Microsoft Research has always worked on some of the most crazy-yet-practical ideas and projects. Most of these projects don’t witness the light of day, but some do – like this one. Machine Learning There was once a time when developers and programmers used to create very specific conditions to “teach” …

Brexit strikes once again: in October last year, Microsoft bumped the prices for many of its enterprise services in the UK. The move came after Brexit’s volatility caused GBP to lose its value at a steep rate. Today, the average UK consumer is feeling the heat of Brexit as Microsoft …

Yesterday Amazon announced Chime – its very own unified messaging solution that competes with the likes of Skype for Business. Today, Amazon has a treat for Alexa users invested into Microsoft’s ecosystem. Amazon has added the option to connect a Microsoft account with Alexa. The link would allow Alexa to …

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, and it’s a new app from Microsoft Garage. Microsoft Garage has given us an SMS Organizer, a fancy Clipboard, an app that helps the colour-blind, and even an Android lock screen. Today, it’s giving us a faster and easier way to search …

Microsoft announced – and launched as a preview – the Outlook Premium service in October last year. Today, the service has shed its tag of preview and is now generally available to all who are willing to pay for it. The news comes via Thurott.com; Microsoft has not made an …

Amazon has today announced a new product targeting the throne of Skype for Business, Cisco’s WebEx, and even Google’s Hangouts to some extent. Amazon Chime is a unified messaging service that supports video and audio conference calls, 1-to-1 video and audio calls, text chat, file sharing, and screen sharing. While …

Intel is preparing to launch its eighth processors. Intel held its annual Investors Day last week, where the company revealed more details about its next generation of processors. With a Coffee Lake moniker, the chips will offer a performance boost of up to 15% – something that has become the standard …

In October, last year Razer launched the Blade Pro and spared no expense. The Blade Pro is a beast – you can read more about it here – but the monstrosity has a starting price of $3,800; suffice to say, it’s not affordable for the majority. Thankfully, Razer has a …

The Outlook app for iOS and Android have had the ‘Focused Inbox’ feature for quite some time. The idea is to create a new section within the Inbox; an algorithm developed by Acompli – an email client acquired by Microsoft in 2014 – then highlights emails it deems important. The …

VR is an industry in its infancy. After several years of promises followed by Kickstarter projects, 2016 became the year of VR. Oculus Rift was released into the wild, and so was HTC Vive, but there was trouble brewing within the industry right at the beginning. Oculus Rift was initially …