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Microsoft recently aounced several new preview features in Teams that will help users in their personal life. You can now sign in with your personal email in Teams. Once signed-in, you can create gr...

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...

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...

As the release date of Samsung’s new flagship range nears, more and more details of the devices are leaking. The latest is regarding the lowest-end device in the premium range, the Samsung Galaxy S10...

Deal Alert: Fitbit’s fitness trackers on sale again, save up to $50bySurur21 hoursFitbit recently introduced some new fitness trackers, and are now clearing out inventory of their older range of devices. This means you can get the Fitbit Charge 2, which is $20.45 off, and on sale for only $129.50,Fitbit I......

Microsoft has aounced a partnership with THQ Nordic to distribute five Microsoft Studios games on Steam and on PC disc at retail. This news was leaked a bit prematurely yesterday but was confirmed t...

If for some reason you’re still ruing on operating systems well over a decade old, you soon won’t be able to play games on Steam. Valve aounced that starting on January 1, 2019 the Steam client will cease to support Windows XP and Windows Vista.“Starting on January 1 2019, Steam will officially stop supporting the Windows XP and Windows Vista operating s...

Back in March, Microsoft aounced a major reorganization inside the company with changes to its executive leadership and the formation of twonew engineering teams. Last month, we reported on some morereorganization news. Last night, Mary Jo Foley from ZDNet reported another round of reorganization within Microsoft. She reported two key changes:Edge develo...

Microsoft Teams already allowed its users to create a new shared OneNote Notebook via OneNote tab for team collaboration. Now, Microsoft has improved this feature by allowing user to include an existing OneNote notebook as a tab. This means anyone can bring their own OneNote content directly into a chael for further discussion. Here’s how this new experience will work when you go to OneNote tab in Microsoft Teams.via: Ae...

We recently reported about PowerShell 6.0 being released for Windows, MacOS and Linux Machines. It had great capabilities being migrated from the ancient .NET framework to .NET Core. But now we are hearing that Microsoft is preparing to release PowerShell 6.1 somewhere around June 2018.This update will add the more powerful, .NET Core 2.0.5 compatibility. Steve Lee is a Principal Engineering Manager in the PowerShell team at Microsoft and he stated that The original port of PowerShell stubbed out support for Device Guard/AppLocker because those APIs were not available on Nano Server, This work will ensure that Device Guard/AppLocker policies are enforced in PowerShell Core 6.0 on Windows sys...

For Honor may be less than a year old, but it feels like forever since Ubisoft’s medieval fighting game first launched. Much of this is do to its failure to hold a large player base, with many pointing to the game’s lack of dedicated servers as their reason for dropping off. Fortunately Ubisoft stated months ago that dedicated servers would make their way into the game, and after a brief testing period last month, they’ll finally release for everyone in February with the game’s Season V content (via Eurogamer).Titled For Honor: Age of Wolves, the new season arriving on February 15 features “changes to the fighting system, new customization options, and major gameplay updates to five Heroes a...

Microsoft recently released a new update for Teams app for iOS devices. This new v1.0.29 update brings support for calling exteal numbers. If your organisation has an Enterprise Voice license, you can now enjoy the calling feature after this update. This update also includes few other changes, read about them below. The Assignments tab is now available for teachers and students in classteams Swipe on a chat to hide it from your list Bug fixes and performance improvements Download the updated app here from Apple App Store. ...

During CES 2018, Acer unveiled a new Nitro 5 laptop model that is set to bring a more powerful experience to casual gamers. Because it’s marketed as a mid-range laptop and won’t compete with higher-end models, you’ll be able to purchase it for a more affordable price (via Neowin). The new Nitro 5 will come equipped withAMD’s Ryzen mobile processor and sport an AMD Radeon RX560 GPU. The 15.6″ screen supports 1920×1080 resolution. It is also set to deliver up to32GB DDR4 RAM and you can get up to a 512GB solid-state drive (SSD) installed. Some of its other features include a backlit keyboard, a front-facing webcam, andDolby Audio Premium stereo speaker hardware built-in. You will be able to m...

Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform only launched around 2 months ago, meaning content for the VR headset platform is likely still an issue. For such a young platform however the good news is that developers appear to be embracing it, with 15 of out SteamVR’s top 40 titles for 2017 supporting the headsets. This includes 5 out of the top 12 Platinum titles, 3 out of the 12 gold titles and 7 of the 16 silver titles, organized by revenue. In addition, Windows Mixed Reality headsets of course also offer beta access to regular SteamVR titles, though performance for those titles can be variable. Hopefully in a year’s time, with enough push from Microsoft’s OEMs, the numbers will look even ...

Steam’s Winter Sale is going on right now and offers deals on hundreds of titles until January 4. Today’s Day 12 of the sale and its featured deals can be read below. Some of the featured discounts today include Grad Theft Auto V, the Don’t Starve franchise, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Slime Rancher among others.Check out the deals for yourself (via Reddit). Featured Deals Franchise Deals These deals are valid throughout the entire sale, so you won’t miss out if you happen to wait a few days before purchasing them. There are also sales on popular AAA and indie games such asThe Witcher 3,Cuphead,Call of Duty: WWII,Dark Souls III,Ark: Survival Evolvedand more. You can view all of the dea...

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Steam’s Winter Sale is going on right now and offers deals on hundreds of titles until January 4. Today’s Day 10 of the sale and its featured deals can be read below. Some of the featured discounts today include The Witcher series, Undertale, the Tomb Raider series, and Tacoma among others.Check out the deals for yourself (via Reddit). Featured Deals These deals are valid throughout the entire sale, so you won’t miss out if you happen to wait a few days before purchasing them. In addition, the featured franchise deals for today include The Witcher, Tomb Raider, and Metro. There are also sales on popular AAA and indie games such asGrand Theft Auto V,Cuphead,Call of Duty: WWII,Dark Souls III,...

Steam’s Winter Sale is going on right now and offers deals on hundreds of titles until January 4. Today’s Day 9 of the sale and its featured deals can be read below. Some of the featured discounts today include the Wolfenstein series, Dream Daddy, RiME, and Outlast 2 among others.Check out the deals for yourself (via Reddit).Featured DealsTitleDisc.$USDThe Escapists 220%15.99The Forest33%10.04ASTRONEER20%15.99RAID: World War II75%9.99Project CARS 240%35.99Outlast 250%14.99Titan Quest Aiversary Edition80%3.99Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator33%10.04Foxhole30%13.99Darkest Dungeon®60%9.99X-Plane 1134%39.59WWE 2K1840%35.99The Curious Expedition50%7.49Tabletop Simulator50%9.99RiME40%17.99Franch...

The Carlsberg Group is one of the leading brewery groups in the world today, with a large portfolio of beer and other beverage brands. Also, Carlsberg is one of the best-known beer brands in the world. Recently, Carlsberg aounced a multi-million-dollar investment called ‘The Beer Fingerprinting Project’ which is focused on measuring and sensing flavours and aromas in beer. This research study will enable anyone to easily develop new beers using Microsoft AI-powered technology instead of relying on on actual humans and techniques like chromatography and spectrometry to detect flavors and aromas.“This research study puts advanced analytics and intelligent cloud technology as a coer stone of th...

In September twoCategory 5 hurricanes ripped through theCaribbean causing extensive damage. Microsoft responded to the call for assistance by donating staff, software and online resources to help coordinate the recovery, resulting in a custom app called the Microsoft Building Damage Assessment app.With a Power BI backend, the app lets officials tabulate the total amount of damage to housing stock and detect trends, like certain types of building materials that were more prone to collapse.The app, which is optimized for tablets, let users easily enter information using drop-down boxes, photos and GPS location, works offline and can then upload the data for analysis when a coection is availabl...