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How Apple can make the iPad great again
Two straightforward enhancements would make the iPad more useful for more people, while retaining what has always made an iPad great
Windows 10 S: Too smart for schools alone
Windows 10 S can and should be the break from legacy Windows PCs that enterprise IT has long needed
Why Microsoft keeps Windows 10 Mobile alive
Only 13 smartphone models can run the Creators Edition update, but there's more to mobile than smartphones
Be more like Android: How Apple can fix iOS, CarPlay alerts
Android provides a model for Apple to use in iOS, and Apple has an option for CarPlay that should get wider use and be copied by Google
What you should really expect from Samsung’s facial recognition
Biometrics is neither a silver bullet nor a foolish approach. The trick is to understand what you’re securing, and not pretend you’re getting more than you are
What IoT can learn from mobile management
The internet of things is a much more complex, proprietary world than mobile devices ever were, but an API- and policy-driven approach can still help
First look: Android O developer preview
With a scattershot set of improvements, the new Android version is a fairly minor affair, but there’s nothing that does harm
Microsoft, stop sabotaging Windows 10
Abusing users via in-OS ads, secretive monitoring, and iffy upgrades is a bad strategy, especially given the doubts fostered by Windows 8 and Vista
Microsoft apes Apple’s failed app strategy in Windows 10
Apple's Mac App Store is clearly Microsoft's model to force Universal Windows Platform adoption, but Apple didn't exactly succeed in its own attempt
3 signs of an AI snow job
Technology may appear to be smart, but in most cases it merely has great logic. That’s not the same as intelligence or the ability to learn
Hands-on: Microsoft Teams fails in its debut
Once again, Microsoft cuts corners on user interface, functionality, and cross-platform support. Will it ever learn?
The Android Wear 2.0 terror and other fake news
The facts about wearables' fit in and risk to the enterprise are a far cry from what the security fearmongers would have you believe
2 web technologies you need to dump now
Too many sites block or restrict users using modern technologies. You can easily avoid this suicidal path
Mobile is still the safest place for your data
IT likes to fret about smartphones and tablets, but more established technologies—even paper documents—are where the data-breach risks lie
Android won't fix the Chromebook conundrum
High-quality Chrome OS laptops are coming to run Android apps, but there's no real reason to choose them over today's laptops or tablets
5 lessons from a Chromebook deployment
Subsidized management and apps plus supersimple administration let schools manage fleets of devices and users at a low cost
11 home IoT devices actually worth getting
In the internet of things are many poor home-automation products, but that doesn't mean they're all bad
Smartphone and PC? Microsoft just might pull it off
The technology approach is proven, and the ambition has long been there, so there's a chance this time for the merger of PC and mobile to actually happen
2016: The year Apple lost its magic
Trivial product upgrades, a few bizarre new features, executives in fantasy land, cracks in its ecosystem make Apple fans worry, not lust
Not so crazy after all: 4 Silicon Valley notions IT really likes
It takes a few years for the tech industry's cool ideas to get traction in mainstream IT, although many still don't
