IBM acquires open source software maker Red Hat for $35 billion

Considered to be the largest acquisition of a software company, IBM has just bought open source and Linux pioneering company Red Hat for US $35 billion. This deal will result in a merger propels IBM as an enterprise cloud computing provider. Now facing off against Amazon's AWS and Microsoft's Azure Cloud, IBM says that its services will allow more businesses to shift their operations online, and that the proprietary nature of existing cloud systems means that it’s harder to move and secure data from system to system.

Red Hat president and CEO Jim Whitehurst sharedthe following, "we have barely scratched the surface of the opportunity that is ahead of us. Open source is the future of enterprise IT. We believe our total addressable market to be $73 billion by 2021. If software is eating the world - and with digital transformation occurring across industries, it truly is - open source is the key ingredient. Powered by IBM, we can dramatically scale and accelerate what we are doing today. Imagine Red Hat with greater resources to grow into the opportunity ahead of us."

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First impressions of the iPhone XR

Chrome 70 enables picture-in-picture mode on the desktop

You can buy refurbished 15-inch 2018 MacBook Pro models from Apple

Pixel 3 XL supports 1440p 60fps HDR playback

Google's Pixelbook getting Android Pie via Chrome OS Canary update

File recovery solutions that are not for computer whizzes

Nine of 10 smart speakers in the US are either from Amazon or Google

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Daredevil Season 3 proving the right formula for Netflix and Marvel

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New Logitech Capture public beta to simplify video production with professional controls

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It’s easier to clear out your Google search history

Peloton opens second Canadian retail showroom at Yorkdale Shopping Centre

Gboard is testing offline voice typing

Netflix's 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' strikes the middle ground between teen drama and horror series

Google Photos’ Live Albums feature has a 10,000-photo limit

Snapchat comes to the desktop with Snap Camera

It’s now easier create new files with Google Drive

OnePlus starts rolling out Project Treble support for 5 and 5T smartphones

Promised earlier in the year, OnePlus is finally bringing support for Project Treble for both the OnePlus 5 and 5T. This software update (OxygenOS 5.1.6) is rolling out in stages and should be making its way to all devices in the coming days. Project Treble is a feature made by Google to make it easier for manufacturers to develop and release software upgrades to supported devices. The feature separates the framework of Android operating system from the system images of the chipset vendor, allowing Google to distribute OS upgrades without waiting for these chipset manufacturers to modify their system images.

Aside from bringing Project Treble support, OnePlus is also bringing in the October 2018 Android Security Patch, which fixes vulnerabilities found in the Android OS, and an instability fix for the Bluetooth connection on the phones. For the Indian carrier IDEA, the 5 and 5T also get VoLTE service support.

Source: Android Headlines

It’s now easier create new files with Google Drive

A new trick coming to Google Drive will make it easier to create new docs, sheets, slides, and the like. You no longer have to head to Google Drive with these new shortcuts, which we think are quite a time-saver. But, of course, you’ll need to know what these are to get use out of them. And the great thing is you don’t even have to be on Chrome to type these shortcuts out. So, click on the link to see the complete list.

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