Technology

Ever since Satya Nadella took control of Microsoft, he’s been referring to the company as competing in a “mobile-first, cloud-first world.” It’s a phrase he’s used for years, even as he’s shut down Windows Phone manufacturing and essentially killed Microsoft’s mobile ambitions. The latest sign that Windows 10 Mobile is …

Google today announced it’s rolling out a change to its Play Store so that better-performing apps – meaning those that experience fewer crashes and those that don’t drain your smartphone battery – will be ranked higher than apps with bugs and other performance issues. The goal with this new ranking …

Ever since Coffee Lake appeared on various leaked Intel roadmaps, there have been questions about whether it would be supported on existing 200-series motherboards. Back when Intel used a Tick-Tock model, there was less uncertainty–LGA 1155 supported Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge, Z87 supported Haswell and Devil’s Canyon (Z97 supported …

Microsoft has announced it will add the ability to control Windows with your eyes to an upcoming mainstream version of the OS, and a Windows Insider build containing the capability is already available. This new capability has been in the works since 2014, when former NFL player Steve Gleason challenged …

You may have seen one of the articles out this week headlined something like “Tesla’s solar roof is cheaper than a normal roof,” that went on to claim that Tesla’s baseline $21.85 per square foot price is 20 percent less than a “normal” roof — even before you account for …

Some of the earliest computers relied upon tape drives for storage, but we’ve since moved on to faster and more versatile storage technologies. Still, tape drives continue to exist in enterprise, and they’ve been advancing by leaps and bounds while you haven’t been paying attention. IBM just announced a new …

The iPad, once a foundational and impressive chunk of Apple’s overall revenue, has been stuck in a rut for over three years. Sales have slumped for 13 straight quarters, despite Apple’s various attempts to breathe new life into the tablet market by releasing products like the iPad Air 2 and …

Last month, we covered Red’s announcement of its upcoming phone. Not only did the announcement drop out of the blue from a company known for making high-end cameras and projectors, it was staggeringly priced, at $1,195 for the aluminum version and $1,595 if you wanted it in titanium. That’s before we …

Bitcoin has officially forked for the first time ever, after the cryptocurrency’s core developers were unable to reach an agreement with miners over the proper way to solve the substantial transaction backlogs that delay receipt of Bitcoins. These delays have made merchants more wary of supporting the standard, given that …

The PayPal partnerships keep coming. The still growing payments giant today announced a new deal with Skype that will allow users in 22 countries worldwide to send money to other Skype users through an updated version of the Skype mobile app. This extends PayPal’s potential reach by a sizable amount …