Uber has been working on a lot of features to make their rides safer for both the drivers and riders. One of the new features uses Microsoft’s Cognitive Services API for sophisticated facial recognition. Uber announced the ‘Real-Time ID’ feature last week on their blog, and Microsoft showcased it at …
Read More »Uber will give you a free copy of FIFA 17 for Xbox One, but only if you are lucky enough
In an odd promotion, Uber will be giving away a copy of FIFA 17 to anyone who can get an Uber with a particular promotional code. FIFA 17 is already out now in North America and comes out on 29th for the rest of the world. Uber doesn’t care, however, …
Read More »Office 365 gets improved ‘Advanced Threat Protection’, Threat Intelligence and more
Microsoft introduced ‘Advanced Threat Protection’ last year to Office 365, since then it has been adopted by various enterprise customers. At the Ignite event today, Microsoft has announced a bunch of new security features for a variety of their enterprise software products, including Office 365. New Advanced Threat Protection features …
Read More »Edge browser gets an upgrade with the new Defender Application Guard
The Edge browser was built for Windows 10 from the ground up – it might use the same base as Internet Explorer, but it has built on top of it with advanced features. One such advancement is the upcoming ‘Application Guard’ feature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McP8ZGAInwI Coming to Windows 10 Enterprise edition sometime …
Read More »Adobe is going to deliver its cloud services via Azure, in partnership with Microsoft
The first day of Microsoft’s Ignite event has been quite busy; Microsoft has announced a new partnership with Adobe, in which Adobe will be bringing its Marketing Cloud, Creative Cloud and Document Cloud to Microsoft Azure. This partnership doesn’t just go one way; Microsoft will also be making Adobe Marketing …
Read More »OneDrive is bringing back Placeholders, renamed as ‘On-Demand Sync’
Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a product known as ‘Windows Live Mesh.’ This product was ingenious, and some would say even ahead of its time. It gave its user’s cloud storage that could sync with PCs – but it gave a few features …
Read More »Office 365 gets Bing integration and a few cloud-powered features
Office 365 proves that Software can be successfully deployed as a Service (that’s what Software as a Service (SaaS) means!). The subscription product by Microsoft has been a major success for businesses, as well as home users. Today is the first day of the Ignite event in Atlanta, and Microsoft …
Read More »Windows 10 now runs on 400 million active devices
Microsoft Ignite starts today in Atlanta, and this is one of the first statistics Microsoft has decided to share with us. Windows 10 is now powering 400 million active devices – however, the ‘devices’ are not strictly Windows 10. Three months ago, Windows 10 was running on 350 million devices. …
Read More »f.lux might be coming to the Windows Store
Microsoft has been working on the Desktop Bridge since more than a year – codenamed Project Centennial, the tool is built to convert regular Win32 apps to the new and modern AppX packages. Once they have been converted, they can then be distributed via the Windows Store. Thanks to the …
Read More »FIFA 17 Companion App now out for Windows Phone, iOS, and Android
The FIFA 17 release is just around the corner and in its anticipation, EA has released the companion app to go along with it. The app supports both Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Phone devices and works with any version of FIFA 17 – which is quite a long list …
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