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Getting chippy: ‘I’m a Mac’ guy is now just a guy who likes PCs better in ad campaign from Intel

GeekWire

Author and TV personality John Hodgman reprised his role as a Microsoft Windows PC back in November during Apple’s reveal of a new chip and new Macs. The ads go on with comparisons to gaming on a PC vs a Mac; touch screens on PCs vs the Mac touch bar; and additional monitor compatibility. The bit stopped there.

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Apple finally listened to the pros

The Verge

But I convinced myself to wait another year for faster Intel chips — and in October 2016, Apple took away almost everything I admired about that Mac in one fell swoop. Apple’s own comparison tool suggests the new Macs don’t have the best battery life out there. If I’m going to switch from Windows to Mac, that’s the least I can ask.

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Slack deal would pit Salesforce against Microsoft, with Tableau acquisition as a potential blueprint

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The Redmond company’s collaboration technology benefits from Microsoft’s existing relationships with big businesses and organizations that use Windows, Azure, Office and Dynamics — so much, in fact, that Slack alleges Microsoft unfairly leverages its market position to give Teams an undue advantage. Salesforce spent $4.6

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Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020) review: return to baseline

The Verge

They’re about comparison shopping it up against other MacBooks and even other Windows laptops. Other than swapping out the keyboard and thereby adding a millimeter of thickness and a few grams of weight, this 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro is identical to the last few dating back to 2016. That means the 13.3-inch

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Microsoft’s Candy Crush: Madrona’s Hope Cochran, former King CFO, on $68.7B Activision deal

GeekWire

billion acquisition in early 2016 by none other than Activision Blizzard. ” Microsoft has an established position in console gaming with Xbox, in PC gaming with Windows, and in subscription gaming with its Game Pass service, in addition to its own game development studios. .

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Why is Seattle so hot? Wild weather sparks climate concerns as Amazon turns HQ into ‘cooling center’

GeekWire

Last year tied 2016 as the hottest year on record. In 2019 only 44% of Seattle homes had air conditioning, by central air or window unit (up from 31% in 2013). For comparison, that is only one degree less than the all-time record in Las Vegas. And the hotter it gets, the larger the attribution will be.”.

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Your move, PS5

The Verge

I walked away from Microsoft’s big Xbox Games Showcase on July 23rd thinking there wasn’t a good reason for me to buy an Xbox at all, because every key game is coming to Windows PC as well. When Microsoft introduced a similar drive in the $299 Xbox One S in 2016, research firm IHS estimated that drive alone cost $33.50.

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