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

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Apple shelves its plan to get workers back into the office

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

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Microsoft is rolling out its future of Outlook

By Max Slater-Robins published

Outlook update has already proven controversial among users.

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Python is about to solve one of its most frustrating issues

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

Office 365 vs G Suite

Google will no longer penalize free G Suite legacy users

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

Google Chat

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

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

Yik Yak app

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

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

Weibo

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

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

Google Workspace

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

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

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Airbnb will let all employees work from anywhere they like

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

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

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

play store

Google blocked an alarming number of dangerous Android apps last year

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

revenue

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

By Max Slater-Robins published

Microsoft and Alphabet had similar but different Q1 results.

Play Store

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

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

Google Docs logo

Google Docs update eliminates an extremely common frustration

By Max Slater-Robins published

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

Bored Ape Yacht Club

Hackers just stole millions of dollars' worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs

By Max Slater-Robins published

Millions of dollars worth of NFTs were stolen in Instagram phishing attack.

Safari Tab Groups screenshot

More web browser variety may be coming to iOS, leak suggests

By Max Slater-Robins published

The EU's DSA targets companies developing browsers, potentially impacting Apple's Safari on iOS.

GitHub

The latest GitHub update solves major headaches for developers

By Max Slater-Robins published

Developers will get improvements to pull requests and more as part of GitHub Desktop 3.0.

Amazon

Amazon has a cunning plan to snatch up even more of the ecommerce market

By Max Slater-Robins published

Amazon has announced a new $1 billion innovation fund.

gavel

Google's $5 billion Mandiant acquisition just hit another snag

By Max Slater-Robins published

The US Department of Justice is taking a closer look at Google's acquisition plans.

European Union

Google, Meta and the rest will be forced to explain their mysterious algorithms

By Max Slater-Robins published

The EU is pushing ahead with regulations to more closely monitor Google, Meta, and other giants.

Brave

Brave adopts Reddit to give you the search results you're really looking for

By Max Slater-Robins last updated

After criticism of Google, Brave wants to help surface more useful results.

Google Docs

Google Docs is having some serious issues with its new 'inclusive language' warnings

By Max Slater-Robins published

There's a fine line between being helpful and being annoying – and Google Docs has crossed it

Organizing Ideas

Many workers really aren't enjoying the return to the office

By Max Slater-Robins published

Slack says employees are finding it hard to give up remote working.

Developers

Developers are split over Web3 and the future of the web

By Max Slater-Robins published

Web3, blockchains, and the future of the web itself are all key topics for developers, Stack Overflow finds.

DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo pushes back on suggestions that it removed pirate websites

By Max Slater-Robins published

DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg rejected the claims on Twitter.

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