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Microsoft cloud revenue up 22%, Windows business plunges 27% in first report since job cuts

GeekWire

Windows revenue fell 27% to $4.8 billion, including a decline of 39% in revenue from versions of Windows licensed to computer manufacturers. billion for the quarter, or 12 cents a share, to account for severance packages for laid-off employees, the cost of exiting real estate leases, and unspecified changes in its hardware portfolio.

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One month with the Surface Duo: What it’s really like to use Microsoft’s dual-screen Android device

GeekWire

It’s a beautiful piece of hardware, and a novel take on mobile computing. Hardware: This is a sleek, high-quality device. Some have reported issues with hardware discoloration and cracking around the USB-C port; I haven’t run into those issue on my device.). But it’s a very promising device. Microsoft Photo).

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12 great apps ready for your new 2021 Mac

The Verge

MonitorControl is a nifty little menubar app that lets you control your external display’s brightness and volume (if it has built-in speakers) using your Mac’s function keys, just like on Apple’s own hardware. Hand Mirror. Image: Hand Mirror. Hand Mirror. Video calls are a bigger part of the day-to-day workplace than ever before.

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LG C1 OLED vs. Samsung Odyssey Neo G9: the perfect monitor doesn’t exist

The Verge

Originally, turning on HDR mode would wash out the colors of your entire Windows desktop, though that’s now fixed. That last example can be weird in practice: if you expand a bright white web browser page (like the one you’re reading) from a window to fullscreen, you can watch the entire screen dim to a paper white instead.

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Oppo’s rollable concept phone is pure potential lacking polish

The Verge

The prototype runs Oppo’s ColorOS fork of Android and is able to run dual apps side by side, or display two windows of the same app to make use of the extra screen real estate. Oppo’s prototype might be light on both hardware and software features, with an unproven level of durability, and a finicky transforming process.

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Hey Siri, what happened?

The Verge

Samsung introduced S Voice on the Galaxy S3 in 2012; that same year Google Now was launched for Android (replaced by Google Assistant in 2016); in 2014 Microsoft brought out Cortana for Windows Phone; and also that year, Amazon went its own way by introducing customers to Alexa on the Echo smart speaker. This seems to have slowed progress.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to Configure a Vanity Domain on Hotmail

Sean Daniel

Let’s get started: Navigate over to Domains.Live.com , and sign-in with your LiveID (which is probably an existing Hotmail address) Click on Add Domain On the Create a Windows Live Experience for your domain page, type in the domain name you just bought. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware.

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