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Microsoft announces price increase for Office 365 and Microsoft 365
Microsoft is announcing its first price increase for its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 services in a decade. The price increases will affect commercial and business users of Microsoft’s software as a service (SaaS) offerings next year, with no changes to pricing for...
There’s still a place for the Note in Samsung’s Galaxy
For the first time in many years, August will come and go without the introduction of a new Galaxy Note smartphone from Samsung. Instead, with their lower prices and improved durability, the company is giving its latest foldables — the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z...
How to take advantage of Android 12’s new privacy options
Privacy is probably one of the biggest buzzwords in tech these days, and even the data-loving Google is getting in on the action.The Android 12 update boasts a handful of privacy-related additions you’d be wise to explore. (The software is currently at the tail end of...
Windows 11 is getting updated snipping tool, calculator, and mail apps
Microsoft is improving some of the built-in apps available in Windows 11. Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel can now test new updates to the Snipping Tool, Calculator, Mail, and Calendar apps. Some of the updates are minor, but all are designed to match the new...
How to locate your Android phone with Google’s Find My Device
Phones have become so much a part of our daily lives that it can be immediately traumatic if you suddenly can’t find your phone — whether you’ve left it in a cab, accidentally dropped it out of your pocket, or lost it under your bed. If you have an Android phone, you...
Google bans tracking tool that sold users’ location data
Google has banned a company that sold Android users’ location data for COVID-19 mapping and other purposes, Motherboard reports. SafeGraph was one of several companies that collected geolocation records through plug-ins in other Android apps, then aggregated it for...
Samsung announces new Galaxy Watch 4, drops iOS support for new wearables
Samsung just wrapped its 2021 Unpacked event, and in addition to releasing a few high-end foldable phones, the company announced new Galaxy Watches. The watches' designs have been updated moderately, as have their innards, and they will be the first smartwatches...
Facebook Messenger adds end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls
Facebook said Friday it's giving users the option to add end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls on its messaging service Messenger. Enabling this feature means that anyone outside the sender and recipient, including Facebook, won't be able to listen to your...
Windows 365: Hands on with Microsoft’s pricey new Cloud PC subscriptions
What if you could replace your physical PC with a virtual alternative that lived permanently in the cloud? What if you could sign in to that PC on any desktop PC, Mac, or mobile device and pick up exactly where you left off last time, with all your apps and data files...