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Once the Windows 10 Anniversary Update hits, Microsoft Edge may actually be able to play in the same sandbox as other modern web browsers... The Anniversary Update will be free for all Windows 10 users (Windows 7 and 8/8.1 users have until July 29 to upgrade to Windows 10 for free) and will include everything from visual tweaks and security improvements to brand-new features such as Windows Ink. Here are some of the changes -- big and small -- that you can look forward to. A more confusing Start menu The first thing you'll notice in the Anniversary Update is the Start menu...it's different. There's no longer an "All apps" menu. Instead, all of your installed apps appear in a list on the left side of the Start menu. To the left of this list, you'll see icons for your account, downloads, File Explorer, Settings and Power. To the right of this list you'll see the tiles and live tiles. A funkier taskbar The Windows 10 taskbar gets some cool twea...

Most people now buy laptops for their computing needs and have to make the decision between getting either a Solid State Drive (SSD) or Hard Disk Drive (HDD) as the storage component.  So which of the two is the better choice, an SSD or HDD? There’s no straight-forward answer to this question; each buyer has different needs and you have to evaluate the decision based on those needs, your preferences, and of course budget. Even though the price of SSDs has been falling, the price per gigabyte advantage is still strongly with HDDs. Yet, if performance and fast bootup is your primary consideration and money is secondary, then SSD is the way to go. For the remainder of this article, we will make a comparison of SSD and HDD storage and go over the good, the bad, and the ugly of both. What is an SSD? We’ll make no assumptions here and keep this article on a level that anyone can understand. You might be shopping for a computer and simply wondering what the heck SSD actually means? T...

While some folks might say Windows mobile isn’t doing very well, it seems some manufacturers still have faith in the OS. One such manufacturer is PC and mobile manufacturing giant, Lenovo. Lenovo, in a joint partnership with Japanese carrier, SoftBank, has announced the SoftBank 503LV which will hit the Japanese market by late October. The SoftBank sports mid-range specs such as a 5” HD screen, 3GB of RAM, a snapdragon 617 processor and 32GB of built-in storage. The phone is equipped with an 8MP rear camera, a 5MP front facing camera for selfies, and is powered by a 2250mAh battery. The phone weighs 144g and has a 7.6mm thickness. There is no word on pricing yet, but we’ll update this article once we get our hands on that.

Pokémon Go may be proving jaw-droppingly popular, but in the rush to catch 'em all, it seems that users have overlooked something of a privacy issue with the game. It's not unusual for apps and games to request, or require, access to your Google account but there are usually limits in place. Not so with Pokémon Go. As reported by Search Engine Journal, iOS users have discovered that the game not only requires access to users' Google accounts, it requires full access. This is the highest level of access available to any app and if it is revoked, the game won't work. As Search Engine Journal notes, 'full access' provides apps with an astonishing degree of access to your account, including the ability to "see and manipulate nearly every piece of information contained within it". What's strange is that this is a privacy concern that only seems to affect iOS users -- Android users simply do not have the same problem. If you have installed Poké...

Ever since Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be free "for the first year", and also referred to the new OS "as a service", there has been speculation that the software giant would start charging a monthly fee for Windows 10, much as it does for Office 365. Two weeks ago, a mention of Windows 10 subscriptions appeared in an Insider Preview build, suggesting that changes to the operating system’s model were on their way. Today, Microsoft reveals all by announcing new subscription service offerings for Windows 10 and its Surface line of tablets. First, the good news. Subscriptions only affect businesses, not consumers. The Windows 10 Enterprise E3 for CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) plan, announced today, will allow CSP partners to provide a subscription to Windows 10 Enterprise Edition as part of a managed service offering to businesses. Explaining the move, Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president, Windows and Devices Group, says: Starting this fall, bu...

getting soapui You will need to install the Open Source version of soapUI from their sourceforge.  Go ahead, I’ll wait…. getting the wsdls Now that you have soapUI installed we need to download our WSDLs.  You’ll need the Enterprise WSDL which can be found at Setup-Develop-API.  And you’ll need the WSDL for your webservice which can be found at Setup-Develop-Apex Classes, then find your class and click the WSDL link next to it.  I suggest downloading them into a WSDL folder just for organization. setting up soapui Now that we’ve got all of our parts we need to create a new soapUI project.  If you are testing multiple webservices I suggest you only create one soapUI project and import the additional webservices into it.  This will make updating the enterprise WSDL easier, and will make your life less stressful. Right-click on Projects and select New soapUI Project and fill out the form with your information.  Your intial WSDL should be the ...

Pokémon Go, the smash hit game that brings Pokémon into the real world, is bringing about a litany of scary real-world consequences. Some players were robbed and one even discovered a dead body while exploring for Pokémon, among a lot of other weird stories. And because Pokémon Go isn't out in every country just yet, players are looking up ways to get the game anyway possible, including downloading it from some dubious sources. Researchers at Proofpoint, a cyber security company, announced the discovery of an infected Pokémon Go download, though it hasn't observed it in the wild yet. The infected app gives attackers full access to all of your personal information stored on your phone. If you don't want to be infected by the Pokémon Go malware, follow the steps below. Identifying and avoiding Pokémon Go malware on Android The best method of avoiding the Pokémon Go malware is to wait until the game is available in your country. But since you're probably not g...

Pokémon Go is Nintendo's first foray into augmented reality apps for Apple and Android devices, and it has already proved to be incredibly popular, with Pokémon players around the world downloading the app and hunting for pocket monsters. Although most of the world can't wait to catch Pokémon on their smartphones, for the moment Pokémon Go has only officially released in the US, Australia and New Zealand, with Pokémon fans in the UK, Japan and the rest of the world having to wait - though new regions are officially getting Pokémon Go at a regular pace. Once you've downloaded Pokémon Go, make sure you check out our guide to the best Pokémon Go tips and tricks to help you catch all the best Pokémon! If you're completely new to the world of Pokémon, then check out Pokemon Go: A complete beginner's guide, which will show you how to get started. Pokémon Go is proving to be hugely popular, so if you're unable to connect to the server, check out the Pokémon ...

Five days after the launch, Pokémon Go — an augmented reality game in which you hunt virtual Pokémon on your phone in real-life locations — is huge. It's so big, actually, that it's already catching up with some of the largest social networks out there, at least on Android. According to mobile app analytics company SimilarWeb, the game had been installed on an enormous 5.16% of all Android devices in the U.S. by July 8.  To put things into perspective, SimilarWeb compared the numbers with several top Android apps out there. As of July 8, Pokémon Go was installed on twice as many Android devices in the U.S. as dating app Tinder. "Over 60% of those who have downloaded the app in the US are using it daily, meaning around 3% of the entire US Android population are users of the app. This metric (...) has put Pokémon GO neck and neck with Twitter, and in a few more days, Pokémon GO will likely have more users Daily Active Users than the well-established social netwo...

Although Avast and AVG both offer paid security tools, they are best known for their free antivirus software. Some people confuse the two firms because of the similarity of what they do, and the fact their names begin with the same letters, they were founded at around the same time, and originated in the Czech Republic, but that confusion soon won’t be an issue as today Avast announces it is set to acquire AVG. Avast is offering $25 per share, about $1.3 billion in total, for its rival and is awaiting AVG shareholder approval (Avast, unlike the public and listed AVG, is itself a private company). As to what this means for users of AVG and Avast products it’s hard to say for certain until the deal is finalized. However, Vincent Steckler, CEO of Avast does point out the benefits of the move: We will have over 250 million PC/Mac users enabling us to gather even more threat data to improve the protection to our users. In mobile, our combined 160 million mobile users will be use...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a free, browser-based version of Skype aimed specifically at small businesses called 'Skype Meetings'. This would be company's first Web-based product after the beta release of Skype for Web last year. For the first 60 days of use, Skype Meetings will allow you to video chat with up to 10 people at a time, however, after 60 days the number of people allowed for a simultaneous video chat will be reduced to three. The Web version also incorporates some of the more advanced tools with Skype for Business like screen sharing as well as PowerPoint integration. In many ways, Skype Meetings is similar to the free version of Skype as both these services allow you to video chat with the same number of people and allows access to messages. But with Skype Meetings, Microsoft is trying to portray its service as custom-made for small companies. The company is trying to give the small enterprises a taste of its services so that they can, at a later ...

It seems likely that Google might finally be bringing Play Music to India as several Reddit users have been able to play selected songs from app's catalogue via its web version, which was earlier inaccessible for users in the country. The screenshots also show the prices written in INR (Indian Rupee). The pricing of the songs in the catalogue seems reasonable at Rs. 15 per song and Rs. 95 for an entire album. However, the prices are higher compared to Apple music which provides each song at just Rs. 7 and entire album for Rs. 70 in some cases, though there's plenty of variation depending upon the content. In Indian market, where cost-competitiveness is the key, it would be crucial to see how the app fares against local competitors like Saavn and Hungama that have already gained a stronghold. There are also rumours suggesting that YouTube Red, which allows you to watch YouTube ad-free, save videos offline, and play videos in the background, might be coming to India as t...