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Back in July, Apple aounced its plans to acquire Intel’s smartphone modem business for about $1 billion.“This agreement enables us to focus on developing technology for the 5G network while ret...

Unfortunately today we have another banking app to add to the list departing the Windows Store platform. As before, the USAA banking app started on Windows Phone, but in 2015 became a UWP app for both Windows and Windows 10 Mobile.USAA stopped supporting the app in November last year, but it was then still mostly functioning. Today the app started delivering...

[embedded content]Yesterday, Microsoft aounced a new offer for Xbox One X console in the US. As part of this offer, for a limited time starting on April 1, you can save up to $20 on an Xbox One X Enhanced game with the purchase of a new Xbox One X.Play 130+ Xbox One X Enhanced games, including blockbusters like Forza Motorsport 7, Far Cry 5, FIFA 18, Assas...

Nearly a month ago, Mixer aounced that the company was investing in more ways to help streamers monetize their chaels. One way Mixer aims to do th...

As Windows phone’s market share crumbles, banks around the world have pulled support from the platform.Nubank Brazil is one of the recent ones, reaching out to users to let them know that support for the banking app is EOL, meaning that it is likely to be pulled and rendered non-functional in the coming weeks.Meanwhile, in Turkey, the bankTürkiye ?? Bankas? A.?. communicated to its users via email from the 21st of March 2018, they’ll be unable to login to their bank account via the Windows phone app.Users in both cases are advised to use more mode mobile platforms like iOS and Android or use the web app.The reasons for this are obvious, and need not be rehashed in any detail. Windows phone d...

Earlier this week, we reported that Broadcom board aounced its best and final offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Qualcomm for about $121 billion. Read the details about the offer here. In response to that, Qualcomm’s board today aounced that its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected the new proposal by Broadcom.The Qualcomm Board determined that the Broadcom proposal materially undervalues Qualcomm and falls well short of the firm regulatory commitment the Board would demand given the significant downside risk of a failed transaction. However, Qualcomm has decided to have a discussion with Broadcom to see if it can address the serious deficiencies in valu...

Intel may have just suggested sophisticated buyers wait till the end of the year to buy their next PC. They have aounced that future versions of their processors will no longer be vulnerable to the speculative execution vulnerability which leads to the Spectre and Meltdown exploits.The aouncement was made by chief executive Brian Krzanich during Intel’s Q4 eaings call, as reported by the Washington Post, but Intel did not say exactly when the processors will arrive.Given that current patches come with variable performance impacts, which can be as high as 30% with some loads, it would seem prudent to wait a few months for new, unaffected processors to hit the market.Most of the public are of ...

Earlier this year, Johnson Controls first revealed their first smart thermostat GLAS featuring Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant. Today, they provided more details on this powerful thermostat featuringWindows 10 IoT Core. GLAS features a translucent OLED touchscreen display through which users can control temperature, monitor indoor and outdoor air quality, check the weather and more. If coected to inteet, GLAS can also continuously monitor air quality and intelligently adjust settings to help create a comfortable environment.GLAS also adapts to the schedule of people living in the building by automatically detecting when they are home to save energy. Since Cortana is built into it, us...

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 ...

Users of the new iPhone X are reporting issues with the Face ID not being able to authenticateFamily Purchases. The issue was shared first on the Apple’s Forum and it said:I’m sure that after I set up my iPhone X last weekend, I was able to approve family purchase requests with Face ID. Now, for every request I get (and with 3 kids I get lots of them!) I’m being forced to type in my Apple ID password, which is frustrating given how complicated they have to be these days to be considered secure.I’ve checked every setting I can find, tued relevant settings off and back on, and even removed the Apple ID from my phone entirely and set it back up again. But sadly, it still wants me to type in the...

Christmas is just ten days away and with the recent release of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds into the Xbox Game Preview Program, Microsoft is offering a deal on this popular title and the company’s latest 4K capable console, the Xbox One X. Those who purchase an Xbox One X will get PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds bundled in with it for free (via Xbox Wire).Microsoft is offering this special holiday promotion from December 17 through December 31, so you’ll have the rest of the month to take advantage of this deal. The offer is only available in select regions, so check in with your local retailers. You can also purchase an Xbox One X online through the Microsoft Store.In this aouncement, the co...

Broadcom is currently engaging in a hostile take over bid against Qualcomm after the later company rejected their record$130 billion bid last month. Broadcom is currently attempting to replace Qualcomm’s board with new directors who would more friendly to the deal.MSN reports that Qualcomm partner Microsoft and Google are both opposed to the deal, as it would primarily benefit rival Apple and would interfere with Qualcomm’s 5G investment. Broadcom reportedly has a reputation for cutting costs instead of investing in new technology, something more likely if they take on massive debt to purchase Qualcomm.Microsoft and Google perceive an independent Qualcomm as being more closely aligned with t...

New games release on Xbox One every week and it can be difficult keeping track of them all, especially during the fall when so many blockbuster AAA titles are taking up people’s attention with their heavy-hitting marketing campaigns. Some of the game...

Minecraft is tuing out to be quite a smart investment for Microsoft but many don’t know that the company had the chance to buy the game before 2014. In Microsoft boss Satya Nadella’s new book called Hit Refresh, the executive said that they could’ve bought the game before then but it didn’t happen. While Nadella didn’t provide further details, he did say that they initially passed on the deal. I...

Microsoft today aounced that they are appointing Hugh Johnston, vice chairman and CFO of PepsiCo, to its board of directors and to the board’s audit committee. Adding Johnston increases Microsoft’s board to 13 members. Johnston is a 30-year veteran at Pepsico and he is an extremely talented executive with deep finance and general management experience.About Hugh Johnston,Johnston, 56, has served...

Microsoft delivered a surprise new feature to Xbox One Insiders on thePreview Alpha & Beta rings. Those lucky Xbox Oneusers can now purchase a selection of Xbox One peripherals including controllers directly from their console from a new Store feature. The news was delivered by Brad Rossetti from the Xbox Preview Program at Microsoft. Xbox One Insiders – Preview Alpha & Beta users che...

Microsoft yesterday aounced that they have hired Kate Johnson, a business and technology industry veteran of more than 20 years. Kate Johnson is currently acting asthe chief commercial officer for GE Digital. Prior to this role, she held various leadership roles including CEO of GE’s Intelligen...

Microsoft is committed to increasing their purchase of green power and making long-term purchase agreements to power their facilities with local renewable energy. Yesterday, Microsoftand Puget Sound Energy (PSE) aounced that the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) has appro...

[embedded content] About 34 million Americans still lack broadband inteet access. Of these 34 million people, 23.4 million live in rural parts of the country.Microsoft today aounced its plans to close this rural broadband gap in the United Stateswithin the next five years by July 4, 2022. Micr...

You can now get huge discounts on Anker’s most popular portable chargers (power banks). These portable chargers come with faster charging, more advanced technology and even better portability. Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 technology allows compatible devices to charge 85% faster. In some devices, yo...