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Microsoft Ignite Starts Today

Microsoft's Ignite three day conference event starts today with a keynote presentation by CEO Satya Nadella on emerging trends and innovations for business transformation. Along with Envision, Build and Inspire, it's one of several major conferences hosted by Microsoft each year. Running from 2nd to 4th November, Ignite is aimed at IT professionals and developers. The event showcases development tools

Facebook is Seeing a Decline in Teenage Users

One could say that Facebook has many problems that it needs to solve. Among them is a decline in teenage users. The Verge described the situation as “Facebook’s lost generation”. Teenage users of the Facebook app in the US had declined by 13 percent since 2019 and were projected to drop 45 percent over the next two years, driving an

PayPal Might Purchase Pinterest

Bloomberg reported that PayPal Holdings Inc. is exploring an acquisition of social media company Pinterest Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg wrote that PayPal approached Pinterest about a potential deal in private talks. The companies have discussed a potential price of around $70 a share (according to people who were in private talks and who did

Logitech’s new MX Keys Mini wireless keyboards

One thing we no longer think much about in technology these days is input devices, but believe it or not, improvements continue in this field. They are more incremental than early days, but changes none-the-less.  And now Logitech is releasing a brand new keyboard that will get the attention of many users due to the design. As is expected with many these

Microsoft aims to save the oceans with new mouse

The environment is on almost everyone’s mind these days. It's hard to ignore when it keeps reminding us with things like one-hundred-year storms every couple of years and going through the Latin alphabet and into the Greek one while naming storms during one season.  Most of us try to be conscious of what we do with waste and watch our

Farewell TrackR

Apple released its AirTags earlier this year, but companies like TrackR, Tile and Chipolo have been doing Bluetooth-based trackers for much longer. I supported TrackR on Indiegogo back in 2014 when it raised over US$1 million, and I bought a pack of ten Bravo tags. TrackR always seemed to be teetering on the edge of greatness but never quite made

Judge Rules Apple Must Allow Other Forms of In-App Purchases

The legal battle between Epic and Apple has made it to court. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rodgers, of the United States District Court of Northern California, has issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case. From the injunction: Apple Inc. and its officers, agents, servants, employees, and any person in active concert or participation with them (“Apple”), are hereby