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| | | Microsoft Previews 'Full-Chromium' Edge on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 | | Computerworld | Microsoft last week unveiled preliminary versions of its remade Edge browser for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, but the company's decision not to stick with a set update schedule when Edge reaches the Stable version raises questions about how quickly the Chromium-based Edge will get security fixes. | | Microsoft Bans Slack and Discourages AWS and Google Docs Use Internally | | The Verge | Microsoft has banned the use of the free version of Slack for its 100,000+ employees. GeekWire reports that Microsoft has a list of prohibited apps and services, and even Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Docs are “discouraged for use” inside the company. The Slack ban isn’t primarily driven by Microsoft’s competing Teams product, though. Microsoft is reportedly concerned about the security aspects of Slack Free and Slack Plus. | | Chrome OS Will Soon Show Cloud Storage Apps Natively in Files—but No Dropbox | | Android Police | Fans of third-party cloud storage providers will be excited when Chrome OS 75 finally reaches the Stable Channel. The update will deliver an optional flag which enables storage services other than Drive to finally integrate into the Files app in Chrome OS via Android apps—though not all third-party storage solutions are compatible. | | Are Huawei Laptops Safe? Intel, Microsoft Promise Support, but the Future Remains Uncertain | | PCWorld | As the U.S. Government’s ban on Huawei grinds on, the biggest questions consumers likely have are whether that Matebook laptop on Amazon is safe to buy, or whether the Huawei machine they’ve already bought is safe. After all, if Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm and other U.S. tech companies can no longer sell chips to the Chinese tech company, isn’t the company basically dead to you? The answer likely depends on whether you care about Huawei’s future as a PC maker, or if you only care about your particular future with a Huawei laptop. |
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| | | Mark PDFs, Images, and Microsoft Office Files as Offline in Drive, Launching to Beta | | G Suite Updates | You can already make Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files available offline. Now, as part of a new beta, you can mark also PDF, image, Microsoft Office, and other non-Google files for offline access using Google Drive on Chrome. |
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