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Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 build sees improvement to Edge and Cortana, includes Skype integration
Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build for PC (10565) to Windows Insiders in the Fast Ring includes a slew of new features including Skype integration, a few new additions to the Edge browser and also new features in Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana. Starting with Cortana, the digital assistant now understands notes written on your screen ...
Can Microsoft’s Surface Book help revitalize a PC market in steady decline?
During Microsoft’s big hardware event last week in New York perhaps the device that caused the biggest stir was the company’s first ever laptop, the Surface Book. At first glance it would be hard to argue that the new device isn’t impressive. Panos Panay, corporate vice president at Microsoft went as far as saying, “Ounce ...
Microsoft will roll-out Windows 10 Mobile for the majority of Windows Phones at the end of the year
As the dust settles following Microsoft’s big devices event in New York this week, in which we heard about Microsoft’s first Windows 10 phones the Lumia 950, Lumia 950XL and the cheaper Lumia 550, we now have news about when Windows 10 will be coming to other, existing Windows Phones. Thanks to a question raised ...
Exciting time for consumers as Microsoft reveals new Surface Pro 4, Lumia flagships and an impressive Surface Book laptop
What happened at Microsoft’s hardware launch in New York was almost what we expected would happen, but of course Microsoft gave us some added extras. We saw the unveiling of the long-awaited Surface Pro 4 tablet, stern competition to the iPad Pro – as we have discussed today (full specs included). We also saw the ...
Microsoft’s big Windows 10 devices event is about to start: Here’s what to expect and how to watch
Microsoft is only a few hours away from the opening of their event in New York where some long anticipated devices, including the Surface Pro 4, the new Lumia flagship phones and the Microsoft Band 2, are expected to be unveiled. You can watch the event live via a stream on Microsoft’s website. It will ...
The reality of Minority Report: A slow but surer gesture recognition revolution
As Fox’s new series Minority Report enters its third week – we weren’t overly complimentary of the opening episode – the gestural interface technology we see in the series is arguably less spectacular now as it was to viewers in 2002 when Tom Cruise was skillfully swiping the air and pinching screens into oblivion in ...
Microsoft’s impressive Skype real-time translator has finally landed
Good news for anyone wanting to make friends in foreign countries or doing business in languages they can’t quite grasp, Skype’s real-time translator is now being integrated as a built-in feature for desktop users running Windows 10, Windows 7 and Windows 8. In the beginning though it won’t quite break all language barriers and will only ...
About time too: Microsoft’s Outlook gets all Facebooky with new Likes and @mention feature
Microsoft is taking a leaf out of Facebook’s, er, book, and is now adding a Like and @mention feature to its Outlook on the Web. The Like function, says Microsoft, can be triggered in the reading pane by clicking on the ‘thumbs up’ symbol and thereby endorsing or showing your support for a particular email ...
12-Person Party Chat comes to Xbox One, as well as a slew of new features for the New Xbox One Experience Preview
Due to popular demand Microsoft has just rolled out 12-person Party Chat feature for Xbox One, also available for Xbox App on Windows 10. It was previously limited to eight people. This may have caused problems for people playing games such as FIFA, where it’s necessary to field eleven players. Users of the New Xbox ...
Microsoft comes back at critics saying Windows 10 does not infringe on privacy or spy on its users
For the most part Windows 10 has been a raging success, gathering positive reviews from the whole gamut of tech media right from the start. Only when it seemed to come to light that a FREE version of the software allegedly meant that pretty much your entire personal information was going to be collected and ...
