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Microsoft has added a new theme pack to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 users. Titled ‘Earth from Above PREMIUM’, the new theme pack contains 14 high-quality 4K wallpapers, the description of which...

Microsoft has added a new theme pack to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 users. Titled ‘Staircases PREMIUM,’ the new theme pack contains high-quality 4K wallpapers, the description of which reads as...

Microsoft has added a new theme pack to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 users. Titled Panoramic Cityscapes PREMIUM, the new theme pack contains 10 high-quality 4K wallpapers, the description of whi...

Microsoft has added a new theme pack to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 users. Titled Explore the USA PREMIUM, the new theme pack contains 25 high-quality wallpapers, the description of which reads...

Losing smartphones does not make your sensitive information vulnerable to theft, thanks to advanced technologies like biometric-based locking system. However, wearables do not ensure this similar leve...

While most of us dismiss Microsoft Rewards many readers have found that it offers a great (if minor) income stream for only changing your behaviour slightly.For those who know this optimising the numb...

Razer’s newest Razer Phone was aounced alongside a bevy of new accessories. The most exciting of these was the aouncement that smartphones would be receiving their very own Raiju controller. The R...

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...

Microsoft has rolled out a new Windows 10 Mobile cumulative build for all supported Windows Phones taking the OS to build 15254.248.This build contai...

After a brief beta testing period, Larry Hryb has aounced that party chat is now available through the Xbox app on Android and iOS mobile devices.As...

It looks like Amazon may soon release its official Amazon Music app for Windows 10 devices in Microsoft Store. The Amazon Music app was spotted in Microsoft Store today and as per the listing it will be available only for x86 PCs.The official Amazon Music app is now available for download from Microsoft Store in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. And this app can be downloaded only on x86 PCs for now.Using this app, you will be able to enjoy music from Amazon Music Unlimited, Prime Music, Amazon My Music and the music you have stored locally on your PC.Amazon Music Unlimited:Choose from tens of millions of songs, thousands of curated playlists and stations, and get...

Microsoft today released Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17095 to developers. This SDK can be used with Windows 10 Insider Build 17093 or later.And this release includes bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The SDK is supported byVisual Studio 2017 and can work side-by-side with older SDKs.As you might have noticed in the recent SDK preview releases, this release also includes the C++/WinRT headers and cppwinrt compiler (cppwinrt.exe). This compiler comes in handy if you need to consume a third-party WinRT component or if you need to author your own WinRT components with C++/WinRT.The updated Preview SDK can be downloaded here. You can find the list of new API additi...

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Windows 10 is bringing more and more mobile features to Microsoft’s desktop operating system, bringing it more in line with the way mode users expect theirdevices to work.Microsoft added a mobile hotspot feature to Windows 10 with one of its feature updates and while this feature is more suited to mobile devices, with the rise of always-coected devices by Intel and ARM, more and more PC users will have a laptop or tablet with inteet coectivity. The Surface Pro 2017 for one, ships with an LTE variant, and Microsoft is pushing always coected devices as this year’s new “it” PC.How to tu your PC into a mobile hotspotNavigate to Settings > Network and inteet > Mobi...

Microsoft updated the Windows 10 Photos app for Windows Mobile, and if they were hoping to stop users from ever opening it again, I’m happy to say they delivered the right product.First, let’s start with the improvements. Microsoft has ported the desktop app to Windows 10 Mobile. This means users now have access to a wider range of customisation features than were previously presented in the Windows 10 Mobile app. You now have access to filters, so you can overlay your photos with basic filters without needing to jumpover to another app.On the negative side, Microsoft has ported the desktop app to Windows 10 Mobile. This means that there are few mobile optimisations present in this app, it’s...

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...

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...

Smartphone manufacturerWilefox is now in administration (effectively, bankrupt). The firm has run out of money to operate and is now laying off staff while plans are being made on how to move forward.News of this originated on Reddit, with a Wileyfox staffer posting on the official sub to alert users. “Wileyfox Europe Limited is in Administration. Andrew Andronikou and Andrew Hosking are appointed joint administrators and act jointly and severely without personal liability. ” Said Wileyfox Jack, “As for hopes of restructuring/buy-outs happening. I am doubtful but if anyone out there has some cash spare please go ahead and buy Wileyfox I liked working there!”As it is now, Wileyfox is being ru...

HP today aounced a couple of new ZBook mobile workstations. HP claims that the new ZBook 14u is the world’s thiest mobile workstation.The ZBook 14u/15u will be highly durable as they passed two additional MIL-STD tests for bench handling and crash hazard shock for unpredictable conditions. HP has made them easily serviceable than previous generations.The ZBook 14u/15u also features a world-facing, noise-cancelling microphone, which removes unwanted sounds when in individual mode or enhances for 360-degree voice pick-up when in conference mode.TheHP ZBook 14u/15umobile workstationsnow come with the popular HP Sure View integrated privacy screen. And they are powered by 8th generation Intel Co...

Microsoft today released Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17083 to developers. This SDK can be used with Windows 10 Insider Build 17083 or later.And this release includes bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. There’s new TreeView control, new printing APIs, HDR, screen capture APIs and more. The SDK is supported byVisual Studio 2017 and can work side-by-side with older SDKs.As you might have noticed in the recent SDK preview releases, this release also includes the C++/WinRT headers and cppwinrt compiler (cppwinrt.exe). This compiler comes in handy if you need to consume a third-party WinRT component or if you need to author your own WinRT components with C++/WinRT.The...

Microsoft has just put the final nail in Windows Mobile’s coffin, declaring that no more Insider builds will be delivered to the OS.The news was delivered in typical fashion by Microsoft over twitter by a Senior Program Manager for the Windows Insider team Brandon LeBlanc who merely said:No mobile builds are coming.— Brandon LeBlanc (@brandonleblanc) January 24, 2018Microsoft had earlier promised to keep the Insider Program going for Windows Mobile, but apparently, plans have changed:Before:Yes we plan to keep releasing new builds for Mobile!— Brandon LeBlanc (@brandonleblanc) October 12, 2017and now:Plans change. Such is the nature of things.— Jason (@NorthFaceHiker) January 25, 2018Microso...