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Much like Xiaomi’s MI, Micromax YU will offer software and services, and a customised experience to the users. To achieve this, Micromax has tied up with Cyanogen Inc, the makers of hugely popular Cyanogen OS based on Android. The new brand, in partnership with Cyanogen, will focus on working with various companies to build a layer of services into the operating system itself, much like what Xiaomi is doing with its MIUI....

Microsoft has been accused of putting user privacy at risk by outsourcing Skype and Cortana transcription analysis without any real security measures in place. This is just the latest in a long line of companies that have recently been accused of not taking user privacy as seriously as they should. Users consume data and that data has the potential to be used in many ways. At the big data level, information can be used to analyze trends or even create new drugs for the healthcare industry....

The case study says that Microsoft is using Windows containers running on the company’s Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to accomplish at least some of this work. Microsoft’s goals in moving more of its own services to Azure include better resiliency, scalability, automation, security, cost reduction and alignment of code bases. Moving from a proprietary, bare-metal underlying infrastructure to a Kubernetes-based one also may help the company with hiring and retaining talent, the case study says....

Overall the install was very simple, and within about 30 seconds after downloading the tool I had the scanner running gathering information on the following areas: Network ConnectivityActive Directory Site ConfigurationActive Directory Subnet Configuration Active Directory ReplicationFile Replication and SYSVOL AdministrationDNS VerificationNetwork Adapter ConfigurationDomain Controller HealthNetwork Time Protocol ConfigurationExchange Server ConfigurationNetwork ConfigurationEvent Log Entries The Health Check runs about 100 separate checks and provides a detailed HTML report on its findings including Links to KB Articles on issues it finds....

Well, today we can confirm that the company has just launched, for users of its Insider program, a new version for Skip Ahead, all for the aforementioned Windows 10 Redstone 5 with some important changes and improvements. As it could not be otherwise, all these would not reach the whole world until next autumn, but we are already aware of them thanks to the Insiders. That is why we just learned that the new Build 17634 introduces a function that focuses on the advanced search within the Calendar application, which means that users can search for past or future events using keywords....

Michael Hawley – whose many achievements included helping Steve Jobs write his famous ‘stay hungry, stay foolish’ commencement speech – has died from cancer, aged 58 … As the New York Times notes, he was one of the conceptual pioneers of the Internet of Things, which forms the basis of smart home tech. Michael Hawley shared a house with Steve, and spent six years at NeXT. After helping to write Steve’s speech, he later did the same for Google co-founder Larry Page, who delivered the commencement address at the University of Michigan....

After months of teasing and several beta updates later, Google finally unveiled the stable version of its ninth iteration of Android OS that was summoned as ‘P’ as it was a well-kept secret until its official release last week where Google announced its name as Android Pie. Here is a list of all Meizu smartphones that might get an update along with a detailed list of those smartphones from Meizu that might not make it to the Android 9....

The lawsuit is the first of its kind as Meta, formerly known as Facebook, had previously never faced criminal charges. The circumstances behind this lawsuit are also uncommon as it is a criminal proceeding arising from a private individual suing a corporation. Due to these circumstances, Forrest needed to get the approval of Commonwealth Attorney-General Michaelia Cash before he could go ahead with the lawsuit. The attorney general has been contacted for comment....

Microsoft Unveils Office 365 Network Online Community Since its re-branding in 2011, Office 365 has experienced significant success and growth; becoming the latest in Microsoft’s portfolio of billion-dollar businesses. Office 365 includes a range of software products and services such as SharePoint, Office productivity suite, Exchange for email and communication technologies such as Skype for Business. Users can sign up now by heading to network.office.com. Microsoft will maintain its Office 365 group on Yammer for non-disclosure agreement based content....

Recently, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shown multiple VR headsets prototypes in Meta’s reality labs, these headsets were meant to be tested, but you will find them very powerful. Meta’s Digital Wallet ‘Novi’ Will Shut Down in September Meta’s Novi is a digital wallet that the company launched in October last year, and it was famous at that time because of Meta’s interest in cryptocurrency and NFTs. As Novi’s website shows, you’ll not be able to access your Novi account after September 1, 2022, and you will be unable to add money to your account from July 21, 2022....

Reality Labs hardware costs are expected to grow in the coming months, Meta said in a statement attributed to CFO David Wehner, “driven by the launch of our next generation of our consumer Quest headset later next year.” The confirmation comes a couple weeks after Meta unveiled the Quest Pro – a version of the headset targeted at business and enterprise users. That device’s capabilities have been tailored for “collaboration and productivity,” with full-color AR to power virtual workspaces, conference rooms and collaborative design projects....

These days, LeCun, who is both a professor at NYU and chief scientist at Meta, is the most excited he’s been in 30 years, he told ZDNet in an interview last week. The reason: New discoveries are rejuvenating a long line of inquiry that could turn out to be as productive in AI as CNNs are. That new frontier that LeCun is exploring is known as energy-based models. Whereas a probability function is “a description of how likely a random variable or set of random variables is to take on each of its possible states” (see Deep Learning, by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio & Aaron Courville, 2019), energy-based models simplify the accordance between two variables....

Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 – Specifications, Release Date & Price Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Release Date and Price Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 was first announced in 2015, August and it was released on August 2015 it was available in your nearby markets right now. Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 will cost you just Rs 5,999 it will be available to buyers through online commodities and Micromax stores. Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Look and Design Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 had a nice construction and the synthetics used in the body doesn’t look cheap, there is a soft rubbery type finish in the edge of the phone which gives us a convenient grip....

The flaw was bad news for Windows domains, with Microsoft confirming that attackers were using this vulnerability to install specially crafted packages and spread the Emotet/Trickbot/Bazaloader malware families. The Windows AppX Installer is a Windows 10 feature that allows users to install .appx packages. SEE: Windows 11: Here’s how to get Microsoft’s free operating system update In a blogpost explaining why it’s switched off the ms-appinstaller protocol for the MSIX Windows app package format, Microsoft says that an attacker can use that protocol to “spoof App Installer to install a package that the user did not intend to install”....

The Groove Music service has come a long way since the Windows 8.1 days when it was branded as Xbox Music (which was a mess). It lets you easily import your iTunes playlists, download songs to multiple devices, and upload music to OneDrive and play it back. 4 Months of Free Groove Music Pass While you can add your own music collection to Groove Music, a subscription allows you to stream from a library of millions of songs....

Meet The World’s First Smartphone With 16 Rear Cameras Smartphone manufacturers continue to do their research simply to hunt down the new and extraordinary features to highlight their upcoming smartphones, such as removing the notch or adding more cameras. It seems that 2019 will be the year of smartphones with triple selfies camera, it is even rumored that the Samsung Galaxy S10 will have 6 cameras. However, now according to the latest reports, something extraordinary and unexpected thing has come to light and it is from none other than the well-known South Korean giant LG who has recently patented a brand new smartphone with 16 rear cameras....

We’re happy to announce that drafting and approval have been added to Sprout’s publishing tools. All customers will have access to these new features in the Web App today, with the mobile apps to follow shortly. Starting today, you’ll see a ‘Draft’ button on Sprout’s compose window, as well as a new section under Publishing called ‘Drafts’, where you can choose to edit, Queue, Schedule or Send messages that have been drafted....

For making Smartphones competent enough, smartphone manufacturers have to work hard in implementing more advanced features for the low cost. The smartphone market is flourished with the number of manufacturers and technologies. People are really confused with the selection of the devices that they should choose. That is because the market provides so many options for the same price. If people have to go for branded ones they should compromise in the cost and if people want to go for lower cost and high-end features then they have to compromise the brand and quality....

The most used part of Smartphone is non-debatable and it is the screen. For performing any function on the phone you will have to touch the screen at least once while performing the operation. So the manufacturers are aware of the fact that they should ensure the quality of the screen and the touch mechanism since it is used all the time by the users. Years before it was just buttons that are used to the control the devices....

[tweet https://twitter.com/cnbc/status/293754860506058752] The deal is probably just as much about keeping Dell afloat as it is about keeping them from making Chromebooks. From 1997: And at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97 here today, the CEO of competitor Dell Computer added his voice to the chorus when asked what could be done to fix the Mac maker. His solution was a drastic one. “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders,” Michael Dell said before a crowd of several thousand IT executives....