Posted on 08/17/2016 9:48:27 PM PDT by dayglored
Years back, Microsoft began paying people to use its Bing search service via a program called Bing Rewards. Now, Microsoft will do the same with its Edge browser and other products.
Microsoft announced Wednesday that over the next few weeks, Bing Rewards will become Microsoft Rewards. The concept remains the same: The more you use or buy Microsoft products, the more freebies you’ll receive in return. With the debut of Microsoft Rewards, you'll also be able to accrue points by browsing with Edge or purchasing items at brick-and-mortar Microsoft Stores.
Why this matters: At the end of July, Google Chrome held over 50 percent of the world’s browser market share; Edge is at 5.09 percent, according to NetApplications. Microsoft clearly wants to lift that number. Locking down Cortana to use only Bing might be seen as the stick, but a rewards program like Microsoft Rewards is the carrot.
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It's highly likely many of MS's updates are really backdoors to stealing all your info.
Thanks - Bookmark
What kind of a steep learning curve would I experience by trying to use firefox?
I get REALLY upset just trying to relearn stuff when Windows comes out with a new version!
We know where you are...
What you said!!!
Re: Adobe, are you referring to product quality or their subscription model?
Actually the only apps I use are Waze (traffic monitor) and a weather app that’s superior to what comes with the phone....well and a guitar tuner app ;’}
What gets me is that my company just implemented another monitoring tool (Airwatch) that has totally messed up my ability to get emails. It’s supposed to be there to watch where I go on the Internet but I rarely ever use my phone for that purpose. Now, every time I open my mail it tells me that I have no mail, then proceeds to download my entire mailbox (probably around 100meg). I have no doubt that someone is going to be complaining about my data usage next month!
Here’s a link to (Linux) Ubuntu’s site and a tutorial for creating a bootable USB thumbdrive: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
There are several steps but it really isn’t that difficult. Once created you can boot your computer (desktop or laptop) to the Linux OS (note that you can do this with more than just Ubuntu) without changing a thing on your computer’s hard drive - just make sure you specify “run from USB” and not “Install Ubuntu”!
I also found a u-toob vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFeri7UiYNs
Thanks!
On my machine (Mac), the Firefox binary is a "universal binary", containing both 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (x86_64) architectures.
However, according to Activity Monitor, the running process is 64-bit. In fact, of the 216 processes running, only three are 32-bit: the Logitech Control Center Daemon, Remote Desktop Connection, and the Microsoft AU Daemon (auto-updater for Office). The Logitech binary has only i386, and the two Microsoft apps have only ppc (the obsolete PowerPC architecture) and i386.
Thanks for the link. That’s better than I found.
Don’t understand why someone doesn’t put it all together in one step though. A lot of us are willing to give Linux another chance.
You are welcome. I admit that I’m (very) little more than a Linux hobbyist. I know how to install it and do some basic customizations but I can’t tweak it like I can a windows machine.
And you’re right - there’s a lot of random Linux information but they could use some polish - and some better focus. Take a few profiles - the Gamer, the Correspondent, the (web) Surfer, and provide them with a step by step how to turn their machines into comfortable, comprehensive workstations.
Maybe someday.
I use duck duck go.
Microsoft Band? Any songs I know?
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