Microsoft said Friday that it has pulled a faulty update to its Surface Pro 2 tablet, and won’t have a fix ready until “after the holidays.” Check on this article from PCWorld.com
Google’s Pegman is making a triumphant return to Google Maps, and he is bringing with him some nice new improvements to the new Google Maps preview, which was introduced back in May. The invite-only restrictions were lifted in July, and now we are starting to see the improvements gradually working their way in. Check this articke from MakeUSeOf.com
The iPhone’s new fingerprint sensor seems like a great way to use biometrics to keep the device secure and personal, but could the feature be used against the owner to circumvent existing protections? Check more on this article from MakeUseOf.com
To prevent disruptions and scale up its service while keeping costs down, Twitter has had to drastically change its core infrastructure, taking up open source tools while doing so. Check more from PCWorld.com
Teens are getting bored of Facebook. There’s Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter, Vine, Snapchat—it’s really too much to manage all of those networks and not fail out of high school. But Facebook needs teens to stick around, and stickers just aren’t cutting it. On Wednesday, the social behemoth gave them more options. Check out this article from TechHive.com
Today, Facebook dominates social media. The world’s largest social network boasts over 1 billion users, an impressive fraction of the 2.5 billion people who have Internet access worldwide. Google+ has also breached the 1 billion mark, but in terms of logins per day is quite far behind the champion. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
With BlackBerry on life support, it’s time to accept the likelihood that there won’t be a BlackBerry a year from now. Your business will be in for a rude awakening if it relies on the once-mighty smartphone for mobile communication and productivity. Check out this article from PCWorld.com