endsormeans | # 131 | 2016-02-03, 18:36 | Report

The smooth and slick buggers are at it again..

http://betanews.com/2016/02/01/micro...and-8-1-users/

mscion | # 132 | 2016-02-03, 19:04 | Report

Why does Microsoft always buy stuff that I like. Very annoying...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...I6NUuk7HwzLAmg

endsormeans | # 133 | 2016-02-03, 19:15 | Report

I think you'll now find swiftkey cozy and safe...
crated up beside the elephant man, the 1st batch of electric cars, the perpetual motion machine, the ark from raiders, the area 51 alien bros. with their ship, and all the nokia files which need to be released...
all at a secret location at the bottom of the ocean in a complex guarded by Aquaman...
never to be seen again

MINKIN2 | # 134 | 2016-02-03, 19:45 | Report

I'm thinking that with them realising Windows phone is a dead concept, they are going back to the idea of being a software company. And as the mobile industry is so lucrative now, we may see even more acquisitions.

Which could be rather worrying for many competitor app developers.

gerbick | # 135 | 2016-02-03, 20:20 | Report

This is another MS purchase in/around Cyanogenmod it seems. Cyanogen had included SwiftKey into their builds a while back and it seems as if Cyanogen and Microsoft are getting a bit cozy

endsormeans | # 136 | 2016-02-07, 19:42 | Report

hm...
proper study on win 10 and running processes communicating AFTER telemetry is disabled...

https://voat.co/v/technology/comments/835741

jellyroll | # 137 | 2016-02-07, 20:41 | Report

I did finally look up into the urban dictionary to find the meaning of the word 'dandy' even I already knew the topic was meant to be cynical. Windows pulled out a dandy. 10Chars. I've seen a windows update destroying 4 days of work.

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gerbick | # 138 | 2016-02-07, 21:59 | Report

Allow me to be counter for a moment.

If I'm a developer, all of this snooping doesn't matter to me. I'd just use the platform to develop something, avoid Microsoft Edge unless I totally have to use it and be done with it.

As a consumer, it would bother me - all of the privacy concerns rolled up into the guise of "convenience". Cortana listening to my voice as well as snooping into my emails... well, I did need that reminder for that birthday I almost forgot and my travel plans next week.

As a business... Microsoft privacy concerns and actions would truly bother me. My IT department would have to capture, sample and list out all types of data going to Microsoft to settle my nerves. Would not want my trade secrets and other intellectual property become a target on not only my own servers and networks but also on Microsoft's too.

In the end, if it's avoidable - and to me it's wholly avoidable with the options we currently now have for personal computing - the uproar I'd pay attention to would be the arguments I've not considered yet.

endsormeans | # 139 | 2016-02-08, 01:36 | Report

Hehe....I meant the context of "dandy" to refer more to an emotional response ..akin to a perpetual state of constant surprise...more than anything...not really in a cynical way....
I would hope eventually that microsoft will realize they are heading down a path of an uncertain future with possibly a smaller user base as a consequence...from their current...actions...and return to a saner potential future...

gerbick | # 140 | 2016-02-08, 02:21 | Report

Whenever I see "dandy", I actually think of "macaroni".