Todd R. Weiss

In July, Microsoft announced that it would stop supporting Skype Classic on Sept. 1 and require users to move to the new version of the online video communications application if they wanted to continue using the service. But that July 16 directive didn’t go over well with many Skype users, who flooded a Microsoft community […]

Microsoft has unveiled a wide range of new features for its business-focused Microsoft 365 software bundle, including threaded comments in Excel and two features for Power BI users—Visio Visualization capabilities and Microsoft 365 usage analytics. The latest round of features for users were announced July 31 in a post by the Microsoft 365 team on […]

Motorola’s new Moto Z3 smartphone will go on sale exclusively through Verizon with a 5G twist—the phone will be an upgradable device that will accept a snap-on module which provides faster 5G cellular service in the future. The Moto Z3, which was announced on Aug. 2 in a post on the Motorola Blog, features a […]

Microsoft Azure users who depend on the Azure Advisor recommendations feature to get suggestions for how they can optimize and improve the operations of their Azure cloud will now get more suggestions after the company expanded the Advisor’s advice. The expanded recommendations in the free Azure Advisor service were unveiled by Kaitlyn Corazao, program manager […]

Microsoft Azure users will now have access to new management groups that will allow them to better organize their subscriptions and apply governance controls, while the open-source Ansible IT automation platform gains four new Azure modules and 17 enhancements to existing Azure modules. The latest features, unveiled by Microsoft on July 31 in separate posts […]

Microsoft’s Edge web browser now includes support for user authentication using facial recognition, fingerprints, PIN numbers or authenticated mobile devices as a replacement for outdated and less secure password-based log-ins. Starting with Microsoft Edge build 17723, the browser now supports the new password-less web authentication specifications from W3C, according to a July 30 post on […]

Starting Oct. 1, Microsoft will raise the prices of the upcoming Office 2019 suite for enterprise customers by 10 percent, after eight years of unchanged prices since the company introduced Office 2010. In a July 25 post on the Microsoft Partner Network blog, the company said the coming price hike is part of a series […]

Two all-new Toughbook enterprise handhelds and one redesigned and improved model have been launched by Panasonic as the company continues to expand and refine its line of portable rugged devices for business users. The new devices, the Toughbook FZ-T1 and the Toughbook FZ-L1, are thinner and have shed the thick rubber bumpers of earlier ruggedized […]

Apple’s latest MacBook Pro laptop models, which have been garnering complaints about slow performance and processor throttling by some users, are now getting a software update to fix the problem, according to Apple. The customer complaints have been coming in since about July 17, when the new MacBook Pro models began shipping. The updated MacBook […]

Apple has launched its latest and more powerful MacBook Pro laptop models with 13-inch or 15-inch displays and a number of new features, but the company still isn’t talking about when such upgrades might be expected for its aging line of Mac desktops. The updated MacBook Pro models were unveiled July 12 in several configurations […]