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Market must address IT failures in large infrastructure projects, government says

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Pure Storage buys Compuverde to put object storage on steroids

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Apple edges closer to cursory code review for all Mac apps

Apple will soon make a code review mandatory for all applications distributed outside its own Mac App Store by new developers, a first step towards requiring all Mac software to pass similar reviews.

The Cupertino, Calif. company argued that the process, which it calls "notarization," would build a more secure macOS environment. "We're working with developers to create a safer Mac user experience through a process where all software, whether distributed on the [Mac] App Store or outside of it, is signed or notarized by Apple," the company stated in an April 10 message on its developer portal.

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Eagle Eye enlists Rackspace to lead 'all-in' Google Cloud Platform migration

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PM May approves Huawei for use in 5G networks despite opposition

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Android versions: A living history from 1.0 to Q

What a long, strange trip it's been.

From its inaugural release to today, Android has transformed visually, conceptually and functionally — time and time again. Google's mobile operating system may have started out scrappy, but holy moly, has it ever evolved.

Here's a fast-paced tour of Android version highlights from the platform's birth to present.

Android versions 1.0 to 1.1: The early days

Android made its official public debut in 2008 with Android 1.0 — a release so ancient it didn't even have a cute codename.

Things were pretty basic back then, but the software did include a suite of early Google apps like Gmail, Maps, Calendar, and YouTube, all of which were integrated into the operating system — a stark contrast to the more easily updatable standalone-app model employed today.

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Did she at least get to say, ‘I told you so’?

A local beer distributor is notorious for not exactly being a Best Place to Work in IT, so pilot fish is grateful he has never worked there, but he knows quite a few people who have. One of his friends — we’ll call her Betty — is charged with keeping the company’s tablet computers up and running. The actual job she was hired for? Salaried accountant — no overtime pay.

The tablets are used for a variety of mission-critical tasks, like inventory control and planning the daily routes for the delivery trucks. They’re old, and frequently mistreated by the warehouse workers who use them. Hardly a day goes by without at least one coming in for repair. That keeps Betty pretty busy, and she already has a full workload of accounting tasks. 

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Global intelligence agencies share UK stage for first time

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Microsoft lets SMB workers share Office on a single PC with expanded M365 Business rights

Microsoft this week announced it has added shared computer activation (SCA) for Office to the less-expensive Microsoft 365 Business subscription, giving small- and medium-sized businesses a way for multiple employees to run Office's productivity applications from a single PC.

"((This will help)) in scenarios where multiple users are connecting to the same remote computer at the same time ((or)) where multiple users share the same computer and the users are logging in with their own account," Ashanka Iddya, a senior product manager, wrote in a Monday post to a company blog.

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The curiously missing piece in Google's Chromebook puzzle

2019 has already shown itself to be the year of funky phones with Android — foldable phones, sliding phones, and even phones with hidden screens on their backs (for some reason). For all the wild experimentation in the phone arena, though, there's one area where we aren't seeing enough willingness to do something different.

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Stockholm prospers as tech hub as perceptions of entrepreneurs changes

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6 best note-taking apps for an Apple iPad

We all need to take notes, and these six note-taking apps all have their own unique advantages, particularly used with Apple Pencil.

The app you’ve got: Apple Notes

Apple’s Notes app works quite well with an Apple Pencil but is quite limited in comparison with the more full-featured choices in this collection. You can use it to keep sketches, notes, drawings, web links and more. I use this app a lot, but I’d really value better export, filing and deep linking options within the app, so I could not only link notes up to one another but also bring them inside third-party project management and shared project folders. It would also be useful if you could sync Notes up elsewhere than iCloud.

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Egypt aims to develop coding skills earlier in education system

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London Ambulance Service trials real-time patient data access

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Apple spends upwards of $30m a month on AWS during first quarter of 2019, report claims

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Digital court system reaches first key milestones

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Casual collaboration comms pose security risk, survey shows