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
Windows 10 is roughly five months old. Considering its relatively short consumer facing existence, Windows 10 has generated miles of column length, billions of characters, and has left some users wondering just what on Earth is going on in their Windows 10 powered device. Check 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
Windows 10 comes in various editions, each with a slightly different feature set. If you’ve been using Windows 10 at home, you’re probably running the suitably named Home edition. If you would like to upgrade to the Professional edition, for example to be able to defer Windows 10 updates you have multiple options. More of this article from MakeUseOf.com
Google Drive is pretty amazing as it is, but how can it be improved? With certain apps and extensions for Google Drive that integrate it with other services, you can make better use of the cloud storage service and do even more with it. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com