Skype isn’t the only UWP which is getting some grease down its wheel to make it run faster, Microsoft also pushed out an update to OneDrive and People for Windows 10 devices. Deezer’s Music preview app also picked up an update, nothing new of note, though I wryly notice that still doesn’t have suppo...

Back in May, Lenovo published a new number one TPC-H 30TB world record using SQL Server 2016 and Windows Server 2016 on Lenovo System x3950 X6. Last week, Lenovo published the best performance and the best price/performance ever on the non-clustered TPC-H benchmark @10,000GB on Lenovo System x3850 X...

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Microsoft today a ounced the new Skype UWP app for Windows 10 Mobile devices. Recently, the company removed Messaging Everywhere (SMS Syncing) from the default Messaging app on Windows 10, stating that it’ll be integrated into the Skype UWP in the future. Well, today, the company has also a ounced t...

Microsoft today released Skype UWP app to Windows 10 Mobile devices. Along with this update for mobile devices, Microsoft is releasing an updated UWP app for Windows 10 PCs. This new update now allows you to make calls to phones to land lines using Skype Credits. It now supports call hold, call wait...

Microsoft Edge offers better battery life over Google Chrome. How much battery life? Quite a bit more battery life according to Microsoft’s own stats. However, it seems the firm isn’t content to let that stay on the blogosphere and YouTube, but instead now notifies users of Chrome;s battery draining...

Microsoft today a ounced a number of improvements coming to the Windows Dev Center. In a blog post today, the Windows Apps Team at Microsoft a ounced some of the improvements to Advertising Reports in Dev Center which the company made recently. According to the company, the Dev Center now reports da...

Microsoft earlier this month released firmware for the Lumia 950 and 950 XL which enabled the long-awaited double tap to wake feature on them. While the rollout was earlier limited to single-sim, open market devices, the update is now on the WDRT (Windows Device Recovery Tool) servers for dual sim e...

Back in May, we reported that Plex is working on an UWP app for its Windows 10 devices. Today, you can download their latest app from Windows Store. This new UWP app comes with all new design, Cortana integration, support for Continuum and more. The updated app version number is 3.0.31. With an easy...

[embedded content] Telltale games today a ounced that Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 7 – Access Denied is coming to Windows, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and other platforms on July 26th. Check out the new trailer embedded above. What awaits our heroes in this next adventure? Continuing their portal jou ey in ...

Here in the U.S., one of the big economic problems many talk about is the lack of good paying jobs for new college graduates. Gove ment statistics show the unemployment rate for recent college grads nearly double the overall rate. The problem is compounded by the fact many young adults ea their dipl...

[embedded content] Age of Cavemen is a free-to-play multiplayer strategy game where the main goal of the player is to face the dangers of wild, prehistoric world as a village chief. Game Trooper’s today released an update for this game with a new feature called the Tribe Boosts. Tribe Boosts can pow...

Microsoft today introduced Microsoft Stream, the company’s new video streaming service for businesses. Microsoft Allows anyone within a company to share videos with other employees in the company, allowing them to collaborate and share ideas very easily. Microsoft today launched the first preview of...

Mojang today a ounced an update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition and the Windows 10 Edition Beta. This v0.15.3 update includes lots of tweaks and bug fixes. Find the full change log below. Tweaks Multiplayer invite screen text alignment fixed Tweaks to moving blocks to make them work better & more cons...

The US Patent office has just published a new patent from Microsoft titled “SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FEEDBACK FOR MULTIPLE HAPTIC ZONES”. In the patent Microsoft described bringing advanced multi-zone haptic feedback to devices such as tablets, mice and keyboards which often lack these fe...

If you are looking to upgrade your tablet, you might be glad to know that Amazon is now offering a sweet trade-in offer for the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S. If you trade-in your old tablet, you will be able to get $100 towards a new Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, which costs $797. Alongside $100, you will als...

Microsoft Band 2 Small Size alone is now available for just $144.99 from Amazon in the US, down $105.00 from its original price of $249.99. Features: Continuous heart rate monitor tracks heart rate, calorie bu , and sleep quality Tracking for ru ing, biking, golf, and more Email, text, calendar, and...

Microsoft today a ounced a new Corporate Vice-President for Europe Middle-East Africa. Michel van Der Bel, who was previously the CEO of Microsoft UK will now be the CVP for Microsoft’s business across EMEA. As the CVP, Michel will be responsible for the company’s marketing, sales, and operations. M...

Microsoft today a ounced the new 2TB Xbox One S launch edition will be available in select regions from August 2. If you have pre-ordered it, it will arrive on August 2. If you are interested, you can still pre-order a 2TB Xbox One S launch edition through microsoftstore.com and select retailers. Mi...

Microsoft last night released one more Xbox One update to its preview users. This OS version rs1_xbox_rel_1608.160714-2120 includes fixes related to My Games and Apps. Last week, Microsoft released an update which allowed gamers to disable Cortana voice commands and use basic Xbox voice commands. Re...