Microsoft is bringing Microsoft Rewards to Australia at the end of April. The program will replace the Xbox Live Rewards, which is gaming and Windows Store focussed and will provide users with more options for ea ings points from using the Microsoft ecosystem.While Xbox Live Rewards will give users

Mojang yesterday a ounced that Minecraft is launching globally on May 11th for Nintendo Switch. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch edition will come with the Super Mario Mash-Up pack, along with other features available in existing Console Edition.The big difference is how the game works with the various v

Microsoft has now added support for Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) in Visual Studio Code through the updated v1.116.0 release of the Visual Studio Team Services extension. TFVC will work for both Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2 (or later) and Team Services. This support will enable user

Microsoft recently a ounced its upcoming Spring event that will be happening on May 2nd. The event will be highly focused on education, and we believe Microsoft will introduce Windows Cloud at the event.Windows Cloud is expected to be Microsoft’s take on Google’s Chromebooks, so it is a pretty big

Organizations around the world are finding ways to move their applications to the cloud. But not all organizations can move their data to the cloud due to various issues including regulations, data sovereignty and more. Microsoft is promoting hybrid cloud for this kind of organizations and in fact,

Microsoft is once again teaming up with Porsche. The company today a ounced in a blog post that the maker of Forza, Tu 10, is teaming with Porsche for a six-year long partnership. As part of the partnership, Porsche and Tu 10 will be bringing a “variety of Forza franchise initiatives.”Microsoft

Last year, Microsoft released Visual Studio for Mac, a fully featured IDE for Mac developers to create mobile and cloud applications. Based on the feedback from developers, Microsoft has brought several new features like web editor, improved .Net Core and ASP .Net support and more. Read about them b

DocumentDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service built for fast and predictable performance, high availability, elastic scaling, global distribution, and ease of development. Azure DocumentDB service offers guaranteed single-digit millisecond low latency at the 99th percentile, 99.99% high avail

Microsoft yesterday a ounced that they have added support for Computer Vision APIs. Using the Computer Vision APIs, users can create flows that extract rich information from images to categorize and process visual data like the below.Describe Image – generates a description of an image in human rea

Synack yesterday a ounced that it has raised $21.25 million in a Series C round of funding led by Microsoft Ventures. Microsoft Ventures will also take a seat on Synack’s board. Synack will use this investment to further develop the Synack Platform, scale adoption across the U.S. and Europe, enter

Perfect Wold Entertainment and Cryptic Studios a ounced today that the next tale in the Neverwind Saga, called The Cloaked Ascendancy is now available on both Xbox One and PS4.Neverwinter is a free-to-play action MMORPG that features fast-paced combat and epic dungeons, where players explore the va

EA was supposed to officially unveil Star Wars: Battlefront II on April 15 but it looks like that won’t be happening with the fanfare they expected. Numerous users uploaded the trailer early to websites like Vimeo and YouTube and it has since spread on all forms of social media. The trailer features

American multinational semiconductor company AMD today a ounced that it has acquired intellectual property and key engineering talent from Nitero, a company behind the development of wireless VR and augmented reality headsets.Nitero’s tech promises low-latency performance without the need for wires

Microsoft today released an updated SwiftKey app for Android. With this update, SwiftKey now supports 9 new languages: Marshallese, Manx, Northe Sotho, Kashubian, Chichewa, Ewe, Tetum, Hawaiian, Dutch (BE). Recently, Microsoft added the ability for users to customize their keyboard in various ways

Microsoft will be rolling out the Windows 10 Creators Update worldwide this month. For many users, this should be a seamless update with apps, files, and settings transferred over. Many of the changes in the Creators Update are either positive or benign to most users. However, if you’re in the minor

Phil Spencer teased a major a ouncement today and a few minutes later Larry Hryb confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops II was backward compatible. The game is part of the Xbox Spring Sale so be sure to take advantage of the pricing if you’re interested in the title. You can purchase it on Xbox Mar

[embedded content]The sequel to 2013’s hit fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us is coming to current gen consoles soon, and NetherRealm has been teasing players with a slew of new gameplay trailers. Injustice 2 “allows you to equip every iconic character with unique and powerful gear ea ed throug

[embedded content]Xbox users can now take advantage of the Spring Sale on Xbox with deals on more than 350 games, Xbox accessories, movies & TV shows, music and apps.The Spring Sale includes deals for Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Windows 10. Xbox games are up to 67% off and an additional 10% off for

Microsoft introduced Forms as the result of direct feedback from educators that they want to have a quizzing function with Office 365 Education. Forms can be used to create surveys, requisitions, assessments and so much more. Microsoft yesterday a ounced that Forms can be now embedded inside OneNot

Overwatch is a great shooter and demonstrates Blizzard’s mastery over a multitude of genres. Whether it be an action role-playing experience like Diablo III or a first-person shooter, whatever they do is of the highest quality and delights gamers. One of the reasons why Overwatch continues to be so