Not that this is a surprise, but Windows Mobile isn’t in a very good shape – and it’s not getting better; the Windows Phone platform was clinging on to about 1.95% of the total market share, and now it has fallen further. According to NetMarketShare, Windows Phone now only shares …
Read More »Microsoft’s HomeHub to compete with Google Home and Amazon Echo
A few weeks ago we reported about a leaked and upcoming feature for Windows 10 – the HomeHub; at the time, it wasn’t clear what the HomeHub would offer, except that it would include a shared desktop for the family known as ‘Family Desktop.’ While Google and even Amazon have …
Read More »Hulu now offers 4K streaming for Xbox One S and PS4 Pro
Hulu is now offering select shows and movies from its library in 4K UHD; the streaming service requires a stable 13 megabits per second internet connection, and a display that supports the UHD resolution. There’s one more requirement: Xbox One S, or PlayStation 4 Pro; as for the moment, these …
Read More »Microsoft brings the 3D Builder app to Xbox and Windows 10 Mobile
An app that is installed on every Windows 10 system, but is blissfully ignored as it serves no purpose for the average consumer: 3D Builder. The 3D Builder app on Windows 10 can be treated as an early version of the upcoming Paint 3D and Remix 3D app and service. …
Read More »Windows 10 Insider Fast Ring Builds for PC halted, while Microsoft adds support for the Unified Update Platform
In yesterday’s announcement for the Insider Fast Ring Build 14977, Microsoft mentioned a blocker that forced the team into ditching an update for the PC this week – it seems the delay is going to be a bit longer. Microsoft has announced that the next Windows 10 Insider Fast Ring …
Read More »Windows 10 to get improved Symlinks support for developers
Symlinks is short for Symbolic Links – it’s a link leading to a “real” file or folder somewhere else. This might sound an awful lot like your ordinary shortcut in Windows; a Windows shortcut, however, is not a symlink. A Windows shortcut is a file – a tiny one – …
Read More »Plex Cloud now supports OneDrive, Google Drive, and DropBox for storage
Plex offers a suite of products that help people manage and organize their home-built libraries of movies and TV shows; it’s like Netflix, but for your content. The content, of course, is stored locally – on a computer or a network attached storage – and is streamed to clients locally …
Read More »Windows 10 now owns 24% of the desktop OS market share
According to a report by NetMarketShare, Windows 10 market share hit 23.72% at the end of November, amid a reduction in growth since the Windows 10 free upgrade offer ended earlier this year. The 23.72% market share in November was an increase of 1.12% over October when the market share …
Read More »Microsoft announces its 12 Days of Deals as 2016 comes to an end
It is tradition, for Microsoft, to host the 12 days of deals every year in December. It’s the perfect timing – just before the Christmas weeks begin, and just after the Black Friday fever ends. Things are bit different from the tradition this year; unlike the previous years, this year …
Read More »Windows 10 Insider Fast Ring Preview Build 14977 brings bug fixes and EPUB support for mobile
Two weeks ago Microsoft released Build 14971, with one tiny problem – it was only for the PC; this week, Microsoft is releasing Build 14977 to the Fast Ring Preview Insiders, and this time it’s only for the mobile. It seems that a bug that resulted in breaking pre-installed apps …
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