Articles by Max Slater-Robins

Max Slater-Robins has been writing about technology for nearly a decade at various outlets, covering the rise of the technology giants, trends in enterprise and SaaS companies, and much more besides. Originally from Suffolk, he currently lives in London and likes a good night out and walks in the countryside.

Articles by: Max Slater-Robins

Apple says the App Store is actually really good for the economy

By Max Slater-Robins published 26 May 22

Apple report claims iOS App Store supports thousands of jobs and helps generate millions for global economy.

GitHub is making its coding helper free for students

By Max Slater-Robins published 25 May 22

Microsoft reveals pretty useful update for its Github Copilot coding helper.

Stripe is getting back into the bitcoin business

By Max Slater-Robins published 25 May 22

Stripe is adding more feathers to its cap, including letting merchants convert fiat to bitcoin.

UK fines Clearview AI, orders it to delete all data

By Max Slater-Robins published 24 May 22

Clearview AI sells access to its huge facial recognition database to companies and governments around the world.

GameStop is launching a crypto wallet

By Max Slater-Robins published 24 May 22

The original memestock, GameStop has announced it will launch a crypto wallet.

Broadcom eyes up multi-billion dollar deal for VMware

By Max Slater-Robins published 23 May 22

Broadcom reportedly considering $40bn deal to acquire VMware.

Microsoft 365 may finally make Outlook actually pleasant to use

By Max Slater-Robins published 23 May 22

Outlook will now work hand-in-hand with a bunch of other Microsoft 365 services.

An underrated Google Search feature is getting a major upgrade

By Max Slater-Robins published 20 May 22

Google is adding Twilio, Genesys, and Avaya as partners for Business Messages.

Meta wants you to run your business on WhatsApp

By Max Slater-Robins published 20 May 22

WhatsApp is rolling out some very business-friendly features, including Cloud API and other tools.

Google is officially leaving Russia

By Max Slater-Robins published 19 May 22

Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to have knock-on effects.

Young Couple Shopping Online On Laptop With Multi Colored Shopping Bags On Sofa

Plaid is coming to eat Stripe's lunch

By Max Slater-Robins published 19 May 22

Plaid has announced new tools that compete with Stripe's services.

Aerial photo of Apple new campus building

Apple shelves its plan to get workers back into the office

By Max Slater-Robins published 18 May 22

Apple had originally planned to have most staff return for three days per week.

One Outlook 2021 running on Windows 10 PC

Microsoft is rolling out its future of Outlook

By Max Slater-Robins published 18 May 22

Outlook update has already proven controversial among users.

Python is about to solve one of its most frustrating issues

By Max Slater-Robins published 17 May 22

Python should – hopefully – be getting a lot faster with its next update.

Google will no longer penalize free G Suite legacy users

By Max Slater-Robins published 17 May 22

If you're still using G Suite legacy edition, Google has some very, very good news.

Google Chat may tell on you when you're slacking off

By Max Slater-Robins published 16 May 22

A small tweak to Google Chat might help your boss keep an eye on you.

Anonymous bulletin app Yik Yak isn't so anonymous after all

By Max Slater-Robins published 16 May 22

Remember Yik Yak? Turns out it may have been leaking your data.

One of China's biggest social networks is revealing user locations to head off 'bad behaviour'

By Max Slater-Robins published 29 April 22

Using IP addresses, Weibo will begin showing the rough locations of users to combat 'bad behaviour'.

Google Workspace update will stop you hogging all the cloud storage capacity

By Max Slater-Robins published 29 April 22

Admins of the world, rejoice! Google is making managing storage less of a headache.

Airbnb will let all employees work from anywhere they like

By Max Slater-Robins published 29 April 22

Airbnb is the latest company to shift to a remote working model after the pandemic.

Facebook doesn't really know where all your data goes, leak suggests

By Max Slater-Robins published 28 April 22

Facebook ad engineers described their "open borders" system for data management.

Google blocked an alarming number of dangerous Android apps last year

By Max Slater-Robins published 28 April 22

Google has been working hard to cut down on bad apps in the Play Store.

Microsoft rides high on cloud and Windows, but Alphabet's profit takes a tumble

By Max Slater-Robins published 27 April 22

Microsoft and Alphabet had similar but different Q1 results.

Google Play Store now shows you how much data your Android apps are collecting

By Max Slater-Robins published 27 April 22

Google is adding labels to the Play Store showing how much data apps collect.

Google Docs update eliminates an extremely common frustration

By Max Slater-Robins published 27 April 22

Google is hoping to help users find items in the menus on Docs more quickly and easily.

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