Football season starts today, and Microsoft is going to make this season a tiny bit more special. Four years ago NFL replaced all of their iPads on the sidelines and coach’s booths with Microsoft Surface tablets. Earlier this year in August, Microsoft also announced they would be making available limited …
Read More »Microsoft wants to pay you, if you use Microsoft Edge (along with Bing)
Microsoft has been rewarding people who use Bing since 2010 – with the Bing Rewards. Microsoft quite literally paid people to use the Bing search engine. The strategy seems to have worked for them. Now the company has rebranded Bing Rewards as Microsoft Rewards. With Microsoft Rewards, Microsoft plans on …
Read More »LinkedIn Learning will help you gain skills and train employees
LinkedIn made a number of announcements at its San Francisco event, and you can read more about them over here. The biggest one of the announcements was LinkedIn Learning – a product designed to help you gain skills with over 9000 courses. In the April of 2015, LinkedIn made a purchase …
Read More »LinkedIn announces web redesign, Interest Feed, LinkedIn Learning, and Bots
Today has been a busy day for the folks at LinkedIn. LinkedIn hosted a press event at its San Francisco office today and announced LinkedIn Learning, two new feature and a redesign for the web. Just a week after launching three new products for the Indian market, LinkedIn is trying …
Read More »Xbox One controller will work with Gear VR from October
The Samsung Gear VR is one of the most affordable VR headsets you can buy right now. The Xbox One controller is one of the best controllers you can buy right now. Microsoft is bringing both a bit closer. Microsoft is rolling out Xbox One controller support for Samsung’s Gear VR …
Read More »Microsoft removes the HealthVault app for Windows Phone from store
Microsoft has been making some moves with its fitness and health offerings for the past few weeks. This only seems to be the latest of events, with more to come. Microsoft has started notifying the users of its HealthVault service about its plans of dropping support for the Windows Phone …
Read More »Lumia 550 and 650 receive new firmware, enables double-tap to wake
The new firmware is currently being pushed over-the-air with a version number of ‘01078.00042.16352.500xx’. It isn’t clear yet what the update adds; Microsoft still hasn’t updated its firmware history page, which is strange. Lumia 650 is definitely getting double-tap to wake with the update – as this is something that can be …
Read More »Microsoft introduces OpenType Font Variations with Apple, Google and Adobe
The OpenType specification started out at Microsoft in 1993 – nineteen years ago. Microsoft didn’t work on it alone, though – Adobe was also part of the project, and it still is. Microsoft has now made some enhancements to the specification, and collaborated with Google and Apple, along with Adobe. …
Read More »FIFA 17 now available on Xbox One & PC for EA Access/Origin Access
FIFA 17 is finally coming out in just a few days after a long wait. This year, it brings us an engine overhaul as it now uses DICE’s Frostbite engine, with a new Journey mode and a few other things. FIFA is a yearly franchise – it is not used …
Read More »Firewatch comes out on the Xbox One today, delayed Europe launch
Firewatch is a unique game – it takes players on a mysterious journey in the woody woodlands of Wyoming. The developers would describe it as a psychological thriller – if it was a movie. Game designers have been trying to bring a “cinematic” vibe to games since decades – The 7th …
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