How to pick the right collaboration suite
Research shows that workplace technology actually impedes your employees' ability to work in a timely manner and makes it more difficult to collaborate. It doesn&t have to be this way. Here are four ways to choose the right collaboration tools.

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Can an Apple Watch prevent fatal car accidents? It just might.

Today's connected cars try to deliver a lot of safety features, such as using radar and video cameras to detect an imminent accident and sometimes take over braking and steering control in an effort to avert that accident. At the very least, the cars will issue increasingly loud and bright visual and audio alerts to get the driver to take action to avert the accident.

But a new University of Missouri College of Engineering study calls into question whether such systems work and, far more frightening, whether they might indeed be counterproductive and make drivers less safe. Yet it's possible that a simple smartwatch might be part of the solution. Ah, the joys of IoT and connected computing never end.

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Why enterprise IT should take a look at Apple Arcade

Apple plans to introduce support for Mac Catalyst, tools that make it easier to port existing iPad apps to Macs, when it ships macOS Catalina this month.

Mac Catalyst in AppleCatalina

With that in mind, enterprise developers may want to take a look at Apple Arcade, because ita great place to explore apps that run on both iOS devices and Macs.

Games are among the most demanding applications you can run on any platform, which makes them a good way to stress test what platforms can do.

At the heart of the development of Arcade titles likely sits Applephilosophy for the future coexistence of all its platforms.Introduced at WWDC 2018 and talked up a little more at Appledeveloper conference in 2019, Catalyst makes it easier for developers to export iPad apps to Macs.

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The iPad, then and nowThe evolution of the iPad

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If you&re a dedicated follower of tech innovation, you no doubt recall the day in 2010 when Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled Applenew tablet computer: the iPad. Internet jokers and wacky morning DJs had a lot of fun with the name. Apple, as usual, had the last laugh.

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Time-Machine Tuesday: Decaffeinated

Itpre-IoT days, when pilot fish tells this user that IT is taking the network switch down, and that will affect the userPC and printing connections for about half an hour.

Three minutes later, fish sees user pop her head out of her cubicle.

User: &Are you bringing anything else down?&

Fish: No, why?

User: &Because my coffee pot just went out.&

For Sharky, the best part of waking up is your true tale of IT life in my in-box. Send it to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also subscribe to the Daily Shark Newsletter.

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Microsoft gives Windows 10 1903 the 'go' sign for business, four months after release

Microsoft has officially told corporate customers that Windows 10 May 2019 Update - the year's first feature upgrade - is suitable for widespread deployment.

The announcement last week came four months after the launch of the upgrade, which also goes by 1903 in Microsoft's yymm format.

[ Related: Windows 10 May 2019 Update: Key enterprise features ]

"Windows 10, version 1903 (the May 2019 Update) is designated ready for broad deployment for all users via Windows Update," Microsoft stated on Sept. 26 in the Windows 10 release information page. "We recommend commercial customers running earlier versions of Windows 10 begin broad deployments of Windows 10, version 1903 in their organizations."

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