This Week in Tech
Microsoft and technology-related updates for the week of April 8, 2022
This Week’s Stories
- Microsoft’s pen-first notetaking app Journal graduates from a Garage project into a fully supported app
- “The app lets you write and draw like many other notetaking apps, but it also supports gestures like scratching out words to erase them and circling words or phrases to select them.” READ MORE
- Boeing and Microsoft deepen partnership in digital aviation
- “As part of a significant investment in the company’s digital future, Boeing will leverage the Microsoft Cloud and its AI capabilities to update its critical infrastructure, streamline business processes and accelerate new innovations in digital aviation.” READ MORE
- Microsoft is integrating its Windows 365 Cloud PCs into Windows 11
- “Microsoft will allow Windows 11 PCs to boot straight to Windows 365 Cloud PCs or easily switch between them using Windows 11’s virtual desktops feature.” READ MORE
- The first IBM mainframe for AI arrives
- “IBM’s new IBM z16, with its integrated on-chip Telum AI accelerator, is ready to analyze real-time transactions, at scale. This makes it perfect for mainframe mission-critical workloads such as healthcare and financial transactions.” READ MORE
- Cash App suffers breach, with ex-employee accessing US customer data
- “Block, the company behind the mobile payment service, is contacting 8.2 million customers about the breach.” READ MORE
- Twitter is adding an edit button
- “Twitter has announced that it’s working to allow users to edit their tweets after posting them. The idea is that you’ll be able to fix any typos or errors in a tweet without sacrificing any replies, retweets, or likes it’s already accrued.” READ MORE
- Benefits of Custom Software Development
- Have a gap in your software that needs filling? See how custom development can improve your business processes. READ MORE