Today is quite a big day for anyone waiting on AMD to release their Vega GPUs. NVidia just made the decision harder by releasing a brand new GPU – perhaps the most powerful consumer GPU ever to be made – and bringing some of that new magic to its older …
Read More »Microsoft Word to get a new Editor pane, will help with grammar and more
Microsoft Word is quite possibly the best document creation tool around. The amount of features Microsoft has managed to cram into it is quite insane, and yet, the experience of using it remains sane. That’s the work of some good UX designers. Starting from today for the Office Insiders, the …
Read More »Microsoft’s Arrow Launcher for Android is testing tablet support
Whilst Windows 10 2-in-1s are apparently gaining traction against the hordes of Android tablets that have come before them; Microsoft still wants to be everywhere and offer its services on every platform. Microsoft’s Arrow Launcher for Android started as a mere Garage project, but now it is one of the …
Read More »Porsche Design’s Book One is an expensive Windows 10 2-in-1
It’s not every day you hear the words ‘Porsche’ and ‘Windows 10’ in the same sentence. Today is that day. Porsche Design is a subsidiary of Porsche SE – yes the folks who make supercars. Porsche Design does not make supercars, rather, the company is focused on fashion, timepieces, sports …
Read More »Samsung’s Galaxy Book is a Windows 10 2-in-1, comes in two sizes
The Mobile World Congress is all about – surprisingly – mobile devices. Whilst there are a bazillion new smartphones running Android, there are quite a few 2-in-1 tablet-laptop hybrids running Windows 10 as well. Windows 10 is everywhere at this year’s MWC; Samsung today announced a spiritual successor to its …
Read More »Microsoft is killing the Skype Wi-Fi service on March 31st
Microsoft today announced that it will axe the Skype WiFi service on the 31st of March. Why, you ask? Microsoft won’t tell. Skype Access The idea of Skype WiFi was quite simple: people use Skype to stay in contact with family and friends while away from them; ergo, people need the …
Read More »Windows 10 2-in-1s dominate the MWC 2017 show floor, as Android tablets struggle
Here’s a bit of success in Microsoft’s consumer endeavors. After unsuccessfully pushing Windows onto the tablet form-factor with Windows 8 and 8.1; Microsoft finally managed to innovate and find a good balance between the power of a desktop and the usability of a tablet. Microsoft’s efforts are now paying off, …
Read More »Alcatel’s Plus 12 is a 2-in-1 tablet with LTE and a fingerprint sensor
The Mobile World Congress is proceeding as expected in the lovely city of Barcelona; a whole bunch of companies are refreshing their mobile offerings. Alcatel’s Plus 12, is a successor to the Plus 10 it introduced at MWC 2016. [huge_it_gallery id=”22″] The 2-in-1 Alcatel has increased the screen size …
Read More »Twitch to start selling video games, streamers to get a cut
Well, this is a surprise. Twitch, the streaming service acquired by Amazon in 2014, has today made a significant announcement. The streaming service, beginning from sometime this Spring, will start selling video games. This, of course, affects Microsoft’s plans for Beam, whom Microsoft acquired last year in a bid to …
Read More »Google’s Project Zero releases a Zero-Day vulnerability in Microsoft Edge & IE
Here comes Google, creating trouble for Microsoft once more. Google’s in-house zero-day exploit-discovery team, Project Zero, have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Edge browsers. Technically, Project Zero found this exploit about 90 days ago; the Google team possesses expertise in discovering zero-day exploits and reports them …
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