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Google launches Android Enterprise Essentials, a mobile device management service for small businesses

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Google today introduced a new mobile management and security solution, Android Enterprise Essentials, which, despite its name, is actually aimed at small to medium-sized businesses. The company explains this solution leverages Google’s experience in building Android Enterprise device management and security tools for larger organizations in order to come up with a simpler solution for […] Continue reading Google launches Android Enterprise Essentials, a mobile device management service for small businesses→

Mobile games now account for 33% of installs, 10% of time, and 74% of consumer spend

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Mobile gaming continues to hold its own, accounting for 10% of the time users spend in apps — a percentage that has remained steady over the years, even though our time in apps overall has grown by 50% over the past two years. In addition, games are continuing to grow their share of consumer spend, …

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Over 100 Goodwill stores are bringing their inventory to OfferUp

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Goodwill and mobile marketplace app OfferUp have announced a new partnership focused on bringing Goodwill’s secondhand inventory to the millions of OfferUp shoppers, for both local pickup and delivery. The deal sees more than 100 Goodwill stores listing their inventory in OfferUp in New York, New Jersey, San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties, South …

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Amazon Restaurants in US is shutting down

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Following November’s closure of Amazon’s restaurant delivery business in London, the company is now shutting down operations in the U.S. The service, which was launched back in fall 2015, was designed to give Prime members another perk — a way to order meals, not just products and groceries — through the e-commerce giant. But the …

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Apple is making corporate ‘BYOD’ programs less invasive to user privacy

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When people bring their own devices to work or school, they don’t want I.T. administrators to manage the entire device. But until now, Apple only offered two ways for I.T. to manage its iOS devices: either device enrollments, which offered device-wide management capabilities to admins or those same device management capabilities combined with an automated […] Continue reading Apple is making corporate ‘BYOD’ programs less invasive to user privacy→

Alexa for Business opens up to third-party device makers

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Last year, Amazon announced a new initiative, Alexa for Business, designed to introduce its voice assistant technology and Echo devices into a corporate setting. Today, it’s giving the platform a big upgrade by opening it up to device makers who are building their own solutions that have Alexa built in. The change came about based […] Continue reading Alexa for Business opens up to third-party device makers→

Dropbox may be adding an e-signature feature, user survey indicates

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A recent user survey sent out by Dropbox confirms the company is considering the addition of an electronic signature feature to its Dropbox Professional product, which it refers to simply as “E-Signature from Dropbox.” The point of the survey is to solicit feedback about how likely users are to use such a product, how often, […] Continue reading Dropbox may be adding an e-signature feature, user survey indicates→

Microsoft Teams will integrate with Cortana, add transcription and translation features

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 Microsoft Teams, the company’s team collaboration software and challenger to Slack, announced this morning — on its first anniversary — a suite of new features that will roll out to the software throughout 2018. This includes fe… Continue reading Microsoft Teams will integrate with Cortana, add transcription and translation features→

Microsoft Teams will integrate with Cortana, add transcription and translation features

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Microsoft Teams, the company’s team collaboration software and challenger to Slack, announced this morning — on its first anniversary — a suite of new features that will roll out to the software throughout 2018. This includes features… Continue reading Microsoft Teams will integrate with Cortana, add transcription and translation features→

Microsoft will buy out existing cloud storage contracts for customers switching to OneDrive for Business

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 Microsoft is targeting its cloud storage rivals including Dropbox, Box, and Google today by offering to essentially buy out customers’ existing contracts if they make the switch to OneDrive for Business. The company says that customers curr… Continue reading Microsoft will buy out existing cloud storage contracts for customers switching to OneDrive for Business→