Microsoft Windows Essentials 2012 has been among us for quite some time now. But as the company has been warning for some time , the suite of apps was slated to be gone by January 10, 2017.
January 10 has passed and we now know the link to download the installation file is no longer available at the Windows Essentials download page. But in case you have it already installed on your machine, Microsoft has stated that nothing will change and the suite of apps will still work as it has until now. Unfortunately, the company warns that the lack of support means an increased security risk over time.
Also, Microsoft has shared a list of recommended alternatives to those users who want to leave Windows Essentials 2012 behind, as follows:
As spotted by Thurrott, there are still two unofficial ways to download the installation files directly from Microsoft, even though there aren’t any guarantees of how long they will still be available.
Install Windows Essentials 2012 over the web or use the offline installer .
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Ann Arbor, Michigan-based FarmLogs has raised $22 million in a Series C round of funding for technology that helps farmers monitor and measure their crops, predict profits, manage risks from weather and pests and more. Naspers Ventures led the round, joined by the company’s earlier backers Drive Capital , Huron River Ventures , Hyde Park Venture Partners, SV Angel and individual investors including Y Combinator president Sam Altman.
According to CEO and co-founder of FarmLogs Jesse Vollmar, the company has invested heavily in satellite imagery and data since it graduated from the Y Combinator accelerator in 2012. It develops predictive models on top of that raw data to help farmers “program” their fields, Vollmar says.
“We analyze fields all around the U. S. all season long. We can highlight and alert farms when we see a problem developing, and send them out to examine and fix things they never would have caught on the ground. It’s all thanks to a multi-year history of performance satellite imagery,” he explained.
In one recent case, FarmLogs was able to help farmers who knew their neighbors were experiencing grasshopper infestations to pinpoint the bugs in their own massive operation, and stop the pests from spreading. In another typical case, FarmLogs users can see if an irrigation system has stopped working properly and part of their field is over- or under-watered, then go out and fix the system before washing away expensive inputs, like fertilizers or organic pesticides.
Vollmar grew up in a farming community and working for the family business, an organic corn farm. His company has focused on row crops, including corn and soybeans, which make up the bulk of agricultural production in the U. S. Vollmar said farmers like the company’s mobile app and website because it gives them access to data science without having to buy and install a bunch of new high-tech gear in their fields. FarmLogs works with all matter of data gathered from the farm equipment that agronomists do use, however, including tractors and other heavy equipment built by John Deere, Holland, Case Corporation and others.
FarmLogs, which employs about 70 full-time, plans to use the new round of capital for further hiring, and to make its technology known to even more row-crop farmers. With the funding round, Naspers Ventures’ head of U. S. investments, Mike Katz, will join FarmLogs board of directors.
The company’s main competition comes from Monsanto-owned Climate Corp. and its Climate FieldView application.

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Microsoft today announced a new build of Office 2016 for members of the Insider Program that are on the Slow ring. It’s build 7628.2048, but the version number is 1612, which indicates that it would be released last month in December. In fact, it’s even called the December update.
The company didn’t release an Office Insider build for Windows last month, so it’s probably just running a bit behind. Here’s the full changelog:
Despite the announcement being about the Windows build, the company also plugged its new Visio Viewer app for iPhone and iPad, which allows you to view your diagrams in « high fidelity ».
To sign up for Office Insider, open any Office app and go to File -> Account -> Office Insider. If that sounds a little fast-paced for you, don’t worry, as this update will likely roll out to Production within a couple weeks.

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JetBlue today announced that it has officially completed its fleet-wide rollout of Fly-Fi , bringing free wireless internet to all of its planes. The carrier first introduced the service in late 2013, bringing speeds of around 12 to 15Mbps — far surprising the wireless offerings available on other domestic flights at the time.
Along with installation on all of its planes, JetBlue has also been adding in-flight streaming service partners, including Amazon Video, part of a partnership between the two companies that lets non-Prime members shop through Amazon’s offerings, while Prime members get access to the usual content. A pretty good way for Amazon to get its hands on a captive audience.
The Wi-Fi offering also gives users the ability to stay connected from the gate to the plane, and vice versa — doing away with the standard airline cruising altitude requirement to fire up the wireless service. It’s night and day from the sluggish and pricey options offered by airlines that rely on third-party services like Gogo, where in-flight passes often cost around $19.
As the carrier also handily notes, it also helped pioneer the now-standard back-of-the-seat TV sets in domestic airlines.

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Desktop computers still have a future at Apple and remain « strategic » to the company, CEO Tim Cook has reassured staff, in response to a question during an internal Q&A with staff.
In the posting, Cook…

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