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>With augmented reality, the model comes alive. The unique power of AR is to blend digital content with the real world. So we can, for example, surf the web, find a model, place it in our room to see just how large it truly is, and physically walk around it.</p><p>When Article is loaded on an <a href="https://developers.google.com/ar/">AR-capable device and browser</a>, an AR button appears in the bottom right. Tapping on it activates the device camera, and renders a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticle">reticle</a> on the ground in front of the user. When the user taps the screen, the model sprouts from the reticle, fixed to the ground and rendered at its physical size. The user can walk around the object and get a sense of scale and immediacy that images and video alone cannot convey.<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>To reposition the model, users can tap-and-drag, or drag with two fingers to rotate it. Subtle features such as shadows and even lighting help to blend the model with its surroundings.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Small touches make it easy to learn how to use AR. User testing has taught us that clear interface cues are key to helping users learn how AR works. For example, while the user waits momentarily for the system to identify a surface that the model can be placed upon, a circle appears on the floor, tilting with the movement of the device. This helps introduce the concept of an AR interface, with digital objects that intersect with the physical environment (also known as <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DiegeticInterface">diagetic UI</a>).</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>Under the hood (and on to the technical stuff!)</h2><p>We built our responsive model viewer with Three.js. Three.js makes the low-level power of WebGL more accessible to developers, and it has a large community of examples, documentation and Stack Overflow answers to help ease learning curves. </p><p>To ensure smooth interactions and animations, we finessed factors that contribute to performance:</p><ul><li><p>Using a low polygon-count <a href="https://poly.google.com/view/dLHpzNdygsg">model</a>;</p></li><li><p>Carefully controlling the number of lights in the scene;</p></li><li><p>Decreasing shadow resolution when on mobile devices;</p></li><li><p>Rendering the emulator UI (discussed below) using shaders that utilize signed distance functions to render their effects at infinite resolution in an efficient manner.</p></li></ul><p>To accelerate iteration times, we created a desktop AR emulator that enables us to test UX changes on desktop Chrome. This makes previewing changes nearly instant. Before the emulator, each change—no matter how minor—had to be loaded onto a connected mobile device, taking upwards of 10 seconds for each build-push-reload cycle. With the emulator we can instead preview these tweaks on desktop almost instantly, and then push to device only when needed.</p><p>The emulator is built on a desktop AR polyfill and Three.js. If one line of code (which include the polyfill), is uncommented in the index.js file , it instantiates a gray grid environment and adds keyboard and mouse controls as substitutes for physically moving in the real world. The emulator is included in the Article <a href="https://github.com/google-ar/webar-article">project repo</a>.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>The spacesuit model was sourced from <a href="https://poly.google.com/view/dLHpzNdygsg">Poly</a>. Many Poly models are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Generic (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC-BY</a>), which lets users copy and/or remix them, so long as the creator is credited. Our astronaut was created by the Poly team.</p><p>Article’s 2D sections were built with off-the-shelf libraries and modern web tooling. For responsive layout and typography and overall theme, we used <a href="https://getbootstrap.com/">Bootstrap</a>, which makes it easy for developers to create great looking sites that adapt responsively across device screen sizes. As an nod to the aesthetics of Wikipedia and Medium, we went with <a href="https://bootswatch.com/3/paper/">Bootswatch’s Paper theme</a>. For managing dependencies, classes, and build steps we used <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/">NPM</a>, <a href="http://es6-features.org/">ES6</a>, <a href="https://babeljs.io/">Babel</a> and <a href="https://webpack.js.org/">Webpack</a>.</p><h2>Looking ahead</h2><p>There’s vast potential for AR on the web—it could be used in shopping, education, entertainment, and more. Article is just one in a series of prototypes, and there’s so much left to explore—from using light estimation to more seamlessly blend 3D objects with the real world, to adding diegetic UI annotations to specific positions on the model. Mobile AR on the web is incredibly fun right now because there’s a lot to be discovered. If you’d like learn more about our experimental browsers and get started creating your own prototypes, please visit our <a href="https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/web/getting-started">devsite</a>.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/DFRTkJhvXNc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:00:00 +0000Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogNew images of long dead Xbox Watch prototype leak
https://www.onmsft.com/news/new-images-of-long-dead-xbox-watch-prototype-leak
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:57:59 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-17.21.52-1028x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-17.21.52-1028x580.png 1028w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-17.21.52-250x141.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-17.21.52-768x433.png 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-17.21.52.png 1076w" sizes="(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px" />Pictures of a working prototype of Microsoft's Xbox smartwatch leaked today, giving us a first glance at the different features that Microsoft was developing for the wearable device.Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:57:59 +0000On MSFTSkip the space gray Magic Trackpad 2 with your iMac Pro? Here’s how to fix that
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/purchase-space-gray-magic-trackpad-2/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:36:07 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/space-gray-magic-trackpad-2.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>A few weeks ago I purchased a base model iMac Pro in store, so of course it came without a space gray Magic Trackpad 2. In my excitement to get the new machine, I totally forgot about the Magic Trackpad 2, and it didn’t fully dawn on me until later that there was no real way to acquire one from Apple after purchase.</p>
<p>In fact, Apple explicitly states on its website that space gray accessories [including the Magic Trackpad 2] are available only <em>at the time</em> of your iMac Pro purchase. So what’s a person who bought an iMac Pro without a Magic Trackpad 2 supposed to do? Does it mean that you’ll have to go through the annoying process of returning it and buying it again online in order to get one? Apple’s excellent customer support may be able to help… <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/purchase-space-gray-magic-trackpad-2/#more-516569" class="more-link">more…</a></p>
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:36:07 +00009to5MacLondon Metropolitan Police to finally migrate off Windows XP
https://www.onmsft.com/news/london-metropolitan-police-to-finally-migrate-off-windows-xp
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:17:14 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/windowsxp-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Windows XP and Clippy" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/windowsxp-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/windowsxp-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/windowsxp-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />The London Metropolitan Police happens to be one of the groups still using Windows XP, and it turns out they will be finally migrating off it soonMon, 22 Jan 2018 16:17:14 +0000On MSFTLogic Pros Review: Apogee’s next generation Lightning & USB MiC+ for iOS/Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/logic-pros-review-apogee-mic-lightning/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:43:48 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/apogee-mic-review-9to5mac.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p class="p1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apogee_Electronics">Apogee</a> has been one of the top names in digital audio in the music production world for years. It successfully jumped into the mobile game with its iOS friendly interfaces among other things a few years back, and recently launched the second generation MiC+ USB/Lightning Microphone. Apogee rarely opts for affordability over quality, but we had to give it a run for its money anyway.</p>
<p class="p1">We have now had a chance to go hands-on with the company’s latest portable mic over the last little while. Apogee has certainly stepped its game up here, but is it still worth the world-class price tag? Head below for our full review… <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/logic-pros-review-apogee-mic-lightning/#more-516480" class="more-link">more…</a></p>
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:43:48 +00009to5MacPixelmator Pro adds new cropping features alongside numerous bug fixes in latest update
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/pixelmator-pro-update-new-cropping-features/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:32:51 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/pixelmator-update.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>The Pixelmator team has today released an important update to <a href="http://go.benjaminmayo.co.uk/m1289583905">Pixelmator Pro (currently $60)</a>, adding new cropping abilities that didn’t quite make the cut for the 1.0 release. Other changes include tweaks to selection and text tools and many more bug fixes. Pixelmator Pro is available exclusively in the Mac App Store.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:32:51 +00009to5MacComment: Nokia scale shows us a third risk of today’s gadgetry
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/nokia-body-cardio-scale/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:24:58 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/connected-body-scale-diet.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>Buying a gadget can be a risky business these days. We’ve already seen two ways things can go wrong. The first and most obvious is when a company takes your money and then goes bust before it can deliver. <a href="https://hackernoon.com/so-close-806b8ae77fa6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Otto locks</a> was just one recent example – crowdfunding sites are littered with others.</p>
<p>A second risk is a company discontinuing support for a gadget that relies on an app or a server. When the app is discontinued, or the server goes offline, you can be left with a useless hunk of metal. A recent example of that was Logitech discontinuing its <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/logitech-to-shut-down-service-and-support-for-harmony-link-devices-in-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harmony Link remotes</a>, informing owners that the products ‘will no longer function’ beyond March 16 of this year. (Consumer and media pressure did at least result in <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/after-online-outrage-logitech-will-now-replace-harmony-link-devices-for-free/?s1oid=00Di0000000j2Ck&OpenCommentForEdit=1&s1nid=0DB31000000Go9U&emkind=chatterCommentNotification&s1uid=0055A0000092Uwu&emtm=1510088039436&fromEmail=1&s1ext=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a solution</a>.)</p>
<p>But Nokia has just shown us a third way for a gadget purchase to go wrong after the event …</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:24:58 +00009to5MacMinecraft Chemistry Update coming in early February for all users of Minecraft: Education Edition
https://www.onmsft.com/news/minecraft-chemistry-update-coming-in-early-february-for-all-users-of-minecraft-education-edition
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:13:28 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DTrk_6KV4AAyOXk.jpg-large.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DTrk_6KV4AAyOXk.jpg-large.jpeg 554w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DTrk_6KV4AAyOXk.jpg-large-100x66.jpeg 100w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DTrk_6KV4AAyOXk.jpg-large-248x165.jpeg 248w" sizes="(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px" />With the Chemistry Update, Minecraft developer Mojang plans to introduce a fun way to explore chemistry within MinecraftEDU next month.Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:13:28 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft looks to empower students and educators with HoloLens, new Windows 10 devices, Office 365 features
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-looks-to-empower-students-and-educators-with-new-windows-10-devices-office-365-features
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:02:51 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/6ff3fd87a453e4f1c6506dd32d45b9d8-869x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/6ff3fd87a453e4f1c6506dd32d45b9d8-869x580.png 869w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/6ff3fd87a453e4f1c6506dd32d45b9d8-100x66.png 100w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/6ff3fd87a453e4f1c6506dd32d45b9d8-247x165.png 247w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/6ff3fd87a453e4f1c6506dd32d45b9d8-768x513.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px" />This week at the BETT Microsoft detailed further steps for empowering both students and educators. New Windows 10 devices, new Office 365 for Education features, and new Mixed Reality education and HoloLens incentives highlight the announcements.Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:02:51 +0000On MSFTApple Pay donations now accepted in philanthropic app Elbi
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/apple-pay-donations-elbi/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:39:36 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/apple-pay-wallet-cards.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Apple Pay is now an accepted form of payment for donations made through Elbi. The philanthropic app created by model <a href="https://twitter.com/natasupernova">Natalia Vodianova</a> lets users “love” charities and causes which prompts micro donations.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:39:36 +00009to5MacSpoiler: DJI Mavic Air revealed a day early with 4K, 21 min flight time, 3 colors
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/spoiler-dji-mavic-air-revealed-a-day-early-with-4k-21-min-flight-time-3-colors/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:30:19 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/dji-mavic-air-revealed-a-day-early-with-4k-21-min-flight-time-3-colors-white-featured.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p><strong>From <em><a href="https://dronedj.com/2018/01/22/spoiler-alert-dji-mavic-air-revealed-a-day-early-with-4k-21-minute-flight-time-panorama-and-more/">DroneDJ</a></em></strong></p>
<p>Today we discovered the first photos and specifications of the <a href="https://dronedj.com/guides/dji-mavic-air/">DJI Mavic Air drone</a> which will be officially released tomorrow morning at a <a href="http://dronedj.com/2018/01/12/dji-event-nyc-new-gear/">special DJI event</a> in New York City. Some of the main features of this new unmanned aerial vehicle from DJI are 4K video, 32-megapixel camera, and 4 foldable legs…</p>
<p><a href="https://dronedj.com/2018/01/22/spoiler-alert-dji-mavic-air-revealed-a-day-early-with-4k-21-minute-flight-time-panorama-and-more/">Click over to DroneDJ for the rest </a></p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:22:07 +00009to5MacMinecraft crosses 144 million sales and 74 million monthly active players
https://www.onmsft.com/news/minecraft-crosses-144-million-sales-and-74-million-monthly-active-players
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:18:41 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/minecraft-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Minecraft on Xbox One and Windows 10" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/minecraft-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/minecraft-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/minecraft-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />Developer Mojang has now sold 144 million copies of Minecraft across all platforms, and the game now has 74 million monthly active players worldwide.Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:18:41 +0000On MSFTReport: iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X accounted for 61% of US iPhone sales in Q4
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/iphone-8-8-plus-x-sales-iphone/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:06:54 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/iphone-8-iphone-8-plus-iphone-x-image-001.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>Apple’s new 2017 iPhone models – iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X – made up for about 61% of iPhone sales in the United States, according to a new consumer study from CIRP. This is lower than the 72% share iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus took in the same quarter a year ago.</p>
<p>Comparisons to the 2016 cycle are difficult due to the staggered debut of the (higher priced) iPhone X in November, but it seems like older iPhone models sold better than usual during the holiday season.</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:06:54 +00009to5MacWindows Camera app gets more personal in Windows 10 build 17074
https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-camera-app-gets-more-personal-in-windows-10-build-17074
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:06:09 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/windowscamera-1033x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Windows Camera" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/windowscamera-1033x580.jpg 1033w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/windowscamera-250x140.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/windowscamera-768x431.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px" />The Windows Camera app picked up seven user interface changes in the latest Insider build, helping make the app much more personal.Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:06:09 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft Education unveils new Windows 10 devices starting at $189, Office 365 tools for personalized learning, and curricula to ignite a passion for STEM
http://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/01/22/microsoft-education-unveils-new-windows-10-devices-starting-at-189-office-365-tools-for-personalized-learning-and-curricula-to-ignite-a-passion-for-stem/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:00:18 +0000Our ongoing commitment to empower every student to create the world of tomorrow continues today with several new announcements for education. Whether igniting interest in STEM, learning in 3D, helping students of all abilities improve their reading, writing, and comprehension, or saving teachers time and helping them collaborate, we know technology has the power to […]Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:00:18 +0000Windows BlogSmart Home Diary: Ending up with iPhone-controlled blinds after all … [Video]
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/homekit-compatible-blinds/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:53:14 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/main1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>Once you start down the HomeKit route, the convenience of having everything controlled from a single app is pretty addictive. So these days I view HomeKit compatibility as a pretty non-negotiable item with any smart home tech.</p>
<p>But there are limits. And <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/24/smart-home-diary-living-without-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paying £16,500 ($22,000)</a> for a Lutron system was definitely well beyond them!</p>
<p>However, the thing about having a lot of windows – especially floor to ceiling ones – is that good-quality blinds are expensive no matter what. And in the winter garden (glazed balcony) in particular, which is where we spend a huge amount of our time, we wanted really nice ones.</p>
<p>So when we found that we could have great blinds with iPhone control and promised HomeKit support for a little under half that price, we gulped and went for it …</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:53:14 +00009to5MacConsensus view now appears to be to guide children’s screen-time, not limit it
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/22/childrens-screen-time-limits/
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:17:44 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/screen-time.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000" /></div><p>British academics last month argued that previous guidance to limit the screen-time of children to 1-2 hours <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/18/should-you-limit-child-screen-time-university-study/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is now outdated</a>. A new report says that the same conclusion is being reached by childcare professionals in the U.S. also …</p>
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:17:44 +00009to5MacXbox news recap: Leaks suggest Elite Controller v2 on the way, Xbox One X coming to India and more
https://www.onmsft.com/news/xbox-news-recap-leaks-suggest-elite-controller-v2-on-the-way-xbox-one-x-coming-to-india-and-more
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:00:22 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Xbox-One-X-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Xbox One X" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Xbox-One-X-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Xbox-One-X-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Xbox-One-X-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />Check out our weekly Xbox news recap series, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Xbox.Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:00:22 +0000On MSFTWindows 10 news recap: Alexa coming to select Windows 10 PCs, latest Intel CPU firmware updates cause reboot issues and more
https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-10-news-recap-alexa-coming-to-select-windows-10-pcs-latest-intel-cpu-firmware-updates-cause-reboot-issues-and-more
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:32:26 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_184013372_iOS-773x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Windows 10 Logo Generic Featured Image Hero" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_184013372_iOS-773x580.jpg 773w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_184013372_iOS-220x165.jpg 220w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_184013372_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_184013372_iOS-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_184013372_iOS-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_184013372_iOS-632x474.jpg 632w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_184013372_iOS-536x402.jpg 536w" sizes="(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px" />Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. Alexa is coming for “select Windows 10 PCs” in Q1 2018, sign up for more info Select Windows 10 PCs will be receiving built-in Amazon Alexa support in […]Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:32:26 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft news recap: developed a bot that can draw anything, Barcelona ditching Microsoft for open source alternatives and more
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-news-recap-developed-a-bot-that-can-draw-anything-barcelona-ditching-microsoft-for-open-source-alternatives-and-more
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:04:56 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Microsoft-France-headquarters-877x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Microsoft-France-headquarters-877x580.png 877w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Microsoft-France-headquarters-100x66.png 100w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Microsoft-France-headquarters-250x165.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Microsoft-France-headquarters-768x508.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px" />Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read! Microsoft Research created a bot that can draw anything you want Microsoft’s Research division has developed a bot that can draw anything that’s asked of it. From caption-like descriptions, […]Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:04:56 +0000On MSFTEU congratulates tech companies on removing hate speech
https://www.onmsft.com/news/eu-congratulates-tech-companies-on-removing-hate-speech
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:05:51 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0639-773x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Microsoft Logo" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0639-773x580.jpg 773w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0639-220x165.jpg 220w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0639-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0639-e1502721089106.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px" />The EU has praised tech companies for removing more online hate speech.Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:05:51 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft moves Windows 10 Insider build 17074.1002 to the Slow Ring
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-moves-windows-10-insider-build-17074-1002-to-the-slow-ring
Sat, 20 Jan 2018 20:12:27 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Windows-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="A white Windows logo on a blue background" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Windows-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Windows-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Windows-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />Just a few days after a Fast Ring release, Microsoft has moved Windows 10 Insider build 17074.1002 to the Slow Ring.Sat, 20 Jan 2018 20:12:27 +0000On MSFTActivision announces latest Call of Duty: WWII Community Event “The Resistance”
https://www.onmsft.com/news/activision-announces-latest-call-of-duty-wwii-community-event-the-resistance
Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:50:30 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Call-of-Duty-WWII-Resistance-Community-Event-1050x417.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Call of Duty WWII Resistance Community Event" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Call-of-Duty-WWII-Resistance-Community-Event-1050x417.jpg 1050w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Call-of-Duty-WWII-Resistance-Community-Event-250x99.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Call-of-Duty-WWII-Resistance-Community-Event-768x305.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px" />The next Community Event for Call of Duty: WWII has been announced by Activision, called "The Resistance".Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:50:30 +0000On MSFTAge of Empires: Definitive Edition to be released on February 20
https://www.onmsft.com/news/age-of-empires-definitive-edition-to-be-released-on-february-20
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:38:55 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Age-of-Empires_Enemies-1031x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Age-of-Empires_Enemies-1031x580.png 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Age-of-Empires_Enemies-250x141.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Age-of-Empires_Enemies-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" /> As of February 20, 2018, fans of the real-time-strategy (RTS) game should able to boot up the wholely remastered edition of Age of Empires on their Windows 10 PC. Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:38:55 +0000On MSFTAlexa is coming for “select Windows 10 PCs” in Q1 2018, sign up for more info
https://www.onmsft.com/news/alexa-is-coming-for-select-windows-10-pcs-in-q1-2018-sign-up-for-more-info
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:37:48 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-19-at-19.27.40-919x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-19-at-19.27.40-919x580.png 919w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-19-at-19.27.40-250x158.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-19-at-19.27.40-768x485.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px" />We should start seeing Alexa on select Windows 10 PCs from Acer, HP and Lenovo in Q1 2018, exclusively in the US.Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:37:48 +0000On MSFTSearches up: Beach Boy gets the grade and other trends from this weekhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/NCkfdX5fBR8/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Wouldn’t It Be Nice to get an A? Don’t Worry Baby, you’ll always have a chance to change that F. </p><br/><p>That’s what Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys did this week when he went back to his high school for extra credit, turning an “F” he received in songwriting into an “A” … 58 years later later. A wave of searches about Wilson’s academic endeavors ensued: “Brian Wilson grade change,” “Brian Wilson back to school,” and “Where did Beach Boy Brian Wilson attend high school?” People are curious about where other well-known figures went to school as well. The most searched famous people and “high school” are Donald Trump, Kylie Jenner, James Franco, Jennifer Aniston and Kim Kardashian. </p><br/><p>Here’s a peek at a few other top searches from this week, with data from <a href="https://newslab.withgoogle.com/">Google News Lab</a>.</p><ul><li><b>Ballistic missile threat in Hawaii:</b> On the day of the accidental false alarm, search interest for “<a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US-HI&q=%2Fm%2F031nk">fallout shelters</a>” in Hawaii increased by nearly 10,000 percent. <br/></li><li><b>Counting down to the Winter Olympics:</b> Searches for Katie Couric were <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F01w_10,%2Fm%2F07shzp">900 percent higher</a> than her co-host Mike Tirico, and as of this week, the top-searched Olympic sports are ice hockey, snowboarding and figure skating. <br/></li><li><b>Shaking things up in Michigan:</b> An unusual earthquake in Michigan turned out to be caused by a meteor. Searches for "meteor" were on a streak—in fact, they were <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=Michigan%20meteor,Michigan%20earthquake">30 times higher</a> than “Michigan earthquake.”<br/></li><li><b>When life gives you snow, make snow cream:</b> A mixture of snow and a dairy-based liquid makes this winter sweet treat, and search interest is on the rise. In the U.S., searches for “how to make snow cream” were 290 percent higher than “how to make ice cream.”</li></ul>That’s it for this week, God Only Knows what trends will emerge next week.<br/><p><br/></p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/NCkfdX5fBR8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:00:00 +0000Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogLooking beyond code to make the future work for everyonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/5a_lWuI2bug/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>It’s clear that people need more options to thrive in the digital world. The next generation of workers will depend on how we evolve education and tech in the coming years.</p><p>When you think of how to help our workforce thrive and find opportunities in the digital world, the first word that often comes to mind is “code.” Nearly every digital-skills program over the past decade has focused on computer science, with a lot of emphasis on young students. Coding, of course, is vital and a core skill for America to invest in. Google has focused resources and employee time helping people from all backgrounds to code—from <a href="https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/en/home">helping introduce students to the basics</a>, to offering 10,000 free Udacity courses in coding for apps, to training other businesses in <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-19/google-wants-to-train-other-companies-to-use-its-ai-tools">how to become experts in programming artificial intelligence</a>. All of this will help meet the growing need for workers who can write the software that will power everyone’s businesses. And it will help countless people more move into in-demand, high paying careers.</p><p>But the focus on code has left a potentially bigger opportunity largely unexplored. In the past, people were educated, and learned job skills, and that was enough for a lifetime. Now, with technology changing rapidly and new job areas emerging and transforming constantly, that’s no longer the case. We need to focus on making lightweight, continuous education widely available. This is just as crucial to making sure that everyone can find opportunities in the future workplace. </p><p>There are two areas that are relevant here. The first is around basic digital skills training. An office admin, for example, now needs to use online programs to run budgets, scheduling, accounting and more. While digital technology should be empowering people, it can often alienate them from their own jobs.</p><p>Some of these skills didn’t exist five years ago, yet workers are today expected to have them. <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mpp_2017nov15_digitalization_full_report.pdf">A recent report</a> by the Brookings Institute says that jobs in the U.S. requiring “medium-digital” skills in America have grown from 40 percent of jobs in 2002 to 48 percent of jobs in 2016.</p><p>The digital skills necessary to do these jobs are far easier to learn than code, and should be easier to deliver at scale. For example, we rolled out a “Grow with Google” program, and partnered with Goodwill last year to incorporate digital skills training into its already amazing training infrastructure for job seekers. One trainee spoke of the value of her own experiences. “Before I learned digital skills, I felt unsure of myself,” she says. “Now I feel confident. You have to feel confident in what you do in order to be successful and move on in life.”</p><p>Through these trainings, people learn about using technology to research, to plan events, analyze data and more. They don’t require a formal degree or certificate. We think there’s great scope to expand this model, and teach hard and soft skills that can empower a workforce that has access to constant, accredited learning opportunities as job requirements change.</p><p>Second, we have a huge opportunity to rethink training for jobs that are core to the digital economy, but that don’t require coding. IT support is a clear opportunity, here. Just as anyone has a clear path to becoming an auto-mechanic, we need a similar path to the 150,000 open positions for IT support, in which people maintain the machines and software that underpin technology services. Yet no training today efficiently connects people to that opportunity. </p><p>We learned this ourselves through an IT-support apprenticeship <a href="https://www.yearup.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/USAToday4.20.11.pdf">program we offered</a>, with the Bay Area’s Year Up job-training program. Over 90 percent of the young adults met or exceed Google’s expectations as apprentices, but we noticed they didn’t return to apply for full-time jobs. It turned out that the standard, two-year computer science degree cost too much time and money, teaching skills that those former apprentices simply didn’t need to start their careers.</p><p>We should make sure that the next generation of jobs are good jobs, in every sense.</p><p>So we developed, and just <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/grow-with-google/it-support-professional-certificate/">announced</a>, a new <a href="https://www.coursera.org/specializations/google-it-support">IT certificate program</a> alongside Coursera that’s far more focused and flexible. We believe in just 8 to 12 months, it teaches everything you need to be an IT support technician. IT support jobs are <a href="https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/computer-support-specialists.htm">predicted to grow by 10 percent</a> from 2016 to 2026, faster than most other occupations the government tracks. We’re giving 10,000 people free access to the course and will connect graduates to job opportunities at places like Bank of America, Walmart, Sprint, GE Digital, Infosys, TEKSystems, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center—as well as Google. If the program works, the payoff will be substantial. The median annual wage for IT support is close to the median salary in America.</p><p></p><p>You can imagine this lightweight, focused model being applied to other tech-related jobs of the future: robust certification programs for project management, delivery fleet operation, and other jobs no one can imagine today, but that will be obvious—and ubiquitous—in five years’ time. </p><p>Moving beyond code and intensive degrees to these constant, lightweight and ubiquitous forms of education will take resources and experimentation. But that effort should help close today’s skills gaps, while making sure future skills gaps don’t open. That’s part of the reason Google has invested $1 billion over five years to help find new approaches to connect people to opportunities at work and help small and medium businesses everywhere grow in the digital economy. We should make sure that the next generation of jobs are good jobs, in every sense. Rather than thinking of education as the opening act, we need to make sure it’s a constant, natural and simple act across life—with lightweight, flexible courses, skills and programs available to everyone.</p><p><i>This essay also appeared on <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/digital-technology-must-empower-next-generation-workers-not-alienate-them-ncna838806">NBC News Think</a>.</i></p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/5a_lWuI2bug" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:30:00 +0000Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:30:00 +0000The Official Google BlogMicrosoft announces dates for next Windows Insider webcast plus upcoming meetups in Japan
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-announces-dates-for-next-windows-insider-webcast-plus-upcoming-meetups-in-japan
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:04:12 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Windows-Insiders4Good-Dona-1031x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Windows Insider Group" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Windows-Insiders4Good-Dona-1031x580.png 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Windows-Insiders4Good-Dona-250x141.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Windows-Insiders4Good-Dona-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />The next Windows Insider webcast will air on Tuesday, January 23, and the team also announced upcoming Windows Insider meetups in Japan next month.Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:04:12 +0000On MSFTOffice 2016 for Mac gets real time co-authoring, automatic saves with latest update
https://www.onmsft.com/news/office-2016-for-mac-gets-real-time-co-authoring-automatic-saves-with-latest-update
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:34:19 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-19-at-14.04.17-883x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-19-at-14.04.17-883x580.png 883w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-19-at-14.04.17-100x66.png 100w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-19-at-14.04.17-250x165.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-19-at-14.04.17-768x504.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px" />The January 2018 release introduces real-time collaborative editing in Word, Excel and Powerpoint, automatic saves for all documents stored in the cloud as well a version history feature to access earlier versionsFri, 19 Jan 2018 14:34:19 +0000On MSFTThree games from the Magic: The Gathering series come to Xbox One Backward Compatibility
https://www.onmsft.com/news/three-games-from-the-magic-the-gathering-series-come-to-xbox-one-backward-compatibility
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:36:44 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screenlg3.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screenlg3.jpg 1000w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screenlg3-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screenlg3-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />Three collectible card games based on the popular Magic: The Gathering series have just been added to the Xbox One Backward Compatibility List.Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:36:44 +0000On MSFTMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and WWE 2K16 are leaving Xbox Games Pass on January 31
https://www.onmsft.com/news/metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-and-wwe-2k16-are-leaving-xbox-games-pass-on-january-31
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:51:49 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/metalgearxbox-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience on Xbox One" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/metalgearxbox-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/metalgearxbox-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/metalgearxbox-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />According to a message that was sent out to several Xbox Game Pass subscribers, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phanton Pain and WWE 2k16 will be leaving the game pass at the end of January.Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:51:49 +0000On MSFTPlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) outsold Call of Duty: WWII on Xbox One last week
https://www.onmsft.com/news/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-pubg-outsold-call-of-duty-wwii-on-xbox-one-last-week
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:07:15 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/pubxbox-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) on Xbox One" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/pubxbox-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/pubxbox-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/pubxbox-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (also called PUBG) was the number one selling video game on the Xbox One family of consoles last week according to GfK Chart – Track. This ranking is limited to physical sales so it’s unclear exactly how well the game sold digitally though we do know it’s been doing pretty damn well overall. […]Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:07:15 +0000On MSFTDigital pre-orders open for Attack on Titan 2 on Xbox One
https://www.onmsft.com/news/digital-pre-orders-open-for-attack-on-titan-2-on-xbox-one
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:48:20 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/attackontitan-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Attack on Titan 2 on Xbox One" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/attackontitan-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/attackontitan-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/attackontitan-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />Attack on Titan 2 is now available to digitally pre-order on Microsoft’s family of Xbox One consoles ahead of its March 20th 2018 release date. This title is a sequel to the first action video game based on the popular anime and manga of the same name and features several pre-order bonuses. Digital pre-orders will […]Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:48:20 +0000On MSFTTea time with a touch of technologyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/0qhzCS5i-Ks/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Some of the world’s best tea is grown in the Darjeeling district of India, seen here against the backdrop of the Himalayas.</i></p><p><i>Editor’s Note: As part of our series of interviews with entrepreneurs across Asia Pacific who use the internet to grow, we spoke with Parvez Gupta, the co-founder of <a href="https://www.udyantea.com/">Udyan Tea</a> in Siliguri, India, to find out how he uses technology to bring the best teas to tea lovers in India and beyond. </i></p><p><b><br/></b></p><p><b>After working for a multinational firm in Singapore, you returned home to start a business in India. Tell us about your motivations. </b><br/></p><p>I grew up in Siliguri, which is part of the Darjeeling district of West Bengal—where the world’s finest tea is grown. I love tea and I enjoyed savoring it from a young age. Being in Siliguri, I’m at the source of tea production, and I’ve been able to use the internet to bring fresher and better teas to people everywhere.</p><p>My father was also a huge inspiration. Growing up, I saw him build multiple businesses from the ground up and he inspired me to become an entrepreneur.<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><b>Why tea and why Udyan?</b></p><p>My friend, Punit Poddar, and I started Udyan Tea in 2012. Punit is also deeply passionate about tea. He has been a tea taster for the past ten years and his family have been in the tea business for more than five decades. During our travels in India, we realized there was a severe lack of good quality tea in other parts of the country. As natives of Siliguri, we expect every cup of tea to be a great one. But we discovered that most good quality tea is exported to foreign markets.</p><p>We worked together to address the gap in the domestic market — too many firms catered to demand for fine teas abroad, but not at home. So Udyan Tea was born. Udyan means “garden” and that’s what we aim to provide, the finest tea from the garden to your cup. We select the best tea based on freshness, authenticity and quality. <br/></p></div></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/0qhzCS5i-Ks" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 02:00:00 +0000Fri, 19 Jan 2018 02:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogMicrosoft releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17074.1002
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-releases-windows-10-insider-preview-build-17074-1002
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:39:33 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Windows-10-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="The Windows 10 logo on a blue background" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Windows-10-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Windows-10-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Windows-10-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />This build does not come with any major changes, and it is the same as build 17074 released last week, but with 2 additional fixes. Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:39:33 +0000On MSFTWindows 10 build 16299.201 is out with “additional protections” for 32-bit systems
https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-10-build-16299-201-is-out-with-additional-protections-for-32-bit-systems
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:14:56 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Windows-10-Hello-1-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Windows 10" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Windows-10-Hello-1-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Windows-10-Hello-1-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Windows-10-Hello-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Windows-10-Hello-1-e1502805655201.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />It seems that this update is only available for PCs running the 32-bit version of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update,Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:14:56 +0000On MSFTUsing TensorFlow to keep farmers happy and cows healthyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/TY20ggwaRAk/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Editor’s Note: <a href="https://www.tensorflow.org/">TensorFlow,</a> our open source machine learning library, is just that—open to anyone. Companies, nonprofits, researchers and developers have used TensorFlow in some pretty cool ways, and we’re sharing <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/machine-learning/quillorg-better-writing-machine-learning/">those stories</a> here on Keyword. Today we hear from Yasir Khokhar and Saad Ansari, founders of <a href="http://www.connecterra.io/">Connecterra,</a> who are applying machine learning to an unexpected field: dairy farming. </i></p><br/><p>Connecterra means “connected earth.” We formed the company based on a simple thesis: if we could use technology to make sense of data from the natural world, then we could make a real impact in solving the pressing problems of our time.</p><br/><p>It all started when Yasir moved to a farm in the Netherlands, near Amsterdam. We had both spent many years working in the technology industry, and realized that the dairy industry was a sector where technology could make a dramatic impact. For instance, we saw that the only difference between cows that produce 30 liters of milk a day and those that produce 10 liters was the animal’s health. We wondered—could technology make cows healthier, and in doing so, help farmers grow their businesses?</p><br/><p>That thinking spurred us to start working weekends and evenings on what would eventually become Ida—a product that uses TensorFlow, Google’s machine learning framework, to understand and interpret the behavior of cows and give farmers insights about their herds’ health.</p><br/><p>Ida learns patterns about a cow’s movements from a wearable sensor. We use this data to train machine learning models in TensorFlow, and ultimately, Ida can detect activities from eating, drinking, resting, fertility, temperature and more. It’s not just tracking this information, though. We use Ida to predict problems early, detecting cases like lameness or digestive disorders, and provide recommendations to farmers on how to keep their cows healthy and improve the efficiency of their farms. Using these insights, we're already seeing a 30 percent increase in dairy production on our customers’ farms. </p><br/><p>By 2050, the world will have 9 billion people, and we need a 60 percent increase in food production to feed them. Dairy farmer assistance is just one example of how AI could be used to help solve important issues like this. And at Connecterra, by using AI to create solutions to big problems, we think technology can make a real impact.</p><p><br/></p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/TY20ggwaRAk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:20:00 +0000Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:20:00 +0000The Official Google BlogFormer Groove users can look forward to Spotify’s new ‘Spotlight’ podcasting feature
https://www.onmsft.com/news/former-groove-users-can-look-forward-to-spotifys-new-spotlight-podcasting-feature
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:00:06 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-18-at-20.57.49-863x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-18-at-20.57.49-863x580.png 863w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-18-at-20.57.49-100x66.png 100w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-18-at-20.57.49-246x165.png 246w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-18-at-20.57.49-768x516.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px" />Spotify is putting into place hooks that will allow dedicated podcasters the opportunity to add more engaging components to their podcast.Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:00:06 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft Research created a bot that can draw anything you want
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-research-created-a-bot-that-can-draw-anything-you-want
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:57:59 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/winbeta-microsoftresearch1-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/winbeta-microsoftresearch1-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/winbeta-microsoftresearch1-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/winbeta-microsoftresearch1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />Microsoft Research is at it again. Microsoft Research has created a bot that will draw anything you want. While the thought of a bot drawing anything you want sounds great for those that have trouble drawing stick figures, it can be harder to teach AI to do something that comes naturally for some humans. Microsoft […]Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:57:59 +0000On MSFTThis Week on Windows: Mixed Reality Viewer app, Sea of Thieves, ebooks and more
http://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/01/18/week-windows-mixed-reality-viewer-app-sea-thieves-ebooks/
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:00:20 +0000We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! Head over here to learn more about Surface Book 2 coming to all Surface markets, catch up on the news about the Sea of Thieves Closed Beta, or, check out our Windows 10 Tips on staying in touch with My People and getting […]Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:00:20 +0000Windows BlogLearn more about Windows 10 on ARM, Always Connected PCs from Channel 9, live at 10am PST
https://www.onmsft.com/news/learn-more-about-windows-10-on-arm-always-connected-pcs-from-channel-9-live-at-10am-pst
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:02:24 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-27-6-1032x580.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-27-6-1032x580.png 1032w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-27-6-250x141.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-27-6-768x432.png 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-27-6.png 1366w" sizes="(max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px" />Kevin Gallo, VP of Windows Development Platform at Microsoft will be hosting another Windows Community Standup show today at 10 AM PST on Channel 9. Gallo will be answering your most pressing questions involving Windows 10 on ARM, Always Connected PCs, and more. Windows Community Standup is a monthly online Channel 9 broadcast where Microsoft […]Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:02:24 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft’s Xbox One X console now coming to India on Jan 23rd
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsofts-xbox-one-x-console-now-coming-to-india-on-jan-23rd
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:00:23 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/XboxOneX-1.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Microsoft, Xbox" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/XboxOneX-1.jpg 940w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/XboxOneX-1-250x140.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/XboxOneX-1-768x431.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" />On January 23, 2018, Microsoft will be bringing the Xbox One X to India. The specific Xbox One X availability date in India comes via a report by Windows Central. While the Xbox One X retails for $499 in the US, the Xbox One X will retail for almost twice that in India, coming in […]Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:00:23 +0000On MSFTVMware puts its focus on Android enterprisehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/bkC6_gDYHn0/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Over the last year, we’ve added a number of new features to Android's modern management modes to <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/android-enterprise/android-oreo-smart-tough-and-productive-cookie-enterprises/">enhance security</a> and <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/android-enterprise/android-zero-touch-enrollment-seamless-and-secure-enterprise-deployment/">simplify deployment</a> for IT admins.</p><p>Our partners—leaders in the enterprise mobility ecosystem—haven’t been standing still either. We love to support and recognize the great work they’re doing to help customers adopt <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/android-enterprise/why-its-time-enterprises-adopt-androids-modern-device-management-apis/">Android's latest capabilities</a>.</p><p>For example, enterprise mobility management (EMM) partner VMware recently announced it’s <a href="https://blogs.air-watch.com/2017/12/android-enterprise-front-center/#.WlO2x5M-fWa">shifting the default deployment model</a> in the next major release of the VMware AirWatch console to Android enterprise. Customers that use AirWatch to manage their organization’s Android devices will benefit from our modern APIs that support the <a href="https://developers.google.com/android/work/requirements/work-profile">work profile</a> and <a href="https://developers.google.com/android/work/prov-devices">device owner mode</a>.</p><p>As <a href="https://blogs.air-watch.com/2017/12/android-enterprise-front-center/#.WlO2x5M-fWa">VMware notes</a> on its blog, admins can trust the work profile to keep company data separate and secure on employees’ devices. Team members can turn off work apps for those times they want some work-life balance, while also gaining the assurance their personal data remains private. For companies that deploy their own devices, VMware and <a href="https://androidbusinesspartners.withgoogle.com/android/partners/search?services=Mobility%20Management&page=1">other partners</a> support our strong and flexible tools for management.</p><p>We're excited to see partners like VMware help customers embrace the latest Android has to offer. For those interested, VMware has released a <a href="http://support.vmtestdrive.com/article/409-android-enterprise-management">walkthrough guide</a>, which is available in VMware TestDrive, that's a good place for customers to get started.</p><p> </p><p>VMware’s transition to Android enterprise is a great example of how one of our partners is embracing the modern APIs and latest capabilities of our secure and flexible platform. We’re looking forward to seeing further innovations from our partners that will accelerate what businesses can accomplish with enterprise mobility.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/bkC6_gDYHn0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogHuawei to integrate Android Messages across their Android smartphone portfoliohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/31DD858tCHY/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Over the coming months, Huawei will make it even easier for hundreds of millions of people to express themselves via mobile messaging by integrating Android Messages, powered by RCS, across their Android smartphone portfolio.</p><p>With Android Messages and RCS messaging, Huawei devices will now offer a richer native messaging and communications experience. Features such as texting over Wi-Fi, rich media sharing, group chats, and typing indicators will now be a default part of the device. Messages from businesses will also be upgraded on Huawei’s devices through RCS business messaging. And Huawei users will be able to make video calls directly from Android Messages through carrier ViLTE and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.tachyon&hl=en">Google Duo</a>.</p><p>In addition, to help carriers accelerate deployment of RCS messaging across their networks, we’re collaborating with Huawei to offer the<a href="https://jibe.google.com/"> Jibe RCS cloud and hub</a> solution to current and prospective carrier partners, as part of an integrated solution with Huawei's current infrastructure. This will enable a faster process for RCS services so more subscribers can get access to RCS messaging.</p><p>Huawei will begin integrating Android Messages across their portfolio in the coming months. For more information, see the following <a href="http://consumer.huawei.com/en/press/news/2018/google-huawei-form-strategic-partnership-on-rcs-messaging/">release</a>.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/31DD858tCHY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:00:00 +0000Thu, 18 Jan 2018 03:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogThe She Word: going behind hardware design with Ivy Rosshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/gJ68GpjlOMQ/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Editor’s Note: The She Word is a Keyword series all about powerful, dynamic and creative women at Google. Intrigued by the unique aesthetic of Google’s <a href="https://blog.google/topics/hardware/the-best-hardware-software-and-ai-together/">new family of hardware devices</a> released in October, we sat down with the woman who leads the design team: Ivy Ross. In the interview below, she shares with us how she approaches design at work, and life outside of work.</i></p></div></div>
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<div class="rich-text"><h2>How do you explain your job at a dinner party?</h2><p>I lead a team that creates how a Google product—including Google Home, the Pixel laptop and wearables—looks, feels and acts when you hold it in your hands.</p><h2>What advice would you give to women starting out in their careers?</h2><p>Be fearless in using your heart and mind in what you do, and bring more beauty into the world.</p></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>Who has been a strong female influence in your life?<br/></h2><p>My daughter. Seeing the world through her eyes at various stages of her life has given me a “beginner’s mind” in much of what I do.</p><h2>What did you want to be when you grew up?</h2></div></div>
<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>I’ve always wanted to be a designer/maker. My dad, who had a big influence on me, was an industrial designer and built the house I grew up in—the house was so ahead of its time that Andy Warhol used it to shoot a movie back in the late 70’s.</p><p>When I was 12 years old, I made a dress out of chain mail metal and wore it to a bar mitzvah. I linked together thousands of metal squares that made up the dress, designed a necklace that attached to the dress, and made a purse out of the chain mail to match. Even back then, I was designing for efficiency! Instead of bringing needle and thread in case the dress ripped, I carried a screwdriver.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>What is one habit that makes you successful?</h2><p>Trusting my instincts on both people and ideas.</p><h2>How is designing hardware different than designing software? </h2><p>Unlike software, you can’t fix hardware through a new release or update. You need more time up front because once something is tooled, you can make very few adjustments.</p><h2>What is the most important design principle for Google’s hardware? </h2><p>Human. By that I mean friendly, emotionally-appealing and easy to fit into your life and your home. I believe more time we spend in front of flat screens, the more we’ll crave soft and tactile three-dimensional shapes. This is reflected in the fabric in Home Mini, Home Max and Daydream View, the texture of Pixel phones and Pixel Books, and the soft silicon pad where you rest your wrist while typing on the PixelBook.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>Are there any design innovations you’re especially proud of in this year’s hardware lineup? </h2><p>The way we used fabric for Home Mini was not an easy path. It required special construction to accomplish the simplicity of the form with great acoustics. Some of the things that look the simplest can actually be the hardest to construct! I’m proud that we created a beautiful group of products without sacrificing their function.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</h2><p>I don’t spend much time looking at other electronics beyond what I need to understand about the market. You can’t create anything new by only looking within your own category so I draw inspiration from art, materials, furniture, music, nature and people. My dad taught how to look at something and see more than what appears on the surface.</p><h2>You're also a jewelry designer with big accomplishments at a young age. What did you learn from that?<br/></h2><p>Having gotten my work in museums around the world by age 25, I realized that life is not about the end goal, it’s about the journey and the adventure along the way with others.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/gJ68GpjlOMQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:35:00 +0000Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:35:00 +0000The Official Google BlogExploring art (through selfies) with Google Arts & Culturehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/54zwN3NmVxo/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>The <a href="http://g.co/arts/selfie">Google Arts & Culture platform</a> hosts millions of artifacts and pieces of art, ranging from prehistory to the contemporary, shared by museums across the world. But the prospect of exploring all that art can be daunting. To make it easier, we dreamt up a fun solution: connect people to art by way of a fundamental artistic pursuit, the search for the self … or, in this case, the selfie.</p><p>We created an experiment that matches your selfie with art from the collections of museums on Google Arts & Culture—and over the past few days, people have taken more than 30 million selfies. Even if your art look-alike is a surprise, we hope you discover something new in the process. (By the way, Google doesn't use your selfie for anything else and only keeps it for the time it takes to search for matches.)<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>We're so happy people are enjoying their selfie matches, but we're even happier that people haven't stopped with the selfie. They’ve jumped—face first—into the 6,000 exhibitions hosted on Google Arts & Culture, from more than 1,500 museum partners <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner?tab=map">from 70 countries</a>, to explore their artwork and learn about their stories.</p><p>Here are some of the most-visited works of art people explored while searching with their selfies:</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>And we hope you’ll keep exploring. There’s so much to see on Google Arts & Culture, from the annals of <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/american-democracy">American Democracy </a>and the rich history of <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/uslatinocultures">Latino cultures in the U.S.</a>, to <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/street-art">the wide world of Street Art</a> and the intricacies of <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/made-in-japan">Japanese crafts and traditions</a>. You can visit <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/streetview/taj-mahal/IgGJcPeTu3akmQ">the rooftop of the Taj Mahal</a> or <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/loire-castles">the famous castles of France's Loire Valley</a> or even tour the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/national-park-service">United States’ National Parks</a>, all from a mobile device. We also recommend checking out the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/fashion">stories behind what you wear</a>—this collection lets you browse more than 30,000 pieces from 3,000 years fashion history: try <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/entity/m02dl1y?col=RGB_CE4A3F">searching for hats and sort them by color</a> or sort <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/entity/m06rrc?date=-5500">shoes by time</a>. So cool.</p><p>At Google Arts & Culture, our software engineers are always experimenting with new and creative ways to connect you with art and culture. That’s how this <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/amit_sood_every_piece_of_art_you_ve_ever_wanted_to_see_up_close_and_searchable#t-636820">selfie feature came about</a>, too. We know there’s great demand to improve and expand the selfie-matching feature to more locations and we’ll share more news as soon as we have it. Currently it’s available for users in parts of the U.S. and in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India. We’ll continue to partner with more museums to bring diverse cultures from every part of the world online (<a href="https://services.google.com/fb/forms/cisignup/">any museum can join</a>!), so you can explore their stories and find even more portraits.</p><p>In the meantime, you can download the Google Arts & Culture app for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/google-arts-culture/id1050970557">iOS</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.cultural&referrer=utm_source%3DRP%26utm_medium%3Darticle%26utm_campaign%3DGEN">Android</a> and get face to face <img alt="" height="24" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/A6H1hLxyAh4DhU8Uy9IklEzGsnM9VsmjcmeoCdMMi5147Ym4yFnAY2q698PWGelJwygLDc0e91Pbmj3qjE5gNnpy_06TjwpivGQ1CLL-rcGR0exFiNempFIq5SYCs8k7S6NHlE8X" width="24"/> with art!</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/54zwN3NmVxo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:50:00 +0000Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:50:00 +0000The Official Google BlogImprovements to the DevTools Console in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
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Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:00:31 +0000We made significant improvements to the Microsoft Edge DevTools in EdgeHTML 16 with the Windows 10 Fall Creator’s Update, including new support for DOM mutation breakpoints and event and CSS inspection in the new Elements tab. Today, we’d like to walk through new improvements we’ve made to the Console to improve the output and input […]Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:00:31 +0000Windows BlogWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 17069 now available
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Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:00:53 +0000Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 17069 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17069 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from developer section on Windows Insider. For feedback and […]Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:00:53 +0000Windows BlogBill Protection on Project Fi: data when you need it, and savings when you don’thttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/CMQrpx_hVDU/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>With Project Fi, we built our $10/GB “pay for what you use” pricing to put you in control of your phone plan and how much you pay for it. Today, we’re taking the next step in that journey with Bill Protection: a new take on a phone plan that combines the simplicity of our existing pricing with the flexibility of an unlimited plan.</p></div></div>
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<div class="rich-text"><p><b>Data when you need it</b></p><p>Bill Protection gives you the peace of mind to use extra data when you need it. In months when you use more than 6 GB of data, we’ll cap your charges for <a href="http://fi.google.com/about/faq/?utm_source=project_fi&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=bill_protection#plan-and-pricing-6">calls & texts</a> plus data at $80, and allow you to continue using high speed data for free—similar to an unlimited plan. Bill Protection kicks in at different usage points based on the number of people on your plan, and you can see how it would work for your group <a href="https://fi.google.com/about/plan/?utm_source=project_fi&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=bill_protection#calculator">here</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you’re a super heavy data user, you’ll experience slower data speeds in months when you’ve consumed more than 15 GB of data (less than 1% of current Fi users today). But as always, you’ll have the power to customize your plan, and you can opt out of slower speeds by paying $10/GB for your individual data usage above 15 GB.</p></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Bill Protection begins rolling out today to individual subscribers and group plans. If you’re a current Fi subscriber, you’ll see it appear on your next billing cycle. For those not yet signed up for Fi, we’re making it easier to try it out by offering up to $120 off some of our <a href="http://fi.google.com/about/phones?utm_source=project_fi&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=bill_protection">Fi-ready phones</a> for a limited time.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/CMQrpx_hVDU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:00:00 +0000Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogIntroducing the security center for G Suite—security analytics and best practices from Googlehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/8i9WgHW5NXY/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>We want to make it easy for you to manage your organization’s data security. A big part of this is making sure you and your admins can access a bird’s eye view of your security—and, more importantly, that you can take action based on timely insights.</p><p>Today, we’re introducing the security center for G Suite, a tool that brings together security analytics, actionable insights and best practice recommendations from Google to empower you to protect your organization, data and users.</p><p>With the security center, key executives and admins can do things like:</p><h2>1. See a snapshot of important security metrics in one place. </h2><p>Get insights into suspicious device activity, visibility into how spam and malware are targeting users within your organization and metrics to demonstrate security effectiveness—all in a unified dashboard.</p></div></div>
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If you’re a <a href="https://goo.gl/KfTgtz">G Suite Enterprise</a> customer, you’ll be able to access the <a href="https://goo.gl/j1eEiq">security center</a> within the Admin console automatically in the next few days. <a href="https://goo.gl/Y2UwmL">These instructions</a> can help admins get started and <a href="https://goo.gl/1FWPDg">here</a> are some security best practices to keep in mind.</p><p>If you’re new to G Suite, <a href="https://goo.gl/8HLqqc">learn more</a> about about how you can collaborate, store and communicate securely.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/8i9WgHW5NXY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogCloud AutoML: Making AI accessible to every businesshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/MO3h-lIH7Vo/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>When we both joined Google Cloud just over a year ago, we embarked on a mission to democratize AI. Our goal was to lower the barrier of entry and make AI available to the largest possible community of developers, researchers and businesses.</p><p>Our Google Cloud AI team has been making good progress towards this goal. In 2017, we introduced <a href="https://cloud.google.com/ml-engine/">Google Cloud Machine Learning Engine</a>, to help developers with machine learning expertise easily build ML models that work on any type of data, of any size. We showed how modern machine learning services, i.e., <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products/machine-learning/">APIs</a>—including <a href="https://cloud.google.com/vision/">Vision</a>, <a href="https://cloud.google.com/speech/">Speech</a>, <a href="https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/">NLP</a>, <a href="https://cloud.google.com/translate/">Translation</a> and <a href="https://dialogflow.com/">Dialogflow</a>—could be built upon pre-trained models to bring unmatched scale and speed to business applications. <a href="https://www.kaggle.com/">Kaggle</a>, our community of data scientists and ML researchers, has grown to more than one million members. And today, more than 10,000 businesses are using Google Cloud AI services, including companies like <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/google-cloud/box-bringing-image-recognition-and-ocr-cloud-content-management/">Box</a>, <a href="https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/yr-2017/03-10-2017-rr-joins-forces-with-google-cloud-to-help-make-autonomous-ships-a-reality.aspx">Rolls Royce Marine</a>, <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/google-cloud/how-ai-can-help-make-safer-baby-food-and-other-products/">Kewpie</a> and <a href="https://ocadotechnology.com/blog/how-ocado-uses-machine-learning-to-improve-customer-service/">Ocado</a>.</p><p>But there’s much more we can do. Currently, only a handful of businesses in the world have access to the talent and budgets needed to fully appreciate the advancements of ML and AI. There’s a very limited number of people that can create advanced machine learning models. And if you’re one of the companies that has access to ML/AI engineers, you still have to manage the time-intensive and complicated process of building your own custom ML model. While Google has offered <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products/machine-learning/">pre-trained machine learning models</a> via APIs that perform specific tasks, there's still a long road ahead if we want to bring AI to everyone.</p><p>To close this gap, and to make AI accessible to every business, we’re introducing <a href="https://cloud.google.com/automl/">Cloud AutoML</a>. Cloud AutoML helps businesses with limited ML expertise start building their own high-quality custom models by using advanced techniques like <a href="https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/oreilly-artificial-intelligence/9781491985250/video314918.html">learning2learn</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_learning">transfer learning</a> from Google. We believe Cloud AutoML will make AI experts even more productive, advance new fields in AI and help less-skilled engineers build powerful AI systems they previously only dreamed of.</p><p>Our first Cloud AutoML release will be Cloud<a href="https://cloud.google.com/automl/"> AutoML Vision</a>, a service that makes it faster and easier to create custom ML models for image recognition. Its drag-and-drop interface lets you easily upload images, train and manage models, and then deploy those trained models directly on Google Cloud. Early results using Cloud AutoML Vision to classify popular public datasets like<a href="http://www.image-net.org/"> ImageNet</a> and<a href="https://www.kaggle.com/c/cifar-10/data"> CIFAR</a> have shown more accurate results with fewer misclassifications than generic ML APIs.</p><p>Here’s a little more on what Cloud AutoML Vision has to offer:</p><ul><li><p><b>Increased accuracy</b>: Cloud AutoML Vision is built on Google’s leading image recognition approaches, including<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_learning"> transfer learning</a> and<a href="https://research.google.com/pubs/pub45826.html"> neural architecture search technologies</a>. This means you’ll get a more accurate model even if your business has limited machine learning expertise.</p></li><li><p><b>Faster turnaround time to production-ready models</b>: With Cloud AutoML, you can create a simple model in minutes to pilot your AI-enabled application, or build out a full, production-ready model in as little as a day.</p></li><li><p><b>Easy to use</b>: AutoML Vision provides a simple graphical user interface that lets you specify data, then turns that data into a high quality model customized for your specific needs.</p></li></ul></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>“<a href="https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/">Urban Outfitters</a> is constantly looking for new ways to enhance our customers’ shopping experience," says Alan Rosenwinkel, Data Scientist at URBN. "Creating and maintaining a comprehensive set of product attributes is critical to providing our customers relevant product recommendations, accurate search results and helpful product filters; however, manually creating product attributes is arduous and time-consuming. To address this, our team has been evaluating Cloud AutoML to automate the product attribution process by recognizing nuanced product characteristics like patterns and neckline styles. Cloud AutoML has great promise to help our customers with better discovery, recommendation and search experiences."</p><p>Mike White, CTO and SVP, for Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media, says: “Cloud AutoML’s technology is helping us build vision models to annotate our products with Disney characters, product categories and colors. These annotations are being integrated into our search engine to enhance the impact on Guest experience through more relevant search results, expedited discovery and product recommendations on shopDisney.”</p><p>And Sophie Maxwell, Conservation Technology Lead at the Zoological Society of London, tells us: "ZSL is an international conservation charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. A key requirement to deliver on this mission is to track wildlife populations to learn more about their distribution and better understand the impact humans are having on these species. In order to achieve this, ZSL has deployed a series of camera traps in the wild that take pictures of passing animals when triggered by heat or motion. The millions of images captured by these devices are then manually analysed and annotated with the relevant species, such as elephants, lions and giraffes, etc., which is a labour-intensive and expensive process. ZSL’s dedicated Conservation Technology Unit has been collaborating closely with Google’s Cloud ML team to help shape the development of this exciting technology, which ZSL aims to use to automate the tagging of these images—cutting costs, enabling wider-scale deployments and gaining a deeper understanding of how to conserve the world’s wildlife effectively."</p><p>If you’re interested in trying out AutoML Vision, you can request access <a href="https://services.google.com/fb/forms/cloudautomlalphaprogram/">via this form</a>.</p><p>AutoML Vision is the result of our close collaboration with Google Brain and other Google AI teams, and is the first of several Cloud AutoML products in development. While we’re still at the beginning of our journey to make AI more accessible, we’ve been deeply inspired by what our 10,000+ customers using Cloud AI products have been able to achieve. We hope the release of Cloud AutoML will help even more businesses discover what’s possible through AI.</p><h2><b>References</b></h2><ul><li><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1707.07012.pdf">Learning Transferable Architectures for Scalable Image Recognition</a>, <i>Barret Zoph, Vijay Vasudevan, Jonathon Shlens, Quoc V. Le. Arxiv, 2017.</i></p></li><li><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.00559">Progressive Neural Architecture Search</a>, <i>Chenxi Liu, Barret Zoph, Jonathon Shlens, Wei Hua, Li-Jia Li, Li Fei-Fei, Alan Yuille, Jonathan Huang, Kevin Murphy, Arxiv, 2017.</i></p></li><li><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.01041">Large-Scale Evolution of Image Classifiers</a>, <i>Esteban Real, Sherry Moore, Andrew Selle, Saurabh Saxena, Yutaka Leon Suematsu, Quoc Le, Alex Kurakin. International Conference on Machine Learning, 2017.</i></p></li><li><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.01578">Neural Architecture Search with Reinforcement Learning</a>, <i>Barret Zoph, Quoc V. Le. International Conference on Learning Representations, 2017.</i></p></li><li><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07261">Inception-v4, Inception-ResNet and the Impact of Residual Connections on Learning</a>, <i>Christian Szegedy, Sergey Ioffe, Vincent Vanhoucke, Alex Alemi. AAAI, 2017.</i></p></li><li><p><a href="https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/46507.pdf">Bayesian Optimization for a Better Dessert</a>, <i>Benjamin Solnik, <a href="https://research.google.com/pubs/DanielGolovin.html">Daniel Golovin</a>, <a href="https://research.google.com/pubs/105545.html">Greg Kochanski</a>, <a href="https://research.google.com/pubs/105483.html">John Elliot Karro</a>, <a href="https://research.google.com/pubs/SubhodeepMoitra.html">Subhodeep Moitra</a>, <a href="https://research.google.com/pubs/author38217.html">D. Sculley</a>. NIPS, Workshop on Bayesian Optimization, 2017.</i></p></li></ul></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/MO3h-lIH7Vo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:00:00 +0000Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogSurface Book 2 coming to all Surface markets
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Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:01:15 +0000<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/d/surface-book-2/8mcpzjjcc98c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Surface</a><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/d/surface-book-2/8mcpzjjcc98c" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Book 2 15” available for pre-order</a> in 17 new markets starting todayWed, 17 Jan 2018 08:01:15 +0000Windows BlogAnnouncing Windows Server Insider Preview Build 17074
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Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:24:35 +0000Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows Server Insider Preview Build 17074 to Windows Insiders. This build is a preview build of the next Semi-Annual Channel release of Windows Server. For more information on the Semi-Annual channel, please see the Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel overview Available Content Server Insiders have the choice of Server […]Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:24:35 +0000Windows BlogWindows 10 Tip: Stay in touch with My People
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Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:00:11 +0000Did you know with the <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/10/17/whats-new-windows-10-fall-creators-update/#GsIyY21aIbRRyoxk.97" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Windows 10 Fall Creators Update</a>, you can talk and share faster with the people you talk to the most?Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:00:11 +0000Windows BlogA new pathway to roles in IT Supporthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/uIJMj2jnwBY/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Today, we’re launching the <a href="https://www.coursera.org/specializations/google-it-support">Google IT Support Professional Certificate</a> hosted on Coursera—a first-of-its-kind online program to prepare people for roles in IT support. With no previous experience required, beginning learners can become entry-level job ready in eight to 12 months. This program is part of <a href="http://google.com/grow">Grow with Google</a>, our initiative to help people get the skills they need to find a job. </p><br/><p>There’s no better example of a dynamic, fast-growing field than IT support. With more and more people relying on computers for some part of their work, growth in IT support is outpacing the average rate for all other occupations. In the United States alone, there are currently 150,000 open IT support jobs (according to Burning Glass), and the average starting salary is $52,000 according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. </p><p>I helped hire Google’s IT staff for several years when I led our internal IT support program; it was often challenging to find qualified candidates. But I knew that candidates didn't need traditional four-year college degrees to be qualified—and also found that IT was very teachable. So in 2014 we partnered with the nonprofit organization Year Up to create a program aimed at training and hiring non-traditional talent for IT support internships and full-time roles. The program was a success, and its graduates inspired us to think about how we could make a bigger impact beyond Google. Watch the story of one of our program graduates, Edgar Barragan:</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Now we’re using the training we implemented at Google as the basis of a new program available to anyone, anywhere, as part of the Grow with Google initiative. No tech experience or college degree is necessary.</p><br/><p>With over 64 hours of video lessons and a dynamic mix of hands-on labs and other interactive assessments, all developed by Googlers, this certificate program introduces people to troubleshooting and customer service, networking, operating systems, system administration, automation, and security—all the fundamentals of IT support. Throughout the program, people will hear directly from Googlers whose own foundation in IT support served as a jumping-off point for their careers. </p><br/><p>Since we know training is just the first step, we also want to help with the next one—the job search. Once people complete the certificate, they can opt in to share their information directly with top employers, including Bank of America, Walmart, Sprint, GE Digital, PNC Bank, Infosys, TEKsystems, UPMC, and of course, Google, all who are looking to hire IT support talent.</p><br/><p>To ensure job seekers from all backgrounds have access to the program, we’re subsidizing the cost of the certificate on Coursera to $49/month and providing financial support to more than 10,000 learners in the United States. Need-based scholarships, funded by <a href="https://www.google.org/our-work/economic-opportunity/">Google.org</a> grants, will be offered through leading nonprofits focused on underrepresented communities including Year Up, Per Scholas, Goodwill, Student Veterans of America, and Upwardly Global. <a href="https://www.coursera.org/google-it-support-financial-assistance">Full financial assistance</a> is also available to those who qualify. </p><br/><p>You can find out more and enroll at <a href="https://about.coursera.org/google-it-support/">the Google IT Support page on Coursera</a>. </p><br/><p>I’ve seen firsthand how educational opportunities can transform people’s careers and lives. By making the Google IT Support Professional Certificate accessible on Coursera, we hope to open the door for everyone to begin a career in technology.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/uIJMj2jnwBY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:00:00 +0000Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogExpanding our global infrastructure with new regions and subsea cableshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/L8xya_OnsXk/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>At Google, we've spent $30 billion improving our infrastructure over three years, and we’re not done yet. From data centers to subsea cables, Google is committed to connecting the world and serving our Cloud customers, and today we’re excited to announce that we’re adding three new submarine cables, and five new regions.</p><p>We’ll open our Netherlands and Montreal regions in the first quarter of 2018, followed by Los Angeles, Finland, and <a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/11/coming-in-2018-GCPs-Hong-Kong-region.html">Hong Kong</a> – with more to come. Then, in 2019 we’ll commission three subsea cables: Curie, a private cable connecting Chile to Los Angeles; Havfrue, a consortium cable connecting the U.S. to Denmark and Ireland; and the Hong Kong-Guam Cable system (HK-G), a consortium cable interconnecting major subsea communication hubs in Asia. </p><p>Together, these investments further improve our network—the world’s largest—which by some accounts delivers 25% of worldwide internet traffic. Companies like PayPal leverage our network and infrastructure to run their businesses effectively.</p><p>“At PayPal, we process billions of transactions across the globe, and need to do so securely, instantaneously and economically. As a result, security, networking and infrastructure were key considerations for us when choosing a cloud provider,” said Sri Shivananda, PayPal’s Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. “With Google Cloud, we have access to the world’s largest network, which helps us reach our infrastructure goals and best serve our millions of users.”</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>Curie cable </h2><p>Our investment in the Curie cable (named after renowned scientist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie">Marie Curie</a>) is part of our ongoing commitment to improve global infrastructure. In 2008, we were the first tech company to <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/about-unity-bandwidth-consortium.html">invest in a subsea cable as a part of a consortium</a>. With Curie, we become the first major non-telecom company to build a private intercontinental cable.</p><p>By deploying our own private subsea cable, we help improve global connectivity while providing value to our customers. Owning the cable ourselves has some distinct benefits. Since we control the design and construction process, we can fully define the cable’s technical specifications, streamline deployment and deliver service to users and customers faster. Also, once the cable is deployed, we can make routing decisions that optimize for latency and availability.</p><p>Curie will be the first subsea cable to land in Chile in almost 20 years. Once deployed, Curie will be Chile’s largest single data pipe. It will serve Google users and customers across Latin America.</p><h2>Havfrue cable</h2><p>To increase capacity and resiliency in our North Atlantic systems, we’re working with Facebook, Aqua Comms and Bulk Infrastructure to build a direct submarine cable system connecting the U.S. to Denmark and Ireland. This cable, called Havfrue (Danish for “mermaid”), will be built by TE SubCom and is expected to come online by the end of 2019. The marine route survey, during which the supplier determines the specific route the cable will take, is already underway.</p><h2>HK-G cable</h2>In the Pacific, we’re working with <a href="http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/nw/submarine/news/20170421.html">RTI-C and NEC</a> on the Hong Kong-Guam cable system. Together with <a href="https://blog.google/topics/google-cloud/google-invests-indigo-undersea-cable-improve-cloud-infrastructure-southeast-asia/">Indigo</a> and other existing subsea systems, this cable creates multiple scalable, diverse paths to Australia, increasing our resilience in the Pacific. As a result, customers will experience improved capacity and latency from Australia to major hubs in Asia. It will also increase our network capacity at our new Hong Kong region.</div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Google has direct investment in 11 cables, including those planned or under construction. The three cables highlighted in yellow are being announced in this blog post. (In addition to these 11 cables where Google has direct ownership, we also lease capacity on numerous additional submarine cables.)</p><h2>What does this mean for our customers?</h2><p>These new investments expand our existing cloud network. The Google network has over 100 points of presence (<a href="http://peering.google.com/#/infrastructure">map</a>) and over 7,500 edge caching nodes (<a href="http://peering.google.com/#/infrastructure">map</a>). This investment means faster and more reliable connectivity for all our users.</p><p>Simply put, it wouldn’t be possible to deliver products like Machine Learning Engine, Spanner, BigQuery and other Google Cloud Platform and G Suite services at the quality of service users expect without the Google network. Our cable systems provide the speed, capacity and reliability Google is known for worldwide, and at Google Cloud, our customers are able to make use of the same network infrastructure that powers Google’s own services. </p><p>While we haven’t hastened the speed of light, we have built a superior cloud network as a result of the well-provisioned direct paths between our cloud and end-users, as shown in the figure below.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>We’re excited about these improvements. We're increasing our commitment to ensure users have the best connections in this increasingly connected world.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/L8xya_OnsXk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000The Official Google BlogEight things you need to know about Hash Code 2018http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/9uzzkWM1uCg/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Are you up for a coding challenge? Team up to solve an engineering problem from Google—<a href="https://hashcode.withgoogle.com/index.html?utm_source=keyword_blog&utm_medium=blog">registration for Hash Code 2018 is now open</a>. </p><p>Hash Code is Google’s flagship team programming competition for students and professionals in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. You pick your team and programming language, we pick a Google engineering problem for you to solve. Thinking about competing in Hash Code? Here’s what you need to know before you sign up:</p><p><b>1. This is the fifth edition of Hash Code. </b>Hash Code started in 2014 with just 200 participants. We’ve grown a bit since the early days—last year more than 26,000 developers teamed up to compete from 100+ countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.</p><p><b>2. Problems are modeled after Google engineering challenges. </b>We want participants to experience what software engineering is like at Google, so we model Hash Code problems after challenges faced by Google engineering teams. Past problems have included <a href="https://hashcode.withgoogle.com/2017/tasks/hashcode2017_qualification_task.pdf?utm_source=keyword_blog&utm_medium=blog">optimizing video serving</a> on YouTube, <a href="https://hashcode.withgoogle.com/2014/tasks/hashcode2014_final_task.pdf?utm_source=keyword_blog&utm_medium=blog">routing Street View cars</a> through a busy city, and <a href="https://hashcode.withgoogle.com/2015/tasks/hashcode2015_qualification_task.pdf?utm_source=keyword_blog&utm_medium=blog">optimizing the layout of a Google data center</a>. </p><p><b>3. You compete in a small team (just like engineers at Google!).</b> To compete in Hash Code, you need to form a team of two to four people. This means it’s not just about what you know individually, but about how you and your team can work together to tackle the problem.</p><p><b>4. Hash Code kicks off with an Online Qualification Round on Thursday, March 1. </b>It all starts with a YouTube livestream at 18:30 CET sharp, after which the problem is released and teams have four hours to code. </p><p><b>5. Hubs add extra excitement to the Online Qualification Round.</b> <a href="https://hashcode.withgoogle.com/hubs.html?utm_source=keyword_blog&utm_medium=blog">Hubs</a> are meetups where teams in the same area can come together to compete in the Online Qualification Round. They’re also a great opportunity for you to connect with other developers in your community. <a href="https://hashcode.withgoogle.com/hubs_list.html?utm_source=keyword_blog&utm_medium=blog">More than 300 hubs</a> have been registered so far, and it’s not too late to <a href="https://hashcode.withgoogle.com/organize_hub.html?utm_source=keyword_blog&utm_medium=blog">organize a hub</a> if there isn’t one near you already.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>@ustincameron’s tips for shooting in low light situations:</p><ul><li>Do your best to prevent light pollution from entering your frame.<br/></li><li>Make sure to set the focus on dark areas with details you want to bring out.<br/></li><li>Don’t be scared to lay on the ground for the perfect shot!</li></ul><p>Keep tagging your photos with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/teampixel/">#teampixel</a> and you might be featured next.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/YYohMI-kjpo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:45:00 +0000Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:45:00 +0000The Official Google BlogThe High Five: you get a search, you get a search, everybody gets a search!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/uB8IhgoFV0Q/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Oprah’s speech had people buzzing, while Jimmy Ma spun to internet fame at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Here are some of the most-searched trends of the week (with data from the <a href="https://newslab.withgoogle.com/">Google News Lab</a>).</p><h2>A brighter morning, even during our darkest nights</h2><p>“Is Oprah going to run for president?” was a top searched question this week, after the icon’s rousing speech at the Golden Globes. Searches for “<a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=Oprah%20for%20president">Oprah for President</a>” were up more than 5,000 percent, and search interest in “<a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=Oprah%202020,Trump%202020">Oprah 2020</a>” was 1,200 percent higher than “Trump 2020.” And the region with the <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=Oprah%202020">most searches</a> for “Oprah 2020”? Home of the White House, Washington, D.C.</p><h2>Making waves </h2><p>The recent raw water trend has people wondering whether drinking untreated water is actually good for you, and search queries poured in: “How is well water different from raw water?” “Who endorses raw water?” and “How much does raw water cost?” This week, searches in “raw water” were 800 percent higher than “<a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F04g7cg,%2Fm%2F02rmhs">raw milk</a>” and 300 percent higher than “<a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=Raw%20water,Raw%20food">raw food</a>.”</p><h2>Roll tide </h2><p>Alabama Crimson Tide freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had his moment in the search spotlight this week. After leading his team to an overtime victory in the College Football Playoff National Championship, searches for his name increased nearly <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=Tua%20Tagovailoa">7,000 percent</a>, and searches are interested in his names, his stats, and <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=Tua%20Tagovailoa%20hands,Russell%20Wilson%20hands">his hands</a> (which are reportedly quite large, and were searched 450 percent more than famously large-handed NFL quarterback Russell Wilson).</p><h2>Ice skating turns up </h2><p>Search interest in figure skater Jimmy Ma jumped 1,300 percent this week after he brought hip hop to the ice skating rink. His routine at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships featured Lil Jon’s hit song “Turn Down for What,” prompting these top searches: “Jimmy Ma freestyle,” “Jimmy Ma goes viral,” and “Jimmy Ma hiphop ice skating routine.”</p><h2>What happens in Vegas … </h2><p>Will stay in tech news. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which showcases future tech products, took place in Las Vegas this week. Some technical difficulties meant that “CES power outage” was searched 150 percent more than “CES news.” Other top searches about the event were “When is CES 2018?” “What does CES stand for?” and “How to go to CES.”</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/uB8IhgoFV0Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:40:00 +0000Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:40:00 +0000The Official Google BlogCES 2018: iBUYPOWER, MSI and ORIGIN announce new gaming PCs powered by Windows 10
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Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:00:19 +0000This week at CES, our partners iBUYPOWER, MSI and ORIGIN announced a range of new gaming PCs powered by Windows 10 so you can enjoy the best version of Windows for gaming, while playing popular PC titles such as Forza Motorsport 7 and Cuphead.Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:00:19 +0000Windows BlogA doodle celebrating Zhou Youguang and the ABCs of learning Mandarinhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/qy85TG5Mx2M/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Mandarin Chinese is a tremendously rich logographic language, meaning every word is represented by a unique character or combination of characters. And there are a lot—the largest Chinese dictionaries contain more than 60,000 different ones. </p><br/><p>The sheer volume makes it challenging for non-native speakers to master Mandarin. As anyone who has studied the language knows, it’s difficult remembering the pronunciations of thousands of characters!</p><br/><p>Thanks to Zhou Youguang’s work, it’s now a lot easier to learn Mandarin. An economist by training, in the 1950s, he was tasked by the Chinese government to turn Chinese characters into words with Roman letters. Over three years, Zhou developed pinyin, a phonetic alphabet for Mandarin. With the help of just 26 letters of the Roman alphabet and four tonal marks, pinyin allows for the accurate pronunciation of any of Mandarin’s 60,000 or so characters, no matter how obscure. It’s thanks to Zhou that we can learn “拼音” is pronounced “pīn yīn” by reading its phonetic spelling, instead of listening to someone else pronounce it first. </p><br/><p>So today’s doodle in countries including Argentina, Chile, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden and the U.S. celebrates Zhou’s 112th birthday. Zhou passed away at the ripe old age of 111 last year. He lived long enough to see people using pinyin to type Mandarin characters on computers and mobile phones. By inventing pinyin, Zhou didn’t just help generations of students learn Mandarin. He also paved the way for a new generation of Mandarin speakers to communicate online.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/qy85TG5Mx2M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:15:00 +0000Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:15:00 +0000The Official Google BlogWe’ve moved! Find us at the new Microsoft Edge Dev Blog
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/05/08/weve-moved-find-us-at-the-new-microsoft-edge-dev-blog/
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https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/04/29/microsoft-edge-is-the-browser-for-windows-10/
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https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/04/23/announcing-improvements-to-enterprise-mode-and-enterprise-site-discovery/
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:31:57 +0000As we continue to hear feedback from our customers, we are making investments in tools and features that help our customers get to Internet Explorer 11 before the January 12, 2016 support deadline. We encourage all of our customers to stay up-to-date on the latest version and to leverage features such as Enterprise Mode and...Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:31:57 +0000IEBlogApril 2015 security updates for Internet Explorer
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/04/14/april-2015-security-updates-for-internet-explorer/
Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:00:00 +0000Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-032 (3038314)This critical security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. For more information, please see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-032. Security Update for Flash Player (3049508) This security update for Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 and 11 on supported editions of Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 and Windows...Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:00:00 +0000IEBlogAnnouncing the 2015 “Project Spartan” Web Summit, May 5th and 6th in Mountain View, CA
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/04/13/announcing-the-2015-project-spartan-web-summit-may-5th-and-6th-in-mountain-view-ca/
Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:59:00 +0000In March, the Project Spartan team hosted a small, by-invitation workshop at our Silicon Valley campus with developers attending from popular sites and frameworks based around the Silicon Valley area. This was an invaluable opportunity for us to share our plans and meet face to face with developers that build with the Web platform. We...Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:59:00 +0000IEBlogProject Spartan now available in the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/04/10/project-spartan-now-available-in-the-windows-10-technical-preview-for-phones/
Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:06:00 +0000As Gabe just announced on the Windows Blog, the latest Windows 10 Technical Preview build for phones is now available. With it, we are delighted to announce that Project Spartan for Windows phones is available to preview in this build. It's been just over a week since Project Spartan was available in the last desktop...Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:06:00 +0000IEBlogIntroducing the IE Diagnostics Adapter for third party developer tools
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/04/02/introducing-the-ie-diagnostics-adapter-for-third-party-developer-tools/
Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:00:03 +0000For several releases, Internet Explorer has had diagnostic tools that help developers debug visual issues, find JavaScript bugs, and profile Web sites. These tools have shipped both in the browser as the F12 Developer Tools as well as in Visual Studio. In the interest of making the modern Web "just work" for everyone, today we're...Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:00:03 +0000IEBlog"Project Spartan" in the Windows Technical Preview build 10049
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/03/30/project-spartan-in-the-windows-technical-preview-build-10049/
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:30:00 +0000Today we’re excited to announce the availability of a new build for Windows Insiders with the first preview of “Project Spartan,” the new browser for Windows 10. You can learn more in Joe Belfiore’s blog post, “Introducing Project Spartan: The New Browser Built for Windows 10." This build does not yet include all the changes...Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:30:00 +0000IEBlogUpdates from the “Project Spartan” Developer Workshop
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/03/24/updates-from-the-project-spartan-developer-workshop/
Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:00:13 +0000Today we’re excited to host some of our top web site partners, enterprise developers and web framework authors at the Microsoft Silicon Valley campus for a "Project Spartan" developer workshop to get an early look at Windows 10’s new default browsing experience as it rapidly approaches a public preview. This is another step in our...Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:00:13 +0000IEBlogPartnering with Adobe on new contributions to our web platform
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2015/03/23/partnering-with-adobe-on-new-contributions-to-our-web-platform/
Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:00:11 +0000In recent releases, we’ve talked often about our goal to bring the team and technologies behind our web platform closer to the community of developers and other vendors who are also working to move the Web forward. This has been a driving motivation behind our emphasis on providing better developer tools, resources for cross-browser testing,...Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:00:11 +0000IEBlog