Microsoft has released a new update for Windows 10 Mobile’s Offline Maps data. Just like the previous updates for Offline Maps, the latest update brings some update data. The updated data brings new data for the Faroe Islands, and it also brings updated data for Rio, ahead of the Olympics. Apart fro...

Windows Ink is a great new feature coming with the Windows 10 A iversary Update today. If you have a Windows 10 tablet like the Surface devices, you are go a love Windows Ink in the A iversary Update. In the Windows 10 A iversary Update, Windows Ink lets you sketch anything you want in the Sketchpad...

The Xbox Store has released some info about the upcoming Square Enix title ‘Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’; in addition to its release date of August 23rd, the game will come in at a whopping 38.86 GB. The digital standard version of the game will run you $59.99, while the deluxe version is $89.99. The y...

Microsoft recently released Xbox One Summer Update with support for background music. Music apps will now be able to play music in the background. In an app that supports background music, just start some music. You’ll be able to switch to other apps and games while the music plays. Today, Microsoft...

Microsoft’s new 2TB Xbox One S and new Xbox Wireless Controller are now available for order in the US from Microsoft Store. Xbox One S: Introducing the new Xbox One S. Play the greatest games lineup, including Xbox 360 classics, on a 40% smaller console. Experience richer, more luminous colors in ga...

Over the past weekend, Microsoft released Xbox One Summer Update to everyone which brings new features like Cortana, background music support and more. Yesterday, there was a new preview build which fixes the issue related to Skyrock app. Today, they are releasing one more build with fixes related t...

Tablet sales, much like those of full fledged PCs, have been declining over the past few years. Consumers have been holding off on u ecessary purchases, and though Microsoft has released Windows 10 to the masses with hopes of boosting the market, that upgrade period has since come and gone. Well IDC...

Microsoft today released the cumulative update Build 14393.10 to Windows Insiders in the Fast Ring. This KB3176929 update is only for Windows 10 PCs. If you have installed previous updates, only the new fixes that are contained in this package will be downloaded and installed to your computer. You c...

[embedded content] Tablet manufacturer Ramos is pla ing to release a new Windows 2-in-1 device soon. This new Ramos i101 is powered by the latest Intel Atom x5 or x7 processor, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage just like Microsoft’s own Surface 3 device. It comes with 10-inch full HD IPS display, USB Type-C ...

Microsoft is set to release the Windows 10 A iversary Update today. Ahead of the official release of the update, the SDK and Mobile Emulator for the build has been leaked. As per usual, WalkingCat was able to find the links to download the SDK and Emulator for build 14393. Windows 10 SDK Build 14393...

You can now pre-order HBO’s blockbuster series “Game of Thrones” Season 6 and enjoy the Hall of Faces Trailer instantly. Familiar faces will forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances at survival…while new characters will emerge to challenge the balance of power in Season 6 of the blockb...

Microsoft has already started shipping the Xbox One S in the UK – however, if you are looking to pre-order one right now, you are out of luck. The launch edition of the Xbox One S (2TB variant) is already out of stock at Microsoft Store, Amazon, and even GAME in the UK. The Microsoft Store is still ...

Over the years we have seen numerous demonstrations of advanced multi-touch by Microsoft Research, but Windows 10 only supports the usual pedestrian swipes and pinches. It seems Korean company Qeexo is much closer to getting their sophisticated multi-touch gestures into the market, and amazingly it ...

[embedded content] When Ziad Sankari was 17 years old, his father died of a heart attack. That tragedy could have been avoided if there had been a way to monitor his heart from remote location. Sankari has now founded CardioDiagnostics, a company that specializes in developing cardiac monitoring pro...

Microsoft has just released a new firmware update for the Surface Pro 3. The changelog for the latest firmware update isn’t available just yet, but the update likely brings a fix for the battery issues that were reported recently. The company actually confirmed that battery life degrading on the Sur...

John Frank, Vice President EU Gove ment Affairs earlier this month said that Microsoft welcomes the new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield decision. The new Privacy Shield secures Europeans’ right to legal redress, strengthens the role of data protection authorities, introduces an independent oversight body, an...

Tweetdeck client app Tweeten has been updated to version 3.1 for Windows and macOS users. The update brings a new start-up experience with a redesigned splash screen and a new login experience. The update also now lets you minimize to the system tray when you close the app and updates the app to Ele...

Microsoft recently a ounced 2850 lay-offs over the next 12 months. While many of those employees were from the Windows Phone division, a large number were also from enterprise sales. The Register reports that Microsoft was retrenching their older sales force experienced with on premise enterprise li...

[embedded content] Xbox and The Coalition today a ounced the Gears eSports Pro Circuit for Gears of War 4. Gears of War gamers can compete in live open events around the world operated by tou ament organizers Major League Gaming (MLG) and Gfinity for a starting $1,000,000 in cash prizes. Players wor...

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group today a ounced that Microsoft has been selected to provide cloud encoding and hosting with video workflows for NBC Olympics’ production of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, which take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 5–21. Microsoft Azure will be p...