Microsoft’s Groove service has been trying to fill up the space that Zune left with its demise. The Groove app is pre-installed on every Windows 10 PC – though, not many are aware of its existence on Windows 10. Groove, of course, was earlier known as Xbox Music, and was …
Read More »Enpass password manager adds Cortana integration in the latest update
The popular offline cross-platform password manager, Enpass, has today updated its Windows 10 app with a few new features – the major one being full Cortana support. The Enpass app has had an excellent Windows 10 UWP app for Windows 10 on PC’s as well as Windows 10 Mobile for …
Read More »Xbox Head Phil Spencer says mixed-reality headsets are the ‘final destination’ for VR gaming
VR has finally gained the momentum it has been struggling for the past two decades – it has become the talk of industries everywhere. According to Phil Spencer, however, VR is only half the step – mixed reality is where things are headed to in the long term. Phil expressed …
Read More »Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube combine forces to fight terrorism online
Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are going to build a database of terrorist imagery and terrorist recruitment propaganda that have been removed from their respective services. This database will be shared among the quartet, hoping to curb the terrorist content online. The database will contain “hashes” – digital fingerprint of …
Read More »The challenges of bringing x86 apps to ARM64 processors
Microsoft is trying to emulate x86 applications on the ARM64 processors, which would allow mobile devices like phones and tablets to run desktop applications – something particularly useful to the Continuum feature in Windows 10 Mobile. Microsoft has a monumental task at hand – this is a challenge nobody else …
Read More »Microsoft pays $650 for misleadingly upgrading a PC to Windows 10
Windows 10 launched as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8/8.1 users, but it did a bit more than that – it essentially forced you to do it. Microsoft has remained quite unapologetic about its behavior during the dark times – it is, however, hard to forget the stories …
Read More »Microsoft renewed attempt at AI chatbots: meet Microsoft’s Zo
A few months ago, Microsoft surprised the world with Tay, an AI chatbot on Twitter, which could learn about the world by interacting with people on the world-wide-web. The surprise and awe of Tay quickly turned into a horrific display of misguided intelligence, as the bot learned many of the …
Read More »Windows Mobile market share shrinks further in November
Not that this is a surprise, but Windows Mobile isn’t in a very good shape – and it’s not getting better; the Windows Phone platform was clinging on to about 1.95% of the total market share, and now it has fallen further. According to NetMarketShare, Windows Phone now only shares …
Read More »Microsoft’s HomeHub to compete with Google Home and Amazon Echo
A few weeks ago we reported about a leaked and upcoming feature for Windows 10 – the HomeHub; at the time, it wasn’t clear what the HomeHub would offer, except that it would include a shared desktop for the family known as ‘Family Desktop.’ While Google and even Amazon have …
Read More »Hulu now offers 4K streaming for Xbox One S and PS4 Pro
Hulu is now offering select shows and movies from its library in 4K UHD; the streaming service requires a stable 13 megabits per second internet connection, and a display that supports the UHD resolution. There’s one more requirement: Xbox One S, or PlayStation 4 Pro; as for the moment, these …
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