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If asking digital assistants to play music, answer questions, read stories, and tell jokes,tu on lights, lock doors is your thing, then Amazon Echo(3rd Gen) is definitely a great product and in many...

Two days ago Microsoft released a final Windows 10 Insider PreviewBuild 18305 (19H1) for 2018to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. At the time Microsoft says it was the last major Insider build for...

Today, Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17723 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and Build 18204 (19H1) to Windows Insiders who have opted in to Skip Ahead.Going forward...

March’s sales numbers have been revealed by the NDP Group and though it didn’t feature as many blockbuster releases as last March, it still saw the impressive launches of both Far Cry 5 and Sea of Thieves. The NPD Group also revealed how well the gaming industry is doing overall, and things are looking good for Xbox.The game industry generated $1.32 billion ...

The best feature of the Microsoft Store is the security of having your apps curated and checked, meaning it is a much safer source of applications.The second best feature is that apps are automatically updated, without needing a constantly ruing background updater in your system tray.Now a new feature of Windows 10 RS4 App Installer means this feature will...

Last month, Microsoft aounced a major reorganization inside the company with changes to its executive leadership and the formation of twonew engineering teams. Today, ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reported some morereorganization news. Below are the changes according to the report.Joe Belfiore who leads the Windows experiences team will now also be responsible f...

We first saw evidence of Microsoft’s app-specific preview program with the Photos app, and now it appears Microsoft is rolling out the feature to other core applications, such as the Camera,Alarm and Clock and other apps.The feature means individual Windows 10 Insiders will be invited to test updated versions of the apps and provide feedback, without a wide semi-public rollout program.“You’ll be one of the first to try out new features in the preview version of Camera, and your feedback will shape the future of the app,” the invitation to the Camera Preview reads.The new phase of the program could mean Microsoft can iterateon applications more rapidly and separate from new builds of Windows,...

Microsoft is selling a wide range of Windows Mixed Reality headsets, but the best of the lot appears to be theSamsung Odyssey.For one, the screen has two 1440 x 1600 screens, slightly higher than the standard1440 x 1440 screen per eye in the other devices. The screen is also OLED, which makes for much better contrast levels than the LED screens in the cheaper devices, and offers 110 degree field of view. The headset also features built-in AKG headphones and dual-array mikes but still lets you plug in your own headphones. The headset is apparently also one of the most comfortable to wear.The only downside of this headset was its pricing, at $499 it was the costliest WMR headset on the market....

Microsoft’s has pushed out an update to the Mail and Calendar app for Windows 10 Insiders on the Release Preview ring, taking it to version 17.9029.20485.The update brings the following minor changes, as noted by aggioamentilumia.it:A new Calendar Folder where you can easily accessyour various calendars while in the Mail app.A new Feedback itemin the Settings menu.Ads for the iOS and Android versions of the Mail and Calendar app.Layout improvementsBeing in the Release Preview ring, we should see the improved app rolling out to regular Windows 10 users shortly.Microsoft’s Outlook Mail and Calendar apps are available here. Developer: Microsoft CorporationPrice: Free...

Microsoft today released the preview of the February feature update for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows 10 Mobile devices. With this v17.9029 update, you can easily find out who has edited your presentation and what changes they’ve made by checking out the slides that have a green highlight.What determines whether changes are highlighted:This feature works on shared documents stored in OneDrive and SharePoint.Changes are highlighted only when the person who makes the change is using PowerPoint 2016 version 8403 or later.Changes aren’t highlighted if revision data has been tued off for the document in the Trust Center Privacy Options:If you are an Office Insider, you can download thes...

Microsoft has pushed out a new build of Windows 10 to PC users on the Insider Fast Ring.Build17093 brings the following improvements:Game bar ImprovementsMicrosft has given Game bar a makeover so it’s even easier to find what you’re looking for.Go to your captures, toggle your microphone and camera, and edit the title of your Mixer stream—all from new buttons on Game bar.Quickly check the time using the new clock.Choose a theme—Dark, Light, or your current Windows theme.Game bar settings are easier to use.Diagnostic Data ImprovementsLast week, Microsoftaounced some new privacy tools as part of Data Privacy Daywhich included the Diagnostic Data Viewer that showed up for Windows Insiders inBui...

With the release of Build 17083, Microsoft aounced that they will be bringing Windows 10 Fonts to the Microsoft Store as a UWP app. The app is now finally available for Windows Insiders on the Microsoft Store.The fonts on Microsoft Store come with a description of the Font and the styles included with it. Like any other app, you can just click on “Get” to download the font on your device. Once downloaded, you can access it using Microsoft’s own Fonts Panel in the Settings menu. The Fonts Panel will allow you to preview, select and even uninstall fonts already in your system. You can also select to download fonts for all the language from the Settings menu. Do note that this will take a lot o...

Yesterday Microsoft rolled out a new build for those on Fast Ring Windows Insider Program which brought a nomenclature change. Starting this build, Microsoft decided to rename Quiet Hours to Focus Assist. The company justified this move as a result of new capabilities added since the last build.While Microsoft had a clear motive for the change, the Windows Insider community seems to have some issues dealing with this new change. This was quite evident from the tweets by Windows Insiders after the build rolled out. You can head below to take a look at some of the tweets by Windows Insiders.Focus assist is a stupid name.— Michael West (@itsmichaelwest) January 24, 2018Do we get pohub quite hou...

Only a day after its release to Insiders in the Fast and Skip Ahead Rings, Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17074.1002 to Insiders in the Slow ring. This build is the same as the version of Build 17074 released last week, but it comes with 2 additional fixes. Microsoft has fixed the issue causing AMD PCs to become unbootable and it has also fixed the issue causing certain devices to hang on the boot screen after upgrading if virtualization is enabled in the BIOS. That means Slow Ring users get Improvements to Edge,Updates to Handwriting Recognition, Fonts on Settingsand more. Insiders can download the update by Checking for Updates in Settings. Source: Microsoft ...

Microsoft is currently embroiled in a long-ruing 2013 data jurisdiction case, with Microsoft is currently in the US Supreme Court fighting a data request by the DoJ for information held in Ireland on their servers on an Irish resident. The DoJ has argued that since Microsoft controls the servers they could easily comply with the request while Microsoft has argued that the request should be passed through Irish authorities and normal “mutual legal assistance requests” chaels. The EU has already filed an amicus brief explaining European privacy law to the US Supreme court , and now Law360 reports that major European trade organizations have also told the U.S. Supreme Court that if the justice...

Microsoft has become increasingly aggressiveinpushingpeople who downloaded their Cortana for Android app tointegrate the app into the Android OS, with one oftheir new features tuing the app intorather a nice overlay for reminders on your home screen as can be seen in the screenshot above. Now unlocking your phone needs to be always as fast as possible, so tuing on that elementis never a good idea, butCortana for the home screen is actually prettyslick. With the overlay, Microsoft concentrates on one of Cortana’s strengths– setting reminders, andslidesthe sidebarin smoothlyfrom the left when youclick on thefloatingCortana halo. After that one tap, the app is also fully gesture responsive, al...

In a rather bizarreincident, people ruing Windows 10 S Insider Preview are receiving Windows 10 Pro with the latest build update. We aren’t sure how this error was made by Microsoft but sure is an issue for those who want to stay on Windows 10 S. Microsoft introduced Windows 10 S with Surface Laptop last year in an attempt to takeover Chrome OS. The OS is just a stripped down version of Windows 10 basically for people who want an enclosed system with Microsoft Services and trusted 3rd party apps. With this error, however, users might get to use Windows 10 Pro on their systems and while it is good for some, most of the Windows 10 S users don’t want Windows 10 Pro. That being said, we advise ...

Cross-play PC and Xbox title Resident Evil: Biohazard has been permanently reduced to $29.99. Launched earlier this year,Resident Evil 7 is set 4 years after Resident Evil 6,in the fictional city of Dulvey, Louisiana in the Southe United States. It features a new protagonist named Ethan Winters, a civilian who offers fewer combat skills than most previous Resident Evil main characters. Ethan is searching for his missing wife, Mia, which leads him to a derelict plantation mansion, home of the Baker family. It features a new cast of characters and while it will still offer a variety of weapons including pistols, shotguns, flamethrowers, explosives and chainsaws there is also more emphasis on ...

There is plenty of solid evidence that in 2016 Microsoft has been developing a foldable smartphone/tablet hybrid device and there is some evidence in the latest builds of Windows 10 that Microsoft is still looking at dual-screened Windows 10 mobile devices, but it is much less certain that Microsoft is still working on the so-called Surface Phone project.Now at a Media and Analyst event organised within the Microsoft Hyderabad Campus, Anant Maheshwari, President for Microsoft India was asked directly by Digit.ini if the device was still part of Microsoft’s plans.The relevant excerpt reads:Digit: What is the last word from Microsoft on making smartphones? We keep hearing rumours of a Surface ...

It seems one of Microsoft’s Garage projects is set to make it pretty big.Microsoft Launcher, which started as the Arrow Launcher, was the creation of Microsoft’s Garage team, theMicrosoft program that encourages employees to work on projects that they are passionate about, even if they have no relation to their primary function within the company.In recent years most of their projects have been for iOS and Android, and I suspect it is true to say most have not made any impact (who remembersParchi and Torque.) With the Microsoft Launcher, however, it seems the team finally has a hit on their hands.Recently we reported that Microsoft Launcher has been downloaded 10 million times and is heading...