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Microsoft’s high-end Surface Go includes a Type Cover for $599 - The Verge

Posted: 03 Feb 2020 08:15 AM PST

Microsoft's Surface Go tablet comes bundled with a Type Cover at the Microsoft Store and Best Buy for $599.99, which is around $80 off the price you'd normally pay for both items: $549 for the tablet component alone, then another $100 or so for the Type Cover. This deal is for the fastest configuration of the Surface Go, which features 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. (Note: it's not fast compared to a standard Surface Pro 7, though it performed better than Dieter Bohn expected in his review.) One thing to note about storage: this model comes with an SSD, not the far slower eMMC storage that comes standard in the baseline model.

If you decide to purchase one through Best Buy, you'll need to be a My Best Buy member (it's free to sign up and only requires an email address) to reap the discount. Just activate the coupon and you'll see the price fall at checkout. At the Microsoft Store, simply build the bundle and check out.

The latest generation of Apple's iPad mini rarely budges in price, but today's $50 discount at Amazon makes it a little more affordable. At $349.99, it's still not cheap compared to a seventh-gen iPad (which you can buy for $100 less), but there are a few reasons why this model might be a good choice for you.

This model's A12 Bionic processor is a few leaps ahead of what's inside the standard iPad, and it comes with 64GB of storage by default instead of 32GB. It also has a laminated display, making the colors and pixels on the LCD pop more than they appear to on the cheaper iPad.

Speaking of the iPad, Pad & Quill makes quality leather cases for Apple's tablet lineup, and it is hosting a big sale on them. It's offering up to 50 percent off select cases, bringing most of its catalog of iPad cases into the realm of affordability.

A few Verge-exclusive deals on Ring cameras (by way of Daily Steals) are still happening. Each of the three products are being discounted well below their usual retail cost. And just so you know, these are new and come with their usual one-year manufacturer warranty.

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Microsoft fixing Teams outage that disrupted business--expired certificate to blame - USA TODAY

Posted: 03 Feb 2020 07:46 AM PST

Edward C. Baig USA TODAY

Published 12:14 PM EST Feb 3, 2020

So much for "team" work. Microsoft Teams experienced an outage Monday with its business-oriented communications and collaborative platform and rival to Slack.

Microsoft said that the issue was related to an expiring "authentication certificate," and that it was working on a replacement that would "remediate impact."

Some users had been able to get into Teams through the Teams app on the phone, but not through the desktop app.

Service on the Teams desktop was restored for at least some folks around 11:30 a.m, east coast time, as Microsoft rolled out its fix.

"We're sorry--we've run into an issue," is the message users saw when they tried to log in from the desktop app earlier in the day.

The outage was felt globally, with users on the Downdetector.com site reporting Teams having been down in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Germany and Italy.

Microsoft's explanation for the Teams outage invited scorn on social media.

"Microsoft Teams goes down after Microsoft forgot to renew a certificate. That's embarrassing!," tweeted Kevin Shoaf.

Business people felt the pain of the Teams' disruptions.

Teams user Andrew Choi tweeted, "Microsoft Teams, what now? We have a meeting and can't proceed of it. Ugh."

Another user, E-C, tweeted, "Microsoft Teams is down and I feel lost."

Are you still having problems accessing Microsoft Teams? Email: ebaig@usatoday.com; Follow @edbaig on Twitter

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