Microsoft added extension support to Edge with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update; it is a feature, that seems impossible to ignore while building your brand new browser – unless you are Microsoft. Frankly, the extension support should have been in Edge from the get-go – but better late than never. …
Read More »Samsung might sell its PC business to Lenovo for $850 million
It looks like Samsung doesn’t want to make PC’s anymore; according to a report by South Korea’s The Bell, Samsung has been negotiating with Lenovo about a sale of its PC division for a couple of months. Samsung very recently announced that Hewlett-Packard would be acquiring its printer division, so …
Read More »Playcast comes to the Xbox One, can stream content to Chromecast
Playcast first showed up on the Windows Store in December last year, and since then has received several updates improving its performance and adding new features. The app lets you stream local content from your Windows 10 device, as well as files from online cloud services such as Google Drive, …
Read More »Resident Evil 7 is coming to the Windows Store
Microsoft has been trying to make Windows Store more relevant in a Windows user’s life – alas, with not much success so far. The failure is amplified for the gaming sections of the Windows Store, because of the competition from existing – and very successful – stores such as Steam, …
Read More »Microsoft updates Arrow launcher for Android with performance improvements and new features
These little projects at Microsoft might get lost in the loudness of Windows, Office, and other Microsoft products – but these little things represent the biggest change at Microsoft; the ability to support an operating system such as Android demands commitment, and Microsoft seems to be delivering it. The Arrow …
Read More »Microsoft’s Surface Phone might be revealed at MWC in 2017
The rumor mill has started churning once more; it appears that Microsoft might be working on a phone of its own, with an anticipated reveal during MWC next year. There’s more: Microsoft also might be working on a Windows 10 Mobile device with HP – this time, for consumers, unlike …
Read More »Microsoft’s Office 365 now available in ten new markets
Microsoft is introducing ten new additions to the list of markets supported by Office 365 – bringing the total number of markets where Office 365 is available to 150. Microsoft claims that Office is used by more than 1.2 billion people around the world – that’s the entire population of …
Read More »Microsoft is providing dedicated support to Surface Studio owners
The Surface brand builds some of the most premium devices you could buy – they are innovative, and built as well as they look; the Surface devices, however, are not perfect and do have problems, more often than not. Microsoft recently started shipping the Surface Studio to those who had …
Read More »Microsoft releases Solitaire Collection for Android and iOS
Microsoft has been working on bringing its applications and services to platforms other than its own – it’s a new more open Microsoft, and none should be left behind; today, Microsoft has released its classic Solitaire Collection on Android and iOS. The game has been a favorite of many over …
Read More »Satya Nadella says Microsoft will build the ‘ultimate mobile device’
When Panos Panay took the stage at the Surface event back in October – he iterated and reiterated the fact that Microsoft is no longer interested in competing with the existing big players; the new Microsoft under Nadella, would rather build new categories of hardware that would make the existing …
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