1 How Restart a Chromebook / ChromeOS Using the Power Button2 How to Shut down and Reboot a Chromebook / ChromeOS3 How to Perform a Hard Reset on a Chromebook Not everyone can afford the finest laptops, whether the best thin and light laptops or student laptops. Purchasing a less expensive Chromebook and knowing how to manage it is a wise decision. Chromebooks are more than enough for most people’s needs because they are unlikely to use all of the functionality included in more complicated laptops and PCs....

People get attracted to the different visual images that they see. Images are amazing because they have the ability to impact different people without saying many things. You do not have to make a long article about how appealing your brand or your product is. People simply need to look at an image and understand it immediately. You want to come up with an image that will have an impact on your consumers....

However, many PC manufacturers are yet to jump on board with Windows 10 on ARM. Huawei is among those companies that has not released an ARM laptop. Still, it seems the Chinese company is now making moves towards the initiative. As we have seen with Huawei in other avenues, Huawei will use its own hardware. Qualcomm’s ARM chips have powered Windows 10 on ARM devices so far. Nevertheless, Huawei will like to use its own ARM processor....

The Chinese chip maker is still making x86 smartphone chips based on Intel’s doomed Atom architecture. The processor is named Airmont and will ship this year as an eight-core version of Atom. The Spreadtrum Airmont SC9861G-IA is designed for mid-range devices, but it is more powerful that Intel’s original Atom processors. Intel is showing off the handsets that are coming later in the year at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2017....

Jarvis is an application that borrows the best elements of Apple’s Spotlight service. If you are unfamiliar with Spotlight, it is the search function used on Mac devices. It is a universal OS-wide feature that searches across apps, files, and the web. Simply put, Spotlight is significantly more powerful and functional than Windows 10 search. With that in mind, Jarvis offers the same abilities as Spotlight, but implanted into the Windows OS....

In the webcast (47:20), someone asked the CVP of the Microsoft Operating Systems Group whether or not Windows 10 ARM would be coming to the Microsoft Lumia 950. Belfiore responded tersely, saying “no”. He then explained that Windows 10 ARM is a “desktop PC experience”, not a phone-like experience. Furthermore, Belfiore added that Microsoft has Windows 10 Mobile for phone-like experiences on ARM. In short, Belfiore explained that the full Windows 10 ARM Edition effort is about enabling great battery life and sleep on ARM-based tablets and laptops....

Lenovo is better known as a PC or smartphone manufacturer, but its X1 ANC Headphone is a good entry into the audio peripheral market. Launched at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 today, the accessory has been tuned by Dolby and promises enhanced audio capabilities. Other features include noise cancellation. Lenovo has modelled the X1 ANC off its ThinkPad laptops. Other interesting specs including a collaboration with Synaptics AudioSmart, which Lenovo says means a boom-less six microphone array with Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation and Electronic Noise Cancelling headphones....

“Our project was one of the first Windows Core (WCOS) based projects to migrate to the new image build system tooling designed to enable the next generation security features of the operating system at the OS image level,” he says. Though Shiau’s profile has no images and limited information, WinBuzzer found its information consistent with other social media platforms. We were also able to confirm that an Avid Shiau does live in Seattle, WA, the location of Microsoft’s headquarters....

To achieve the conclusion, the research team looked at thousands of A/B tests to help refine how it creates services across teams. Specifically, the company will use the study to inform how it addresses inequality for users. The coauthors offer an example of an app that is created that may run more slowly on an older device. This lack of performance on older hardware could impact members in demographics that wouldn’t show up in A/B testing....

While the branding is new, LinkedIn Virtual Events is an integration between the company’s Events and Live tools. The Microsoft-owned network says the unified solution will help deepen engagement and brand awareness for organizations. Under the Virtual Events banner, uses can create a live stream through LinkedIn Live and invite followers to view. Using the tool, organizations can interact with attendees and tap into third party tools such as Socialive and Wirecast....

The German automaker already signalled its development of technology through HoloLens at Hannover Messe earlier this year. Using Microsoft’s headset, the company improved the efficiency of engine and brake manufacturing. Understanding the potential of mixed reality in a manufacturing setting, Mercedes-Benz has now introduced HoloLens to its training center. Over 100 HoloLens units are now available at the Mercedes-Benz Global Training. This location educates employees in products, management, and sales....

The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism seeks to make the services of Microsoft, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter “hostile to terrorists and violent extremists”. It does this, in part, through data sharing. All platforms will be sharing data and resources related to counter-terrorisms, and will actively seek out new detection techniques. However, perhaps the most standout idea is the spirit of collaboration between the four. They plan to not only foster co-operation with each other, but also assist smaller tech companies....

Microsoft 365 is a bundle package of Microsoft services. It combines Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security in one subscription package. Business bundles get connected services and a license for Windows 10 Business. As usual with 365, Microsoft says the package helps organizations streamline their licensing into one package. With a single subscription, companies are prepared in terms of software. Microsoft 365 “brings together Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility + Security to deliver a complete, intelligent and secure solution to empowers employees....

The Verge reports the trial between Epic and Apple (Epic Games v. Apple) that Microsoft landed some peers in trouble while fighting its case with Apple. When trying to get xCloud accepted, the company pointed to other streaming apps. Microsoft argued these apps, including Shadow, do what Microsoft was trying to do. During the trial, Microsoft’s head of business development for Xbox, Lori Wright, explains what happened after: “I believe [Apple] ended up pulling Shadow out of the App Store based off this email we sent until they submitted changes....

Redmond says it has agreed a transaction to purchase Bonsai, a Berkeley, California-based company. The AI specialist has been on Microsoft’s radar for some time. Indeed, Microsoft Ventures (recently rebranded as M12) previously invested in Bonsai. The company is known as a platform for training autonomous systems. Microsoft says integration with its own services make Bonsai an even more potent tool. “Bonsai’s platform combined with rich simulation tools and reinforcement learning work in Microsoft Research becomes the simplest and richest AI toolchain for building any kind of autonomous system for control and calibration tasks....

The two companies have been working behind closed doors on a Cortana – Alexa integration. More specifically, the two rival virtual assistants can now communicate with each other. Due to be announced today, the development would let users speak to Cortana using Alexa, and vice versa. In its announcement today, Microsoft explained how the integration will work: “Alexa as a guest on Cortana Cortana as a guest on Alexa With Cortana as a guest on Alexa, Alexa users will have access to some of Cortana’s most useful productivity capabilities that help people stay organized and on top of what’s important to them....

1 Ray Tracing2 Graphical Changes Interestingly, the Mojang developed game is about to gain a significant graphics overhaul. We’ll discuss why this development is interesting, but first let’s look at the specifics. Graphic improvement on Minecraft will only be for select users. Specifically, those who run the game on PC, allowing for the support of real-time ray tracing through the Nvidia RTX GPU. Microsoft and Nvidia have partnered on support for the RTX through an announcement at the Gamescom conference in Germany today....

SAP SE and Microsoft sent out a press release saying that the latest collaboration will see further cross-company integrations. Among them is SAP’s S/4 HANA database being used to run Microsoft’s core internal financial planning. In the other direction, SAP will now run more than a dozen critical internal financial systems on Microsoft Azure. “We are taking our partnership to the next level with this new capability to run S/4HANA in the Microsoft Azure environment,” said SAP CEO Bill McDermott....

Sony’s contention to the deal rests on Microsoft taking control of major franchises – most notably Call of Duty but also Warcraft and Candy Crush – and making them exclusive to Xbox Game Pass. This concern is shared by regulators such as the CMA, European Commission, and the FTC in the United States. Microsoft has consistently said it has no intention of making the Activision Blizzard franchises exclusive to Xbox....

In a blog post last month, Yousef Khalidi, corporate vice president for Azure networking announced SONiC. It is an open source software based on the Linux platform. It runs on networking switches and lets public cloud provider have more hardware tools across scales. “SONiC is built on the Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI), which defines a standardized API. Network hardware vendors can use it to develop innovative hardware platforms that can achieve great speeds while keeping the programming interface to ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) consistent....