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About that 'alarming' chip shortage — don't count on new fab plants to help quickly

26-01-2022 22:03

The global semiconductor shortage made worse by the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain issues shows no signs of improving as industries worldwide have had to halt production while waiting for processors.A report from the US Department of Commerce released this week revealed an “alarming” shortage of computer chips at a time when the median demand for them was as much as 17% higher in 2021 than 2019.“This is a major supply and demand mismatch,” the report stated.Commer

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BrandPost: How Wi-Fi 6 Impacts Your Business Network

26-01-2022 19:46

It’s no secret that growing businesses depend on the speed and quality of their network.From communication to collaboration, employees have come to expect a reliable Wi-Fi connection that powers the tools they rely on most to get the job done. This includes video conferencing, digitally enhanced customer experiences, remote work and more, often competing for bandwidth on a single network.As a result, the demand for scale and speed spurred the latest standard in connectivity: Wi-Fi 6, whic

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Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive send out warnings to macOS users

26-01-2022 19:39

Two of the world’s most widely used online storage services, Dropbox, and Microsoft OneDrive, are warning Mac users of a looming problem in a coming macoS Monterey update.You’ll need to download files to use them for a while
They warn that some users may have problems when attempting to open files stored in either service using another Mac application. They urge customers to update their apps once macOS 12.3 is installed.To read this article in full, please click here

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The ambitious Android tablet option Google tossed away

26-01-2022 12:00

To say that Android tablets have been a letdown might be the understatement of the century.When you step back and think about it, the fact that Android tablets are such an underemphasized afterthought is almost shocking. Android is the world's most popular operating system, after all — by a pretty hefty margin. It's easy to forget sometimes, but more humans carry Android-powered smartphones than any other type of device in the universe.And yet, for all of those advantages, Google has year

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How to choose the right project collaboration software

26-01-2022 12:00

Even before we’d heard the words coronavirus or COVID-19, collaboration apps were on the rise in the enterprise. Now, because of the phenomenal increase in remote work triggered by the pandemic, more and more organizations are implementing project collaboration tools to enable employees to collaborate effectively on project tasks from anywhere.Project collaboration tools include features that make it easier for team members, project leaders, and others involved in a project to communicate

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