WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging platforms in a whole bunch of countries; however, it’s not very feature rich – in fact, most of its competition offers a better service. WhatsApp has been working hard on adding features common to its competitors; two-factor authentication seems to be the …
Read More »Dell was making an Intel-powered Windows Phone, until it wasn’t
Microsoft’s vision for Windows 10 is one; one Windows for all devices, no matter the form. It is ambitious, but it is a vision shared by many over the past few decades – including some of Microsoft’s most loyal OEMs. A few days ago, Evan Blass, the famous leaker known …
Read More »Microsoft announces the Surface Studio All-in-One, costs $2999, available this holiday
Today’s Microsoft event – as speculated – was all about Surface, and the Windows that runs on it; the Surface Studio, though, is an attempt to redefine the All-in-One PC. It is at the cutting edge of technology. The All-in-One isn’t a new concept – there are a hundred different …
Read More »Microsoft Norway to help Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen protect against Russian hackers
Magnus Carlsen became the World Chess Champion after defeating Viswanathan Anand in 2013, following which he also reached a peak ranking of 2882 in the World Chess Federation’s list – the highest rating anyone has ever had. 2016’s World Chess Championship is only a week away, and Carlsen with his …
Read More »Blizzard is bringing Diablo 3 Seasons to Xbox One next year
Blizzard hosted its annual BlizzCon in Los Angeles this year, and made quite a few announcements – some might even be significant for humanity; on Day 2, Blizzard announced that Diablo 3 Seasons are coming to the Xbox One. If you are not aware of what Diablo 3 Seasons are …
Read More »Facebook announces Gameroom, a gaming platform for Windows
Facebook has announced a brand-new PC gaming platform, and it’s exactly how you would imagine it to be. Gameroom brings the infamous Facebook games to the PC – almost natively. Gameroom sits in a weird place – at least for now; it isn’t a Steam competitor (for reasons explained below), …
Read More »Microsoft announces Microsoft Teams, its very own Slack competitor
After several weeks of leaked screenshots and rumors, Microsoft finally announced Microsoft Teams at the Office event in Manhattan. Microsoft Teams is meant for businesses that are already knee-deep in Microsoft’s ecosystem with Office 365. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKU-FMzZFF0 Teams is supposed to be a Slack competitor – it offers everything that Slack …
Read More »Atari is bringing 100 of its most popular classic titles to the Xbox One
It can be hard to support backwards compatibility on a console – even within the same console family; it usually requires direct support from the publishers to make the games run on the latest generation hardware – Atari has done just that. Atari is releasing 100 of its most popular …
Read More »Xbox One is getting Blu-ray write and re-write support via a software update
The latest generation of consoles are much more than simply a gaming console – in fact, Microsoft advertised the Xbox One as an entertainment hub for everything. The PS4 and Xbox One, both come with Blu-ray players, but one can do more than the other. Mike Ybarra from the Xbox …
Read More »Microsoft introduces Carrier Billing for Xbox Store
Carrier Billing isn’t the most popular way to pay for things – after all, that’s what credit and debit cards are for; however, it can be extremely convenient at times to be able to pay for things and have the charges appear on your normal phone bills. Microsoft already supports …
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