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Twitter recently alerted Android users that their data may have been compromised, saying:We recently fixed a vulnerability within Twitter for Android that could allow a bad actor to see nonpublic acco...

Microsoft recently aounced that their Microsoft Teams app has 20 million daily active users (DAU), significantly more than Slack.  Much doubt is being cast on how Microsoft Teams DAU are counte...

Gris, the evocative and emotional platformer from Nomada Studio, will be available for purchase on the Apple App Store as of August 22nd.The news was aounced on Twitter by the game’s publisher, Devo...

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 is well-known for providing gamers with great devices with solid build quality but over the years they haven’t released consumer products that could be seen as iovative. Interesting projects l...

Over 100 customer support staff at a Blizzard office in Cork, Ireland have accepted contract buyouts in order to leave the company, Eurogamer has reported. Sources from inside the company who have req...

Microsoft has today brought all the significant new features in Microsoft Launcher 5.1 beta to the mainstream version of the app. This 5.1.0.47682 release comes with several new features like Sticky ...

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...

Popular privacy-focused messaging app Telegram has been updated in the Microsoft Store to version 1.5. The update brings along a number of usability features for those in a hurry, including the abili...

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...

The new build Windows 10 Preview Insider Build v17112 has been released by Microsoft to the Fast Ring.Rather than new features, the update appears to be bringinga number of fixes, but also known issues, which are enumerated as below:We fixed an issue where selecting a notification after taking a screenshot or game clip opened the Xbox app’s home screen ins...

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’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’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...

If you’ve ever streamed games using Twitch or YouTube, you know how toxic those communities can be. While it’s near impossible to rid these platforms of toxicity completely, some do so better than others. Microsoft’s Mixer streaming service, while it has a much smaller audience, has a reputation for fostering a positive community.Mixer co-founder James Boehm attributes this to the platform’s transparency and strict harassment rules.Speaking with Polygon, Boehm said, “When we started Mixer, working with streamers and working with content creators, one of their key feedback points was wanting to know what’s going on with the platform. ‘We want to understand the rules, we want to understand wha...

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...

Google Drive yesterday aounced a new feature that will help enterprise organisations collaborate easily with others without worrying about file formats. For example, if you’re collaborating with an exteal agency, chances are you’re dealing with multiple file formats. They may be using Office 365 while you are using Google Suite. To use collaboration features like comments on documents, you need to convert the document to Google format. This new feature on Google Drive tries to solve this problem.You can now comment directly on more file types including Microsoft Office files, PDFs and images—without having to convert them into Google Docs, Sheets or Slides. In the Drive preview pane, you can...