Friday, July 29, 2016

Microsoft cuts 3000 jobs in smartphone division, sales and other top stories.

  • Microsoft cuts 3000 jobs in smartphone division, sales

    reader comments 19 Microsoft plans to lay off nearly 3,000 more jobs over the next year across its smartphone hardware business and global sales division. The latest cuts heap misery on Microsoft staff, after the software giant confirmed in May that 1,850 jobs would be lost at its mobile wing—even as its Windows and devices veep Terry Myerson insisted: "we're scaling back, but we're not out!" Microsoft bought Nokia's devices and services business in 2013 for €5.4 billion ($7.1 billion..
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  • Will Apple Car be the new BlackBerry?

    Will Apple Car be the new BlackBerry?
    There’s a Bloomberg story going round that claims Apple’s hired Dan Dodge, the founder and former chief executive officer of QNX Software Systems. He’s to join the Apple Car team that’s now led by Bob Mansfield.Changing gearsThe claim is that Apple is no longer solely focused on building its own autonomous vehicle, but also on developing an operating system that could be licensed to other auto-makers.That makes sense.It would be very hard for Apple to replace every car in the world with an ..
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  • Google Docs And Sheets For Android Get Boost From Third Party Add-Ons

    Google Docs And Sheets For Android Get Boost From Third Party Add-Ons
    Eight new add-ons are set to give Google Docs and Google Sheets for Android a much-needed boost in efficiency. Google has teamed up with third-party developers to spiffy up its suite of productivity apps for mobile users. The internet company, which has forayed into app development, introduced the add-ons from integration partners on Thursday. "Whether it's readying a contract you have for e-signature from your phone, or pulling in CRM data on your tablet for some quick analysis while waiting f..
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  • 11 useful things you didn't know your Amazon Echo could do

    11 useful things you didn't know your Amazon Echo could do
    When the Amazon Echo debuted, it could only only play music, tell you the weather, set alarms and timers, read news flashes, tell corny jokes, add things to your Amazon shopping list, tell you the weather and recite basic trivia. Cool tricks, all, but nothing spectacular. The Echo's Alexa voice assistant was a cool look at how voice commands could control the home. Today, the Echo family now is now a family of three. Including the Echo, there's also the Echo Dot and Tap.  With the power of Alex..
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  • New Space Boots Vibrate to Help Astronauts Navigate

    New Space Boots Vibrate to Help Astronauts Navigate
    NASA astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is pictured here with the American flag on the surface of the moon. The low-gravity environment allowed him to leap from the lunar surface. Credit: NASA Walking on the moon is no bounce in the park, but new space boots created by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology might make working outside a spacecraft safer for astronauts who have to maneuver around pesky moon rocks and rough terrain ..
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  • HTC Vive Owners Can Finally Get Lost In Space In 'Adr1ft,' Available Now On Steam

    HTC Vive Owners Can Finally Get Lost In Space In 'Adr1ft,' Available Now On Steam
    HTC Vive gamers can now test their tolerance for G-forces and interstellar horror in Adr1ft, which is open for purchase on Steam. It should be mentioned that Adr1ft asks a lot from its players, or rather from their stomachs. The virtual reality free-floating space survival simulator may leave gamers a bit queasy, even if they are not particularly sensitive to VR sickness. However, the experience can take sci-fi gamers where (almost) no one has gone before, and after the game launched on Oculus ..
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Atlanta's priciest penthouse hits market for $7.3 million (SLIDESHOW) .Atlanta golf course manager may stay on month-to-month .
Police: Woman killed in crossfire during shooting at NE Atlanta bar .Usher acts as peacemaker in Atlanta's meeting with activists .

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