A study conducted by Microsoft and released as part of the Cyber Security Awareness Month has found that the younger generation is far more likely to fall for online scams than the older generation because the young “are more trusting while using the internet.” Microsoft’s study surveyed 12,000 people across …
Read More »Samsung launches a new curved Quantum Dot gaming monitor
Samsung has globally launched the CFG70 quantum dot monitor today. Samsung claims that the CFG70 is industry’s first quantum dot monitor capable of a 1ms refresh rate. It was announced at IFA 2016 this year, along with CG791 – also a curved quantum dot monitor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGMJd2eVlfg The CFG70 comes in …
Read More »UK’s NatWest Bank launched an all-new Windows 10 Mobile app with Continuum support
NatWest Bank – a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland – has released a fully-featured Windows 10 Mobile app with support for Continuum. The app isn’t just a port either – it was built specifically for Windows 10 Mobile, but it still comes with all of the features that …
Read More »Amazon is removing the Kindle app from Windows Store on October 27
Amazon is a unique company – it started as an online store that sold books, and then expanded onto better things, including turning into a tech-giant with services like AWS. However, despite being a tech-giant, Amazon hasn’t been very successful in its hardware strategy – most of the hardware products …
Read More »Windows 10 Mobile Fast Ring Insiders get treated with a new camera app
The Insider program is not limited to just unstable Windows updates; Insiders are also privileged access to unstable app updates. Humour aside, the new camera app update is rolling out for Windows 10 Mobile Fast Ring Insiders and gives us a peek at what’s coming in Windows 10 Redstone 2 …
Read More »Steam is adding native PS4 controller soon, will work on Windows
The Xbox controller on Windows 10 is heavily integrated with the operating system – if you buy one; it’s quite literally plug and play. Windows 10 comes with the Xbox drivers pre-installed, and everything just works. With 3rd-party controllers, it is a different story. You might have to install drivers, or …
Read More »Ockel is making a Windows 10 PC the size of your palm (again)
Ockel is not a brand you hear of often; the Sirius A isn’t Ockel’s first product – neither is it its first crowd-funding campaign, but it is perhaps a product that will make you curious. From a straight up design point of view – this does not look very pleasant …
Read More »Microsoft employees are happier than Apple, thanks to Satya Nadella
An efficient company requires efficient employees – the only way to have efficient employees, is to keep them happy. It turns out; Microsoft employees are very happy after Satya Nadella took over as the CEO of Microsoft. Windows 7 was developed and released under Steve Ballmer’s leadership, and while that …
Read More »Windows 10 Insiders Fast Ring build 14946 stirs things up a little
The Insiders Fast Ring is supposed to receive updates every two weeks – but Microsoft isn’t going to follow the rules. Build 14946 further refines the touchpad experience, brings Windows 10 Mobile and PC just a bit closer and pushes us towards the new UWP framework. The current stream of …
Read More »Microsoft remakes Mahjong as UWP application, adds 20 new puzzles
In its uphill push for UWP framework across the Windows platform, Microsoft today released a UWP version of Mahjong – the classic that has been with us since the Qing dynasty. Alright, Microsoft might not have been making Mahjong for that long; today’s update makes it the first version of …
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