Windows 10 Mobile is better than Android and iOS at quite a lot of things, one of them being security; more than a hundred Norwegian municipalities depend on Windows-powered phones for their healthcare services, but that’s changing. A report from Digi.no says that these municipalities are now contemplating switching their …
Read More »Microsoft halts development of Minecraft on Windows Phones
In a surprising move, Microsoft has stopped the development of the Windows Phone version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition. The cause of this decision seems to be the lack of enough players on Windows Phones. The decision means any device running Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile platforms won’t receive updates …
Read More »SmartThings to abandon its Windows Phone app
In the age of smart assistants and smart devices and smart homes where toasters are powered by Cortana and your refrigerator has Windows 10 on it; an ecosystem such as SmartThings holds an immense value. Those who have invested in smart devices compatible with the SmartThings hub are now part …
Read More »Microsoft is adding an eBook section to the Windows Store
Microsoft’s Windows Store currently has almost every kind of digital product available for purchase through it; like other stores, selling Games, Apps, Music, TV Shows, Movies and more but with the exception of eBooks, until now. Reported by MSPowerUser, Microsoft is aiming to start selling eBooks through the Windows Store, …
Read More »NexDock’s next dock will be a laptop powered by Intel’s Compute Card (or your Windows phone)
CES took us on a chaotic and exhausting journey, but it was a rewarding one. It showed us many fancy things and much cool stuff. There was, however, Intel’s Compute Card. The Compute Card – as we discussed – is an interesting idea, but one that requires a lot of …
Read More »Microsoft removes the Lumia 650 and 735 from its US store
Microsoft abandoned its Lumia line up of devices on the last day of 2016; none of the Lumia devices were in stock, and there was little hope of them ever coming back. It seems, however, that Microsoft found an old inventory of Lumia devices lying around in a warehouse somewhere; …
Read More »Miraxess’s Mirabook is a laptop dock for Continuum with Windows 10 Mobile
This is CES, and there are dozens of billion-dollar-net-worth companies pushing out laptops like there’s no day after tomorrow. Miraxess, however, is a startup with a single product – an interesting idea. Miraxess is a French startup, and at its CES booth, it’s showing a laptop that’s not really a …
Read More »Microsoft stops selling Lumia devices on its online US store
The end is here; Microsoft’s Lumia devices have started to run out of stock on the online Microsoft Store – and there’s no plan for a restock. In September, Microsoft UK started to run out of replacement stocks for the Lumia 950XL; earlier this month, all other Lumia devices were …
Read More »Samsung’s Smart Switch app adds Windows 10 Mobile support
Upgrading a mobile device can often prove to be difficult – migrating all the data and logs isn’t an easy task; Android usually handles most of it, but there’s plenty of information left behind. The problem gets worse if the upgrade involves not only a new device but also a …
Read More »SneakyBox and Game Troopers bring Hamster Universe to Windows 10
It was always apparent that hamsters were destined for greater things. That is exactly why Hamsters Universe sends the little critters to space. The Windows version Space Hamsters launched last year for iOS and Android devices. The game gathered quite a nice following with over ten thousand downloads on Google’s Play …
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