China Daily reports that Microsoft is set to expand its cloud services ten-fold in China and take on current incumbents Amazon Inc’s AWS and Alibaba Group’s cloud computing subsidiary Aliyun. “China regards technological i ovation as an important driving source for development, which let us see Chin...

Mojang today confirmed that Max Brooks is writing a Minecraft novel. The novel is titled “Minecraft: The Island”. Max Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, Max Brooks has been called “the Studs Terkel of zombie jou alism.” Marsh Davies at Mojan...

Recently, Microsoft a ounced a major update coming to Minecraft on Windows 10. Today at Minecon, the company has revealed some more details about the upcoming major update for Minecraft on Windows 10, Pocket Edition, and Gear VR Edition. Firstly, the Boos Update will obviously bring boss battles to ...

Respawn yesterday revealed more information about their upcoming Titanfall 2 game for Windows PCs. They also revealed the System Requirements for Titanfall 2 on PC. Their goal for minimum PC specs on Titanfall 2 is that gamers can play at a 1600×900 resolution with most details tu ed on and average ...

Premium Fi ish case maker Mozo is saying goodbye to the season by offering free shipping on all their cases will the end of the month. Mozo is an official partner of Microsoft which means their cases bear the ‘Designed for Microsoft Lumia’ logo and are designed to be a perfect fit. They of course al...

Just last week, Microsoft re-introduced a much-needed feature for Skype on Windows 10: SMS syncing. The feature was previously known as “Messaging Everywhere” but Microsoft has now renamed it to “SMS Relay”. With SMS Relay, Windows 10 users can sync SMS between their Windows 10 PC and Mobile devices...

[embedded content] Forza Horizon 3 game is releasing on Xbox One and Windows 10 on September 27th. If you bought Forza Horizon 3 Ultimate Edition, you can get access to the game today, 4 days ahead of its general release date. Microsoft today a ounced that they will be offering a Forza Horizon 3 Exp...

Microsoft has some new features coming to its OneDrive on Android. The company is currently rolling out a new update for the app which adds a couple of much-needed features. Firstly, the latest update allows users to create Office files right from the OneDrive app — this means, if you want to create...

On the Microsoft Green blog Rob Be ard, Microsoft’s Environmental Strategist, committed the company to powering their global data centres with 50% renewable energy by 2018. Microsoft also intends to grow this further, to 60% in the early 2020’s and higher percentages beyond. Microsoft is already at ...

Microsoft today updated their Bing Search app for Android devices. This update comes with re-designed homepage, navigation and tabs for better overall experience. Also, it now supports in-page translation allowing users to translate webpages without leaving the Bing app. What’s New: • Re-designed ho...

Last week, Microsoft released a new Xbox One Preview build with new features like Clubs & Looking for Group (LFG) which were a ounced at E3 few months back. Today, they released a new Xbox Preview build with bug fixes related to Forza Horizon 3, Guide, and more. Find the full change log below. DETAI...

During this week’s episode of the MSPoweruser Podcast, Ve on E. L. Smith and Andrew Be ett cover some of the week’s Microsoft news. This week’s talking points include Kodi coming to the Windows Store, app updates, Windows 10 build 14931, and more! This week’s featured app is OneNote, which can be fo...

LinkedIn today made few major a ouncements at a press event in the US. First, they are introducing something called Interest Feed which giving professionals even more ways to discover, search and dive deeper into relevant trending content. Second, they are redesigning the desktop web experience. Thi...

On Microsoft’s Typography blog the company a ounced a new OpenType specification developed with industry leaders Adobe, Apple, and Google, with input from independent font and tool makers. OpenType Font Variations enables web site designers and application developers to deliver typographically rich ...

It’s been two years since Leo Ba es (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the a ual ritual that targets the poor ...

We have reported in the past on consumers taking Microsoft to court claiming compensation for issues which they relate to the free Windows 10 upgrade Microsoft offered between June 2015 and July 2016, a push which the Electronic Freedom Foundation called “trampl(ing) on essential aspects of mode com...

Logitech today a ounced the Logitech Z337 Bold Sound desktop speaker with Bluetooth support. With Bluetooth support, you can easily stream audio from any Bluetooth enabled computer, tablet or smartphone, and switch between them effortlessly. 80 Watts Peak/40 Watts RMS power delivers maximum loudness...

Mojang today a ounced that they are releasing special MINECON 2016 skins for free. These new skins will be available across all Minecraft editions including Pocket and Windows 10 editions. You even get Alex and Steve skins wearing swishy and spooky Enderman capes, too! These new skins will be availa...

Few months ago, Microsoft added support for Double Tap To Wake to the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. Over the past several weeks, the company has been rolling the update out to Lumia 950 devices all around the world. And now, it seems like the company has also started releasing the feature for its Lumi...

In a special report FastCompany has revealed that Microsoft Research scientists in Cambridge are working on cancer treatments in their newly installed wet lab with the aim of “solving” cancer in 10 years. The report looks at the work in two areas in particular. One is Biological Modelling that invol...