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Intel really screwed up the notebook market by launching the 2-in-1 concept of products none of which were truly 2-in-1s. You see, we knew going in that laptop users struggled with screens under 13& and tablet users wouldn&t carry tablets much over a single pound…or that had screens much larger than 10&.

The Intel 2-in-1s were both too heavy and too large to be used as tablets & and yet their marketing had people asking for them (and OEMs building them). The vast majority of users, however, never used the tablet. This would be like car companies convincing everyone they needed a convertible in Alaska where no one would ever dream of putting the damn top down.

Apple recently told the U.S. Congress that is sees customer privacy as a &human right,& though the explanation didn&t at that time extend to how third-party developers treat data they get from iOS apps. Now it does.

Privacy for the rest of us

Starting October 3, Apple will insist that all third-party apps (including new apps and app updates) submitted to the App Store include a link to the app developerown privacy policy.

This is a big change, as until now only subscription-based apps needed to supply this information — and it also extends to the privacy policy itself, which Apple insists must be clear and explicitly in explaining:

Time for the final August patching shoe to drop.

Late last night Microsoft released a flurry of patches, posting them on the Microsoft Update Catalog. Some are available through Windows Update, some aren't.

As of early Friday morning, the Win10 patches are not available through WSUS, the update server service. Itnot clear if thata mistake, a hesitation — or if somebody just went home last night and forgot.

Lethear it for patching predictability. And transparency.