Daylight Savings Time ended at 2 a.m., but at least one of our Windows 10 PCs didn’t notice. Windows 10 is set to automatically update the time, but didn’t. We’ve seen a few similar reports online, too. Yes, It’s Yet Another Windows 10 Bug We noticed this problem on a ... Read More »
Hands On Just over two years after the introduction of both Windows 10 and the “Windows as a service” concept, Microsoft has released the Fall Creators Update. We took it for a spin. Microsoft’s efforts in making in-place upgrade smooth have paid off. There will always be cases where things go ... Read More »
Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux will be a fully supported feature in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, but it won’t support end-user scenarios. After over a year in beta, Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) will move to a fully supported feature in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which is due ... Read More »
Microsoft’s head-turning Windows Subsystem for Linux will emerge from beta to become a fully-fledged-and-supported feature of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Redmond’s Rich Turner revealed the status change late last week, noting that the beta has already ended for users of Windows 10 Insider build 16251. In past looks at Windows Subsystem for ... Read More »
US department store chain Macy’s has seen its share price fall 14% as it cut profit forecasts and announced plans to shed 10,100 jobs to save $550m (£447m). It said 3,900 jobs would go in 2017 as a result of 68 store closures, out of a planned 100 announced last ... Read More »
Researchers evaluated 137 mobile health apps designed to help patients manage their health and found inconsistencies in the apps’ functionalities, privacy policies, and reactions to indications of health danger. They also determined that app store ratings correlated poorly with clinical utility and usability. The use of health apps to manage ... Read More »
For some people, going to bed can be the most stressful part of their day. Bedtime can bring about dread and anxiety for the millions of people who suffer from insomnia. One-quarter of the U.S. population reports not getting enough sleep at night and nearly 10 percent suffer from chronic ... Read More »
Apple is expected to report the iPhone’s first annual decline in sales volumes this week, but in turn fuelling Wall Street’s hopes of a rebound in the run-up to Christmas. Apple is forecast to report iPhone sales of about 45m units on Tuesday when it releases earnings for its fiscal ... Read More »
If we were to pick a moment that marked the beginning of the smartphone age, the great transformation that has upended how people communicate, shop and work, we would probably choose January 9, 2007, when Steve Jobs held up a small black rectangular device called the iPhone and declared that ... Read More »
While Microsoft is not dropping support for its mobile OSes, the company has, at least temporarily, switch focus to other areas, and it shows. The latest Kantar report on smartphone market share is in, and it, unsurprisingly, has depict a generally bleak picture about Windows phone, despite flattering numbers for ... Read More »
