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Microsoft has announced a new Microsoft 365 plan that will serve as the bottom rung for a group it has dubbed "firstline workers," people who take calls, ring up sales, interact with customers and spend their shift on factory floors or in the field.

The subscription, unveiled last week, will be labeled Microsoft 365 F1 and is to go on sale April 1.

Because that product title was already taken - a same-named subscription launched two and a half years ago in September 2017 - the previous Microsoft 365 F1 was rebranded as Microsoft 365 F3. (Microsoft has an aversion to even-numbered IDs for its subscriptions.)

Not surprisingly considering its lower-numbered name, Microsoft 365 F1 contains fewer components, offers less functionality and costs less than the new F3 (née F1).

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Apple is attempting to do as much as it can to contribute to the global response to the Coronavirus pandemic. We&ve identified 17 things Apple has done so far, quite apart from the work it will be doing behind the scenes to fix its supply chains, in the fight.

Apple warned its investors

Apple in mid-February warned investors that it would fail to meet its previous estimated revenue targets of $63 billion to $67 billion.At the time, it cited lower customer demand in Greater China, but this now seems to have become a global problem. The companystock continues to decline, though most analysts anticipate recovery toward the end of the year.

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