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
OneDrive in Windows 8.1 had a handy space-saving feature called Placeholders. With Placeholders, you would be able to access any file on your OneDrive by double-clicking an icon as you normally would, but the file itself wouldn’t actually be downloaded to your PC until you opened the file. Check this article from PCWorld.com
Microsoft delved deeper into providing software for Android on Thursday with the launch of Microsoft Apps, a new application that gives users of Google’s operating system a one-stop shop to find apps like Word, Cortana and Bing. Check this 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
As we are about to close out another year, it is time to take a look back at some of the new features, notable MakeUseOf posts, and standout extensions surrounding one of the most popular browsers, Chrome. There has been both good and bad said about Chrome in 2015, but the fact remains that it is and will likely continue to be one of the most widely used browsers. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
If you’ve been on-board with Windows 10 since July, you might be getting a little sick of the twists and turns this operating system keeps throwing your way. Not content with following a single, easy track, Windows 10 seems to move the goalposts with every update. And as you cannot opt out of the updates, you’ve been thoroughly strapped in for the ride, come hell or high-water. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com
You may have noticed that Twitter recently made the surprising move of killing off its Twitter share count. In September, the social media network announced a significant redesign to its Twitter share buttons, sliding in the fact that share counts would no longer be made freely available. The news was not met well, and some companies have already started to provide alternatives for users still interested in viewing this kind of data for free. Check this latest article from MakeUseOf.com