Four years ago, at the launch of Windows 8 in October 2012, the New York Times proudly launched their Windows 8 app which allowed subscribers to enjoy the full breadth of content available to them from an optimized app, including full articles, videos, photos, slideshows and blogs. The apps featured...

Microsoft today a ounced support for virtual reality for Minecraft on Windows 10. The company is rolling out a new update today for Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition with support for the Oculus Rift, which will allow Minecraft players to play the game in VR. Microsoft stated: We hope the VR experience i...

Microsoft’s battles with Apple and Google are well known in the consumer space. But they equally do battle with Cisco in the enterprise realm. Now there are some signs of thawing relations between the two tech super giants. Monday, Cisco unveiled Cisco Meeting Server. The system co ects Cisco meetin...

The Nexdock device extender is currently shipping to some lucky users (though a hiccup means that shipment to everyone is delayed at the minute) and Lumia 950 owner D Falconer has taken the opportunity to review the keyboard/ screen and battery combo. [embedded content] The Continuum accessory is no...

Microsoft has released new updates for the Office apps on the iPhone with better inking support. With the latest update, users can use their finger to draw, highlight or even write via the Draw tab. You can control the thickness of the pen, and change the color of course while you are drawing. In ad...

The Prayer Book is a growing collection of Catholic and quick prayers for everyone and now with revamped UI for uncluttered and peaceful reading. Added: Catholic Prayers Marian Prayers Main prayers pre-updates: Family Prayers Seasonal For the Professionals For Teenagers Now in Universal Windows App ...

If you’re in the Xbox One Preview program, you’ve been getting a lot of builds lately. Recent builds haven’t been too interesting, with the majority of their changes simply being bug fixes, and tonight’s build is no different. You can check out the changelog below, but it isn’t too interesting. It’l...

WhatsApp beta app was updated to version 2.16.154 in Windows Store today. This updated app brings a functional menu to the top of the chat page. The menu has been spotted previously, but then did not work. Now the menu lets users select, delete and forward messages. You can also see info about the g...

The HP Elite X3 is the most desirable flagship Windows 10 Mobile handset of the second half of 2016, but it’s not a Lumia, which means many features our readers take for granted on Lumia handsets will not necessarily appear on the device. It is therefore good to hear that a feature which has so far ...

Microsoft has a great back to school bundle for those preparing for the new academic year. Verified students can save up to $389 in USA and $469.99 in Canada on a combination of either a Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book and an Xbox One with one free game. The deal starts at $878, making it pretty affor...

The NexDock is a device which transforms your Windows 10 Mobile device into a laptop through Continuum, and it was a major success on Indiegogo, receiving 121% of required funding. The device has run into the usual issues, but unlike many crowd-funding projects is actually shipping now to some users...

Last month, Microsoft a ounced a new Authenticator experience for Android, iOS, and Windows 10. The company’s new Authenticator app for Windows 10 has already been available for a few months now. However, the company has just pushed out the new Authenticator experience on Android. With the new Authe...

HP is offering an amazing deal on the HP EliteBook Folio G1 notebook. They are selling the 12.5 inch laptop for only $10,99, $950 off its usual $2,211 price and unusually include a Windows Hello web cam just like a Surface Pro and two USB-C ports. The notebook features: Windows 10 Pro 64 6th Generat...

Microsoft today released a minor update for Skype Preview app. The update to version 11.7.102.0 is a minor one without apparent significant changes or changelog. Skype Preview for Windows 10 is a new mode Skype app for Windows 10 built on the new Universal app platform intended to replace both Skype...

On the eve of launch of the latest generation of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 we are reminded once again of Microsoft’s failed Courier project, which was one of the first to propose a pen-first operating system. At the time the project was cancelled as Microsoft was not convinced that the user interfac...

U.S. rail company Amtrak is withdrawing their app from the Windows Store starting today, according to an inte al memo posted by the WC. The letter reads: Due to low levels of use by customers, Amtrak has decided to shutdown the Windows Phone version of the mobile app. Launched in December 2013, the ...

Popular YouTube music downloader for W10M has been bumped up to the version 3.4.1. Nothing special in this update, but some small and important ‘behind-the-curtain’ improvements and bug fixes. Here is the changelog… Changelog: Set up the groundwork for the potential translations in the future Album ...

Diabetes Analyzer is one of the first app on Windows 10 to help you manage and track your blood glucose level.Thus, one can manage their blood glucose level on both Mobile as well as PC & Tablet.Gone are the days when you would have to sit and write down your glucose levels and calculate your averag...

The Lumia 435, released at the begi ing of 2015, was one of the lowest points for Windows Phone. The device, with seriously underwhelming specs such as a 2 megapixel main camera always seemed u ecessary, and was thought by many to be a repurposed Android handset. It seems however that Microsoft was ...

Microsoft Research and MIT Media Lab recently introduced a new product called DuoSkin. DuoSkin is basically a temporary tattoo that will allow you to control co ected interfaces. For example, you can use it to control a game or even your smartphone. Additionally, you can use DuoSkin as an NFC tag, w...