Apps

SwiftKey is the most popular keyboard for Android. Microsoft acquired the virtual keyboard company not for its keyboard, but for the technology that powers its keyboard. While SwiftKey, at first sight, looks to be just a modest virtual keyboard for a mobile operating system, it’s much more underneath that. Microsoft’s …

Microsoft today released an update for its Groove Music app on Windows 10. Groove Music, of course, is the music player and subscription service that comes pre-installed on every Windows 10 device, though few realize that. The Update The Groove service is the successor to Microsoft’s Zune subscription service. In …

Microsoft announced a whole bunch of new apps and services for India today. Here’s something for the rest of the world: Microsoft Bookings. Microsoft announced the Bookings app last year in July. The app, part of the Office 365 suite, focuses on small business owners who provide services to customers …

Apple’s expensive devices aren’t exactly at the forefront of spec-wars, but they do come with some unique features. One such feature is Continuity – a feature that allows iOS and macOS devices to ‘sync’ and seamlessly share data. The idea is simple: if you are on a macOS PC, and …

The Skype app for Android is a mess. That’s the nicest way to put it. It’s not an entirely stable app; and while it does have all the features one would expect from a Skype app, it has the potential to be much more. Microsoft launched a Skype Insider program …

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 …

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 …

The Office team has released an update for the Office Insiders on Android. The new update bumps the version number to 16.0.7830.1002 and brings some exciting new features with it. Word, Excel, PowerPoint; the big three Office products have received something new with this update. Let’s just get straight to …

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 …