Popular vendor of OS.http://aics-app.sakura.ne.jp/rss_share/201504271430106698867Microsoft, Apple, Google's latest news. Contains official and unofficial news.(ENG)Assassin’s Creed Rogue comes to Xbox One in new 4K Remastered edition
https://www.onmsft.com/news/assassins-creed-rogue-comes-to-xbox-one-in-new-4k-remastered-edition
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 05:47:13 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/assassinscreedrogue-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered on Xbox One" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/assassinscreedrogue-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/assassinscreedrogue-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/assassinscreedrogue-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered is now available to play on all Xbox One consoles. This game is a remaster of the original Assassin’s Creed Rogue video game which was originally launched on the Xbox 360 back in 2014 and was the final Assassin’s Creed title to made for that console generation. This new Xbox One […]Wed, 21 Mar 2018 05:47:13 +0000On MSFTEcobee updates iOS app with refreshed interface, new Comfort features, more
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/ecobee-ios-update-interface/
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 02:38:14 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/ecobee.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Popular <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%253Daps&tag=android067-20&field-keywords=ecobee">HomeKit accessory maker ecobee</a> has today updated its iOS app with a visual overhaul and several new features. The update brings the ecobee app to version 6.0 and adds some more color and flare to the interface, which was previously primarily black…</p>
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Wed, 21 Mar 2018 02:38:14 +00009to5MacSupporting the growth of an Intelligent Taiwanhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/SFXP_Q9Tp4M/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>In 2006, we set up our first office in Taiwan with just one employee. I had the honor of being that first employee. In the 12 years since then, we have grown our team to more than 2,000 employees, built a <a href="https://www.google.com.sg/about/datacenters/inside/locations/changhua-county/">data center</a> and opened a <a href="https://cloud.google.com/about/locations/?region=asia-pacific#region">Google Cloud region</a>. Our most rewarding expansion has been in growing our talent. Following the closure of our <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/hardware/welcoming-new-teammates-from-htc/">deal with HTC</a> this year, Taiwan has become our largest engineering site in Asia.</p><br/><p>As we’ve grown, so too has Taiwan’s importance to us as a research and innovation hub. World-class engineers in Taiwan have helped improve products like Android and Chrome, making them work better for the whole world. Taiwanese engineers have also researched, designed and built beautiful, high-end Android devices, like the <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/10-things-you-can-do-your-new-pixel-2/">Pixel 2</a>.</p><br/><p>More great products and experiences are still waiting to be created by Taiwan’s amazing talent, and we want to keep working with them. So today, at the “Intelligent Taiwan” event, we announced the next steps of our commitment to invest in Taiwanese talent.</p><br/><p>This year, we will grow our team by more than 300 people, provide digital marketing training to more than 50,000 businesses and students, and train more than 5,000 Taiwanese students in artificial intelligence (AI) programing.</p><br/><p>First, many of our 300 new hires will be engineers working on hardware and software, helping us create beautiful devices with the best technology and building on our decade long history of cooperating with incredible Taiwanese talent in this area. (Check out our <a href="https://careers.google.com/jobs#t=sq&q=j&li=20&l=false&jl=25.0329636%3A121.56542680000007%3ATaipei+City%2C+Taiwan%3ATW%3A%3A13.76366184019967%3AADMIN_1&jld=10&&jcoid=7c8c6665-81cf-4e11-8fc9-ec1d6a69120c&jcoid=e43afd0d-d215-45db-a154-5386c9036525&">jobs site</a> for open roles.)</p><br/><p>Of course, we plan to do a lot more than just hire people. We want to help all Taiwanese master the technology of the future.</p><br/><p>So we are also empowering Taiwanese to participate in the digital economy. We will train 50,000 Taiwanese businesses and students in digital marketing over the next year through a combination of online and offline initiatives. Our <a href="https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalgarage-tw">Digital Garage</a> program will provide a free and convenient online platform for digital marketing training, while offline facilities will soon be opened in Tainan and Taichung to cater to those who prefer face-to-face training.</p><br/><p>Finally, we will help Taiwanese prepare for an AI-first future. We are holding a train-the-trainers program for teachers in locations across Taiwan. They will be given in-depth instruction and taken through our <a href="https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/crash-course/prereqs-and-prework">Machine Learning Crash Course</a> initiative. The goal is for them to go on to educate a new generation of Taiwanese students in AI, starting with 5,000 students this year.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/SFXP_Q9Tp4M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 02:00:00 -0000Wed, 21 Mar 2018 02:00:00 -0000The Official Google Blog#DeleteFacebook movement gains traction as WhatsApp cofounder joins in
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/delete-facebook-whatsapp-cofounder/
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:58:36 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/facebook.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>Facebook is <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/facebook-ftc-probe-cambridge-analytica/">under fire for its data sharing practices</a>, with Cambridge Analytica having misused user data of as many as 50 million Facebook users. Now, in response to that controversy, many users are joining the #DeleteFacebook movement, including one who once netted hefty payday from the social media giant…</p>
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Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:58:36 +00009to5MacGymKit continues global expansion with new announcement from Life Fitness
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/life-fitness-gymkit-rollout/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:02:36 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/dec17_applegymkit_2_1000x636-2.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>Earlier today, <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/technogym-gymkit-apple-watch/">Technogym announced</a> that it has deployed some 5,000 GymKit-enabled cardio machines since November. Following that announcement, Life Fitness announced this evening that it is expanding its rollout of GymKit equipment around the world…</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:02:36 +00009to5MacGoogle Maps for iOS adds restaurant wait times, additional transit details, more
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/google-maps-restaurant-wait-more/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:04:36 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/google-maps-wait.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Following an <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/15/google-maps-ios-update/">update last month with real-time</a> transit and driving details, Google Maps for iOS has today received another update. Today’s update brings the app to version 4.47 and includes new details for restaurants, additional transit updates, and more…</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:04:36 +00009to5MacHow to deactivate/delete your Facebook account or change privacy settings on iPhone
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/how-to-deactivate-delete-your-facebook-account-or-change-privacy-settings-on-iphone/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:20:29 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/facebook.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>Whether you’ve been considering changing how you use <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/facebook/">Facebook</a> for a while or the latest news about how the social media service <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/facebook-ftc-probe-cambridge-analytica/">has shared user data has caused some concerns</a>, there are some easy ways make some adjustments. Follow along for how to deactivate or delete your account, or dial in your privacy settings.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:20:29 +00009to5Mac9to5Mac Daily 050 | March 20, 2018
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/9to5mac-daily-050/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:42:22 +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>Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 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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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:42:22 +00009to5MacSonos finally adds support for Audible, after parting ways more than two years ago
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/sonos-adds-audible-support/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:23:13 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/sonos_1_white1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Sonos announced today <a href="http://blog.sonos.com/en/audible-on-sonos/">via its blog</a> that it will be supporting the Amazon-based audiobook service Audible on its platform.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:23:13 +00009to5MacWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 17120 now available for developers to download
https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-10-sdk-preview-build-17120-now-available-for-developers-to-download
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:47:33 +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" />Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17120 is yet another minor release, coming with just a few big fixes and API updates.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:47:33 +0000On MSFTReady Player One used a number of AR/VR headsets, including HoloLens, in the film’s production
https://www.onmsft.com/news/ready-player-one-used-a-number-of-ar-vr-headsets-including-hololens-in-the-films-production
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:46:38 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RPOHoloLens-1050x461.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/2018/03/RPOHoloLens-1050x461.jpg 1050w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RPOHoloLens-250x110.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RPOHoloLens-768x337.jpg 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RPOHoloLens.jpg 1299w" sizes="(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px" />To get the look and feel just right for the film, director Steven Spielberg and set directors sought out today's best options for VR and AR which include the usage of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Microsoft's HoloLens.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:46:38 +0000On MSFTWindows Server 2019 is coming in the second half of 2018, Windows Insiders can download first preview today
https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-server-2019-is-coming-in-the-second-half-of-2018-windows-insiders-can-download-first-preview-today
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:00:14 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DYv0gM0WsAA8-jc.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/2018/03/DYv0gM0WsAA8-jc.jpg-large.jpeg 1000w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DYv0gM0WsAA8-jc.jpg-large-250x140.jpeg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DYv0gM0WsAA8-jc.jpg-large-768x430.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />The Windows Server team has just announced the first preview build of Windows Server 2019, the latest version of the server OS to be available in the second half of 2018.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:00:14 +0000On MSFTProperty owner of Apple’s Chicago flagship looking for a buyer, could net ≈$175M
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/landlord-puts-apple-store-up-for-sale/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:55:02 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/chicago-michigan-ave-pioneer-court-front-entrance1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Apple’s Michigan Avenue, Chicago flagship store has been officially put up for sale by its landlord, Walton Street Capital.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:55:02 +00009to5MacThat Microsoft partnership is good news for BlackBerry, stocks are up 5% on the news
https://www.onmsft.com/news/that-microsoft-partnership-is-good-news-for-blackberry-stocks-are-up-5-on-the-news
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:43:31 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BlackBerry-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/2018/03/BlackBerry-869x580.png 869w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BlackBerry-100x66.png 100w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BlackBerry-247x165.png 247w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BlackBerry-768x513.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px" />The goal of the Microsoft and BlackBerry partnership was to empower the mobile workforce, but it also just so happen to raise BlackBerry's stock by 5% today.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:43:31 +0000On MSFTApple Pay expands to 25 more banks in the US, bunq in Italy and Spain
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/apple-pay-banks-late-march/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:34:38 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/apple-pay-cash.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>In the second wave of new banks and credit unions, Apple Pay has picked up another 25 partners across the United States. The latest expansion includes several of those banks across the US.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:34:38 +00009to5MacSkype adds support for easier trip planning via TripAdvisor on Mac and iOS
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/skype-adds-support-for-easier-trip-planning-via-tripadvisor-on-mac-and-ios/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:02:13 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/skype1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>Planning a trip, whether it be with friends or family is never an easy task. Skype plans to <a href="https://blogs.skype.com/news/2018/03/20/skype-makes-planning-group-travel-and-events-easier-with-new-tripadvisor-and-stubhub-add-ins/">change that</a> with its collaboration with TripAdvisor.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:02:13 +00009to5MacWindows Server gets a new build, too, vNext LTSC 17623
https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-server-gets-a-new-build-too-vnext-ltsc-17623
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:46:07 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Windows-Server-991x580.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/2017/09/Windows-Server-991x580.png 991w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Windows-Server-250x146.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Windows-Server-768x450.png 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Windows-Server.png 1288w" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px" />Alongside the Windows 10 Insider preview build 17127 for Fast Ring PCs, customers using Windows Server are now getting vNext LTSC build 17623 today. Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:46:07 +0000On MSFT‘BabelPod’ hardware workaround brings indirect Bluetooth audio and line-in connectivity to HomePod
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/babelpod-hardware-workaround-brings-indirect-bluetooth-audio-and-line-in-connectivity-to-homepod/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:34:30 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/bablepod-homepod-line-in-bluetooth.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>The <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/more-than-one-homepod/">HomePod has great sound</a>, but because it feature no physical inputs, users are limited to either Apple Music or AirPlay sources. It means that there’s no way to connect a home stereo or other source directly to the HomePod via traditional line-in or Bluetooth.</p>
<p>To work around this issue, software architect Andrew Faden hacked together a <a href="http://faden.me/2018/03/18/babelpod.html">line-in and Bluetooth input for HomePod called BabelPod</a>. Based around a $10 <a href="http://amzn.to/2IFG8h0">Raspberry Pi Zero W</a> and a few other essential parts, Faden created a clever workaround that affords both indirect Bluetooth and line-in connectivity for Apple’s recently-launched wireless speaker. <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/babelpod-hardware-workaround-brings-indirect-bluetooth-audio-and-line-in-connectivity-to-homepod/#more-525091" class="more-link">more…</a></p>
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:34:30 +00009to5MacHere are the known issues and fixes in Windows 10 Insider Preview build 17127 for PC
https://www.onmsft.com/news/here-are-the-known-issues-and-fixes-in-windows-10-insider-preview-build-17127-for-pc
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:20:32 +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" />Microsoft just pushed out Windows 10 Insider Preview build 17127 to the Fast Ring today and as always the build is not perfect. Here are the known issues and fixes in Windows 10 Insider Preview build 17127 for PC.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:20:32 +0000On MSFTWindows 10 Insider build 17127 brings some improvements for Cortana and Windows Mixed Reality
https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-10-insider-build-17127-brings-some-improvements-for-cortana-and-windows-mixed-reality
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:20:14 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Cortana-Redesigned-Notebook-UI-930x580.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/2017/12/Cortana-Redesigned-Notebook-UI-930x580.png 930w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Cortana-Redesigned-Notebook-UI-250x156.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Cortana-Redesigned-Notebook-UI-768x479.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" />Fast Ring Insiders can now download the Windows 10 RS4 build 17127, which brings some improvements for Cortana and Windows Mixed Reality.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:20:14 +0000On MSFTSleep++ 3 for Apple Watch adds automatic sleep tracking, morning sleep summary, more
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/apple-watch-automatic-sleep-tracking-app/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:16:47 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/apple-watch-series-3-cellular-battery-life.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Apple’s Health app supports sleep tracking data on the iPhone, but populating the category with useful data can be a challenge.</p>
<p>You can capture some data using the Bedtime feature in the Clock app, but dedicated sleep trackers can be more reliable and offer more robust data and Apple hasn’t offered its own Apple Watch sleep tracking yet despite <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/09/apple-acquires-popular-apple-watch-sleep-tracking-app-beddit/">buying Beddit</a> almost a year ago.</p>
<p><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep/id1038440371?mt=8&at=10laZc&pt=11l8808">Sleep++</a> is a third-party app that lets you turn your Apple Watch into a dedicated sleep tracker, and today’s 3.0 release makes that much easier with automatic sleep tracking and new goal features.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:16:47 +00009to5MacAnnouncing Windows Server 2019 Insider Preview Build 17623
http://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/03/20/announcing-windows-server-vnext-ltsc-build-17623/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:11:53 +0000Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are pleased to release the first build of the Windows Server 2019 Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release that contains both the Desktop Experience as well as Server Core in all 18 server languages, as well as the first build of the next Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel release. What’s New in […]Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:11:53 +0000Windows BlogMicrosoft releases Windows 10 Insider build 17127 for the Fast Ring
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-releases-windows-10-insider-built-17127-for-the-fast-ring
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:09:37 +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" />Hey, an early week new build! Microsoft has just released Windows 10 Insider build 17127 for the Fast Ring, just as we’re fast approaching the finalization of RS4, or what we’re coming to somewhat reluctantly call “The Spring Creators Update.” Anyway, we’ll have all the details up in a minute, but for now get to […]Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:09:37 +0000On MSFTAnnouncing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17127 for Fast
http://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/03/20/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-17127-for-fast/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:04:32 +0000Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17127 (RS4) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s new in Build 17127 Cortana Improvements A new profile page! We’re introducing a new server-powered profile page in Cortana for you to add and edit your favorite places. The places you add are […]Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:04:32 +0000Windows BlogtvOS 11.3 beta 6 for Apple TV developers now available
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/tvos-11-3-beta-6/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:03:26 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/sylvania-homekit-strips.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p><strong>U: Public beta version too.</strong></p>
<p>Apple has released tvOS 11.3 beta 6 for registered developers to test on Apple TV (fourth-gen) and Apple TV 4K. We’ll dig in to the new version and detail changes below.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:03:26 +00009to5MacWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 17120 now available
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:00:29 +0000Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 17120 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17120 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 […]Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:00:29 +0000Windows Blog9to5Toys Last Call: MacBook Air $350 off, 15% off iTunes Gift Cards, 9.7″ iPad $229, more
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:30:08 +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/2018/03/20/9to5toys-macbook-air-itunes-gift-card/#more-525043" class="more-link">more…</a></p>
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:30:08 +00009to5MacTrello iOS app sees major update with multi-select support, Custom Fields Power-Up, drag and drop, more
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/trello-ios-app-major-update/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:29:23 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/trello-update-ios.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1551" /></div><p><a href="https://bit.ly/2pqSkcQ">Trello</a>, the popular app for home and work organization and project management has released a major update for its iOS app today. The refresh brings its Custom Fields Power-Up functionality, clickable links in checklists and comments, multi-select and drag and drop support, and more.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:29:23 +00009to5MacLinkedIn Video picks up new filters and text features
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:25:12 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LinkedIn_Creative_Tools-1-995x580.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/2018/03/LinkedIn_Creative_Tools-1-995x580.png 995w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LinkedIn_Creative_Tools-1-250x146.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LinkedIn_Creative_Tools-1-768x448.png 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LinkedIn_Creative_Tools-1.png 1548w" sizes="(max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px" />LinkedIn today announced some new creative tools for the LinkedIn Video feature on their iOS and Android application. With the new tools, coworkers can share their everyday work moments, add text to videos, and more. Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:25:12 +0000On MSFTTripAdvisor, StubHub add-ins come to new version of Skype
https://www.onmsft.com/news/tripadvisor-stubhub-add-ins-come-to-new-version-of-skype
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:17:32 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-17.09.34-863x580.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/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-17.09.34-863x580.png 863w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-17.09.34-100x66.png 100w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-17.09.34-246x165.png 246w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-17.09.34-768x516.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px" />The new cross-platform version of Skype is getting two new add-ins for TripAdvisor and StubHub today.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:17:32 +0000On MSFTEarly explorations with ARCore 1.0http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/q5p4vDXc-Co/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>We recently launched ARCore 1.0 to give developers the ability to build powerful augmented reality apps that make your phone’s camera smarter. It works on over 100 million Android devices, on more than a dozen different <a href="https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/#supported_devices">device models</a>, so now more people can use AR to interact with the world in inspiring new ways. While it’s only been a few weeks since launch, developers are already publishing <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/editorial_collection/promotion_topic_300309c_AR_week_tp">new ARCore experiences</a> on Google Play, across gaming, shopping and home, and creativity.<br/></p><p></p><h2>Gaming</h2>For gaming, AR weaves the action right into the world around you, making the experience more immersive and unlocking a whole new way to play. Here are new titles built with ARCore:<p></p><p></p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--large h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-3 "><img alt="giphy (3).gif" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/giphy_3.gif"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.bandainamcoent.mytamagotchiforever&hl=en"><i>My Tamagotchi Forever</i></a></p>BANDAI NAMCO has released “My Tamagotchi Forever,” an experience in which players can raise Tamagotchi characters while building Tamatown, a virtual town you can play with in the real world.<br/></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--large h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-3 "><img alt="TWDOW_KeyArt_4K_February2018 (1).jpg" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/TWDOW_KeyArt_4K_February2018_1.max-1000x1000.jpg"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Walking Dead Our World</i></p>Immerse yourself in the zombie apocalypse! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to defend your surroundings by fighting zombies in real-world environments. Walking Dead Our World is a great example of how to use <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/gaming/">Google Maps APIs</a>and ARCore together to build a location-based AR game. It’s currently in pre-registration <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextgames.android.ourworld&hl=en">on Google Play</a>, with a broader release planned soon.</div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--large h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-3 "><img alt="TendARLandscape1 (2).png" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/TendARLandscape1_2.max-1000x1000.png"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>TendAR</i></p><p>Tender Claws created TendAR, a game that features Guppy, a virtual fish that responds to users’ facial expressions and survives by “eating” other people’s emotions. The game was created by combining ARCore with <a href="https://cloud.google.com/apis/">Google Cloud APIs</a>, which provides computer vision and object recognition. You can read more about how they created the experience in <a href="http://developers.google.com/ar/use-cases/TendAR.pdf">this case study</a>. TendAR will be available to download starting in July 2018.</p><h2>Shopping & Home</h2><p>Augmented reality can bring anything into your space, which helps when you’re trying to understand the size and scale of things before you buy or ship them. Here are a few experiences built by our retail partners to aid you in making smarter decisions:</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--large h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-3 "><img alt="PotteryBarn2.gif" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/PotteryBarn2.gif"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.outwardinc.Outward_AR2"><i>Pottery Barn 360 Room View</i></a></p><p>With Pottery Barn’s AR app, you can view furniture in your room to see how it pairs with your existing pieces, change the color and fabric of furniture before deciding which looks best, and can purchase what you’ve picked out directly from the app.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--large h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-3 "><img alt="giphy (4).gif" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/giphy_4.gif"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ebay.mobile&hl=en">eBay</a><br/></i>eBay is using AR to solve a specific challenge facing their community of sellers: what size shipping container is needed to send that product? With the “Which Box” feature in eBay’s app, sellers can visualize shipping boxes to determine which container size they need to send any product.</p><p><i><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rooomy.arcore.sir.alpha&hl=en">Curate by Sotheby's International Realty,</a> <a href="https://www.streem.pro/">Streem</a></i><i><br/></i>If you’re shopping for a new home or need help maintaining yours, AR can also come in handy. With ARCore, <a href="http://developers.google.com/ar/use-cases/SIR.pdf">Sotheby’s International Realty</a> is changing the way people stage furniture in the real estate world, and the <a href="http://developers.google.com/ar/use-cases/Streem.pdf">Streem</a> app connects customers with professionals to solve household maintenance requests.</p><p></p><h2>Creativity</h2><p></p><p>Over the last few months, we’ve been tinkering with experiments that show how AR can be used as a new creative medium for self-expression. We’ve worked with creators across different disciplines to explore what happens when AR is used by <a href="https://experiments.withgoogle.com/ar/hidden-world">illustrators</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SwZUNDsWaM">choreographers</a>, <a href="https://experiments.withgoogle.com/ar/norman-ar">animators</a> and more.</p><p>Now, we’re inviting more people to experiment with this technology through an app that lets you make simple drawings in AR, and then share your creation with a short video. The caveat: it’s “<a href="http://justaline.withgoogle.com">Just a Line</a>.”</p></div></div><div class="block-video"><div class="article-module article-video "><figure><a class="h-c-video h-c-video--marquee" data-glue-modal-disabled-on-mobile="true" data-glue-modal-trigger="uni-modal-M5zxNMAQVR0-" href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=M5zxNMAQVR0"><img alt="Make simple drawings in AR with Just a Line" src="//img.youtube.com/vi/M5zxNMAQVR0/maxresdefault.jpg"/><svg class="h-c-video__play h-c-icon h-c-icon--color-white" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-youtube-icon"></use></svg></a></figure></div><div class="h-c-modal--video" data-glue-modal="uni-modal-M5zxNMAQVR0-" data-glue-modal-close-label="Close Dialog"><a class="glue-yt-video" data-glue-yt-video-autoplay="true" data-glue-yt-video-height="99%" data-glue-yt-video-vid="M5zxNMAQVR0" data-glue-yt-video-width="100%" href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=M5zxNMAQVR0" ng-cloak=""></a></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>We’re <a href="https://github.com/googlecreativelab/ar-drawing-java">open sourcing</a> the core code of the app so developers can use it as a starting point for their own ARCore projects, and we’re excited to see what people create with Just a Line. <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arexperiments.justaline">Download it on Google Play</a>.</p><p>Anyone with an ARCore-enabled phone can jump into most of these experiences from the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3003059_AR_week_combo">Play Store</a> right now, and developers can get started <a href="https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/">building their own apps</a> today.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/q5p4vDXc-Co" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:00:00 -0000Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogFT: Apple ramping self-driving car testing, more CA permits than Tesla and Uber
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/apple-autonomous-car-testing-progress/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:37:25 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/tim-cook-james-corden-carpool-karaoke-2.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Apple doesn’t appear to be slowing down on its mysterious self-driving car technology testing. As noted in a new report on Uber’s fatal accident involving an autonomous vehicle, the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2866ce9e-2bfd-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381"><em>Financial Times</em></a> includes new data on how many self-driving cars Apple may be testing in California.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:37:25 +00009to5MacFurthering our New York investmenthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/tBZVd0-XFoM/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>It’s been 18 years since Google NYC first established our single-person sales “office” in a Starbucks on 86th St. After moving from 86th St to a more official space in Times Square, we settled into our current home at<a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=111+8th+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g">111 8th Ave</a> in 2006. It’s been eight years since we purchased the building but not before taking on additional space as a tenant in Chelsea Market and 85 10th Ave. Today, we’re excited to announce we’ve closed a deal with Jamestown Properties to purchase the Manhattan Chelsea Market building for $2.4 billion.<br/></p><br/><p>Chelsea Market is a cornerstone of the Chelsea-Meatpacking district and has been serving the local community for over 20 years. The iconic ground floor market attracts visitors from all around the world and provides a great experience for foodies and shoppers alike. With our purchase of the building, we’ve agreed to work together with Jamestown to ensure a smooth transition with little or no impact to the community and tenants of the building. As part of this effort, Jamestown will continue to manage the retail and food hall.</p><br/><p>Since our first days in New York, we’ve grown to roughly 7,000 employees, representing more than 70 countries and speaking 50+ languages. A broad range of Google’s engineering, product and business operations groups are represented at our New York office, with large teams focusing on projects including Search, Ads, Maps, YouTube, Cloud, Technical Infrastructure, Sales and Research.</p><br/><p>This purchase further solidifies our commitment to New York, and we believe the Manhattan Chelsea Market will continue to be a great home for us and a vital part of the neighborhood and community. We're proud to be part of a city that's a cross section of so many industries and cultures, and as we look ahead to the next 18 years and beyond, we’ll continue to invest in our growth and commitment to the city.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/tBZVd0-XFoM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:15:00 -0000Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:15:00 -0000The Official Google BlogApple HomeKit showcased in giant Westfield London John Lewis store opening today
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/homekit-john-lewis-display/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:03:59 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/john-lewis-homekit.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>UK retailer John Lewis is opening a new 230,000 sq. ft. location in the Westfield London shopping center today, and on display in the giant new department store is a full display dedicated to Apple HomeKit. <em><a href="https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/lifestyle/shopping/a19484782/john-lewis-white-city-westfield-store-home/">HouseBeautiful</a> </em>got a sneak peek at the setup before the doors opened to the public…</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:03:59 +00009to5MacThe Google News Initiative: Building a stronger future for newshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/Te1wBuOCJQw/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>People come to Google looking for information they can trust, and that information often comes from the reporting of journalists and news organizations around the world. And while the demand for quality journalism is as high as it’s ever been, the business of journalism is under pressure, as publications around the world face challenges from an industry-wide transition to digital.</p><p>That matters deeply to Google. After all, our mission to build a more informed world is inherently tied to the reporting of journalists and news organizations. Our shared mission also reflects shared business interests. Platforms like Search and YouTube depend on a healthy ecosystem of publishers producing great digital content. That’s why it’s so important to us that we help you drive sustainable revenue and businesses. Last year, we paid $12.6 billion to partners and we drove 10 billion clicks a month to publishers’ websites for free. </p><p>It’s also why over the years, we’ve worked closely with the news industry to address key challenges. We worked with the industry to launch the open-source <a href="https://europe.googleblog.com/2015/10/introducing-accelerated-mobile-pages.html">Accelerated Mobile Pages Project</a> to improve the mobile web, YouTube Player for Publishers to simplify video distribution and reduce costs, <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/journalism-news/driving-future-digital-subscriptions/">Flexible Sampling</a> to help with discovery of news content on Google, <a href="https://blog.google/topics/journalism-news/news-lab-year-in-review/">Google News Lab</a> to provide newsrooms with trainings and editorial partnerships, and the <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/google-europe/digital-news-initiative-20-million-funding-innovation-news/">Digital News Initiative</a> to drive innovation in the European news industry.</p><p></p><p>We invested a lot time and energy in these collaborations. But the hard truth is—all of this might not be enough. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish what’s true (and not true) online. Business models for journalism continue to change drastically. The rapid evolution of technology is challenging all institutions, including the news industry—to keep pace. </p><p>We need to do more. That’s why we’re launching the <a href="http://g.co/newsinitiative">Google News Initiative</a> (GNI), our effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age. The GNI signifies a major milestone in Google’s 15-year commitment to the news industry, and will bring together everything we do in collaboration with the industry—across products, partnerships, and programs—to help build a stronger future for news.</p><p>The GNI will build on these efforts and deepen our commitment to a news industry facing dramatic shifts in how journalism is created, consumed, and paid for. It’s focused on three objectives: </p><p></p><ul><li>Elevate and strengthen quality journalism <br/></li><li>Evolve business models to drive sustainable growth<br/></li><li>Empower news organizations through technological innovation<br/></li></ul><p></p><p></p><h2>Elevate and strengthen quality journalism</h2><p>Over the past few years, we’ve worked with publishers to elevate accurate, quality content and stem the flow of misinformation and disinformation.</p><p><a href="https://blog.google/topics/google-news-initiative/">On our own platforms</a>, we’re focused on combating misinformation during breaking news situations. Bad actors often target breaking news on Google platforms, increasing the likelihood that people are exposed to inaccurate content. So we’ve trained our systems to recognize these events and adjust our signals toward more authoritative content. There are comparable challenges on YouTube, and we’re taking a similar approach, highlighting relevant content from verified news sources in a “Top News” shelf.</p><p>But we’re also working directly with news organizations to combat misinformation. We’re launching the Disinfo Lab alongside the <a href="https://firstdraftnews.org/">First Draft</a> to combat mis- and disinformation during elections and breaking news moments. Finally, to help consumers distinguish fact from fiction online, we’re teaming up with the Poynter Institute, Stanford University, and the Local Media Association to launch MediaWise, a U.S. project designed to improve digital information literacy for young consumers.</p><p></p><p></p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="gni" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/IMG_3083_1.max-1000x1000.JPG"/><figcaption class="article-image__caption h-c-page"><div class="rich-text">Disinfo Lab continues our work with First Draft, which includes last year’s CrossCheck FR. This is a photo from a verification training in the runup to the French elections last year.</div></figcaption></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>Evolve business models to drive sustainable growth</h2><p>Over the last decade, we’ve worked closely with news organizations to grow their digital advertising revenue. In just the past few years, we’ve applied our advanced machine learning expertise to <a href="https://doubleclick-publishers.googleblog.com/2017/10/building-for-beyond-with-insights.html">automatically surface key insights</a> about revenue opportunities (generating recommendations worth over $300 million in additional revenue) and supported the creation of faster, better ad experiences for the mobile web through AMP and native ads.</p><p>But <a href="http://www.digitalnewsreport.org/survey/2017/paying-for-news-2017/">consumers are willing to pay</a> for digital news content, creating an opportunity to expand beyond ad revenue. Today we’re delivering on a<a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/journalism-news/driving-future-digital-subscriptions/">vision outlined last year</a> to enable publishers to diversify their revenue streams. We’re excited to launch <a href="https://blog.google/topics/google-news-initiative/introducing-subscribe-google/">Subscribe with Google</a>, a way for people to easily subscribe to various news outlets, helping publishers engage readers across Google and the web. Our goal with Subscribe with Google is to ease the subscription process to get more readers consuming publishers’ journalism, as quickly as possible. </p><p>In October, at our <a href="https://www.doubleclickbygoogle.com/articles/building-beyond-insights-engine/">Partner Leadership Summit</a>, we told publishers about how we’re experimenting with ways to grow their subscriptions using Google data, machine learning, and DoubleClick infrastructure. We’re now in the early stages of testing a “Propensity to Subscribe” signal based on machine learning models in DoubleClick to make it easier for publishers to recognize potential subscribers, and to present them the right offer at the right time.</p><p>Of course, not every publication has the resources to dedicate a team to collect, analyze and understand their user data. <a href="http://g.co/newsconsumerinsights">News Consumer Insights</a>, our new dashboard built on top of Google Analytics, will help news organizations of all sizes understand and segment their audiences with a subscriptions strategy in mind. At the <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i>, this project led to a 150 percent increase in pageviews to their Subscribe pages and a month-over-month tripling of new digital subscription purchases.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--medium h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--4 h-c-grid__col--offset-4 "><img alt="Miami-Herald-Buy-Flow (2).gif" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/Miami-Herald-Buy-Flow_2.gif"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>We work with news organizations around the world to develop and deploy technology that improves newsroom efficiency, creates enriching storytelling experiences, and protects journalists from cyber attacks around the world. </p><p>For example, we’re using our natural language processing API to help Hearst Newspapers sort, label and categorize more than 3,000 articles every day. <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/journalism-news/experimenting-vr-south-china-morning-post/">We’ve also worked</a>with the <i>South China Morning Post</i> to use Google Earth Studio to create immersive VR experiences that show the evolution of Hong Kong throughout history. With AMP Stories, which is now in beta, publishers can combine the speed of AMP with the rich, immersive storytelling of the open web. This is just the beginning. We want to continue working closely with publishers to experiment on new ways they can reach audiences and produce impactful storytelling.</p><p>Finally, we’re also launching today <a href="http://www.getoutline.org">Outline</a>, an open-source tool from <a href="https://jigsaw.google.com/">Jigsaw</a> that lets news organizations provide journalists more secure access to the internet. Outline makes it easy for news organizations to set up their own VPN on a private server—no tech savvy required.</p><h2>Our commitment</h2><p>Over the next three years, we’re committing $300 million toward meeting these goals. We’re also deepening our commitment to building products that address the news industry’s most urgent needs. In the past, we’ve done this by working closely alongside the industry in product working groups, resulting in projects like AMP and the DNI. We’ll be expanding that model globally.</p><p>The commitments we’re making through the Google News Initiative demonstrate that news and quality journalism is a top priority for Google. We know that success can only be achieved by working together, and we look forward to collaborating with the news industry to build a stronger future for journalism.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/Te1wBuOCJQw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:00 -0000Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogIntroducing Subscribe with Googlehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/jQq7y61gMpk/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>If you’ve ever subscribed to a news site, you know that it can sometimes be an onerous task. This isn’t the publisher’s fault, it’s just the way websites work. You’ll have to type in your name, your email, maybe a username (no, not that username; it’s taken) and then make up a new password (no, not that password; you’ll need one with the special character and the two non-repeating numbers), and it doesn’t end there. You’ll have to fill in a bunch of credit card fields, which you probably don’t have committed to memory.</p><p>Just like your password.</p><p>Like you, we love journalism, but we’re less excited about filling in web forms and clicking on “forgot password” links. So today we’re announcing Subscribe with Google—the simple way to subscribe to news publications and maintain access everywhere: websites, apps, even search results.</p></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>Making it easier to subscribe to premium content</h2><p>Subscribe with Google lets you buy a subscription, using your Google account, on participating news sites. Select the publisher offer you’d like to buy, click “Subscribe,” and you’re done. You’ll automatically be signed in to the site, and you can pay–securely and privately—with any credit card you’ve used with Google in the past. From then on, you can then use “Sign In with Google” to access the publisher’s products, but Google does the billing, keeps your payment method secure, and makes it easy for you to manage your subscriptions all in one place. </p></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Here’s a look at just how easy it will be on the <i>Miami Herald</i>:</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--medium h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--4 h-c-grid__col--offset-4 "><img alt="Miami-Herald-Buy-Flow (2).gif" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/Miami-Herald-Buy-Flow_2.gif"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>You’ll soon be able to subscribe with Google on any one of our launch partners, including <i>Les Échos</i>, Fairfax Media, <i>Le Figaro</i>, the <i>Financial Times</i>, Gatehouse Media, Grupo Globo, <i>The Mainichi</i>, McClatchy, <i>La Nación</i>, <i>The New York Tim</i>es, NRC Media, <i>Le Parisien, Reforma, la Republica, The Telegraph</i>, USA TODAY NETWORK and<i>The Washington Post</i>—with more publishers coming soon. </p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="SwG Blogpost _ Partners.png" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/SwG_Blogpost___Partners.max-1000x1000.png"/></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>Making it easier to enjoy your subscriptions</h2>After subscribing, you’ll be able to access your subscription content whenever you’re signed in to your Google account. No more irritating paywalls popping up when you’ve already paid, and no more struggling to stay logged in when you switch from laptop to mobile device. <br/></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--large h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-3 "><img alt="Miami-Herald-Signed-In-Everywhere@3x.png" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Miami-Herald-Signed-In-Everywhere3x.max-1000x1000.png"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Paying for a subscription is a clear indication that you value and trust your subscribed publication as a source. So we’ll also highlight those sources across Google surfaces, beginning with a dedicated module on Search. When you search for a news topic for which your subscribed publication has relevant results, we’ll showcase these so they’re easy for you to see and access—without disrupting search ranking for the rest of the page.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--medium h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--4 h-c-grid__col--offset-4 "><img alt="serp_multi_MH_in_prod_miami heat news@3x.png" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/serp_multi_MH_in_prod_miami_heat_news3x.max-1000x1000.png"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>But how can we help you get access to the subscriptions you already bought? Our goal is to make news subscriptions work better regardless of who you bought your subscription from. So Subscribe with Google will also allow you to link subscriptions purchased directly from publishers to your Google account—with the same benefits of easier and more persistent access.</p><h2>Calling all news publishers: let’s make subscriptions simple, together</h2><p>Back in <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/journalism-news/driving-future-digital-subscriptions/">October</a>, we previewed our initial thoughts around Subscribe with Google. For the last six months, we’ve been holding working groups with participants from nearly 60 news organizations across 18 countries to review our ideas and collect feedback. We’ve experimented directly with a smaller number of partners to understand some of the implementation challenges they face, and we’re committed to building a product that works for publishers of various shapes and sizes.</p><p>Our hope, shared by our early development partners—McClatchy, the <i>Financial Times</i>, and <i>The Washington Post</i>—is that the user benefits of Subscribe with Google will also manifest as publisher benefits. Craig Forman, President and CEO of McClatchy, notes that Subscribe with Google will help them in “creating a simple and frictionless way to welcome new subscribers.” And Dave Merrell, Lead Product Manager for <i>The Washington Post</i>, told us how valuable it will be to the <i>Post</i>’s business to enable a “seamless [way] for users to sign in and stay logged into their accounts.” <br/></p><p>We’re grateful for the insights and for the adventurous spirit of these early partners, who have helped us start to address what Jon Slade, Chief Commercial Officer of the <i>Financial Times</i>, called the “core issues that are essential to a successful subscription business: easy sign-up, frictionless payment, and improved discovery for subscribers.”</p><p>As part of the Google News Initiative, our <a href="https://blog.google/topics/google-news-initiative/announcing-google-news-initiative">company-wide effort</a> to help journalism thrive in a digital age, today’s launch is an important step toward helping news publishers develop revenue streams beyond advertising. We plan to grow and evolve Subscribe with Google to help publishers identify likely subscribers, grow their subscriber base, and achieve financial sustainability.</p><p>If you’re a news publisher or developer, visit our <a href="http://g.co/newsinitiative/subscribe">site</a> to learn more.</p></div></div><div class="block-video"><div class="article-module article-video "><figure><a class="h-c-video h-c-video--marquee" data-glue-modal-disabled-on-mobile="true" data-glue-modal-trigger="uni-modal-2N04xgq7EsM-" href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=2N04xgq7EsM"><img alt="Learn more about Subscribe with Google" src="//img.youtube.com/vi/2N04xgq7EsM/maxresdefault.jpg"/><svg class="h-c-video__play h-c-icon h-c-icon--color-white" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-youtube-icon"></use></svg></a><figcaption class="article-video__caption h-c-page"><h4 class="h-c-headline h-c-headline--four h-u-font-weight-medium h-u-mt-std">Learn more about Subscribe with Google</h4></figcaption></figure></div><div class="h-c-modal--video" data-glue-modal="uni-modal-2N04xgq7EsM-" data-glue-modal-close-label="Close Dialog"><a class="glue-yt-video" data-glue-yt-video-autoplay="true" data-glue-yt-video-height="99%" data-glue-yt-video-vid="2N04xgq7EsM" data-glue-yt-video-width="100%" href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=2N04xgq7EsM" ng-cloak=""></a></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><br/></p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/jQq7y61gMpk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:00 -0000Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogElevating quality journalism on the open webhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/W-PMrLVHqSo/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Over the past 20 years, we’ve grappled with the tension between the freedom of information the web enables and the need to ensure trust in information. Elevating accurate, quality content, and stemming the flow of misinformation is a challenge that requires collaboration across the news industry, the research community, and digital platforms.</p><p>Here are some of the steps we're taking on the issue.</p><h2>Increasing the integrity of information we display during breaking news</h2><p>During breaking news or crisis situations, stemming the tide of misinformation can be challenging. Speculation can outrun facts as legitimate news outlets on the ground are still investigating. At the same time, bad actors are publishing content on forums and social media with the intent to mislead and capture people’s attention as they rush to find trusted information online.</p><p>To reduce the visibility of this type of content during crisis or breaking news events, we’ve improved our systems to put more emphasis on authoritative results over factors like freshness or relevancy. This builds on the search quality improvements we <a href="https://blog.google/products/search/our-latest-quality-improvements-search/">announced</a> last year. At the moment, this is in only in the U.S. but we’ll roll it out globally in the coming months .</p><p>There are comparable challenges on YouTube, which is learning from and adapting some of the work done by Google Search. YouTube now highlights relevant content from verified news sources in a “Breaking News” section on its homepage and in a “Top News” shelf in search results. </p><p></p><h2>Collaborating with the industry to surface accurate information</h2><p>Giving publishers the ability to better structure their data or embed quality signals can help platforms like Google more easily recognize quality content. That’s why we’re involved in the <a href="https://thetrustproject.org/">Trust Project</a>, which developed <a href="https://thetrustproject.org/faq/#indicator">eight indicators of trust</a> publishers can use to better convey why their content should be seen as credible.</p><p>There’s proof that applying these indicators helps builds trust and counters the negative impact of misinformation. For example, after the <a href="http://www.trinitymirror.com/">Trinity Mirror</a> in the U.K. implemented the Trust Project, consumer trust in the newspaper increased by 8 percent.</p><p>Building on that work, we’re partnering with the <a href="https://credibilitycoalition.org/">Credibility Coalition</a> to drive the development of technical markers that can enable third party assessments of online content. This summer, in partnership with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)’s <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/">newly created community group</a>, the Credibility Coalition will explore new approaches to analyze and assess the credibility of information online.</p><p>In 2016 we introduced <a href="https://blog.google/topics/journalism-news/labeling-fact-check-articles-google-news/">Fact Check tags in Google News</a>to help people understand what they are clicking on and reading. We’ve since expanded to other products like <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/search/fact-check-now-available-google-search-and-news-around-world/">Google Search.</a> Today we’re partnering with the<a href="http://www.nationalacademies.org/">National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/section/health">The New York Times Health team</a> and <a href="https://www.mskcc.org/">Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center</a> to focus on the integrity and accuracy of health information found on the web. </p><p>And starting on April 2—<a href="http://factcheckingday.com/">International Fact-Checking Day</a>—the Google News Initiative alongside the<a href="https://www.poynter.org/international-fact-checking-network-fact-checkers-code-principles">International Fact Check Network</a> will offer advanced trainings on tools to distinguish misinformation online to more than 20,000 students globally.</p><p>Many countries will hold elections in 2018, including Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia and the U.S. As part of our broader election work at Google to combat <a href="https://rm.coe.int/information-disorder-toward-an-interdisciplinary-framework-for-researc/168076277c">mis- and disinformation</a> during election cycles and beyond, we’re providing support to our partner <a href="https://firstdraftnews.org/">First Draft</a>in the launch of a “Disinfo Lab.” Based at Harvard, the lab will employ journalists to leverage computational tools to monitor misinformation in the run-up to and during elections.</p><p>We also want to support the global research community in their efforts to train new models to detect synthetic, computer-generated voice and video files. Soon we’ll release datasets that can be used to train such models to detect synthesized audio content, and make them available to journalism and research communities.</p><h2>Helping young people distinguish quality content online</h2><p>Media literacy has emerged as one of the most important issues of our digital age. In a <a href="https://ed.stanford.edu/news/stanford-researchers-find-students-have-trouble-judging-credibility-information-online">study</a> from the <a href="https://sheg.stanford.edu/">Stanford History Education Group</a>, 93 percent of college students couldn’t flag a lobbyist’s website as biased, and 82 percent of middle schoolers couldn’t distinguish sponsored content from real news.<br/></p><p>We’ve already supported media literacy programs in the<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/the-guardian-foundation/2018/jan/12/creating-a-news-wise-generation">U.K.</a>, Brazil and <a href="https://canada.googleblog.com/2017/09/newswise-democracy-demands-news-literacy.html">Canada</a>, but there’s more we can do. So today, we’re launching a $10 million global initiative from Google.org to find ways to tackle the challenge.</p><p>The first project in this global effort is MediaWise, a U.S.-based partnership bringing together the<a href="https://www.poynter.org/">Poynter Institute,</a> <a href="https://sheg.stanford.edu/">Stanford University Education Group</a>, and the <a href="https://www.localmedia.org/">Local Media Association</a>. Supported by a $3 million Google.org investment, MediaWise is a media literacy project designed to help millions of young people in the U.S. discern fact from fiction online, through classroom education and video—with a little help from several teen-favorite YouTube creators.</p><p>People need journalism they can count on. But it will take collaboration and working with partners across a broad spectrum to provide good solutions to the problem of misinformation, and help build a more informed world. </p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/W-PMrLVHqSo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:00 -0000Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogElevationLab launches CordDock for iPhone, a unique hybrid dock and MFi Lightning cable solution
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/elevationlab-corddock-for-iphone/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:59:24 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/corddock-pickup.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p><a href="http://amzn.to/2ID9ZXJ">ElevationLab</a> has today released its newest iPhone accessory, <a href="https://www.elevationlab.com/products/corddock">CordDock</a>. The idea behind this product is an iPhone stand that allows users to dock and undock their iPhone easily while effortlessly being able to choose to keep it charging/syncing via an included MFi Lightning cable or to disconnect it totally. Video and more details after the break.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:59:24 +00009to5MacMicrosoft announces new DirectX Raytracing API for DirectX 12
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-announces-new-directx-raytracing-api-for-directx-12
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:54:13 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-15.40.32-1050x578.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/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-15.40.32-1050x578.png 1050w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-15.40.32-250x138.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-15.40.32-768x422.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px" />The new DirectX Raytracing API for DirectX 12 will be able to supplement current rendering techniques to improve visual quality in video games.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:54:13 +0000On MSFTTechnogym claims first 5,000 GymKit-enabled cardio machines deployed for Apple Watch workouts
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/technogym-gymkit-apple-watch/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:42:10 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/gymkit-technogym.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1024" /></div><p>As part of the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association’s annual conference, Technogym is <a href="https://www.technogym.com/gb/newsroom/technogym-first-fitness-equipment-release-apple-gymkit/?utm_medium=social&sfcampid=355569&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=apple-ihrsa&utm_campaign=newsroom">touting</a> a new number for how many Apple GymKit-enabled cardio machines the company has deployed: over 5000. GymKit lets users instantly sync workout data between fitness equipment and Apple Watch to provide the most accurate readings.</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:42:10 +00009to5MacMicrosoft teams up with BlackBerry to empower the mobile workforce
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-teams-up-with-blackberry-to-empower-the-mobile-workforce
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:40:05 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/microsoft-logo-1032x580.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/2017/02/microsoft-logo-1032x580.jpg 1032w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/microsoft-logo-250x140.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/microsoft-logo-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px" />Under the partnership, the two companies collaborated on a first of a kind BlackBerry Enterprise BRIDGE solution, to allow customers to use Microsoft's mobile apps within BlackBerry Dynamics. Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:40:05 +0000On MSFTTelegram loses Supreme Court appeal in Russia, must hand over encryption keys
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/telegram-encryption-security/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:27:28 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/telegram.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000" /></div><p>Not long after <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/telegram/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telegram</a> was <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/05/apple-telegram-illegal-content/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pulled from the App Store</a> when Apple learned it was serving child pornography, the encrypted messaging app has lost a Supreme Court appeal in Russia, and been ordered to share its encryption keys with KGB successor, the Federal Security Service (FSB) …</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:27:28 +00009to5MacThese 9 video games are leaving Xbox Game Pass this month
https://www.onmsft.com/news/these-9-video-games-are-leaving-xbox-game-pass-this-month
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:00:31 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.58.22-1030x580.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/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.58.22-1030x580.png 1030w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.58.22-250x141.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.58.22-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px" />Nine games will be leaving the Xbox Game Pass catalog on at the end of March including Kyub and Roundabout on the Xbox One.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:00:31 +0000On MSFTHomePod Diary: I want another one for sure, maybe two more
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/more-than-one-homepod/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:47:47 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/homepod-23.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>I <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/16/homepod-diary-review-siri/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote last time</a> that one of the tests of truly useful technology is how quickly it stops feeling like a luxury and starts feeling like something you wouldn’t want to live without.</p>
<blockquote><p>For me, streaming music started out as a luxury – something I used to supplement my own collection of music – and has turned into my primary music source. Not just because it gives me access to music that would otherwise have cost me a fortune, but also because For You playlists have introduced me to more new artists than I could count.</p>
<p>I’m finding that HomePod is moving rather rapidly into the same category: a gadget I wouldn’t want to be without.</p></blockquote>
<p>A month on, I can report that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/homepod/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HomePod</a> has definitely completed that transition …</p>
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Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:47:47 +00009to5MacFacebook hit with Federal Trade Commission probe over personal data use
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/facebook-ftc-probe-cambridge-analytica/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:47:20 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/facebook.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>The US Federal Trade Commission is opening an investigation looking into whether <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/facebook/">Facebook</a> misused the personal data of its users.</p>
<p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/facebook-ftc-probe-cambridge-analytica/#more-524988" class="more-link">more…</a></p>
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:47:20 +00009to5MacApple & IBM combine Watson and Core ML for the smartest ever mobile apps
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/apple-ibm-watson-core-ml/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:19:43 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/watson.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500" /></div><p>Apple and IBM have <a href="https://developer.apple.com/ibm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> an exciting expansion <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2014/07/15/apple-announces-huge-ibm-partnership-to-bring-enterprise-services-to-ios-new-applecare-for-enterprise/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">of the partnership</a> started back in 2014 to bring enterprise apps to iOS devices. The latest step is designed to combine IBM’s powerful Watson AI system with Apple’s Core ML framework to create the smartest mobile apps yet developed.</p>
<p>The companies said that Coca-Cola is currently testing the setup …</p>
<p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/apple-ibm-watson-core-ml/#more-524966" class="more-link">more…</a></p>
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:19:43 +00009to5MacSea of Thieves now available worldwide on Windows 10 and Xbox One
http://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/03/20/sea-of-thieves-now-available-worldwide-on-windows-10-and-xbox-one/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:00:32 +0000Today, over at <a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/03/20/sea-thieves-now-available-worldwide-xbox-one-windows-10-pcs/"><strong>Xbox Wire</strong></a>, the team from Rare announced that <a href="https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/sea-of-thieves"><em><strong>Sea of Thieves</strong></em></a> is now available on Windows 10 and Xbox One!Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:00:32 +0000Windows BlogYouTube Director onsite helps small businesses make video adshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/j1UUV2x9fbk/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Every small business owner has a story to tell—whether it's how they started out, why their product or service is unique, or why customers buy from them. Video ads are an authentic and engaging way to reach your customers and show them what makes your business unique through the power of sight, sound, and motion.</p><p>For business owners, creating a video ad to tell your story can be time-consuming, expensive, and challenging. Starting today,<a href="https://director.youtube.com/">YouTube Director onsite</a> is available in over 170 cities across the U.S. to help every business leverage YouTube's power and reach—over one billion users, which is almost one-third of all people on the internet.</p><p>We created <a href="https://director.youtube.com">YouTube Director onsite</a> to shorten the time and cost it takes for businesses to advertise on YouTube. When you commit to spending at least $350 advertising on YouTube through Google AdWords, YouTube Director onsite will set you up with an expert to film and edit a 30-second professional YouTube video. This video service—which typically runs anywhere from about $1,000 to $5,000—is free. You’ll only pay to promote your video ad on YouTube.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="how it works" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/How_it_works_-_Blog_post_1.max-1000x1000.png"/></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Since we first launched YouTube Director onsite, we’ve produced many video ads for small businesses, saving each business countless hours of finding equipment, writing a script, and filming and editing the video. Aaron Cheney, the Marketing Director of <a href="http://www.warmoth.com/">Warmoth Guitar Products,</a> started using YouTube Director onsite to reach new customers online. The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8JLpkNVrCk">video ad</a> was a success with their target audience of guitar players on YouTube looking to repair or build a custom guitar. Aaron has seen a 13x return on ad spend and 130 percent increase in revenue from the video ad.</p><br/><p>By running video ads on YouTube, you’ll reach potential customers when they watch or search for videos—and you’ll only pay when they engage with your video. With TrueView for action, our new direct response video ad format <a href="https://adwords.googleblog.com/2018/03/youtube-and-search-innovations-smx2018.html">announced last week</a>, you’ll be able to customize a call-to-action to drive the outcome that’s most important to your business, like leads or referrals.</p><br/><p>Here’s how YouTube Director onsite works:</p><ol><li><p><b>Plan</b><b>.</b>Tell your filmmaker about your business—they’ll help you write a script and plan your video.</p></li><li><p><b>Shoot</b><b>.</b>Your filmmaker will come to you to shoot your video. After, they'll edit the film and deliver the final cut in approximately 7-10 days.</p></li><li><p><b>Advertise</b><b>.</b>A Google advertising expert will help you set up your video ad so you can reach the right customers for your business.</p></li></ol>We’re passionate about making video advertising possible for every business and helping businesses like Warmoth Guitar Products reach more customers. Be one of the first to try <a href="https://director.youtube.com/u/0/onsite/?utm_source=SMB%20Blog%20Post&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=YouTube%20Director%20onsite#/">YouTube Director onsite</a> in your city by scheduling a shoot with your filmmaker today.</div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/j1UUV2x9fbk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:00:00 -0000Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogTitanfall 2: Ultimate Edition is just $6 with this week’s Deals with Gold
https://www.onmsft.com/news/titanfall-2-ultimate-edition-is-just-6-with-this-weeks-deals-with-gold
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:59:44 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/image-2-1031x580.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/2018/03/image-2-1031x580.jpeg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/image-2-250x141.jpeg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/image-2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/image-2.jpeg 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />One of the best shooters of 2016 is more affordable than ever thanks to this week’s Deals with Gold. Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:59:44 +0000On MSFTApple leaks official release notes for macOS 10.13.4 in French, confirms iMessage Business Chat and eGPU support
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/apple-leaks-official-release-notes-for-macos-10-13-4-in-french-update-includes-imessage-business-chat-and-egpu-support/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:54:51 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bootable-high-sierra-usb-install-disk1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>For the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/19/macos-10-13-4-beta-6/">latest macOS 10.13.4 beta seed</a>, the update notes merely say ‘This is the latest version of the macOS High Sierra developer beta and is recommended for all Apple developers’ in English locales as normal for pre-release builds. However, it seems Apple has accidentally published the final full release notes in some other languages.</p>
<p>The release notes indicate that iMessage Business Chat will be available on macOS, as well as formally supporting external GPU (eGPU) systems. You can read the full French release notes for the upcoming High Sierra update, with an English translation, after the jump …</p>
<p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/apple-leaks-official-release-notes-for-macos-10-13-4-in-french-update-includes-imessage-business-chat-and-egpu-support/#more-524963" class="more-link">more…</a></p>
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:54:51 +00009to5MacDevelopers will need to go through App Review to edit ‘What’s New’ text and change support URLs
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/change-whats-new-text-app-review/
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:35:58 +0000<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/itunes-connect.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1304" /></div><p>Apple is today informing developers of a new policy change through iTunes Connect. From April, the ‘What’s New In This Version’ text and the support URLs in App Store listings will no longer be able to changed at will.</p>
<p>Changes to this metadata will now require a new app update to be submitted to the App Store.</p>
<p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/20/change-whats-new-text-app-review/#more-524958" class="more-link">more…</a></p>
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:35:58 +00009to5MacVideo game downloads now show in the Guide on Xbox One
https://www.onmsft.com/news/video-game-downloads-now-show-in-the-guide-on-xbox-one
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:27:00 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/projectscorpiovein-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Xbox One Project Scorpio Commercial - Vein" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/projectscorpiovein-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/projectscorpiovein-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/projectscorpiovein-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra has confirmed via a tweet on his personal account that video game and app downloads on Xbox One consoles are now viewable within the popup Guide. Previously the progress of downloads were only viewable within the My games & apps screen and on the main Dashboard. Monitor your game downloads directly from […]Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:27:00 +0000On MSFTXbox One’s Sea of Thieves is one of the top games on Twitch right now
https://www.onmsft.com/news/xbox-ones-sea-of-thieves-is-one-of-the-top-games-on-twitch-right-now
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:07:56 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/seaofthieves-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Sea of Thieves 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/2017/05/seaofthieves-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/seaofthieves-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/seaofthieves-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />Sea of Thieves has only been out for a few hours now and it’s already holding second place in Twitch’s ranking of most-viewed game streams. Currently over 94,000 Twitch users are viewing a stream of Sea of Thieves, falling just behind Fortnite which is at around 104,000 viewers. Sea of Thieves’ popularity on Twitch is […]Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:07:56 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft makes changes to its Service Agreement, to take effect May 1st
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-makes-changes-to-its-service-agreement-to-take-effect-may-1st
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:36:19 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_183636886_iOS-773x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Microsoft Logo Generic Featured Image Logo" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_183636886_iOS-773x580.jpg 773w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_183636886_iOS-220x165.jpg 220w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_183636886_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_183636886_iOS-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_183636886_iOS-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_183636886_iOS-632x474.jpg 632w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_183636886_iOS-536x402.jpg 536w" sizes="(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px" />Microsoft is making some changes and update to its Microsoft Services Agreement and for the next month you may want to familiarize yourself with.Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:36:19 +0000On MSFTWindows 10 Mobile Creators Update also gets a fix for the PDF bug in Microsoft Edge
https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-10-mobile-creators-update-also-gets-a-fix-for-the-pdf-bug-in-microsoft-edge
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:03:59 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-19-at-20.29.51-806x580.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/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-19-at-20.29.51-806x580.png 806w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-19-at-20.29.51-229x165.png 229w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-19-at-20.29.51-768x553.png 768w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-19-at-20.29.51.png 1434w" sizes="(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px" />The latest Patch Tuesday Update for Windows 10 Mobile version 1703 has finally fixed the PDF bug in Microsoft Edge. Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:03:59 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft reduces “offline time” for Windows 10 featured updates to an average of 30 minutes
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-reduces-offline-time-for-windows-10-featured-updates-to-an-average-of-30-minutes
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:12:23 +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" />Microsoft has worked on the phases of Windows Update in order to help reduce the "offline time" between Windows 10 featured updates to an average of 30 minutesMon, 19 Mar 2018 18:12:23 +0000On MSFTSea of Thieves and more: check out these new games for Xbox, coming this week
https://www.onmsft.com/news/sea-of-thieves-and-more-check-out-these-new-games-for-xbox-coming-this-week
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:00:54 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/NWOX_HERO-23-hero.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/2018/03/NWOX_HERO-23-hero.jpg 940w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/NWOX_HERO-23-hero-250x140.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/NWOX_HERO-23-hero-768x431.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" />In addition to Sea of Thieves, eight other games will be released on the Xbox One this week including R.B.I. Baseball 18, Attack on Titan 2 and MX vs ATV all Out. Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:00:54 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft is making accessibility plans across the board: here’s what’s on tap for Windows 10
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-is-making-accessibility-plans-across-the-board-heres-whats-on-tap-for-windows-10
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:36:37 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0706-773x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Windows 10 Logo Featured Image Generic Hero" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0706-773x580.jpg 773w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0706-220x165.jpg 220w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0706-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px" />The features have long been available for testing with Windows Insiders, and range from new Ease of Access settings page, an improved Windows Narrator, enhanced eye control navigation, and much more. Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:36:37 +0000On MSFTIntroducing Google Play Instant, a faster way to try apps and gameshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/jmHagDlA2k0/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>People all over the world come to Google Play to discover great games. In the last year, the number of Android users who installed a game has more than doubled. To help you discover new games or get to the ones you already love, we’ve redesigned our <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.play.games">Google Play Games app</a>. In the new “Arcade” tab, you can check out game video trailers or use tags like “New” or “Action” to find a particular type of game. We’ll also show you news and YouTube videos related to your favorite games to help you boost your skills and become a game master.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--medium h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--4 h-c-grid__col--offset-4 "><img alt="Comp 1_5.gif" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/Comp_1_5.gif"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>To make it even easier to dive right in and enjoy new apps and games on Android devices, we’re also introducing Google Play Instant. With Google Play Instant, you can just tap and try a game without having to download it first—whether you’re looking to storm a castle on <a href="http://g.co/play/instant.">Clash Royale</a> or become a wordmaster with <a href="http://g.co/play/instant.">Words with Friends 2</a>. Google Play Instant experiences will be available in the Google Play Store, the Google Play Games app, or wherever game links are shared. Today you can check out some of the titles from the <a href="http://g.co/play/instant.">Instant Gameplay collection</a>. Love what you’re experiencing? Just tap the “Install now!” button to install the game.</p><br/>To start, we’ll have a handful of <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_300308f_instantgames?e=-EnableAppDetailsPageRedesign">games</a> to play instantly on more than 1 billion Android devices worldwide. Check back later this year as more games become available to play right away.</div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/jmHagDlA2k0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:00:00 -0000Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogZendaya and Google.org help a community school bloomhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/yS5B5Tc0GL8/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>In 2015, <a href="http://rosesinconcrete.org/">Roses in Concrete Community School</a> opened in East Oakland, California. With a name inspired by a book of poetry written by Tupac Shakur, the school aims to create a model for urban education that prioritizes the needs of youth and families in the community it serves. It’s founder, Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade, believes education is the way to help young people understand that they can transform not only their community, but the world. By creating the conditions for our youngest change-makers to flourish, this education model can be a pathway to building healthy and sustainable communities across the U.S.</p><p></p></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>In the school’s first year, Google.org provided <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/google-org/strengthening-our-commitment-to-racial/">$750,000</a> to help launch its unique vision. And last Friday at <a href="https://communityspace.withgoogle.com/">Google’s San Francisco community space</a>, teachers, students, artists, education advocates, Googlers and Oakland-native actress <a href="https://twitter.com/Zendaya?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Zendaya</a> celebrated the announcement of our additional $650,000 grant to help the school build a first-of-its-kind computer science (CS) curriculum, which will serve as a model for other schools across the U.S. The curriculum will be culturally and community relevant, building on Duncan-Andrade’s philosophy that education shouldn’t push students out of communities, but should instead help students transform them.</p></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Research shows that Black and Latino students <a href="https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/computer-science-learning-closing-the-gap-black-brief.pdf">are interested in learning CS</a>, but are underrepresented in the field due to limited access to learning opportunities, coupled with the lack of relatable role models. Through this new program, Roses in Concrete helps students see the connection between CS and their communities, and hopes to equip them with the skills they need to solve real problems, starting in their own neighborhood.</p></div></div><div class="block-pull_quote"><div class="uni-pull-quote h-c-page"><section class="h-c-grid"><div class="uni-pull-quote__wrapper h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--8 h-c-grid__col-m--6 h-c-grid__col-l--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-2 h-c-grid__col-m--offset-3 h-c-grid__col-l--offset-3"><div class="uni-pull-quote__inner-wrapper h-c-copy h-c-copy"><q class="uni-pull-quote__text">The purpose of education is not to escape poverty, but to end it.</q> <cite class="uni-pull-quote__author"><span class="uni-pull-quote__author-meta"><strong class="h-u-font-weight-medium">Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade</strong><br/> Founder of Roses in Concrete Community School</span></cite></div></div></section></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>During the evening’s events, Roses students shared dance, art, and poetry performances for the crowd, which included Zendaya, an avid supporter of the school. Growing up in Oakland as the daughter of two teachers, she has fond memories of spending time in the same classrooms that now make up the Roses in Concrete campus, and credits pretending to grade papers as some of her earliest acting experience. During a student-led interview, Zendaya shared her appreciation for organizations like this progressive community school that are thoughtfully closing equity divides in her hometown. She encouraged the students to “Always lead with your heart and chase the happiness that fuels you,” and reminded them that technology is one possible medium for them to express themselves and make a positive difference.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_carousel"><div class="h-c-page article-module"><div class="article-module glue-pagination h-c-carousel h-c-carousel--simple h-c-carousel--dark ng-cloak" data-glue-pagination-config="{cyclical: true}"><div class="h-c-carousel__wrap"><ul class="glue-carousel ng-cloak" data-glue-carousel-options="{pointerTypes: ['touch', 'mouse'], jump: true}"><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/LRG_DSC00424.max-2800x2800.JPG);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">Jeff Duncan Andrade</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><i>Roses founder Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade shares his philosophy that education shouldn’t push students out of communities, but should instead help students transform them</i></div></figcaption></figure></li><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/UpperCloud-_DSC00311.max-2800x2800.jpg);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">Zendaya interview</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Actress and Oakland-native Zendaya was interviewed by a Roses student and his mother</i></p><p><br/></p></div></figcaption></figure></li><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/LRG_DSC00594.max-2800x2800.JPG);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">Zendaya audience</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><i>Zendaya joined teachers, students, artists and education advocates to celebrate the announcement of a $650,000 Google.org grant to help Roses build a first-of-its-kind computer science curriculum</i></div></figcaption></figure></li><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/image6.max-2800x2800.png);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">Zendaya artwork</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><i>Student artwork adorned the walls of <a href="https://communityspace.withgoogle.com/">Google’s San Francisco community space</a>, where last week’s event was held</i></div></figcaption></figure></li><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/LRG_DSC00557.max-2800x2800.JPG);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">Revelations</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>The night concluded with a moving performance set to Alvin Ailey’s ‘Revelations’</i></p><p><br/></p></div></figcaption></figure></li></ul><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate glue-pagination-previous" data-glue-pagination-label="Previous" data-glue-pagination-update-model="false"><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate-wrap"><svg class="h-c-icon h-c-icon--keyboard-arrow-left" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-keyboard-arrow-right"></use></svg></div></div><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate glue-pagination-next" data-glue-pagination-label="Next" data-glue-pagination-update-model="false"><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate-wrap"><svg class="h-c-icon h-c-icon--keyboard-arrow-right" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-keyboard-arrow-right"></use></svg></div></div></div><div class="h-c-carousel__navigation"><div class="glue-pagination-page-list"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>As a lab school, Roses in Concrete will share this new curriculum with national school leaders, policy makers and researchers. And alongside Roses, we can identify more ways to provide meaningful CS experiences to students of color, and by doing so, provide pathways for them to grow, thrive, and create change—in their own communities, and around the world.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/yS5B5Tc0GL8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:00:00 -0000Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogHere are the launch times for Sea of Thieves in your area
https://www.onmsft.com/news/here-are-the-launch-times-for-sea-of-thieves-in-your-area
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:59:20 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sea-of-thieves-logo-1050x479.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/2016/06/sea-of-thieves-logo-1050x479.png 1050w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sea-of-thieves-logo-250x114.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sea-of-thieves-logo-768x350.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px" />Much anticipated Sea of Thieves is launching tomorrow on March 20th, so here is a look at when the games will launch in your region.Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:59:20 +0000On MSFTMicrosoft Ventures chooses Innovate.AI finalists
https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-ventures-chooses-innovate-ai-finalists
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:51:40 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Innovate-AI-1040x580.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/2017/10/Innovate-AI-1040x580.png 1040w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Innovate-AI-250x139.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Innovate-AI-768x428.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px" />Microsoft has finally announced the finalists for each region for its Innovate.AI global startup competition. Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:51:40 +0000On MSFTWindows 10 Tip: View 360° videos and photos in Microsoft Edge with your Windows Mixed Reality headset
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Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:00:47 +0000Did you know you can now view 360° videos and photos in Microsoft Edge with your Windows Mixed Reality headset?*Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:00:47 +0000Windows BlogWindows 10 Accessibility: What to expect in the year ahead
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Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:00:05 +0000Our journey this year begins with maintaining our investments on visual accessibility features as well as diversifying our efforts across new and improved accessibility experiences coming in the next update of Windows 10. Many of these new features are available to preview in the Insider builds today. These include, easier to navigate new Ease of […]Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:00:05 +0000Windows BlogSecurity in the cloudhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/ROIwpCuBtX0/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Security is one of the biggest issues of our time. Countless companies and governments have lost data because of security incidents. And just one breach could cost millions in fines and lost business—and most importantly, lose customer trust.</p><p>As a result, security is increasingly top of mind for CEOs and Boards of Directors. That’s why, this week, I’ll join Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene and many of our colleagues in New York, where we’ll meet with more than 100 CEOs to discuss security in the cloud.</p><p>At its most basic level, security is a human issue. Whether performed by individuals or organizations, cybersecurity attacks are ultimately carried out by people, regardless of motive.</p><p>Often these attacks rely on exploiting human nature, such as through phishing emails. And it’s people that they ultimately affect. By some <a href="https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-identity-theft-and-cybercrime">accounts</a>, 179 million personal records were exposed just in 2017 through data breaches.</p><p>And as a human issue, security is something we can tackle together.</p><br/><h2>Leveraging the cloud to protect against threats</h2><br/><p>Cloud providers offer a vast army of experts to protect against threats—one far larger than almost any internal team a company could invest in. In fact, if businesses were to go it alone, there wouldn’t be enough security professionals in the world to adequately protect every single company and their users.</p><p>In industries from financial services to healthcare to retail, companies are relying on the automation and scale offered by the cloud to protect their data and that of their customers—allowing their employees to focus on building their business. Many are coming to the same conclusion we have: In many cases, if you’re not moving to the cloud, you’re risking your business.</p><p>Take the <a href="https://blog.google/topics/google-cloud/answering-your-questions-about-meltdown-and-spectre/">CPU vulnerabilities</a> that were disclosed in January, for example. These were major discoveries; they rocked the tech industry. But for the most part, cloud customers could go about their business. <a href="https://blog.google/topics/google-cloud/protecting-our-google-cloud-customers-new-vulnerabilities-without-impacting-performance/">Here at Google Cloud</a>, we updated our infrastructure through Live Migration, which required no reboots, no customer downtime, and did not materially impact performance. In fact, we got calls from customers asking if we had updated our systems to protect against the vulnerabilities—because they experienced no impact.</p><p>These won’t be the last security vulnerabilities to be uncovered; humans will never write perfect code. But the cloud makes it much easier to stay on top of them. The scale of the cloud security teams that find and mitigate emerging threats, the ability to update many systems at scale, and the automation to scan, update and protect users all contribute to cloud’s unique position to keep information and people secure.</p><br/><h2>Security at Google Cloud</h2><br/><p>Security has been paramount to Google from the very beginning. (I would know!) We’ve been operating securely in the cloud for almost 20 years, and we have seven apps with more than a billion users that we protect from threats every single day, and GCP itself connects to more than a billion IPs every day. We believe that security empowers innovation—that if you put security first, everything else will follow.</p><p>Security is in the details—and we pay attention at the most granular level. We were the first to introduce <a href="https://gmail.googleblog.com/2010/01/default-https-access-for-gmail.html">SSL email by default</a> in 2010, we created the <a href="https://cloud.googleblog.com/2010/09/a-more-secure-cloud-for-millions-of.html">U2F security token standard</a> in 2014, Chrome was the <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2016/07/experimenting-with-post-quantum.html">first browser to support post-quantum crypto</a> in 2016, and in 2017 we introduced <a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/08/Titan-in-depth-security-in-plaintext.html">Titan, a purpose-built chip to establish hardware root of trust</a> for both machines and peripherals on cloud infrastructure. These examples show the level of depth that we go into when thinking about security, and the role we take in pushing the industry forward to stay on top of evolving threats.</p><p>In addition, Google’s <a href="https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/07/announcing-project-zero.html">Project Zero team</a> hunts for vulnerabilities across the internet, and have been behind the discoveries of “Heartbleed” as well as the recently-discovered “Spectre” and “Meltdown.” We also provide incentives to the security community to help us look for and find security bugs through our <a href="https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/">Vulnerability Reward Program</a>.</p><p>We know how complex the security landscape is, and we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to solve this tough challenge. We’ve developed principles around security that define how we build our infrastructure, how we build our products, and how we operate.</p><p>For example, we believe it’s not enough to build something and try to make it secure after the fact. Security should be fundamental to all design, not bolted on to an old paradigm. That’s why we build security through progressive layers that deliver true defense in depth, meaning our cloud infrastructure doesn’t rely on any one technology to make it secure.</p><p>Now more than ever, it’s important for companies to make security an utmost priority and take responsibility for protecting their users. That’s true for Google too. At the end of the day, any organization is accountable to people above all, and user trust is crucial to business. If we don’t get security right, we don’t have a business.</p><p>That’s one of the reasons why I’m so passionate about cloud as a means to improve security. Google has always worked to protect users across the internet. With Google Cloud, we’re extending those capabilities to help businesses protect their users as well.</p><p>In the coming days, we'll share more about how we're pushing cloud security forward. Stay tuned.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/ROIwpCuBtX0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:00:00 -0000Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogGoogle Cloud Next '18—Registration now open!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/NMgphHN_QtY/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Registration for Google Cloud Next ’18 is<a href="https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next18/">now open</a>—we hope you’ll join us July 24-26, 2018 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.</p><p>Each year at Next, we bring together a community of leaders, developers, and entrepreneurs to explore the ways we can build the future of the cloud, together. Join us to hear an inspiring line-up of industry innovators and Google executives including Diane Greene, CEO of Google Cloud.</p><p>Building on the energy of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dXfrsOk2To">Next ‘17</a> with over 12,000 attendees, Next ‘18 will bring even more interesting keynotes, hundreds of hands-on learning opportunities, and 400 breakout and spotlight sessions on topics ranging from accessible machine learning to advances in security. We look forward to hearing from customers and partners building their businesses with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), G Suite, Maps and the latest technology across all of Google.</p><p>Space is limited, so we encourage you to secure your spot early and take advantage of the early-bird rate of $999, a savings of $500 off full-priced admission. You can learn more on the <a href="https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next18/">Next ’18 website</a>.</p><p>We can’t wait to see you in July!</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/NMgphHN_QtY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:00:00 -0000Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogRight as Trump fires staffers, a former Microsoft CFO gets appointed White House Deputy Chief of Staff for policy
https://www.onmsft.com/news/right-as-trump-fires-staffers-a-former-microsoft-cfo-gets-appointed-white-house-deputy-chief-of-staff-for-policy
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:58:29 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Chris-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/2018/03/Chris-1031x580.png 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Chris-250x141.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Chris-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />Former Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell has been appointed White House Deputy Chief of Staff for policy. In the new position, Liddell will be reporting to White House chief of staff John Kelly, completing a team in an otherwise chaotic White HouseMon, 19 Mar 2018 15:58:29 +0000On MSFTSea of Thieves to get a Day One patch, an eyepatch, that is
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Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:41:15 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/seaofthieves-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Sea of Thieves 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/2017/12/seaofthieves-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/seaofthieves-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/seaofthieves-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />It looks like Sea of Thieves is getting a Day One patch when the game releases tomorrow, March 20, 2018 on Xbox One. In a report by Eurogamer, the Day One patch was spotted by a keen eye browsing the latest in pirate eye wear in the Sea of Thieves clothes shop. It is clear […]Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:41:15 +0000On MSFTSkype plans accessibility improvements
https://www.onmsft.com/news/skype-plans-accessibility-improvements
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:10:53 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Skype-new-logo-2-1033x580.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/Skype-new-logo-2-1033x580.png 1033w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Skype-new-logo-2-250x140.png 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Skype-new-logo-2-768x431.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px" />The Skype team today posted an interesting note on their blog, noting that several accessibility improvements are on the way soon to the application on Mac, iOS, Windows, and Android.Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:10:53 +0000On MSFTLinkedIn introduces new feature to ask for a referral in your network
https://www.onmsft.com/news/linkedin-introduces-new-feature-to-ask-for-a-referral-in-your-network
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:41:50 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ask-For-Referral-Blog-Header_710x400.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/2018/03/Ask-For-Referral-Blog-Header_710x400.jpg 710w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ask-For-Referral-Blog-Header_710x400-250x141.jpg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px" />LinkedIn has announced today a new feature helping job seekers to ask for a referral when applying for jobs on the platform. Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:41:50 +0000On MSFTMarch firmware update for Surface Pro 2017 fixes Edge security issue, improves battery life
https://www.onmsft.com/news/march-firmware-update-for-surface-pro-2017-fixes-edge-security-issue-improves-battery-life
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:15:14 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Surface-Pro-coffee-1-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Surface Pro with accessories" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Surface-Pro-coffee-1-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Surface-Pro-coffee-1-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Surface-Pro-coffee-1-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px" />The March firmware for the Surface Pro and its LTE variant update addresses a security issue in Microsoft Edge and also improves battery reliabilityMon, 19 Mar 2018 13:15:14 +0000On MSFTGoogle Pay’s got your transit ticket, starting in Las Vegashttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/l7v9r3SlN4Q/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Crowded public transportation can completely derail your day—especially when you're standing in line to buy a ticket and the train whizzes by. But the next time you’re traveling around Las Vegas, you can skip the line and get there faster with Google Pay. Today, we’re launching mobile tickets for the Las Vegas Monorail, which is powered by NXP’s MIFARE contactless technology. Now you’ll be able to purchase your ticket online, save it to Google Pay instantly, and use your phone to ride—no need to open the app.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--medium h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--4 h-c-grid__col--offset-4 "><img alt="lvm detail 4" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Card_View-Active_copy2.max-1000x1000.png"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>The Las Vegas Monorail is the first transit agency where you can use prepaid tickets or passes with Google Pay instead of a credit or debit card, and it's coming to more cities soon. Once you’ve saved your ticket, you’ll find info in the app to guide you along your journey—you can see recent transactions, trips, or the location of the nearest Monorail station.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><div class="article-module h-c-page"><div class="h-c-grid"><figure class="article-image--medium h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--4 h-c-grid__col--offset-4 "><img alt="lvm gif" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/LVM.gif"/></figure></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Ready to give it a go? Make sure you have the <a href="https://pay.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.android.com/payapp&apn=com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel&amv=930084869&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=transit">latest version of Google Pay</a>, then <a href="https://www.lvmonorail.com/google-pay">purchase a ticket</a> on the Las Vegas Monorail site and save it to the app. If you bought your ticket on a mobile device, you’re ready to ride! Just hold your phone near the fare gate. Once you see a check mark, you’re good to go.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/l7v9r3SlN4Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:00:00 -0000Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogXbox news recap: Shadow of the Tomb Raider trailer releases, New avatars will ship “when they’re ready” and more
https://www.onmsft.com/news/xbox-news-recap-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-trailer-releases-new-avatars-will-ship-when-theyre-ready-and-more
Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:04:44 +0000<img src="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tombraider-1031x580.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Shadow of the Tomb Raider on Xbox One" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tombraider-1031x580.jpg 1031w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tombraider-250x141.jpg 250w, https://www.onmsft.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tombraider-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.Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:04:44 +0000On MSFTTeam Pixel is in bloom this springhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/K3GbyKLtz7w/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Our community of photographers is on the rise, and the #teampixel tribe is officially 35,000 members strong (and counting)! This week’s highlights range from colorful plum blossoms in Sakura, Japan to a confetti-filled wedding.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_carousel"><div class="h-c-page article-module"><div class="article-module glue-pagination h-c-carousel h-c-carousel--simple h-c-carousel--dark ng-cloak" data-glue-pagination-config="{cyclical: true}"><div class="h-c-carousel__wrap"><ul class="glue-carousel ng-cloak" data-glue-carousel-options="{pointerTypes: ['touch', 'mouse'], jump: true}"><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/teampixel_315_2.max-2800x2800.jpg);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">teampixel_315_2.jpg</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text">Left: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BgOGZxeH0hX/?taken-by=archibajda">@archibajda</a> - Upside down in Kraków, Poland. Right: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BgQMSUWhl_g/?tagged=teampixel">@tanyakhanijow</a> - confetti party in portrait mode, India</div></figcaption></figure></li><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/teampixel_315_4.gif);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">teampixel_315_4.gif</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BgTO6_bATu-/?tagged=teampixel">@zuvamart</a> - tea time in Hyperbad, India</div></figcaption></figure></li><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/teampixel_315_.max-2800x2800.jpg);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">teampixel_315_.jpg</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text">Left: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BgTYg70FFdi/?tagged=teampixel">@motivates</a> - plum blossoms in Sakura, Japan. Right: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BgPJye3APMA/?tagged=teampixel">@juicegee</a> - Gardens by the Bay, Singapore</div></figcaption></figure></li><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/teampixel_315_3.max-2800x2800.jpg);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">teampixel_315_3.jpg</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BX5LfDOBpm3/?tagged=teampixel">@peter.hudston</a> - neon skies in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia</div></figcaption></figure></li></ul><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate glue-pagination-previous" data-glue-pagination-label="Previous" data-glue-pagination-update-model="false"><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate-wrap"><svg class="h-c-icon h-c-icon--keyboard-arrow-left" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-keyboard-arrow-right"></use></svg></div></div><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate glue-pagination-next" data-glue-pagination-label="Next" data-glue-pagination-update-model="false"><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate-wrap"><svg class="h-c-icon h-c-icon--keyboard-arrow-right" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-keyboard-arrow-right"></use></svg></div></div></div><div class="h-c-carousel__navigation"><div class="glue-pagination-page-list"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>If you’re looking for a daily dose of #teampixel photos, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/teampixel/">follow our feed</a> on Instagram and keep spreading the loves and likes with fellow Pixel photographers.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/K3GbyKLtz7w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:45:00 -0000Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:45:00 -0000The Official Google BlogThe High Five: “A Brief History” of this week’s searcheshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/5xbcybaHQbI/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Sifting through the week’s news can feel like sinking into a black hole. Luckily, we have some standout trends this week, gathered with data from <a href="https://newslab.withgoogle.com/">Google News Lab</a>. They start with a tribute to legendary physicist and black hole <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28090-stephen-hawking-says-he-has-a-way-to-escape-from-a-black-hole/">escape artist</a> Stephen Hawking, who passed away Wednesday at age 76.</p><p><b>“Look up”</b><b><br/></b>Stephen Hawking’s intelligence was a cut above the rest, in life and in Search: interest in “<a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=Stephen%20Hawking%20quote,Stephen%20Hawking%20iq">Stephen Hawking IQ</a>” was 170 percent higher than “Stephen Hawking quote” over the past week. But of his many memorable quotes, here’s the most searched: “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”</p><p><b>Turbulent times</b><b><br/></b>“What happened on United Airlines?” was a trending question this week. The company faced scrutiny after a French bulldog—the second most searched dog breed this week—suffocated in an overhead compartment and a pet German Shepherd was accidentally shipped to Japan. For those searching for canine breeds this week, Rhodesian Ridgebacks were top dog.</p><p><b>A cue from teens</b><b><br/></b>Search interest in “<a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=walkout">walkout</a>” has reached an all-time high in the U.S. this month. On Wednesday, students around the country participated in a walkout to call on elected officials to take action on gun laws—the <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/973967092658720769">top cities</a> searching for “walkout” were Charlottesville, VA, Fort Smith, AR, and Madison, WI.</p><p><b>It’s bracket season <br/></b><a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/story/US_cu_J7SG6GEBAADA3M_en">March Madness</a> is in full swing, especially for North Carolina, Duke and Kentucky fans, whose teams have been the most searched in the past week. The top-searched celebrity brackets are from basketball commentator <a href="http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/insider/story/_/id/22731880/jay-bilas-more-5-minute-bracket-picks-2018-national-champion">Jay Bilas</a>, former President <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/974015556675391488">Barack Obama</a>, and <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/warren-buffett-will-pay-stunning-amount-to-employee-who-guesses-sweet-16/">Warren Buffett</a>. And the winner is anyone’s guess: Michigan State, favored by both Bilas and Obama, wasn’t among the top 10 teams being searched this week.</p><p><b>Go green</b><b><br/></b>Saturday marks St. Patrick’s Day and, in true spirit, corned beef and cabbage is the top trending St. Patrick’s Day recipe this week, followed by … jello shots 🤔. If you’re feeling lucky, you might be among those searching for lucky horseshoes, lucky cats and lucky clovers (the top searched “lucky” items in the past week). And although New York has the biggest parade and Boston the biggest reputation, the top states searching for the holiday are Connecticut, Kansas, and Delaware. Illinois, where Chicagoans annually dye their river green, comes in at number four.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/5xbcybaHQbI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:45:00 -0000Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:45:00 -0000The Official Google BlogAnnouncing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17623 for Skip Ahead
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Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:04:36 +0000Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17623 (RS5) to Windows Insiders who have opted into Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17623 Introducing High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) in Windows 10 The High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) has arrived for Windows 10 and the Photos app! HEIF […]Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:04:36 +0000Windows BlogAnnouncing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17123 for Fast
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Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:04:31 +0000Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17123 (RS4) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s new in Build 17123 Introducing High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) in Windows 10 The High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) has arrived for Windows 10 and the Photos app! HEIF is an […]Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:04:31 +0000Windows Blog#ifdef WINDOWS – What is Windows Machine Learning and how to get started
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Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:00:06 +0000With the next release of Windows, developers will be able to evaluate trained machine learning models locally on Windows 10 devices, allowing developers to use pre-trained models within their applications with hardware-accelerated performance by leveraging the device’s CPU or GPU to compute evaluations for both classical Machine Learning algorithms and Deep Learning. Lucas Brodzinski from […]Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:00:06 +0000Windows BlogOK Go makes some noise in the classroomhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/D1nMxNOKK9k/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Editor’s Note: Many of us on <a href="http://g.co/sciencejournalapp">Google’s Science Journal team</a> are huge fans of <a href="https://okgo.net/">OK Go</a>, the popular rock and YouTube sensation. Their music videos are a spectacular blend of science, engineering, and creativity—a great formula for engaging classroom activities. So when professor AnnMarie Thomas approached us about the <a href="http://www.okgosandbox.org">OK Go Sandbox</a>, a collection of materials for K-12 educators, we simply couldn’t pass up the opportunity. OK Go frontman Damian Kulash tells us more in this guest post.</i></p><p>I’m always so proud and excited when I hear from a teacher who uses an OK Go music video in the classroom, and over the years, I’ve heard it more and more frequently—from pre-school teachers to grad school professors. We know our videos are joyful and nerdy (we’ve done a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w">Rube Goldberg machine</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWGJA9i18Co">a dance in zero gravity</a>, for instance), but we didn’t plan them for the classroom environment. It’s a wonderful surprise to hear they’re sneaking in there on their own, and we want to support that in any way we can.</p><p></p><p>Last year I met Dr. AnnMarie Thomas, who leads the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas. Together we brainstormed ways to open up our videos for classrooms, and we set up a survey to ask educators for their ideas. Within just a few days, nearly a thousand teachers sent us their thoughts, and, with support from Google, we took this feedback and together developed our new <a href="http://www.okgosandbox.org">OK Go Sandbox. It’s a</a> collection of materials created for and with K-12 educators: design challenges, educator guides, and more.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="170924mde084_002.jpg" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/170924mde084_002.max-1000x1000.jpg"/><figcaption class="article-image__caption h-c-page"><div class="rich-text">Here’s Dr. AnnMarie Thomas and me meeting with teachers to go over OK Go Sandbox materials.</div></figcaption></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>It was especially cool to work with Google’s Science Journal team to develop tools that allow students to explore the world around them through music. Their new pitch detection feature makes it possible to make sounds using glasses of water (like we did in the Rube Goldberg machine for “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w">This Too Shall Pass</a>”, and in the musical performance of a robotic car for “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c">Needing/Getting</a>”), and there’s now an option to play data values as pitches which lets students use their phone’s sensors to compose new sounds and interpret their data in a new way.</p></div></div><div class="block-video"><div class="article-module article-video "><figure><a class="h-c-video h-c-video--marquee" data-glue-modal-disabled-on-mobile="true" data-glue-modal-trigger="uni-modal-jxD_QQWyhCc-" href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=jxD_QQWyhCc"><img alt="OK Go Sandbox - Surrounding Sounds" src="//img.youtube.com/vi/jxD_QQWyhCc/maxresdefault.jpg"/><svg class="h-c-video__play h-c-icon h-c-icon--color-white" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-youtube-icon"></use></svg></a></figure></div><div class="h-c-modal--video" data-glue-modal="uni-modal-jxD_QQWyhCc-" data-glue-modal-close-label="Close Dialog"><a class="glue-yt-video" data-glue-yt-video-autoplay="true" data-glue-yt-video-height="99%" data-glue-yt-video-vid="jxD_QQWyhCc" data-glue-yt-video-width="100%" href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=jxD_QQWyhCc" ng-cloak=""></a></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>So whether we’re exploring frame rates by making flip books, or using a light sensor to make music (with <a href="https://sciencejournal.withgoogle.com">Google’s Science Journal app</a>), we hope that the challenges in the OK Go Sandbox help stoke curiosity and encourage learning through joy and wonder. And we particularly look forward to learning more from educators as this stuff gets into the world.</p><br/><p>Educators! Please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:hello@OKGoSandbox.org">hello@OKGoSandbox.org</a>with your input and ideas so that we can grow and adapt this to be maximally useful in inspiring your students. The best part of a sandbox is that we can try building lots of new things, even if we occasionally have to knock some things down and start over.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/D1nMxNOKK9k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:00:00 -0000Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogKeeping cloud entry points secure with Google Chrome Enterprisehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/fimVpJ7M-hk/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>When we <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/connected-workspaces/introducing-chrome-enterprise/">introduced Chrome Enterprise</a> last August, our aim was to provide a single solution that connected employees while giving admins the flexibility and control they needed to keep their businesses protected. Since then, security has only become more of a priority for enterprises. In fact, last year alone, 98% of businesses were <a href="https://www.accenture.com/t20170926T072837Z__w__/us-en/_acnmedia/PDF-61/Accenture-2017-CostCyberCrimeStudy.pdf">affected by malware</a>, and employee endpoints—like laptops, tablets, and smartphones—were <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/rs/248-TPC-286/images/Google_Endpoint_Security_us.pdf">increasingly the target of attacks</a>.</p><p>Enterprise IT admins know this all too well. With hardware, firmware, browsers, apps and networks to protect, admins now face more risks than ever, while managing more devices than ever. We built our Chrome Enterprise ecosystem with this complex landscape in mind, and today we’re adding new enhancements and partnerships as we continue to make Chrome Enterprise the most secure endpoint solution for businesses in the cloud.</p><p>Here’s a look at how these updates can help protect businesses, and their data, at every cloud access point.</p><p><b>Offering more ways for businesses to manage their devices from a single unified management solution</b><br/></p><p>For many businesses, managing a broad range of devices within one unified endpoint management solution is a necessity. Last year, <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/connected-workspaces/chrome-os-joins-forces-vmware-accelerate-adoption-chromebooks-enterprise/">we announced</a> our first enterprise mobility management (EMM) partnership with <b>VMware AirWatch</b>, the first third-party solution with the capability to manage Chrome OS. Today, we’re expanding this with four new partnerships with EMM providers, which gives IT admins the ability to manage and implement security policies across their full fleet of devices from a single place.<br/></p><p><br/></p><ul><li><p><b><a href="https://meraki.cisco.com/blog/2018/03/systems-manager-chrome-os-management-for-enterprise-users/">Cisco Meraki</a></b> offers a comprehensive set of solutions that includes wireless, switching, security, endpoint management, and security cameras, all managed through Meraki’s web-based dashboard interface.</p></li><li><p><b><a href="https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2018/03/15/xenmobile-unified-endpoint-management-adds-google-chrome-enterprise-support/">Citrix XenMobile</a></b> provides device and application management for comprehensive mobile security, and pairs well with <a href="https://blog.google/topics/connected-workspaces/webinar-series-delivering-virtual-apps-and-desktops-chromebooks/">other recent Citrix integrations</a>.</p></li><li><p><b><a href="https://securityintelligence.com/news/chrome-os-finds-a-seat-at-the-unified-endpoint-management-table/">IBM MaaS360</a></b> with Watson delivers a cognitive approach to unified endpoint management, enabling the management of endpoints, end users and everything in between.</p></li><li><p><b><a href="https://blogs.manageengine.com/desktop-mobile/mobile-device-manager-plus/2018/03/15/got-chromebooks-mobile-device-manager-plus-now-supports.html">ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus</a></b> (a division of <b>Zoho Corp</b>) is a unified endpoint management console for configuring, managing and securing mobile devices, desktops and apps.</p></li></ul><p>With these partnerships in place, enterprises can pick the solution that fits their business best.</p><p><b>Helping enterprises manage Chrome OS alongside legacy infrastructure with more Active Directory enhancements</b></p><p>Building on our <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/connected-workspaces/introducing-chrome-enterprise/">initial integration</a> with Active Directory last August, we’ve added a number of enhancements to help admins <a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7497916">manage Chrome OS alongside legacy infrastructure</a>. Administrators can now configure managed extensions directly through Group Policy Objects. Users can authenticate to Kerberos and NTLMv2 endpoints on their local network directly from Chrome OS. We’re also expanding our support for common enterprise Active Directory setups like multiple domain scenarios. And we’ve improved our <a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6321820">existing certificate enrollment flows</a> with Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS).</p><p><b>Continuing to deepen and expand management capabilities in Chrome Browser and Chrome OS</b><br/></p><p>The less time IT has to spend on mundane, manual tasks means more time to focus on business critical projects. That’s why Chrome Enterprise was designed to give IT admins the ability to grant, manage and adjust user permissions at scale, with fewer repetitive tasks. Chrome Enterprise already lets admins fine tune more than 200 security policies and grant secure, authorized employee access to online resources, and we’re continuing to add additional controls to help. In recent months, we’ve added the following controls to help admins:</p><p><br/></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/2657289#block">Per-permission extension blacklisting</a> lets admins restrict access to extensions based on the permissions required, for example, extensions that require the use of a webcam. This allows admins to now authorize an employee’s access to more extensions in the Google Chrome Web Store but maintain fine-grained admin controls across web properties.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/1375678#restrictversion">Sign-ins can be disabled</a> from an outdated OS to help administrators comply with security policies that dictate how many versions behind their users are allowed to run on.</p></li><li><p>Admins can ensure that only managed devices can connect to their single sign-on servers by gating that access with <a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6080885#userdevicecerts">device-wide certificates</a>. These certificates effectively attest to the Chrome endpoint’s managed state.</p></li><li><p>Newly added support for automatic forced re-enrollment will now allow a Chrome device that has been wiped or recovered to re-enroll into the corporate domain without requiring administrator credentials. This will help ensure corporate devices remain enrolled without requiring any admin intervention.</p></li></ul><p>With Chrome Enterprise, our focus is not only on Chrome OS, but how businesses use Chrome Browser across all their platforms. Last December we announced <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/connected-workspaces/security-enhancements-and-more-enterprise-chrome-browser-customers/">a number of security enhancements</a> for Chrome Browser with the aim to help enterprises stay safe. We’ve now added a policy that allows IT to <a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/?p=force_browser_signin">require users to sign-in to Chrome Browser</a>, ensuring security policies are applied to browsing sessions across platforms. And in the coming months, we’ll be adding enterprise reporting capabilities in Chrome Browser that give IT admins access to data about installed extensions, status of configured policies, telemetry data and much more. With this information, IT can better understand security status of each endpoint under their control.</p><p><b>Continually managing vulnerabilities to help businesses stay protected</b><br/></p><p>All of today’s announcements help admins stay on top of their organization’s security, and these features are in addition to the benefits admins already get with Chrome Enterprise.</p><p>For example, keeping hardware up to date is one of the easiest ways IT admins can keep endpoints secure, yet it can also be one of the most time-intensive tasks in an admin’s day. That’s why we built Chrome OS so that it <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/connected-workspaces/how-automatic-chrome-os-updates-bolster-security-ease-and-simplicity/">automatically deploys security updates</a> to ensure all devices run the latest version of Chrome OS. Chrome Browser prevents exposure to phishing and malware, and if threats are detected on third-party apps, admins can uninstall apps remotely with managed Google Play.</p><p>The proactive protection, control, and endpoint management advantages offered by Chrome Enterprise are why companies such as Sanmina Corporation are deploying Chrome across their businesses.</p><p>“As a multinational manufacturing and supply chain company that makes everything from the electronics in your car to mission critical systems for aerospace and medical products, security is of the utmost importance to us,” said Manesh Patel, CIO of Sanmina. “Deploying Chrome OS and G Suite in our facilities all over the world has allowed us to transform our workforce and collaborate securely in the cloud. It gives us peace of mind to know that our data is secure, and allows us to focus on building world-class products."</p><p><b>More to come</b></p><p>In the coming weeks there’ll be additional blog posts that offer deeper looks into what these enhancements can mean for businesses. In the meantime, you can learn more about security in Chrome Enterprise <a href="https://enterprise.google.com/chrome/chrome-enterprise/">on our website</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/fimVpJ7M-hk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:00:00 -0000Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogAndroid Wear, it’s time for a new namehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/gDOu3Akkv8s/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Android Wear was founded on the belief that wearable technology should be for everyone, no matter what style you wear on your wrist or what <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/android-wear/android-wear-now-works-with-iphones/">phone</a> you have in your pocket. Since then, we’ve partnered with top <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/android-wear/android-wear-20-watches-fall/">watch and electronics brands</a> to create more than 50 watches to help you manage your fitness, connect with the people who matter most, and show you the information you care about. The best part: We’re just scratching the surface of what’s possible with wearables and there’s even more exciting work ahead.</p><p>As our technology and partnerships have evolved, so have our users. In 2017, one out of three new Android Wear watch owners also used an iPhone. So as the watch industry gears up for another <a href="https://www.baselworld.com/en-US.aspx">Baselworld</a> next week, we’re announcing a new name that better reflects our technology, vision, and most important of all—the people who wear our watches. We’re now <a href="https://wearos.google.com/">Wear OS by Google</a>, a wearables operating system for everyone. <br/></p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="Wear OS, by Google logo lockup" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/WBG_Lockup_Blog.max-1000x1000.jpg"/></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>You’ll begin to see the new name on your watch and phone app over the next few weeks.<br/></p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/gDOu3Akkv8s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:45:00 -0000Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:45:00 -0000The Official Google BlogIntroducing “wheelchair accessible” routes in transit navigationhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/8Sm1mA8jNAM/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Google Maps was built to help people navigate and explore the world, providing directions, worldwide, to people traveling by car, bicycle or on foot. But in city centers, buses and trains are often the best way to get around, which presents a challenge for people who use wheelchairs or with other mobility needs. Information about which stations and routes are wheelchair friendly isn’t always readily available or easy to find. To make public transit work for everyone, today we’re introducing “wheelchair accessible” routes in transit navigation to make getting around easier for those with mobility needs.</p></div></div><div class="block-video"><div class="article-module article-video "><figure><a class="h-c-video h-c-video--marquee" data-glue-modal-disabled-on-mobile="true" data-glue-modal-trigger="uni-modal-ehyhFyKXwjc-" href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ehyhFyKXwjc"><div class="article-video__aspect-image" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/GEO_London_Accessibility_STILL_06.max-1000x1000.jpg);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">Adam, Lucy, Omari and Meridyth shared their experience using public transportation.</span></div><svg class="h-c-video__play h-c-icon h-c-icon--color-white" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-youtube-icon"></use></svg></a></figure></div><div class="h-c-modal--video" data-glue-modal="uni-modal-ehyhFyKXwjc-" data-glue-modal-close-label="Close Dialog"><a class="glue-yt-video" data-glue-yt-video-autoplay="true" data-glue-yt-video-height="99%" data-glue-yt-video-vid="ehyhFyKXwjc" data-glue-yt-video-width="100%" href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ehyhFyKXwjc" ng-cloak=""></a></div></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>To access the “wheelchair accessible” routes, type your desired destination into Google Maps. Tap “Directions” then select the public transportation icon. Then tap “Options” and under the Routes section, you’ll find “wheelchair accessible” as a new route type. When you select this option, Google Maps will show you a list of possible routes that take mobility needs into consideration. Starting today, this feature is rolling out in major metropolitan transit centers around the world, starting with London, New York, Tokyo, Mexico City, Boston, and Sydney. We're looking forward to working with additional transit agencies in the coming months to bring more wheelchair accessible routes to Google Maps.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="Access" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/ACCESS_3_1.gif"/></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>In addition to making public transportation more accessible, people around the world have been helping us <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/maps/building-map-everyone/">add accessibility information</a> to Google Maps. Last September, <a href="https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/News-Updates/How-Local-Guides-can-help-millions-in-September/ba-p/432069">Local Guides</a> from around the world gathered at 200 global meet-ups to answer accessibility questions—like whether a place has a step-free entrance or an accessible restroom—for more than 12 million places. Additionally, we’ve been busy capturing and updating<a href="https://www.google.com/streetview/#global-airports-transit-stations/hamad-international-airport-qatar">Street View imagery of transit stations</a> and city centers so people can preview a place or transit station ahead of time.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="Tokyo" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Tokyo_Station_.max-1000x1000.png"/><figcaption class="article-image__caption h-c-page"><div class="rich-text"><a href="https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@35.6822427,139.7662756,2a,75y,103.82h,98.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss3HBM9DHjbK9wPPOMQ-FJA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656">Tokyo Station</a></div></figcaption></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p> </p><p>We built this feature to make life easier for people who use wheelchairs, but accessible routes are also helpful if you’re on crutches or pushing a stroller. With the help of transit agencies around the globe and people like you who <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/maps/better-world-wheels-google-maps/">contribute local knowledge</a>, we’re making progress toward a more accessible world for everyone.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/8Sm1mA8jNAM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:00:00 -0000Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogHelping 1 million Europeans find a job or grow their business by 2020http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/zTTIHZ2Qppk/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>The world is undergoing a digital transformation, offering enormous opportunities for growth, innovation and jobs. However, digital skills and tools can still seem out of reach to many.</p><br/><p>That’s why we’re renewing our commitment to the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/digital-skills-jobs-coalition">EU Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition</a>, with a new pledge to help 1 million Europeans find a job or grow their business by 2020. This commitment goes beyond our <a href="https://europe.googleblog.com/2015/02/google-is-growth-engine-for-european.html">previous pledge</a> to help people develop digital skills to ensure that we support trainees as they put those skills to use in building careers and businesses.</p><br/><p>We’ve now trained 3 million Europeans, and more than 2 million people in Africa, in digital skills. This is our “Grow with Google” project, launched in 2015 and localized with expert partners in each country to maximize relevance and results. Our digital skills work, a reflection of the talents of people we have trained, was recognised by the European Commission <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/four-outstanding-projects-winners-european-digital-skills-award-2016">in 2016</a> and<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/commissioner-gabriel-launches-first-digital-opportunity-traineeships-and-hands-out-digital">2017</a>.</p><br/><p>But does digital skills training really translate into economic impact and improved prospects for those people who invest their time? To answer that question, we launched an independent research starting in 2016, and asked Grow with Google trainees about the impact they saw on their career or business 14 weeks after their training.</p><br/>The research shows that following Grow with Google training, so far over 190,000 Europeans have found a job or started a business—like <a href="https://growthengine.withgoogle.com/intl/en-eu/story/4770882824175616">Ildikó</a> in Hungary, a mother of two who learned how to code and now manages her own business from home. More than half a million European businesses have grown their business through new customers or revenue, like <a href="https://growthengine.withgoogle.com/intl/en-eu/story/4729929841246208">Ntina</a> from Greece, who during the recession opened up a hotel business which now welcomes people from all over the word. And 32,000 small and medium sized businesses have taken on more staff, such as <a href="https://growthengine.withgoogle.com/intl/en-eu/story/6345673553215488">Mark & Anders</a>from Denmark who have grown from two to 30 people in the last year.</div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="grow with google europe pledge" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Blog_post_images_6n6Jxsr.max-1000x1000.png"/></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Our new <a href="http://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/gwg_impact.pdf">Grow with Google Impact Report</a> gathers together stories of people such as Ildikó, Ntina, Mark and Anders who have found a job or grown their business. Going forward, we will work with our research Partner Ipsos to measure impact and we’ll publish quarterly updates showing how new skills can translate into opportunities for business owners and job seekers alike.</p><br/><p>Grow with Google aims to help everyone in Europe get access to training and products to grow their skills, career, or business, and we’ll continue to partner with governments, city councils, universities, private-sector businesses and nonprofits through the support of Google.org to achieve this. In Italy, <a href="http://www.crescereindigitale.it/">Crescere in Digitale</a>, a partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Chamber of Commerce, will activate 5,000 more internships for young unemployed people at SMBs by 2020, which can lead to full-time employment for people like <a href="https://twitter.com/minlavoro/status/968816905166426114">Cristina</a> at <a href="https://growthengine.withgoogle.com/intl/en-eu/story/5376991024906240">Lux Made-In</a>, a traditional jewellery store. In Spain, we just launched a digital skills <a href="https://www.eoi.es/es/cursos/26013/curso-de-transformacion-digital-para-el-empleo-ambito-nacional">employment program</a> with the Government and in Germany, we continue to work with Fraunhofer IAIS on their Open Roberta program, teaching <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/grow-with-google/helping-young-women-overcome-hurdles-learning-computer-science/">young women</a> how to code.</p><p>Today anyone with a smartphone and an idea can be an entrepreneur, reach customers around the globe, can hire, grow and export. Technology is the toolkit for a world of opportunities—and Grow with Google is about helping everyone put those tools to work.</p></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/zTTIHZ2Qppk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 08:00:00 -0000Thu, 15 Mar 2018 08:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogPinkoi: Sharing love for local craft in a global marketplacehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/gTpJ3StbZNo/<html><head></head><body><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Pinkoi’s founders (from left to right): Mike Lee, Maibelle Lin and Peter Yen.</i></p><p><i><br/></i></p><p><i>Editor’s note: As part of our series of interviews with people across the Asia-Pacific who use the internet as a tool to connect, create and grow, we spoke with Peter Yen, the CEO of Pinkoi, Asia’s leading online marketplace for original design and art products. Peter founded Pinkoi seven years ago along with Mike Lee, Pinkoi’s Chief Technology Officer and Maibelle Lin, Pinkoi’s Chief Product Officer. From a staff of three, Pinkoi has grown to a business of 82 employees serving more than two million customers in 88 countries. The platform is now home to more than 50,000 artisans and designers.</i></p><p><b><br/></b></p><p><b>Why did you start Pinkoi?</b></p><p>My wife loves craft fairs and vintage markets. That’s where I first connected with artisans and designers. They produce great original products, but are often unsure about how to promote them or connect with their customers. I also thought that the designer community lacked an online space to share their creative and business experiences.</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="Pinkoi_designers" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Pinkoi_designers_MvrwvxR.max-1000x1000.png"/><figcaption class="article-image__caption h-c-page"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Some of the 50,000 designers and artisans on Pinkoi.</i></p></div></figcaption></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><b>How did you meet your two co-founders Mike and Maibelle?</b> </p><p>It was the internet that brought us together. When I got the idea for Pinkoi, I researched developer blogs extensively and that is how I came across Mike. We chatted and exchanged ideas for the business on Gmail and Hangouts. We connected to Mai through a mutual friend who introduced us online.<br/></p><br/><p>With the help of the internet, we gradually conceived and developed the idea for Pinkoi, although we did not live in the same place at the time. Although we are all tech geeks at heart, we also shared a common passion for design and helping the designer community. Our passion resulted in us becoming not just business partners, but also good friends!</p></div></div><div class="block-image_full_width"><figure class="article-image--full article-module "><img alt="Pinkoi_products" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Pinkoi_products.max-1000x1000.png"/><figcaption class="article-image__caption h-c-page"><div class="rich-text"><i>A few of the 980,000 items for sale on Pinkoi.</i></div></figcaption></figure></div><div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><b>What impact do you think the Internet has had on your business?</b></p><p>The internet is the reason why a platform like Pinkoi can work. Pinkoi gives anyone in the world easy access to our designers’ quality products. We think beautiful design is a universal language and should be shared. It’s not just our business, but also the livelihoods of all our designers. With the Internet, our designers have the opportunity of making a living while pursuing their passions. Most designers are hobbyists when they join Pinkoi, but quite a few become full-time entrepreneurs after receiving training from us. <br/></p><p><br/>In particular, Google is like our oxygen and our business wouldn’t survive without it. Our online business relies on Google’s solutions. We use Google Analytics to understand performance across all acquisition channels and to gain insights into what people are searching for. We also have the ability to advertise to relevant segments of the population with Google Adwords. GSuite and Google Calendar are the backbone of our daily communications.</p><p><br/></p><br/><p><b>What’s the best part about working with artists and designers from around the world on Pinkoi? </b></p><p>It’s really empowering to know that you can have a positive impact on livelihoods and lives, even across borders. Our designers also pay that positive impact forward to their customers. Many of them have told us about online customers finding them at offline events to express their appreciation for products they bought on Pinkoi. Pinkoi isn’t just an online marketplace for transactions, it’s a platform to connect real people across the world. </p></div></div><div class="block-image_carousel"><div class="h-c-page article-module"><div class="article-module glue-pagination h-c-carousel h-c-carousel--simple h-c-carousel--dark ng-cloak" data-glue-pagination-config="{cyclical: true}"><div class="h-c-carousel__wrap"><ul class="glue-carousel ng-cloak" data-glue-carousel-options="{pointerTypes: ['touch', 'mouse'], jump: true}"><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Co-Founder_2F_CEO_Peter_Yen.max-2800x2800.jpg);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">Pinkoi_CEO</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><b>Peter, CEO of Pinkoi</b>: Early on my engineering career, my goal was to become a software architect. I didn’t think entrepreneurship was in the cards for me. However, I was inspired by many colleagues at Yahoo who left to start their own companies. Like Maibelle, it definitely took some persuading before my family members began to support my decision. They did not believe that an engineer like me could run a business or connect effectively with the designer community.</div></figcaption></figure></li><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Co-Founder_2F_CPO_Maibelle_Lin.max-2800x2800.jpg);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">Pinkoi_CPO</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><p><b>Maibelle, Chief Product Officer of Pinkoi</b>: Growing up I wanted to be a diplomat or fashion designer, so I didn’t know I was going onto the entrepreneur path until I was already on it. Both of my parents hold 9-to-5 jobs and they wanted me to continue my day job as a user experience designer in Silicon Valley. But they eventually supported my decision after I convinced them of my passion for Pinkoi.</p><br/><p>Time, or the lack of it, is my biggest challenge. I became a new mom this year and the time I’m able to spend with my family has become more precious than ever. I had to learn how to prioritize and become comfortable with making tough decisions. I think motherhood has made me a better manager and entrepreneur!</p><p><br/></p></div></figcaption></figure></li><li class="h-c-carousel__item article-carousel__slide"><figure><div class="article-carousel__slide-img" style="background-image: url(https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Co-Founder_2F_CTO_Mike_Lee.max-2800x2800.jpg);"><span class="h-u-visually-hidden">Pinkoi_CTO</span></div><figcaption class="article-carousel__caption h-c-copy h-u-mt-std"><div class="rich-text"><p><b>Mike, Chief Technology Officer of Pinkoi</b>: Since college I’ve thought about launching my own business and started to learn coding online. I opened a shaved ice dessert shop which was my first try at running my own business. However, the hours were long and the business model wasn’t scalable. At that time I began looking into web startups and then Peter coincidentally found me via my developer blog.</p><br/><p>As an entrepreneur, I appreciate having the opportunity to face new challenges and problems from our designer community and customers everyday. Since Pinkoi is an international platform, it forces me to think globally whenever I’m applying a new tech strategy so I can better consider the needs of designers and customers worldwide.</p><p><br/></p></div></figcaption></figure></li></ul><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate glue-pagination-previous" data-glue-pagination-label="Previous" data-glue-pagination-update-model="false"><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate-wrap"><svg class="h-c-icon h-c-icon--keyboard-arrow-left" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-keyboard-arrow-right"></use></svg></div></div><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate glue-pagination-next" data-glue-pagination-label="Next" data-glue-pagination-update-model="false"><div class="h-c-carousel__paginate-wrap"><svg class="h-c-icon h-c-icon--keyboard-arrow-right" role="img"><use xlink:href="#mi-keyboard-arrow-right"></use></svg></div></div></div><div class="h-c-carousel__navigation"><div class="glue-pagination-page-list"></div></div></div></div></div></body></html><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~4/gTpJ3StbZNo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:00:00 -0000Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:00:00 -0000The Official Google BlogWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 17115 now available
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