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Microsoft is placing a big bet on foldable devices with the announcement of the Windows-powered Surface Neo tablet and the Android-powered Surface Duo phone at an event in New York on October 2, 2019. The Surface Neo and the Surface Duo are expected to be released in “Holiday 2020,” making Microsoft’s announcement one of the ...
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 3 is a thin, lightweight, midrange Windows PC designed to compete with rival devices such as the Apple MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. Announced at Microsoft’s Surface event on October 2, 2019, the Surface Laptop 3 also aims to outshine its two predecessors with beefier specs and more versatile features as well ...
Microsoft’s latest generation of Surface Pro devices includes a new kind of device called the Surface Pro X. It looks similar to other Surface Pro devices, but first glances are where the similarities end. This new Surface Pro model is thinner, lighter, has a longer-lasting battery than its predecessors, and, in a Microsoft first, is ...
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PC vs. Mac and iPhone vs. Android are giving way to an all-out battle between smart home hubs, with Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo Wi-Fi speaker dominating the market. The Google Assistant-powered Google Home has an uphill battle to exceed the sales of Amazon’s Echo smart speakers. Amazon’s dominance–and the dominance of its third-party Alexa partners–doesn’t mean ...
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 is the highly anticipated successor to the Galaxy Note 9 series, planned for release on August 23. While it is the first of the Note series to introduce a 5G-capable model, availability of 5G is limited in the US. Likewise, the 5G-capable Note 10+ will launch first on Verizon in the ...
Heads up, Samsung fans: The Korean hardware giant has announced its latest tablet, the Galaxy Tab S6, which looks designed to be an iPad Pro competitor. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 is sure to excite professionals looking for a non-Apple tablet that’s powerful enough for business. With an included Samsung S Pen, 10.5” AMOLED screen, ...
Occasionally, seemingly small innovations pack tremendous impact. Certainly, that’s proven true with Apple’s Siri personal digital assistant. The voice-activated concierge so significantly reshapes the way people interact with devices that Alphabet technical adviser Eric Schmidt has stated the feature poses a threat to Google’s underlying search business. Regardless of rhetoric, Siri has its fans, with ...
Mixed Reality–the marriage of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) offers a slew of benefits for businesses including employee education and training, computer modeling, and simulations, to name a few. Are businesses embracing this new wave technology? A recent TechRepublic Premium survey wanted to find out. The survey asked the following questions: Have you ...
It would be the harbinger of an entirely new medium of calculation, harnessing the inexplicable powers of subatomic particles to obliterate the barriers of time in solving incalculable problems. Your part in making it happen may simply be to convince yourself that black is white and up is down. Subscribe to the Innovation Insider Newsletter ...
For this TechRepublic cover story by Nick Heath, the co-creators of the credit-card-sized board tell the inside story of how the breakthrough computer was born. This download provides the magazine version of the article as a free PDF for registered TechRepublic and ZDNet members. The online version of this story is available here. From the ...
For this TechRepublic cover story, Natalie Gagliordi takes you inside the race to feed the 9 billion people who will inhabit planet earth in 2050. See how John Deere and others are working to change the equation before it’s too late. This download provides the magazine version of the article as a free PDF for ...
For this TechRepublic cover story, Charles McLellan reports on how two UK-based projects are proving the feasibility and value of precision agriculture. This download provides the magazine version of the article as a free PDF for registered TechRepublic and ZDNet members. The online version of this story is available here. From the story: The world’s ...
For this TechRepublic cover story, Teena Maddox investigates how self-driving tractors, precision farming, and Internet of Things sensors are quantifying agriculture in vast new ways. This download provides the magazine version of the article as a free PDF for registered TechRepublic and ZDNet members. The online version of this story is available here. From the ...
The Internet of Things explained: The Internet of Things, or IoT, refers to billions of physical devices around the world that are now connected to the internet, collecting and sharing data. Thanks to cheap processors and wireless networks, it’s possible to turn anything, from a pill to an aeroplane, into part of the IoT. This ...
Malware is shorthand for malicious software. It is software developed by cyber attackers with the intention of gaining access or causing damage to a computer or network, often while the victim remains oblivious to the fact there’s been a compromise. A common alternative description of malware is ‘computer virus’ — although are big differences between ...