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Microsoft says Britain should stay in the EU or there could be consequences
Microsoft has spoken out against the possibility of Britain leaving the EU, perhaps the largest company so far to do so. The Redmond-based tech giant is not alone in its opposition to Brexit (British Exit); Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM, among others, have also joined Microsoft in its stance that such a move is bad ...
Change your hapless Xbox Live gamertag and you might start winning again
Ok, so being James99910 for a while now hasn’t done much for your gaming cred while playing Xbox Live. Now is the time to get that great name you’ve always wanted, after Microsoft revealed just now that plenty of names, or gamertags, will be freed-up. “Nearly 1 million previously used XBL gamertags are going to ...
Don’t be fooled by bots hype, but do enjoy the show
2016 so far, within the tech milieu at least, seems to be the year of the bot. Much of the excitement surrounding the rise of the bots is partly a consequence of big companies such as Microsoft and Facebook working on, and investing in, their own personal assistant bots. On top of this there is ...
Microsoft’s Sunrise app will shut down at the end of this summer
Early 2015 Microsoft acquired Sunrise Atelier Inc., maker of the Sunrise calendar app, for a rumored sum of $100 million. Come August 31 Sunrise will be no more, something that won’t come as much of a shock as Microsoft said late last year that its Sunrise calendar technology will be integrated into Outlook mobile apps ...
Here’s what you’ll find in Microsoft’s new Windows 10 preview build
Microsoft has just released its new Preview Build (14342) for Windows Insiders on the Fast Ring. The preview consists of a number of updates to Microsoft’s Edge browser, while there has been a slew of bugs attended to and also some known issues mentioned in the new build. First of all Microsoft said extensions can ...
No, we do not suppress news and manipulate your views, says under-the-hammer Facebook
After a recent report by Gizmodo, filled with a string of stirring allegations that Facebook “routinely suppressed news stories” that weren’t mainstream, or too hard-line, Facebook has come out and denied the charge, stating that it is entirely neutral concerning politics. This is not the first time Facebook’s neutrality, or lack thereof, has come into question. ...
Microsoft customers really dig the Surface range, but Apple still leads overall satisfaction
Since the Surface Pro 3 hit the market, Microsoft seems to have turned a corner in terms of how much customers appreciate its Surface range of hybrid tablets. Both the Surface Pro 3 and the cheaper Surface 3 have been getting fairly good reviews and consistently selling well. Late last year we saw the release of the ...
This is very cool: A Microsoft Windows Phone that senses what action you’re about to take
“The evolution of mobile touch may still be in its infancy, with many possibilities unbounded by the thought-land of the touchscreen yet to explore.” This is the moon-landing-esque conclusion Microsoft comes to after demonstrating its rather cool pre-touch mobile technology, i.e., a mobile phone that senses what your fingers are about to do and allows certain ...
Microsoft sheds more light on what’s going down at this year’s E3
Rumors have been rife as to what we’ll see from Xbox at this year’s E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) taking place at the Galen Center in Los Angeles on June 13. Hopes are high that the company will turn some heads this year, either giving us “something special in hardware” as has been rumored, or even ...
Killing an American icon: Fuel delivery start-ups could downsize U.S. gas stations
If driving to the gas station seems like a chore too far for you, then you might welcome the fact that fuel fill-up services are becoming more widely available in the U.S. Not surprisingly San Francisco was one of the first places to see such services, but over a short period of time the number of apps ...