Apps

At long last, here we are – the circle is complete; for those who have used the original Xbox – the one launched by Bill Gates himself – the name Xbox Media Player might ring a bell. It was an open source media player developed for the Xbox console. XBMP …

The Microsoft Teams team has released an update for their Android app, adding several new features. Microsoft built Teams to compete against the growing prevalence of Slack in the office environment; Teams’ addition into the Office 365 suite and the integration with several other Microsoft services make it more compelling than …

It’s time for Skype to leave behind its past and build a foundation for a better future. The Skype team at Microsoft have gone through rough patches; while the Skype experience – for users – have been somewhat static in the past few months, it has been going through a …

Yesterday Microsoft released an update for its Outlook app for iOS. The update added Add-ins, extending the capabilities of Outlook beyond the scope of Microsoft’s ecosystem. It’s a great feature. However, Microsoft’s announcement was for iOS; Microsoft mentioned that the Android app for Outlook would also receive this update soon, …

The Office team today delivered an update to its Outlook app for iOS; the update adds support for add-ins, much like Outlook on Windows, web, and the very recently updated Mac preview. Add-Ins, essentially, are minified apps; users can install these add-ins into Outlook, where they can perform various tasks …

Cortana on the iOS is getting something Android have had for a while: a beta program. Microsoft’s digital assistant is everywhere: from Windows 10-powered desktops and laptops to the Xbox One and all of the major mobile operating systems. If Microsoft’s plans are fruitful, it would soon be in a …

Microsoft Garage is an incredible incubator that lets its employees be creative and build upon new ideas that the company would have usually ignored. Sometimes these ideas are not good enough, or so good that a mainstream Microsoft product absorbs them. The Cache app and service showed up August of …

Microsoft’s Garage has given us a personal shopping assistant, an Android lock screen, a strange clipboard thing, an app to help the color blind, and much more. It’s a program that keeps giving, by allowing Microsoft employees to do whatever they want. SMS Organizer is one of the newer projects …

Cortana is one of the center points of Microsoft’s future strategy. Satya Nadella has implied many times: natural language interaction with a computer is the easiest way to use a computer. The technology isn’t there yet, but it’s getting there. The Android app recently saw an update that gave it …

In the age of smart assistants and smart devices and smart homes where toasters are powered by Cortana and your refrigerator has Windows 10 on it; an ecosystem such as SmartThings holds an immense value. Those who have invested in smart devices compatible with the SmartThings hub are now part …