Dropbox has been granted a patent on a new peer-to-peer file-sharing technology that suggests it may be planning an alternative to its existing cloud-based service. Check this article from PCWorld.com
As Apple makes more and more money by selling more and more iPhones, it seems like the company barely has to try to remain at the top of the heap. And yet 2015 was one of Cupertino’s biggest years ever in terms of innovation, with product refreshes almost across the board (sorry, Mac Pro), a new device category (hey, Apple Watch), and a streaming service to rival Spotify. Check this article from PCWorld.com
A lot has happened at Microsoft over the past year. Mainstream support for Windows 7 ended in January, Windows 10 was released in late July, Office 2016 followed barely two months later, and the Insider Preview of Windows 10 Mobile has been gaining traction. More of this article from MakeUseOf.com
Mobile payment systems are the new fingerprint sensors: Everybody’s got to have one, it seems. But while Android Pay and Apple Pay enjoy fairly widespread phone support—at least where mobile payments are accepted—Samsung’s own creatively named Samsung Pay has been limited to the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 variants alone. Check this article from PCWorld.com
The ride’s over for Sidecar, a pioneering ride-sharing service that simply couldn’t compete with Uber and Lyft’s mindshare—nor their massive venture capital-infused warchests, as co-founders Sunil Paul and Jahan Khanna made clear in their farewell post on Medium. Check this article from PCWorld.com
Microsoft has furthered its pursuit of enterprise analytics with the acquisition of Metanautix, a company that makes it possible for businesses to pull together all their data and gain insights into it. Check on this latest article from PCWorld.com
Translation apps are useful in two key ways: interpreting an unfamiliar foreign phrase in your native language, or else quickly translating your speech into another language as part of a conversation. The latter feature is now part of Microsoft Translator for both iOS and Android, Microsoft said Thursday—and powered by smartwatches, too. More of this article from PCWorld.com