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Skype introduces group video chats that anyone can join – even if they don’t have a Skype account
Skype has started to roll-out a new feature in the UK and US that allows users to send out shareable links to people so they might join a conversation – and those people don’t need a Skype account to join in. Similar to Google Hangouts a link can be sent via email, messaging apps or social ...
Windows 10 gets Groovier with App of the Week iHeartRadio intergration
Microsoft’s music app for Windows 10, Groove, just gave listeners a far wider selection of tunes with the integration of iHeartRadio. Groove was created by Microsoft as the place to go in Windows 10 to manage and play songs, but up until now it has not integrated the app with an outside service, such as ...
Toshiba releases 2-in-1 Surface-like Windows 10 device: Champion of the super lightweight division
Hot on the heels of the release of the Surface Pro 4, as well as other Windows 10 hybrid tablets including the HP Spectre x2, Lenovo MIIX 700 and Dell XPS 12, Japan’s Toshiba Corp. has come out with its own 12-inch 2-in-1 that it says is the thinnest and lightest of them all. The ...
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 ...