This new app is designed as a desktop replacement for lots of Microsoft’s mail apps.
Sounds like it’ll be a long while before this is released.
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The twitter icon on https://theindieweb.com/ is epic and totally matches the aesthetic of the site.
One letter to executives around the world has prioritized climate change on corporate agendas. But will this make a difference without government regulation?
To Do and Fluid integration coming to OneNote next year, alongside a new codebase to improve the desktop app
This is excellent news! I miss the old desktop app desperately!
👓 Microsoft threatens to take down Gab.ai over hate speech | Quartz
Another company takes a stand for the limits of free speech online.
🔖 Data Transfer Project https://datatransferproject.dev
The Data Transfer Project was formed in 2017 to create an open-source, service-to-service data portability platform so that all individuals across the web could easily move their data between online service providers whenever they want.
The contributors to the Data Transfer Project believe portability and interoperability are central to innovation. Making it easier for individuals to choose among services facilitates competition, empowers individuals to try new services and enables them to choose the offering that best suits their needs.
Current contributors include: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter
🔖 The Data Transfer Project google/data-transfer-project
The Data Transfer Project makes it easy for people to transfer their data between online service providers. We are establishing a common framework, including data models and protocols, to enable direct transfer of data both into and out of participating online service providers. http://datatransferproject.dev
cross reference: https://boffosocko.com/2018/07/22/data-transfer-project/
👓 GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5 Billion Undo Button | Bloomberg
Steve Ballmer spent years hating on open source software. Satya Nadella recognized that the service has become indispensable to programmers.
A nice analysis piece about the GitHub purchase for the non-technical. It highlights the fact that a nice and simple UI can be worth its weight in gold.
👓 Microsoft + GitHub = Empowering Developers | The Official Microsoft Blog
Today, we announced an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform. I want to share what this acquisition will mean for our industry and for developers. The era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge is upon us. Computing is becoming embedded in the world,...
Not quite the pablum of the GitHub version of this announcement, but still in the same general ballpark. This one at least had some additional detail on things moving forward.
👓 A bright future for GitHub | GitHub
Together, GitHub and Microsoft will work to make software development easier, more accessible, more intelligent, and more open.
Definitely a PR article
👓 Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub | The Verge
Deal could be announced on Monday
I suspect many are going to be surprised at how much Microsoft has been into open source while they’re still thinking this is the monopolist of the past.
Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order | Bloomberg
Alphabet Inc.’s Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas who may be impacted by a new executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump: Get back to the U.S. now.
Alphabet Inc.’s Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas who may be impacted by a new executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump: Get back to the U.S. now.
Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai slammed Trump’s move in a note to employees Friday, telling them that more than 100 company staff are affected by the order. Continue reading Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order | Bloomberg