At long last, the time for bringing the faithfully awaited Creators Update to the Windows 10 masses have come. It wasn’t an easy journey, and it took Microsoft several months of hard work to get here, but now it’s ready. Microsoft announced the Creators Update back in October at its …
Read More »Xbox can now transcript voice chat on Xbox One and Windows 10
The PC and console gaming communities are quite different. The consoles gamers boast about being able to trade their games, and game on a comfy couch. The PC gamers, on the other hand, have pretty graphics and compatibility with every input device ever made. However, there is one difference that …
Read More »Windows 10 may download some updates over metered connections with Creators Update
Windows 10 haven’t been a very popular choice among users and organizations dealing with data scarcity. Microsoft gave users a surprise by installing Windows 10 on their services during its free upgrade phase, but the horrors didn’t stop there. Windows 10 does not give an option to pause updates. That’s …
Read More »Microsoft’s Arrow launcher for Android updates with tablet support and more
Just two weeks ago, the Microsoft Garage team behind the Arrow launcher for Android pushed a beta update that added support for Android tablets. Today, that update is rolling out to everyone. The Update Today’s update bumps the version to v3.1. The rate at which these updates are coming out …
Read More »Microsoft Teams now open to all Office 365 subscribers, updates with new features
Microsoft unveiled Teams as a Preview in November last year with great promises. Designed by the Skype team at Microsoft, Teams is an answer to Slack’s growth in enterprise communication. It integrates heavily with other Microsoft services, like Skype, and that’s where its strength lies. Today, Microsoft Team have hit …
Read More »Chrome will soon limit the resources a background tab uses on Windows
Microsoft’s pitch for the Edge browser usually starts with the improved battery life. Edge uses far fewer resources, directly affecting the power consumption. Less power consumption means longer battery life, and it’s also better for the environment. Google, on the other hand, have said its Chrome browser is not as …
Read More »Xbox One gets the OneDrive UWP app, can open Office files
The Xbox Insider program has its nuances and is a bit more complicated than the Windows Insider program. The four tiers of Insiders for Xbox get access to different builds and features; Insiders on the Alpha Ring were recently greeted by a surprising development: a File Explorer for Xbox One. …
Read More »Skype extension for Google Chrome updated with Twitter, email, and calendar integrations
The Skype extension for Google Chrome has so far merely provided a way to access messages and calls via ‘Skype for Web.’ It also acted as a decent Skype client for Google’s ChromeOS. Today’s update makes it just a bit more useful for everyone who relies on Skype and Chrome. The …
Read More »PlayStation 4 games can soon be played on Windows with PlayStation Now
In the Spring of April 2015, Sony acquired OnLive. At the time, it was just a startup with a subscription service that promised gamers a world where they could play PC video games on any device – even an iPad. Alas, times change. Sony took OnLive’s technology and turned it …
Read More »Windows bug increases Ryzen benchmark scores artificially
AMD revealed their top-tier Ryzen R7 CPUs two weeks ago, followed by a launch on the 2nd of March. Since the launch, several reviewers have performed benchmarks and tests to judge their performance against Intel’s dominant CPUs. However, there appears to be a problem. The HPET The ‘High Precision Event …
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