Microsoft claims Windows 10 now active on 400 million devices and other top stories.

• Microsoft claims Windows 10 now active on 400 million devices

  Microsoft’s Windows 10 rollout drove adoption of the new operating system faster than any previous Microsoft launch. But there’s been some question about how many device upgrades the company logged in the last phase of its rollout. Now Microsoft has updated its figures. In July, the company declared 350 million people had upgraded to or were using Windows 10. Now, after the conclusion of its Get Windows 10 campaign, Microsoft declared it has more than 400 million customers using the OS.This i..

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• Samsung Rushing To Replace Defective Note 7 Phablets

  

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• Sundar Pichai explains why Google is focusing hard on India

  

  Today is a big day for Google for two reasons. Firstly, it's the company's 18th birthday, so it can now legally vote and smoke. Secondly, and possibly more importantly, it just held a massive event in India where it unveiled a bunch of new products relevant to the country including YouTube Go, new versions of Chrome and the Play Store, the Google Station public Wi-Fi initiative, Google Assistant in Hindi, and more. India is obviously a major opportunity for Google. There are over a billion peop..

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• How to use Messages in iOS 10, from special effects to iMessage apps

  

  Thanks to iOS 10, your Messages app is way more than a texting app. Way, way more. Now that the official release of iOS 10 is out, here’s your guide to using all the new features in Messages, from sending fullscreen effects to installing your third-party iMessage apps from your favorite services like Venmo, ESPN, and OpenTable. The first thing you should know is that the recipient of your messages will need an iPhone, iPod, or iPad running iOS 10, an Apple Watch running watchOS 3, or a M..

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• Germany orders Facebook to stop collecting data on WhatsApp users

  

  Facebook has been ordered to stop collecting and storing data on WhatsApp users in Germany, marking the first regulatory challenge to a controversial data-sharing scheme that the social media company announced in August. In a statement published Tuesday, Germany's privacy watchdog said that sharing WhatsApp user data with Facebook, the messaging app's parent company, constitutes "an infringement of national data protection law." The regulatory body also ordered Facebook to delete all data that ..

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• On its 18th birthday, Google is more indispensable than ever

  

  I’ve been thinking lately about how easy it is to live without Apple products. Sure, they’re the best in the world in each category Apple competes in, but unless you’re already locked into the Cupertino ecosystem, they’re honestly optional technology. You can listen to music on the move, play movies in bed, take your office on the road with you, and concentrate your entire life into a smartphone all without an iPod, iPad, MacBook, or iPhone. There are alternatives. Not so with Google. In its 18..

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• Here's Why Twitter Might Finally Be Sold

  

  Ever since Twitter became a popular social network, people have been imagining it getting swallowed up by a bigger company. Back in 2009, some thought it a good fit for Google, or Microsoft, or Apple. In some cases, companies tried: Google again, and also Facebook, and even Al Gore. It never happened for a few reasons. First, Twitter’s board, including current CEO Jack Dorsey, simply didn’t want to sell. Later on, questions emerged over how Twitter would monetize its network and keep users co..

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• Microsoft goes AI crazy: Now Office 365 can track what you really get up to in meetings

  

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: "We're infusing intelligence into everything we deliver." Image: Microsoft Microsoft has announced several new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features for Office 365 and Dynamics 365 for Sales.At its annual Ignite conference this week in Atlanta, GA, Microsoft is showing off new AI features across its core products for the enterprise. According to CEO Satya Nadella, this AI-eve..

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