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Aftechmobile claims that with the design, implementation and use of the Shortcuts app, Apple infringes its patents regarding mobile application development software — but it appears to be using a patent that was filed for and issued after Apple’s first use of the technology. Apple’s Shortcuts app in iPadOS 13 (left) and iOS 13 (right) …

Microsoft’s Windows 10 updates are breaking more features than fixing. Just recently the company rolled out cumulative KB4512941 update which ended up hogging CPU via Cortana assistant, and even broke the Windows Desktop Search feature. Now, Microsoft has rolled out another KB4515384 update for Windows 10 users. The latest Windows 10 update fixes the Desktop …

Reber added that he had “nothing but gratitude” for Microsoft, and that he was simply sad Wunderlist didn’t go as planned. It’s a thorny situation for Microsoft. Wunderlist’s cloud features still run on Amazon Web Services instead of Azure, The Verge noted, but Microsoft can’t easily pull the plug after saying it would only shut …

Wunderlist founder Christian Reber has offered to buy back the popular task management app from Microsoft to avoid it being shut down. “Still sad Microsoft wants to shut down Wunderlist, even though people still love and use it,” says Reber on Twitter. “I’m serious Satya Nadella and Marcus Ash, please let me buy it back. …

PUNE: Cybersecurity solutions provider Check Point Software Technologies today announced the appointment of Sundar N Balasubramanian as Managing Director for the India and SAARC region. Current MD Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu has been promoted to take on a global role, it said, adding that the changes were effective immediately. As Managing Director for India and SAARC, Balasubramanian …

Photo: Jenny Kane (AP) Those hackers Google’s researchers sussed out earlier this week apparently went after more than just iPhone users. Microsoft’s operating system along with Google’s own were also targeted, according to Forbes, in what some reports are calling a possibly state-backed effort to spy on the Uighur ethnic group in China. Google’s Threat …

The tech giant’s upcoming headset promises a more comfortable experience than its predecessor. We were able to confirm just how comfortable the headset is — it felt more balanced and less hot — when we tested it out at MWC. The device was also designed to be more immersive. It has double the field of …

Last week, Microsoft announced that the popular text editor Notepad would be updateable through the Microsoft Store with Windows 10 20H1, which is a major update for the operating system arriving early next year. This would be a massive change as it will finally Microsoft to update Notepad without releasing a new version of Windows …

In 2010, a pair of researchers published a controversial economics paper. It was cited by UK politicians to justify austerity measures that sparked economic and employment crises, and anti-austerity protests—measures that the UN later called “punitive, mean-spirited, and often callous” inflicting “great misery.” In 2013, however, this widely influential paper was found to have been …

Samsung announced a lot of new things last night. But more importantly, it announced an expansion of its existing partnership with Microsoft. Both the companies have been working together for a while, with Samsung shipping some of Microsoft’s apps pre-installed on its Galaxy products for ages. This week, both the firms are expanding their partnership …