From InfoWorld: Apple’s Swift language, initially intended for iOS and OS X applications, will become available for Android development as part of Apple's decision to open-source Swift. But developers can start using Swift now for Android, says developer Romain Goyet, author of a recent blog post on...
From PC World: If you love to live on the bleeding edge, then you’ll want to grab the new, beta edition of the Google app.
Google didn’t offer any details about what new goodies are coming, but you’ll eventually get to experiment with features before they go mainstream. To jump on board, go to the...
From CNET: More than 6.5 million people have signed up for Apple Music since the $10-a-month streaming music service launched at the end of June, CEO Tim Cook said Monday.
Another 8.5 million people are participating in the music service's 90-day free trial, he added.
"I'm finding personally that...
From InfoWorld: Adobe released a patch for a critical vulnerability in Flash Player faster than it originally anticipated in response to high-profile cyberespionage attacks against governmental targets.
The latest Flash Player updates released Friday address a flaw that's already exploited by a...
From PC World: Windows 10 Build 10565, currently seeded to Windows Insider testers, contains a bevy of new features and enhancements—one of which is a way to make it easier to message your friends.
According to WInBeta, the new build will give Cortana the ability to send text messages via SMS. You...
From CNET: Microsoft may not be the only game in town when it comes to HoloLens augmented reality glasses.
Asus, the world's sixth biggest PC maker, is talking with the Windows software maker about building its own version of Microsoft's HoloLens, Jonney Shih, Asus' CEO, and Terry Myerson...
From ComputerWorld: Google's book scanning project constitutes fair use under U.S. copyright law, an appeals court confirmed Friday, ending a ten-year legal fight by the Authors Guild and other writers' groups to have it stopped.
Google began working with libraries in 2004 to digitize their book...
On Friday last week, I was hanging out with my colleague Brian Cheung at the student center at the University of Calgary. As we were talking, one of my friends walked by, and pointed at the "hipster" sticker at the back of Brian's laptop. Since the topic came up, I asked my friend, "Do you think Brian is hipster?" Without much thinking, she said, "Yes." Being the owner of the de facto hipster MacBook Pro sleeve here at APH Networks, the Inateck...
In the past half year or so, I have been looking to buy a car, as I am driving much more than I have in the past, and needed a personal vehicle in place of a shared one. If you remember my first article, the XtracGear Ripper review here at APH Networks, I am still looking for a car with the mindset that it should be practical. Since it has been a while since I have begun the search, one of my friends approached me about a month ago, and wondered...
From ComputerWorld: Microsoft, Intel and the world's three largest computer makers -- Dell, HP and Lenovo -- have banded together for the first time in a joint marketing campaign to convince consumers they should replace their aged personal computers with new systems.
The campaign relies on the...
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