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• Building boom as hyperscale data centre count reaches 430

  The number of large data centres operated by hyperscale providers increased by 11 per cent in 2018, spearheaded by AWS, Microsoft, Google and IBM.

• Why full-Chromium Edge means end times for Internet Explorer

  Microsoft's decision to adopt the Chromium open-source code to power its Edge browser could mean a sooner-than-expected end to support for Internet Explorer.

• How Google plans to reinvent the user interface

  Google’s next move will be like 'Minority Report,' but on your watch, toaster and factory floor.

• How Microsoft lost the web to Chrome

  Through outright neglect, Microsoft handed over the fate of its web browser - and its ability to shape the online world - to rival Chrome.

• Microsoft tries to take on the Chromebook once more

  Will the third time be the charm, or will Windows Lite join Windows 10 S and Windows RT as failed Windows variations?

• Serverless in the cloud: AWS vs. Google Cloud vs. Microsoft Azure

  With AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Microsoft Azure Functions, a little bit of business logic can go a very long way

• What's keeping enterprises from using G Suite?

  While Google has spent the past year trying to woo enterprises to its G Suite productivity service, it’s still the underdog compared to Microsoft Office, at least among large businesses. So what’s keeping it from broader appeal?

• How Google overtook Apple in education

  Apple's longtime lock on the education market began to fall apart when Google first introduced Chromebooks more than five years ago. Here's how Google swept in and started to push Apple out.

• The 5 funniest Google Assistant responses

  Google’s new digital assistant – called Google Assistant – has upped the level of A.I. available to regular phone users thanks to the new Google Pixel phone and the Allo chat app. It assistant offers more than just voice recognition – it understands the context of what you’re saying. We suspect that the developers have also had some fun baking in some tongue-in-cheek responses.

• I switched to Google's Pixel phone and survived

  Google tried to simplify the process of moving to a Pixel from the iPhone. Here's how that shook out for one Apple die-hard.

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  Case Study | Partner initiative boosts reseller into Google’s top 10 results

  If you believe your website is not serving your needs as well as it could be but don’t know where to begin correcting the issues, SAP has provided a case study that delves into Synchrony’s story and how NEXTGEN’s agency Bang was able to reinvent the company’s digital presence.