This one is for developers – if you are not a developer, you most probably won’t be able to understand anything this post mentions below. The Toolkit update includes seven new Helpers, one new control, and several updates to existing features and controls. Microsoft says that the focus of this …
Read More »Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge to start blocking websites with SHA-1 certificates from next year
In November 2015, Microsoft announced a roadmap for depreciating the SHA-1 hashing algorithm – specifically, the plan to stop accepting SHA-1 TLS certificates by 2017; Microsoft gave website administrators and their users a two-year head start to be prepared for this. The SHA-1 hashing algorithm was published in 1995 – …
Read More »Office Online Server receives an update: improvements across the board
Microsoft started bringing the Office client to the web after facing some grave competition from Google – initially known as Office Web Apps, the offering built a good foundation. Microsoft later renamed it to Office Online, and then earlier this year launched Office Online Server – a server, that businesses …
Read More »Security researcher bypasses two-factor authentication in Office 365 and Outlook Web Access
Two-factor authentication is slowly seeping into the mainstream – enterprises, where security have been a critical issue, were already using some form of multi-factor authentication, but the ease with which 2FA can be enabled on most online services have compelled even the less-critical businesses to enable it. 2FA is recommended …
Read More »Windows 10 Maps app update adds Surface Dial support, improved Ink features
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, …
Read More »Eve reveals the specs for their Surface Pro competitor, goes on sale on 21st
Eve-Tech is an interesting manufacturer – the Finnish company has only ever sold products via crowdsourcing the funding for them – but it’s more than that. Eve-Tech isn’t just crowd-funding their projects – they are crowd-sourcing everything; the people who put money into Eve-Tech’s idea get to pick and choose …
Read More »Cortana can now create and manage lists, syncs with Wunderlist
Cortana can do a lot of things that Google’s Assistant or Apple’s Siri haven’t been able to grasp yet – but creating and managing a list, is something Cortana has learned just today. While Google Assistant can create, and manage lists via Google Keep, and Apple’s Siri can manage lists …
Read More »Bing on Android now lets you search by image
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 …
Read More »Xbox teases deep discounts on Xbox One & One S this Black Friday
Microsoft is all ready to offer incredible deals for this Black Friday – you can check out the offers on the Surface and Windows 10 devices over here, but there’s plenty of discounts for Xbox as well. Microsoft is offering discounts on everything Xbox – games, the Xbox Live Gold …
Read More »Microsoft offers big discounts on Surface Book & Pro devices this Black Friday
Black Friday is upon us, and Microsoft is prepared to bring some of the best discounts of the year – especially now that the company has so many great hardware devices to offer. There’re steep discounts for Xbox as well – you can read more about the Xbox discounts over …
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