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• Windows smartphone owners question Microsoft's commitment after OneDrive space reduction

  07-11-2015 20:25
  
  Just as Apple got the size of its iOS upgrades under better control, Microsoft drastically slashed the free allotment of its OneDrive storage service.
  Ironic? Absolutely: The OneDrive users who have complained the loudest about the reductions weren't iPhone owners -- the focus of Microsoft's 2014 storage expansion -- but Windows loyalists who had committed to the ecosystem, especially Windows smartphones, which continue to struggle in the marketplace.
  In September 2014, Microsoft used negative
  
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• U.S. readies for space storms that could crash critical networks

  07-11-2015 17:29
  
  The U.S. is making preparations to protect communications and transportation systems from potentially dangerous space weather events.
  Last month, the National Science and Technology Council released the National Space Weather Action Plan, a road map developed to prepare for a weather event in space that could disrupt electric power systems, satellites, telecommunications, navigation, aircraft, space launches and the International Space Station.To read this article in full or to leave a comment,
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: iPhone 7: Apple should steal some hardware ideas from Android

  07-11-2015 17:26
  The competition between iPhone and Android phones has created a great amount of ill-will between advocates of both platforms. But sometimes our rivals have good ideas that can be emulated and even improved upon, and thus Android might have some useful hardware concepts for Apple to consider for the iPhone 7.A writer at 9to5Mac recently posted a very interesting article about five hardware lessons Apple could learn from Android, and it I couldn't resist offering my own take on them after reading
  
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• Going mobile with Apple's CarPlay (and a VW)

  07-11-2015 12:30
  
  It's no secret that when you buy a car, you get whatever already-out-of-date technology is built in. Not only that, but that technology -- likely developed two or three years earlier -- will become increasingly archaic as time passes. The result: In many cases, that overly expensive technology package is a waste of money. Knowing this, I recently bought a Volkswagen Tiguan R-line (before the recent emissions cheating scandal erupted). Despite that scam, the company still makes one hell of an SU
  
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• 4 old-school-BlackBerry features in the new PRIV

  07-11-2015 02:54
  
  The much-anticipated BlackBerry PRIV, BlackBerry's first Android phone, is now available in the United States, and it's sure to rekindle some old flames for former BlackBerry lovers.
  But is it a BlackBerry … or an Android phone? Fact is, PRIV is a Frankenstein-esque mash-up of both. However, BlackBerry loyalists will be pleased to learn that the unique new smartphone still very much feels like a genuine BlackBerry, thanks in no small part to the following four features — all o
  
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