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If you are looking for a decent business laptop, check out this new deal from Lenovo. The Lenovo ThinkBook 13s is thin and light, the durable all-aluminum chassis of this laptop comes with a stuing ...

Dell yesterday aounced the completely redesigned Latitude series laptops. In fact, this is the 10th generation of Latitude laptops. Depending on the price range, there will be three categories: Lati...

Racing game developer Slightly Mad Studios has decided to branch out into the console manufacturing industry with their upcoming Mad Box console. Slightly Mad CEO Ian Bell started off the moing a cr...

For the first time in a while, Microsoft has overtaken Google’s market capitalization. As of today, Microsoft’s market capitalization stood at $732 billion beating Google who stood at $731 billion.This is the first time in around 3 years that Microsoft has overtaken Google in terms of market capitalization. Although, this shouldn’t come as a surprise since M...

Developers can set their own price for their apps and games in Microsoft Store. But they were forced to select among the limited choices which Microsoft was offering. For example, they can set $11.99, but they can’t set $11.11 as their app’s price. Today, Microsoft is removing this restriction with the support for Free-form pricing. Developers can now set the price of their app, game, or add-on to any value they choose in a market’s local currency. Be it $1.11 or 99 INR orCNY ¥11.11. The pricing possibilities are endless!Here’s how to use this feature in Windows Dev Center:Select the market where you want to override the base price with a free-form price:Click Select markets for base price o...

Microsoft today officially aounced details about this year’s Build developer conference. Microsoft has scheduled Build 2018 developer conference for May 7-9 and the conference will be held at Seattle same as last year.Just like last year, Microsoft is expected to discuss about cloud, artificial intelligence, mixed reality and more at this year’s developer conference.Join demos, meetups, deep dives, celebrations, or take a break to catch some live music. However you like to think, lea, work and play, your schedule is yours to build.Short sessions or long, instructor-led or on your own—pick the mix of leaing opportunities that fits your flavor.Bounce ideas off industry experts, hang out with n...

Microsoft yesterday aounced that Windows Developer Day will be retuing back on March 7th. Microsoft will discuss what’s coming for developers in the next Windows 10 Update at this online event. Kevin Gallo, Vice President of the Windows Developer Platform will deliver the keynote and there will also be live Q&A session following it. Microsoft mentioned in their blog post that developers will find new features and improvements to make their software more compelling in this release.Building for the mode workplace– Upgrade and redefine your code.?We’ll discuss improvements on how we’re evolving our platform to make it easier than ever to update your existing Windows applicationswith new functio...

Another day and another battle royale has been aounced. This time, former S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers have partnered with Focus Home Interactive to bring players a new post-apocalyptic battle royale later this year (via Focus Home).DuringLe What’s Next de Focus, an aual press event for the publisher in Paris, developer Vostok revealed that it has been working on a battle royale game called Fear the Wolves for several months. Fear the Wolves means to offer a new and original take on the battle royale genre that has grown increasingly popular over the last year with the release of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.As described in its aouncement, the game drops players—either in squads or as lone wol...

Back in December last year, Microsoft revealed the Sea of Thieves Limited Edition Xbox One controller, as seen above. This controller is now available for order from Microsoft Store.It is the first official Xbox controller to feature a translucent design. In addition, the skull that ados the front of it glows in the dark. One of its triggers is also a shimmery gold. The entire controller has laser-etched baacles and the left thumbstick is surrounded by a compass. All-in-all, it’s one of Xbox’s better limited edition controllers.It comes with anexclusive in-game Ferryman Clothing Set DLC, a 14-day Xbox Live Gold trial, and a 14-day Xbox Game Pass trial.Sea of Thieves is launching on March 20,...

Earlier this month, Dell aounced the updated XPS 13 Ultrabook with improved specs and brand new white color. This new laptop is now available for order from Microsoft Store US.Apart from the new white color, Dell has further reduced the already narrow bezels. The new XPS 13 is 30 percent (3.4mm) thier as well as lighter, starting at just 2.7 pounds. Dell has packedthe latest Intel 8th Generation Quad Core processor and SSDs up to 1TB for great performance. You can expect battery life of up to 11 hours on this laptop.Dell has also paid attention to the heat management in the new XPS 13. This updated XPS 13 is the world’s first laptop built with GORE Thermal Insulation, the same silica aerogel...

Yesterday, Dell aounced the updated XPS 13 Ultrabook with improved specs and brand new white color. This new device is now available for pre-order from Microsoft Store US. Apart from the new white color, Dell has further reduced the already narrow bezels. The new XPS 13 is 30 percent (3.4mm) thier as well as lighter, starting at just 2.7 pounds. Dell has packedthe latest Intel 8th Generation Quad Core processor and SSDs up to 1TB for great performance. You can expect battery life of up to 11 hours on this laptop. Dell has also paid attention to the heat management in the new XPS 13. This updated XPS 13 is the world’s first laptop built with GORE Thermal Insulation, the same silica aerogels ...

Spotify has been in the Windows Store for a few months now, which is of course great news, but this has also been a convenient location to collect complaints about the apps not being touch-friendly, not using fluent design and lacking Windows 10 integration.Below is just a small collection of the complaints:Interestingly a Spotify developer has responded to one of these and made a very good argument for their current approach, saying:For many technical reasons, fully converting our Desktop app to UWP is not trivial for us. However, this hasn’t stopped us from investing in UWP features for our Desktop application (We now have Live Tiles, and Cortana has just been released to Windows Insiders)...

If you are plaing to buy a new PC that supports Windows Mixed Reality experience, check out this incredible deal from BestBuy US. You can now get save up to $400 when you buy a Windows Mixed Reality headset kit along with select laptops and desktops. For example, when you buy Dell Inspiron gaming laptop that is powered by NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 for $699, you can get a Windows Mixed Reality headset which is worth up to $449 for free.This deal is applicable for many popular Windows laptops including Microsoft’s new Surface Book 2.Find the deal here from BestBuy.Some links in the article may not be viewable as you are using an AdBlocker. Please add us to your whitelist to enable the website to...

When Qualcomm aounced their new Snapdragon 845 processor it was clear they had their eye on more than smartphone applications, with numerous features designed to support Mixed Reality.These included thenew Adreno 630 visual processing subsystem architecture which enablesroom-scale inside-out 6 degrees of freedom (6DoF) with simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)—for features such as wall-collision detection. Additionally, Snapdragon 845 introduces “Adreno foveation,” which substantially reduces power consumption, improves visual quality and boosts XR application performance.Other features such as theSnapdragon 845’s third-generation AI mobile platform allows for elements such as scene ...

As part of Microsoft Store’s 12 Days of Deals campaign, you can now save up to $350 on select Dell PCs. The best deal available on this sale is for Dell XPS 13, you can get a massive $300 discount on the Intel Core i5-8250, 8GB memory/128GB SSD model. Microsoft Store is also offering some discounts on select Dell accessories. Find some of the deals available as part of the sale below.Dell XPS 13 9360 Laptop – SAVE $300.00Dell XPS 27 All-in-One – SAVE $350.00Dell Inspiron 15 7577 Laptop + Dell Windows Mixed Reality Headset with Motion Controllers – SAVE $400.00Dell XPS 13 9365 2-in-1 PC – SAVE $350.00Alienware 17 R4 Gaming Laptop – SAVE $200.00Dell 28 Ultra HD 4K Monitor S2817Q – SAVE $230.00...

It’s not often that you have to pay not to get something, but for many people, it’s worth some dollars not to be exposed to the Intel’s fatally flawed Management Engine.For Dell, it seems that is an opportunity, as the company is the latest addition to the list of Manufacturers providing an option to disable Intel Management Engine. Last week System76 rolled out an update to disable Intel ME followed byPurism who disabled ME on new computers. These companies might not be popular but they sure are taking security seriously. Now Dell has followed the same and is giving customers an option to have Intel ME disabled for just $20.At least three Dell computers can be configured with an “Intel vP...

While the Xbox One X tends to be marketed towards more serious gamers and not the entire Xbox player base, this doesn’t mean its sales are hurting. During an aual shareholder meeting today,Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentioned how the console saw an incredible response over the holiday and how the company plans to pursue the expanding video game industry.“We’re mobilizing to pursue an expansive opportunity in the 100+ billion gaming market,” he said. “This means broadening our approach to how we think about gaming end-to-end. About starting with games and how they’re created and distributed, and how they’re played and viewed.”Specifically referring to the Xbox One X, he said that it’s the...

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition was originally set to launch last month, however it was delayed at the last minute and pushed to sometime in 2018. It appears that some customers were mistakenly charged their pre-order of the game, and Microsoft ha...

On their blogOpera has aounced a new upgrade to the developer version of their browser.The headline feature is support for Google’s Chromecast, meaning you do not have to use Chrome to send a YouTube video to your TV.The feature is disabled by def...

Microsoft is hoping developers will be updating their UWP apps en masse to support their new Fluent Design language, and to help them along Microsoft has published an app in the store that demonstrates all the controls available.“XAML Controls Gallery”demonstrates all of the controls available in Fluent Design System and XAML. It’s the interactive companion to the Fluent Design System web site wh...