Mercedes Turns Cars into Cars–offices: CLA Models Now Support Teams, Copilot & Intune | Cool Business Ideas

July 28, 2025July 27, 2025 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Mercedes-Benz is redefining the commuter experience: the latest CLA allows drivers to participate in Microsoft Teams video calls using the in-car camera—legally and safely while moving—and includes integrated Microsoft 365 Copilot and Intune management, positioning the vehicle as an official “third workspace.”

Impact:

Mercedes and Microsoft extend the boundaries of vehicle functionality, transforming cars into productivity hubs. Here’s how:

On-the-Go Meetings Drivers can now join Teams video calls via the in-car camera during transit, with the screen automatically blacking out shared content for safety compliance. AI-Powered Ride Assistance Integration of Microsoft 365 Copilot lets drivers handle emails and prep for meetings using voice commands—without needing to touch a device. Corporate-Grade Security With Microsoft Intune built into Mercedes’ MB.OS platform, cars can be managed like corporate devices, supporting enrollment, policies, and remote wiping.

Bid farewell to this small but helpful Windows 11 feature | Digital Trends

December 13, 2024December 12, 2024 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

As Microsoft mentions in a December 12 blog post, Windows 11 users will soon no longer receive future updates for the suggested actions menu. The helpful feature would offer you related actions when you copy items like dates or phone numbers with actions to create an event or make a call.

Microsoft first introduced the feature in a Windows 11 2022 update. It made the suggested actions menu appear and gave contextual information based on the copied data. Microsoft describes the feature as follows: “Suggested actions that appear when you copy a phone number or future date in Windows 11 are deprecated and will be removed in a future Windows 11 update.”

The feature’s end of support may be due to the decrease in usage and the upcoming release of the Click To Do features, which offer similar usability. However, it’s important to remember that Click To Do is only for Copilot+ PCs, so those with an older Windows 11 computer are left out of the cool kids’ club.

Everything AI allows you to do in Windows 11 that saves you time | Mashable

June 12, 2024June 11, 2024 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

AI is becoming a major part of our digital lives, and Microsoft has adopted the new tech with open arms. So much so that Microsoft now offers a huge range of AI tools straight from Windows 11, led by Microsoft’s new digital assistant, Copilot.

The real advantage of AI is that it can help you do your work faster. AI tools, at least right now, are excellent at helping users save time, so they can spend that time on other tasks. And, many more AI tools that can help you save time are on the way – so expect to be able to save more and more time over the next few months and years.

Curious about how you can save time in Windows 11 using AI? Here are the best features right now.

The 7 major things I expect to see at Computex 2024 | Digital Trends

May 29, 2024May 28, 2024 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Computex will be big this year. Coming off a seismic shift in the world of PCs just a week ago with the introduction of Copilot+, Computex is the perfect place for the rest of the industry to show off what it’s been up to. This year, I’ll be on the ground in Taipei City, Taiwan, and there are some key products I expect to see.

It won’t be long before we have all the juicy details on what AMD, Intel, and Nvidia have been working on, with the show going from June 4 to June 7. There are already plenty of breadcrumbs for what we could see get announced though, so let’s get into it.

Microsoft Build 2024: All the AI and hardware products Microsoft announced | TechCrunch

May 21, 2024May 20, 2024 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Microsoft wants to bring generative AI to the forefront of Windows — and the PCs running it. At a keynote ahead of its annual Build developer conference this week, the company unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it’s calling Copilot+ PCs, plus generative AI-powered features like Recall, which helps users find apps, files and other content they’ve viewed in the past. Copilot, Microsoft’s brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience. And new Microsoft Surface devices are on the way. We’ve rounded up all the major announcements here.