Apps

The Windows Ink revolution began with the Anniversary Update back in August – that’s also when the Maps app initially gained support for Windows Ink; Windows 10 is meant to work on a variety of devices – a whole bunch of them, being equipped with touchscreens. On touch screen devices, …

After recently updating the Bing app on Android with features like 360 Search and music search, the Bing team isn’t taking a rest; an update for the Android app released today adds an incredibly useful feature – search by image. Once you have the latest update, you can take a …

Windows 10 is not just an operating system – it is the key to a unified ecosystem of platforms that were once separate but are now one thanks to Windows 10. Microsoft introduced UWP with Windows 8 – while the OS failed to take off, UWP continues to be present …

Microsoft is rolling out a major update for the Bing app on Android – adding a whole bunch of new features and improving the ones already present; the app now can now recognize music playing around you, and help you find local businesses with 360 Search. Microsoft built Bing in …

Microsoft Groove – a music service that many people are not aware of, despite it being pre-installed on every Windows 10 device. The service is Microsoft’s answer to Apple Music and Google Play Music. Groove isn’t Microsoft’s first foray into the music streaming business – in fact, Microsoft was one …

The Microsoft Surface marketing team is challenged by a monumental task – Microsoft’s most ambitious endeavour into the hardware market introduces a lot of new ideas, some of which are not obvious at first look. Last week, the Surface Studio team released a whole bunch of videos showing off the …

Microsoft is expanding the Office ecosystem – this time, in partnership with Google; Microsoft is working on bringing the Office for Android apps to Chrome OS. The partnership comes after Google announced that the Play Store would be coming to Chrome OS devices – and therefore, most, if not all, …

The Microsoft Garage Lab exists to help turn random projects by Microsoft employees into a product; this helps the employees by letting them be creative at their job while giving Microsoft opportunities to build something extraordinary. The latest to come out of Microsoft Garage is Colour Binoculars – an app …

Only three days ago, a leaked email from the WhatsApp team suggested they were working on adding two-factor authentication; today, it is here in the latest beta for Windows phone devices. This was pretty fast – we noted earlier that the process is probably in its last stages, considering that’s …

Turning back the clock; back in June of 2015, Microsoft acquired a Berlin-based company – Wunderlist – with just about 13 million active users at the time. It was a great decision – it’s yet another application in Microsoft’s productivity suite, and it’s mature enough to be – perhaps – …