HTTP-HTTPS mixed content

A worth noting change to Chrome Browser ...
Seems that more and more websites are going https but it is a long process!

Chrome finally kills off the HTTP-HTTPS “mixed content” warning | Ars Technica:

Apple most valuable company?

Interesting comparison with some other giants ...
Apple has certainly got the lead at the moment (largely dependent on the iPhone) but it needs to check in its rear vision mirror more often! Blackberry, Nokia and Kodak know how it feels!

Apple is the world’s most valuable company, but for how long?:

Why does Microsoft exist?

An interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ...
Undoubtedly, Satya Nadella is the best thing to happen at Microsoft for years! Microsoft is now climbing right into Apple's space with its own hardware (laptops, tablets, phones, wrist bands, HoloLens, XBox and Azure Cloud) BUT with all devices running the one Operating System Windows 10, not two (OS X and iOS). Hardware prices will be similar, but Apple can't turn an iPhone into a desktop (yet)!

Why does Microsoft exist? An interview with CEO Satya Nadella | The Verge:

Microsoft Launch - 9 minutes

Now this is a very different Microsoft ...
There is some real innovation coming out of Microsoft these days! Just watch this 9 minute video! You had better start moving Apple!

Take 9 minutes to watch Microsoft's best product unveiling in years | The Verge:

Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Microsoft is getting serious about innovation ...
At last Microsoft is out of the doldrums and starting to be seriously innovative again!

Microsoft has warmed my cold cynical heart with hot new hardware | The Verge:

Surface Book's crazy hinge

Lots of fuss over Surface Book's crazy hinge ...
It is pretty good all the same! Microsoft is certainly getting its mojo back! Apple better start getting a move on or its going to playing catchup!

This is how Surface Book's crazy hinge works | The Verge:

Chromecast is a Trojan Horse

Couldn't resist this Chromecast article from Verge ...
Interesting interview with a Mario Queiroz, VP Product management at Google, explaining the Chromecast 2 and Chromecast Audio devices. Chromecast Audio is certainly going to give Sonos a run for its money! Just amazes me that Australia is one of the world's leading countries for new technology deployment but is not one of the initial 17 countries in which Chromecast Audio will be launched! I guess we will just have to wait! Grrr!

Chromecast is Google's hugely successful Trojan Horse into your home | The Verge:

Desktop may not be dead

Desktops seem to be still popular for business ...
I have always advocated that desktops have a longer average lifetime and a lower cost of ownership. This is what you trade for the portability of a laptop.

The desktop may not be dead after all | TechRadar:

Google's Pixel C Android

Google's Pixel Chromebook(?) goes Android ...
The Google top-of-the-line Pixel which runs Chrome OS now has a Pixel C cousin that is running Android! The rumours are increasing that Google is going to roll Chrome OS into Android but Google is denying it, saying that the two will run side by side!

Google Announces Pixel C Android Tablet With Magnetic Keyboard Add-on | TechCrunch:

Google’s Android Marshmallow

Here comes Android Marshmallow 6.0 ...
New features include Doze Mode (which apparently reduces battery drain significantly), Google Now on Tap and a new Permissions system.

Google’s Android Marshmallow Will Officially Launch Next Week | TechCrunch: