computerworld.comWhat 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.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here...

computerworld.comUsers have been calling in complaints for a week about network outages on the upper floors of this four-story, 19th-century building, reports a network engineer pilot fish on the scene."First-level support, which is located in the basement, is not experiencing these issues," fish says. "They review the PCs and log in just fine, but as they look over the users' shoulders, they sometimes see this problem. They bump it up to our second-level support, system engineering."System engineering sits on it until the executives start complaining on Wednesday. Then they jump on it."That mostly means calling third-level support -- the network engineers -- who determine that there's virtually no traffic on a network with 80 devices. But they also look at the network switch and note that the code has known bugs. A switch code upgrade is scheduled for the following week.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here...

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computerworld.comHave you ever wondered just how much interest there is in iPhone in comparison with Apple’s other products? Or wondered which of the company’s other products is likely to become a mass market hit next? These charts from SEMRush (based on search volume) will show you what you need to know:Apple’s biggest product On launch, Apple sold around 3 million iPhone X units in just 20 minutes. That works out to be around 150,000 phones per minute and 2,500 iPhone X sales per second. That’s by far the biggest product Apple - or anyone - has to sell right now.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here...

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pcmag.comAt the moment, MyWebEx PC is still a bit buggy. Until it's cleaned up, go with LogMeIn or, if you can afford it, GoToMyPC....

computerworld.comI’m sure most Mac users know Command-C means copy and Command-V means paste, but there’s a host of other useful shortcuts that make a Mac user’s life much easier. I’ve assembled this short collection to illustrate this truth:Command-WCloses the active window you are currently in. Use Option-Command-W to close all currently active app windows.Command-M Press this combination to minimize the front app window to Dock, or press Command-Option-M to minimize all the windows belonging to the front app.Command and Option If you can’t see your desktop for all the open applications, just hold Command and Option down and click anywhere on your desktop. You may just want to get to all the open windows for a specific app, in which case hold down the same keys and click on any available window for that app.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here...

computerworld.comMicrosoft has pledged a new Office suite, tagged Office 2019, for next year. But other than a nod to the vague "second half" of 2018, the Redmond, Wash. developer has said nothing of dates.But because Office 365 is, even more than Windows 10, as much a service as software - and because that model requires a predictable schedule of releases, maintenance milestones and support expiration dates - we can anticipate many of the important dates in the transition from present (Office 2016) to future (Office 2019).To prepare for Office 2019, circle these dates on the enterprise IT calendar. IDGSummer, 2018 Six weeks ago, Microsoft said, "Previews of the new products [Office 2019 applications] will start shipping mid-year 2018."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here...

computerworld.comApple’s iOS 11 is now the company’s most popular mobile platform, according to new data shared by the company.Less than two months after its release on Sept. 19, the mobile platform has achieved a 52% adoption rate, Apple said on its App Store support webpage for developers. AppleWithin a week of its initial release, the latest version of iOS was already powering 30.21% iDevices. While that uptake rate may seem fast, it was far slower than last year's iOS 10 or 2015's iOS 9, which achieved the fastest uptake to date.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here...

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