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Microsoft’s new ultra-thin foldable keyboard will fit in your pocket and work on any device with Bluetooth
It so often happens when you’re on the go that you want to type out a long message, or jot down an idea, or even wax poetical, but you can’t be bothered tapping it out on your phone. It looks like Microsoft has just come up with a pretty decent solution for such an everyday ...
Scandal at Microsoft: a $22,000 expenses bill in South Korean Hostess Bars and the now former managers who questioned it
Two managers say they were forced out of their jobs at Microsoft after they questioned a $22,000 expenses claim that they believed could have partly been to pay for sexual services at a hostess bars in South Korea, it was reported. The two former employees, George Engstrom and John Stockwell, have filed a lawsuit in ...
Microsoft’s Garage comes out with a flurry of apps for Windows phone and Android
Microsoft’s hive of after-hours creativity, aptly named the Microsoft Garage, has been tinkering with ideas now and releasing the manifestations of those ideas for half a decade. The ‘Garage Geeks’, as Microsoft calls the 10,000 strong crew, come from diverse backgrounds, and potter away in an environment that is far from the traditional workspace. In ...
Microsoft ends Facebook chat and Google chat support for Outlook.com
Yesterday Microsoft sent an email to its Outlook.com customers notifying them that no longer will Facebook and Google chat services be supported. The discontinuation of the services should happen over the next two weeks, it was stated. “Within the next couple of weeks, we will be discontinuing support for Facebook Chat in Outlook.com. And due to ...
Microsoft’s Band gets cool updates, releases developer SDK preview
Just a few months after the Microsoft Band went on the market the company has released some big updates (the first updates) that puts Microsoft firmly in the race to create one of best wearables out there. The new features will roll-out this week for Windows Phone, Android and iOS users.Third party developers also have ...
Getting to the party on time: Microsoft bringing folks together with location finding app ‘People Sense’
Have you ever been that person who missed the party because you didn’t know where everyone was, or you’ve gone out of your mind wondering why your girlfriend is two hours late for your dinner date? This could be a thing of the past for Windows Phone users in the very near future. Shortly after ...
Microsoft adds handwriting feature and OCR to OneNote for iPad
Microsoft has added what it called a “top requested feature” to iPad. The new update means that users can go into handwriting mode and with any stylus of your choosing start to make notes or doodle “to you heart’s content”. There are tons of options available, including 20 different colors to choose from, a range ...
Microsoft axes messaging app ‘Rooms’
Rooms, Microsoft’s Windows Phone app that was launched in 2012, will no longer be supported by the company. The app, which was considered to be an extension of the People hub, was a social app that allowed users to chat, share files, photos and calendars in private groups. Support for the feature will be ended ...
Microsoft reaches milestone in cloud privacy with compliance to ISO 27018
Feeling unshakably confident about our data stored in the cloud is probably a disposition we’ll never quite reach, but Microsoft just made some headway in instilling us with some faith by making its Azure cloud computing platform, the first cloud platform to be certified as compliant with ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 27018. Brad Smith, ...
Feeling more secure? Windows 10 moves beyond passwords with biometrics from Microsoft
In a bid to strengthen cyber-security and address the problem of remembering multiple passwords Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will support FIDO (Fast Identification Online) with an aim to having eye-scanning and fingerprint scanning capabilities on all devices in the future. The new OS will support the newest version of FIDO, FIDO 2.0. FIDO ...