Microsoft’s planned Office event is merely hours away, but we are starting to see some leaks come out of it. Skype Teams first showed up two months ago, and since then have apparently gone through a marketing revamp. Skype Teams seems to be now called Microsoft Teams – but it’s …
Read More »Google discloses major Windows vulnerability, Microsoft to release fix on November 8th
The giants are at it again; Google is a massive company with a lot of things going on at the same time, one of them is making sure users are secure while using whatever they are using. The trouble with that is – Google doesn’t own everything (yet), so Google’s …
Read More »Minecraft: Education Edition out of beta, now available
Minecraft: Education Edition has been in an early access beta since June of this year when it was announced; two months ago, Microsoft and Mojang announced a release date for the Education Edition’s first proper version – November 1st. The Education Edition is now available to educators around the …
Read More »Microsoft is bringing Minecraft to Apple TV
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced at the Apple event today that Microsoft will be bringing Minecraft to the Apple TV; Minecraft is already available on a dozen different platforms – though, with a few problems of its own. Cook revealed the news while talking about the success of Apple TV …
Read More »Xbox One and Windows 10 to get native game-broadcasting to Beam
The Microsoft Surface event was all about creators – one category that could have been ignored is gaming, despite its rich creative roots; Microsoft, however, owns the Xbox brand, so ignoring the gamers is not something Microsoft would do. The upcoming Creators Update for Windows 10 and Xbox One will …
Read More »Microsoft announces an ergonomic Surface Keyboard with Alcantara palm rest
Microsoft announced some interesting products at the Surface event like the Surface Studio and the Surface Dial – but here’s something a little more normal: Surface Ergonomic Keyboard. The keyboard features an ergonomic design and comes with a unique palm rest built out of Alcantara fabric. The palm rest is the interesting bit – it’s even double …
Read More »Microsoft’s mysterious Groove Music Maker makes an appearance
Microsoft is putting its focus on creators; from Windows to the Surface Studio announced at the Surface event – Microsoft wants to help creators be more creative. There’s one tiny problem – Microsoft pretty much ignored the musicians. Panos Panay did express his love for David William Hearn’s work during his …
Read More »Microsoft is building VR into Windows: OEM’s to sell VR headsets starting at $300 in 2017
There were a lot of announcements made at Microsoft’s Surface event, but they weren’t all related to Surface. Microsoft is jumping into the VR playground and intends to dominate the market with affordable VR headsets built by its army of OEMs. Starting sometime in 2017, companies such as HP, Lenovo, …
Read More »Microsoft announces an upgraded Surface Book, increased battery life and more for $2399
Microsoft made a bunch of hardware announcements at today’s event – the most notable of which was the Surface Studio; however, there’s a refresh for the Surface Book as well. The new Surface Book comes with Intel’s 6th generation Core i7 processor – and is, thus, aptly named, Surface Book …
Read More »Microsoft announces Windows 10 Creators Update, arriving early 2017
At Microsoft’s Surface Event in New York, Terry Myerson – Executive Vice President of Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft – announced the name of the next big update to Windows 10, and when it’s going to come out. The update is focusing on creators – therefore the name ‘Creators Update.’ …
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