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The three companies have formed a new partnership meant to eliminate data silos and help enterprises move data easily between various platforms. The Open Data Initiative was announced at Ignite 2018.

An upcoming update to iOS 12 is expected to add support for depth of field (DoF) control to the iPhone XS range's camera. With this feature, you'll be able to adjust the DoF while taking a photo.

At its Ignite 2018 conference, Microsoft unveiled a series of public and private previews for services including Azure Sphere, VM Image Builder, and more. Most of them are available to try now.

Microsoft has announced several new storage services, many of which are backed by solid state disks, while the first of two new Azure VM offerings with GPU optimization has entered public preview.

During its Ignite 2018 kickoff, Microsoft has released a number of new Azure Data Box products into preview for online and offline data transfers and signaling increased Azure Stack node limits.

Microsoft has formally released Azure IoT Central, enabling IoT solutions to be spun up "in less than a minute" while its "Digital Twins" preview will facilitate predictive forecasting and automation.

At Ignite 2018 today, Microsoft announced the Windows Virtual Desktop, a feature that will allow businesses to run a full, multi-user desktop experience from its Azure cloud service.

Microsoft announced a number of new features that are coming to its Microsoft 365 suite of apps and services, including Office 365 and Teams, such as new data types and image recognition in Excel.

Microsoft today announced Microsoft Search, a new organizational search engine, that searches within and outside of Microsoft 365, and it's coming in Windows 10 19H1, Office, and more.

The popular OneDrive Files On-Demand feature that Microsoft introduced for PCs last year is finally coming to the Mac, allowing users to access all of their files without taking up storage.

Today at its Ignite 2018 conference, Microsoft announced that Windows Server 2019 and its semi-annual counterpart, Windows Server, version 1809, will be generally available in October.

At the day one keynote of Microsoft's Ignite 2018 conference today, the company announced SQL Server 2019, which is available in public preview right now and will be out next year.

At its Ignite 2018 conference today, Microsoft expanded on its plans for the Surface Hub 2, announcing two variants, the Surface Hub 2S and the Surface Hub 2X, coming in 2019 and 2020.

At its Ignite 2018 conference keynote today, Microsoft announced a number of new security features, such as improvements for Microsoft Secure Score, and new features for Authenticator.

Motorola has taken the wraps off the Moto One Power smartphone which is the company's first Android One device to go on sale in India. It is priced at ₹15,999 and will be exclusively sold on Flipkart.

Today, Avocor announced the availability of its upcoming Windows collaboration display, which will be offered this December for $6,995, including a 65-inch 4K display with 20-point multitouch.

Plextone's Quake earbuds try and reach for the sun with excellent sound quality and 7.1 surround sound but fail to live up to their true potential due to an uninspiring design and sub-par quality.

HMD Global has finally revealed the pricing and availability of the Helio P60-powered Nokia 5.1 Plus smartphone after announcing the device alongside the Nokia 6.1 Plus in India last month.

Fall detection was one of the new features touted by Apple with respect to the latest iteration of its Watch. However, it appears the function is only automatically enabled for those aged 65 or over.

Vivo is to launch its new mid-range smartphone in India, the Vivo V9 Pro, on September 26. The phone features a 6.3-inch FullView Display and is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 660 AIE SoC.

The Firefox bug could crash the web browser on Mac and Linux machines. On Windows PCs, the scenario is even worse as it can freeze the entire operating system on top of crashing Firefox.

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Former employees of Wendy's have filed a class-action lawsuit in Illinois against the restaurant for the way it handles employees' fingerprint data, potentially breaking a state law.

Comcast has finally outbid 21st Century Fox in a long acquisition battle for British broadcaster Sky, after it raised its offer to £17.28 per share. The auction puts Sky's value at $40 billion.

Facebook has selected a total of 115 people to join its community leadership program meant to strengthen various communities on the platform. The community leaders will each receive funding.

Another week's gone by, and thus another pile of news has been gathered. A possible 1809 RTM build, a laundry list of updates for apps and services plus a little extra, all in the guide below.

An early-stage draft order is said to be under consideration by the White House as part of the government's effort to look into potential antitrust violations by Google and Facebook, among others.

CapitalG, the investment arm of Google's parent Alphabet Inc., led a funding round that yielded $185 million for Convoy as the startup aims to bolster its digital freight booking business.

Microsoft has closed a deal to buy 332 acres of land in Leesburg, Loudon County from Peterson Cos. valued at nearly $73 million. The Redmond-based giant is expected to build data centers in the area.

Those affected by Hurricane Florence in the coastal Carolinas, Virginia, and beyond whose Pixel devices have been damaged by the typhoon can now get a free repair from Google and uBreakiFix.

Reddit has started banning several communities which exist for the sole purpose of promoting pirated content. Multiple subreddits which posted links to movies and TV shows have been closed for good.

Dive into the next generation of JavaScript with this 155 page anthology, recently published on SitePoint, plus an exclusive article from none other than Microsoft's Christian Heilmann.

A federal appeals court will decide whether former female employees who filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against Microsoft in 2015 could get a class action status for their case.

Despite a simplified servicing model, some Windows 7 devices recently encountered errors with installing the August or September 2018 Monthly Rollups or security-only updates. Microsoft explains why.

The new Apple Watch Series 4 has larger displays, smaller bezels, a faster processor, and it can do ECGs. It even comes in a new stainless steel gold color. Here's our unboxing video.

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