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• Gmail overhaul aimed at luring businesses away from Microsoft

  Google has unveiled its first Gmail redesign since 2013, capping what the company says was an expensive overhaul two years in the making.

• Federal prosecutors target Windows 10 over data concerns

  Federal prosecutors in Brazil asked a court to force Microsoft to change its default installation process for Windows 10, which they said violated several local laws.

• Microsoft boosts anti-phishing skills of Chrome, the IE and Edge killer

  Redmond releases add-on for Chrome – dubbed 'Windows Defender Browser Protection' – effectively giving up a major asset in its own Edge browser.

• How Anatas linked up local logistics group’s cloud-first IT strategy

  ​When Linx embarked on a cloud-first overhaul with Dell Boomi, local partner Anatas stepped in to help weave the new systems together.

• AWS must lower cloud adoption barriers to maintain leadership position

  Amazon Web Services needs to lower the barriers to cloud adoption, otherwise it will lose out to closest cloud rivals Google and Microsoft.

• How to defer Windows 10 updates

  Windows 10 forces updates on home users, but Windows 10 Pro users can slow down feature upgrades if they want.

• Windows 10 Spring Creators Update: The best hidden features

  Microsoft’s Windows 10 upgrade, code-named Redstone 4 and informally known as the Spring Creators Update, offers many smaller additions and changes you might miss. We've highlighted them here.

• 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

• Microsoft shrinks Windows 10's upgrade downtime

  Beginning with the upcoming spring update to the OS – likely to arrive in early April – users will find the upgrade process is faster.

• Windows 10 shows users what data it collects and phones in

  With Windows Insider build 17083, Microsoft responded to criticism about transparency by adding a 'Diagnostic Data Viewer' app to the OS for beta users to try out.

• Microsoft turns up heat on Slack with Teams group chat update

  A Teams app directory is among the new features added to the company’s Office 365 group chat tool. Analysts say Microsoft is looking to match rivals like Slack in functionality.

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