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• Microsoft shows how self-driving cars could be the next mobile office with dash-mounted Windows 10

  09-01-2016 19:24
  
  We spend hours commuting in cars each day. Autonomous driving promises to free us from the drudgery of stop-and-go traffic—but then what do you do? Microsoft has an answer: get some work done.
  At CES, German consulting company IAV and Microsoft demonstrated a near-production Volkswagen Golf whose driver-side instrument cluster was just a large LCD display. The difference is that unnecessary dials and gauges—your engine temperature, for example—could be shunted aside and replac
  
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• Windows 10 Redstone Insider seeds are on the way

  09-01-2016 18:35
  If you’re eagerly awaiting the next PC-centric Insider build of Windows 10, here’s some good news: You can expect the next build to arrive soon.
  According to a tweet posted by Microsoft’s Gabe Aul, the next build will come to Insiders in “a few more days.” @DecadeMoon @Wereszko @mayank_jee We are all getting back in the office, getting new builds through internal rings, etc. A few more days.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Entertainment titans talk the future of TV ads at CES

  09-01-2016 14:00
  
  LAS VEGAS — The old guard of media, entertainment and consumer services came to CES 2016 to shoot down reports of its impending death. Top executives from NBC Universal, Fox Networks, Johnson & Johnson, AT&T and JPMorgan Chase concede that disruptive technologies and startups have upended their businesses to some extent, but they all also expect long and successful futures.Broadcasters have experienced tremendous market changes for more than a decade. After abjectly denying the shi
  
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• 15 years of iTunes: A look at Apple’s media app and its influence on an industry

  09-01-2016 12:00
  On a chilly, rainy day in San Francisco 15 years ago, Steve Jobs took the stage at the 2001 Macworld Expo to present new Apple products. After talking about boring technicalities of new hardware and software, Jobs switched registers. He introduced Apple’s digital hub concept, then started talking about a revolution.
  “There is a music revolution happening right now.”
  The icon of the current version of iTunes, version 12.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please
  
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