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Apple will set the fate of both of its main creative platforms & Mac and iPad Pro & at its New York event, with the future of both at stake.

Which is which

Apple will have to clearly define what each of these platforms is for. That means answering (or at least signalling) answers to tough questions:

• Is an iPad Pro the creative tool you always have with you while the Mac remains the productive workhorse for everyday use
• Has Apple poured all its R-D dollars into the mobile device at the expense of the Mac
• Can Apple (as Dieter Bohn sagaciously points out) create a notebook that delivers the compelling mix of features that made MacBook Air the must-have laptop for a decade

Not only this, but with whispers that Apple may shift to using its own A-series chips inside future Macs, can it make these iterations of its platform sufficiently alluring that consumer and pro users will put their money down for computers that may seem dated in a few months

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Google's Smart Lock system for Chrome OS is one of those things that sounds spectacular on paper but then frequently falls flat in the real world.

You know about Smart Lock by now, right It's something Google created to turn your Android phone into a contact-free key for your Chromebook: Anytime the phone is close to the computer, Chrome OS will automatically detect its presence — and as long as the phone is unlocked, the laptop will let you skip the usual password prompt and hop right in with just a quick click on the sign-on screen.

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Dropbox has brought project planning capabilities to its collaborative word processing tool, Paper, with the addition of a new timeline feature.

Paper was unveiled in 2015 as Dropboxaimed to expand its cloud document storage business. The cloud tool - which competes with Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Quip, Box Notes and others - lets users work together on the creation of rich-text documents and embed content such as YouTube videos.

According to Dropbox, users find Paper useful for coordinating work, too. This is due, in part, to features such as embeddable to-do lists, @mentions and due dates for team members.

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