One thing I have found sometimes hard to do is to maintain a conversation with a person for an extended period. For example, whenever I meet someone new, it usually starts with common questions asking about their name, current vocation, and sometimes about their day. Then you could move into other topics like hobbies, current events, or news, depending on how much you want to talk. However, you know you are out of ideas when you start talking...
From CNET: Bluetooth, the wireless standard that's widely used to link fitness trackers to mobile phones and wireless keyboards to computers, will become more powerful in its next incarnation, the industry group developing the technology plans to announce Wednesday.
"Bluetooth 5 has a lot to offer...
From InfoWorld: Chrome users who haven't restarted their browser recently should do so immediately to receive a patch for a high-severity flaw in the browser's built-in PDF reader. Attackers could execute arbitrary code on the user's system by tricking them into opening a PDF document containing a...
From PC World: At Lenovo’s Tech World conference on Thursday, Motorola debuted a new take on the modular phone, launching the Moto Z and Moto Z Force with a trio of modular add-ons, dubbed Moto Mods. Thanks to these magnetic, snap-on modules, the Moto Z phones can be upgraded with extra battery life...
From CNET: Apple isn't the only one making big changes to how it does business on its app store.
Google is testing a tweak to its Play Store, where people can find apps to download onto phones that run Google's Android mobile software. The change gives app makers a bigger cut of subscription sales...
From InfoWorld: BlackBerry has moved ahead with acquisitions and new products as it aims to secure any communications endpoint, including smartphones and cars.
And today the company announced it has created a single secure management platform and console for devices on multiple operating systems as...
From PC World: Microsoft has released a new beta build of Windows 10 aimed at enhancing various aspects of the operating system, including support for the LastPass extension in the Edge browser, as the company hurtles toward releasing a major update in the coming months.
Build 14361, released...
From CNET: Uber and two of its executives were issued with fines on Wednesday by a French court for running an illegal transport service in Paris, reported Reuters.
At the heart of the dispute is the low-cost Uber POP ride-hailing service, which uses non-professional drivers with their own cares to...
From PC World: Yahoo is selling over 3,000 patents and pending applications that the pioneering Internet company believes could be the most foundational patents related to Web search and advertising.
The patents are in the areas of search, advertising and cloud technology and 2,659 of these were...
From CNET: As Indians increasingly move to e-commerce to do their shopping, Amazon is giving domestic companies a big reason to worry.
Company CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday announced that his company will be investing an additional $3 billion in India. This takes Amazon's total investment in the...
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