Windows has gone through an iterative process for more than two decades. A Windows release has always been straightforward: Microsoft works on it for a few years, assures its quality, and eventually sells it for a price people are willing to pay. Windows 10 changed this; not only is the …
Read More »The Fall of Oriath expansion announced for Path of Exile
The Path of Exile 3.0 expansion – The Fall of Oriath – is adding a whole host of new acts for players. The developers are effectively doubling the game’s content by adding six new acts, all for the low price of free. Previously, reaching the endgame meant that players had …
Read More »Microsoft is sharing a simulated world on GitHub to crash test drones
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” …
Read More »Microsoft bumps Surface Book price in the UK
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 …
Read More »Hitman: Absolution joins Xbox One’s Backward Compatibility Library
From last week’s Lego Indiana Jones and GTA IV to Hitman: Absolution today, Microsoft’s Backward Compatibility Program keeps on expanding. This is the last Hitman game to hit the previous generation of consoles until the new Hitman reboot in 2016. The developers – IO Interactive – had announced their plans …
Read More »Skate 3 rolls on to Xbox One’s EA Access library
Keeping to the announcement of EA from last month, EA Access catalog now has Skate 3 included in it. Xbox One users who subscribe to the service may now download and play Skate 3 on their console. EA previously hailed the arrival of Skate 3, Madden NFL 17, Dead Space …
Read More »Microsoft Garage’s ‘Email Insights’ makes searching through emails faster
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 …
Read More »Microsoft’s ad-free Outlook Premium service now out of preview
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 …
Read More »Microsoft’s Forza series surpass US$1 billion worth of sales
As of December 2016, the popular racing game series of Microsoft has earned more than a billion dollars in sales. The newest addition to the franchise – Forza Horizon 3’s impressive sales managing to push the series above the mark. 2.5 Million copies, the amount that Forza Horizon 3 has …
Read More »Amazon targets Skype for Business with Chime, a unified messaging solution
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 …
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