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Microsoft’s new Android division to boost Windows integrations as Google does the same with PC makers

April 1, 2022
Given its lack of a first-party mobile OS, Microsoft is firmly invested in offering its services on Android, while also being an OEM with the Surface Duo. The company has now created a dedicated Android division internally. Windows Central reports that Microsoft earlier this week formed a new Android Microsoft Platform and Experiences (AMPX) organization under Windows/software chief Panos Panay.
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Report: Future foldable MacBook/iPad could use LG OLED panel

April 1, 2022
In February, DSCC analyst Ross Young said Apple was “investigating the idea of foldable notebooks.” Then, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that this future product could be a MacBook/iPad hybrid with a touchscreen keyboard. While this foldable MacBook/iPad is not…
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Foldable iPhone coming in 2025 at the earliest, may actually be iPad or tablet/phone hybrid

April 1, 2022
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is revising his prediction about when Apple could launch a foldable iPhone. After saying last year it could be as soon as 2024, the analyst expects this rumored product to be released in 2025 “at the earliest.” Kuo is corroborating a February report by DSCC Ross Young that said Apple had likely delayed its foldable iPhone until 2025. Here’s what Young wrote back…
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Someone brought the worst thing about the iPhone to Android

April 1, 2022
Someone made an Android phone with a lightning port – and it works. Last year, engineer Ken Pillonel did what Apple won’t do – make an iPhone with a working USB-C port. Now, Pillonel has made an Android phone with a working lightning connector.  Posted on April…
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Enterprise Google Voice will get call recording, Spaces size limit growing to 25,000 users

April 1, 2022
Alongside a slew of Meet announcements, Google Voice is getting a pair of new capabilities, most notably call recording, for enterprise subscribers. Google also previewed what’s coming to Spaces this year. Google says it has seen “renewed interest in cloud-based phone systems that untether people from legacy deskphones” amid hybrid work. Starting next month, enterprise Google Voice…
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Windows 11 revamps ‘Phone Link’ tool for pairing your Android phone w/ new branding, redesign

April 1, 2022
Microsoft has been improving how Windows talks to Android devices over the past few years, even going as far as integrating Android app support directly into Windows 11. Now, the popular “Your Phone” app is getting a Window 11 makeover under the name “Phone Link.” A couple of years after its debut, Microsoft is ditching the somewhat confusing “Your Phone” brand for its Android…
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