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iOS 11.3 is out Trump tweets his concerns about Amazon.

Atlanta is digitally held hostage and Ripple donates to charity.

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News of a huge executive and organizational reshuffling at Microsoft today. Terry Meerson, Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Windows, will leave the company, quote,

in the coming months.

In his wake, a new group will be formed at Microsoft called Experiences and Devices, which will now group Windows and Office operations

together under a single banner.

Microsoft CEO Satcha Nadella said in an email to employees,

quote, the purpose of this team is to instill a unifying product

ethos across our end user experiences and devices.

Computing experiences are evolving to include multiple senses

and are no longer bound to one device at a time

but increasingly spanning many

as we move from home to work and on the go."

The Virges Tom Warren tweeted about this news, quote,

I think it's clear from Microsoft's rework today

that the future of Windows will power Microsoft's cloud and AI efforts.

Microsoft needs to swing towards thinking about software and services that follow people across devices that aren't running Windows.

And Carolina Milanese tweeted,

it seems to me that Nadella is setting up Microsoft to deliver what really matters.

Not an OS, but an experience.

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