Microsoft announced its third-quarter 2019 results in a press release. Highlights are Revenue was $30.6 billion and increased 14% percent.Operating income was $10.3 billion and increased 25 percent.Net income was $8.8 billion and increased 19 percent.Diluted earnings per share was $1.14 and increased 20 percent. An impressive result by any standard. In the last five […]
Category Archives: computing
Schools moving to the cloud
Network for Learning says ‘moving to the cloud’ is on the to-do list for many New Zealand schools. Here’s the first of a series of posts I’ve written for the N4L blog that aim to demystify the cloud and how to make use of it. It’s written for a non-technical audience. “Cloud computing is using […]
New iPad, Mac models; odd choices
Earlier this week Apple announced new iPads and refreshed iMac models. Both product lines needed an update and, for the most part, Apple delivered. Yet there are some odd choices. 2019 iPad update While there are two iPads in the announcement, they are, in effect, two different sized versions of the same hardware. The 2019 […]
Apple’s profits sour and deep fakes get deeper
Listen to my RNZ Nine-to-Noon segment online. This week I look at Apple’s recent run of bad news where the world’s first trillion dollar company has seen its profits drop just as a new security bug was discovered by a teenager. Also on the segment I talked about the world’s first commercial quantum computer and […]
Unisys Security Index: Commercial digital identity services face fear barrier
New Zealanders are happy using digital identities to deal with government agencies. Yet, according to the 2018 Unisys Security Index survey, we’re less happy using similar digital identities for financial transactions, paying for things and other commercial applications. Take the idea of having an emergency button a phone so you can send your location to […]