Windows Continuum: What happened when I used a Windows 10 phone as my PC

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Top Stories @PCWorld May 10, 2016 Windows Continuum: What happened when I used a Windows 10 phone as my PC I went all in on Windows Continuum: One week. One Windows phone and a few peripherals. No PC (gulp), and plenty to do. Here's what happened. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • The hidden challenges of booting from a USB flash drive • Amazon's new YouTube rival shoves cash at video creators • Windows 10 PC games level up with FreeSync, G-Sync, and unlocked frame rate support • 7 things you need to know about The Witcher 3's massive Blood and Wine expansion • 5 free/low-cost Wi-Fi analyzers for Windows 10 • Microsoft waives July's Windows 10 upgrade deadline for assistive-tech users • Facebook denies hiding conservative news posts • How to turn on 'Ok Google' detection • Apps that put Amazon Alexa on your phone aren't as good as they could be • IBM's Watson is going to cybersecurity school • Dropbox goes off to college with new Education service • Microsoft expands its Azure cloud platform to South Korea • How the skills shortage is transforming big data • The Oracle-Google jury includes at least one person with an aversion to tech The hidden challenges of booting from a USB flash drive Booting from a USB drive lets you get into your PC when its main operating system. But Windows and even your motherboard could work against you. Here's how to find out. Read More ▶ Amazon's new YouTube rival shoves cash at video creators Amazon Video Direct woos creators away from YouTube with a whole bunch of ways to make money. Read More ▶ Windows 10 PC games level up with FreeSync, G-Sync, and unlocked frame rate support A Windows 10 update today adds much-needed PC game support for FreeSync and G-Sync monitors, as well as unlocked frame rates. Read More ▶ 7 things you need to know about The Witcher 3's massive Blood and Wine expansion Beyond an entire new region, you'll also find tweaks for managing your inventory, a whole new skill tree, and Geralt's stand-up comedy career in Witcher 3's Blood and Wine DLC. Read More ▶ 5 free/low-cost Wi-Fi analyzers for Windows 10 Now we're reviewing apps, published as Universal Windows Platform apps on the Microsoft Store, that run on Windows 10 PCs, tablets and phones. The Wi-Fi features that developers can utilize in the Universal Windows Platform are still pretty limited. But these apps are inexpensive and/or free. Read More ▶ Microsoft waives July's Windows 10 upgrade deadline for assistive-tech users Microsoft says users of assistive technologies, such as a screen reader, won't have to upgrade to Windows 10 by the July 29 deadline. Read More ▶ Facebook denies hiding conservative news posts Facebook says it does not suppress conservative news sources or topics in the face of accusations to the contrary. Read More ▶ How to turn on 'Ok Google' detection Get an answer to any question that's on your mind, even if you're phone's in sleep mode. Read More ▶ Apps that put Amazon Alexa on your phone aren't as good as they could be Lexi and Roger can turn your phone into an Amazon Echo, but with limitations. Read More ▶ IBM's Watson is going to cybersecurity school The result will be a cloud service called Watson for Cyber Security that's designed to provide insights into emerging threats as well as recommendations on how to stop them. Read More ▶ Dropbox goes off to college with new Education service Dropbox launched a new service on Tuesday to help graduate students, college faculty and staff collaborate on files while they're at school. Read More ▶ Microsoft expands its Azure cloud platform to South Korea Microsoft announced Tuesday that it is expanding the global footprint of its cloud platform to South Korea, and that it has officially launched its previously announced datacenter in Canada. Read More ▶ How the skills shortage is transforming big data Even as hard-core "quants" are acquiring ever more sophisticated skills to help meet the demand at one end of the spectrum, traditional business people are getting more savvy about data analysis and presentation. Read More ▶ The Oracle-Google jury includes at least one person with an aversion to tech A lawyer, an accountant and a retired CFO are among the eight women and two men selected Monday to decide Oracle's huge copyright infringement case against Google. Read More ▶

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