SCOTUS lets Apple keep its App Store payment rules for now, rejecting an Epic request that would have let developers start directing users to cheaper options
For Now Ed Hardy / Cult of Mac : Supreme Court refuses to speed up major App Store change PYMNTS.com : Apple Wins, for Now, With Supreme Court in Epic Games Fight Jon Swartz / MarketWatch : Supreme Co...
Google says Chrome 91 has 23% faster performance thanks to Sparkplug, a new non-optimizing compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine
a non-optimizing JavaScript compiler Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Google details code optimization tech behind Chrome's latest 23% speed boost Michael Perrigo / Chrome Unboxed : Chrome 91 has up t...
The Pentagon says Microsoft will build 120K custom HoloLens headsets for the US Army; Microsoft says the contract could be worth up to $21.88B over 10 years
AR makes a spectacle Nathan Ord / HotHardware.com News : Microsoft Inks $22 Billion Deal To Supply Modified HoloLens AR Headsets To US Army Troops Kris Graft / Gamasutra : Controversial Hololens milit...
Microsoft claims 20M DAUs for Teams, up from 13M in July, extending its lead over Slack, which in October said it had 12M; Slack closes down 8.35%
here's how that compares to rival Slack Mark Emem / CCN.com : Not Buying Slack in 2016 is Bill Gates' Best Call Ever as Microsoft Tech Advisor Kareem Anderson / OnMSFT.com : Slack fights back, says Mi...
Sources: Microsoft is working on Windows Lite, a super lightweight, instant on, always connected OS that runs only PWAs and UWP apps, to challenge Chrome OS
here comes Surface ‘Centaurus’ Arif Bacchus / Digital Trends : Microsoft to target Chromebooks with new Windows Lite OS, report says Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet : Microsoft's ‘Centaurus’ device is yet anoth...
Apple's iOS Security Guide confirms 2016 reports that Google Cloud Platform is one of the third-party services Apple uses to store data for its iCloud services
surprised? Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE : It's official: Apple is using Google's cloud storage services to host iCloud data Wayne Williams / BetaNews : Apple iCloud now powered by Google Cloud, not Mi...
Microsoft discontinues Groove Music Pass service, effective December 31, partners with Spotify, which it will recommend to Windows users instead
without your phone — for $77 Jerry Johnson / Windows Experience Blog : Microsoft to bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass customers Peter Bright / Ars Technica : Microsoft getting out of the music biz, m...
Consumer Reports pulls its recommendations of Microsoft Surface devices after an issue with their “predicted reliability” based on an annual subscriber survey
here's why I'm not worried by the Consumer Reports downgrade Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com : Consumer Reports: Microsoft Surface is Dead Last for Reliability Jeff Gamet / The Mac Observer : Consumer Re...
Microsoft's Project Bletchley is an Azure-powered enterprise blockchain architecture with blockchain middleware and “cryptlets”, which can add info to contracts
Code Issues 1 Pull requests Pulse Graphs Kareem Anderson / WinBeta : Microsoft moves big into blockchain for Azure; introduces Project Bletchley Eduardo Gómez / NEWSBTC : Microsft Presents Project Ble...
Microsoft: keep secrecy the exception, not the rule; DOJ should adopt new limits, or Congress should amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
is this the nuclear option? Brandon Bailey / Associated Press : Microsoft sues feds over secrecy orders on customer data Paul Thurrott / Petri : Microsoft Sues the U.S. Government Over Secrecy Orders ...