Microsoft has angered users over the past year for its willingness to push the boundaries of acceptable practice for promoting adoption of its operating system. Also, some feel it crossed that line with respect to user data collection and privacy concerns. However, Microsoft stands to garner a lot more criticism if its recent patent filing comes to life in a production software product. The title of the patent is “Query Formulation Via Task Continuum” and it aims to make it easier for apps to share data in real-time so that the user can perform better searches...



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