Katherine Adams Joins Apple as General Counsel & SVP

With the retirement of longtime general counsel Bruce Sewell —Apple today announced that Katherine Adams, formerly senior vice president and general counsel of Honeywell, will join Apple as general counsel and senior vice president of Legal and Global Security, reporting to CEO Tim Cook and serving on Apple’s executive team. 

The company also announced Bruce Sewell, who has served as Apple’s general counsel since 2009, will be retiring at the end of the year.

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Hundreds of new emoji coming to iPhone and iPad

Emoji have become the preferred way to quickly communicate ideas and now iOS is making giving users more precise options with hundreds of new emoji. 

Hundreds of new emoji, including more emotive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, clothing options, food types, animals, mythical creatures and more, are coming to iPhone and iPad with iOS 11.1.

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Google Store now focuses on selling Google-made products

The internet was abuzz with news earlier that Android Wear might have been abandoned by Google after the section dedicated to these products disappeared from the Google Store. But it seems the reason isn’t as drastic as that one. With the growing number of Google hardware, it seems the company wants to focus on promoting and selling Google-made products. Hoi Lam, a Googler who works with the Android Wear team, confirmed this news on Twitter. Lam adds they have been working over the past year on “custom store fronts with online retailers” for Android Wear. You can see his series of tweets below the cut. 

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Microsoft brings Edge browser to iOS and Android

If you’ve been waiting for Microsoft to bring its Windows 10 browser to mobile, the wait is almost over. We say almost as Microsoft is initially rolling out the preview Edge browser app to iOS and Android users in the US and only available in English, for now. You’ll need to be part of Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program, which you can sign up for here. The preview app is already available to iOS users and will be coming to Android soon.

If you use Edge on your desktop, then this will bring all your Favorites, Reading List, Reading View, and New Tab Page from the PC to your phone. And then like Apple’s Handoff feature, you can open a page on your phone and send that right off to your laptop or desktop.

Source: Windows Blogs