[embedded content] A week ago Microsoft a ounced that Summer’s Xbox A ual Ultimate Game Sale begins on July 5 and it will feature over 250 deals on Xbox titles. For the first time ever, Microsoft will include Windows 10 games and special pricing for Xbox One consoles. Xbox game deals include a savin...

In Building 88, the home of the Microsoft Surface team in Seattle, Microsoft has posted some place holders indicating a new Surface range coming in 2017. The pictures were snapped by developer Shubhan Chemburkar who was attending a Windows Insider event at Microsoft. That a new set of Surface device...

In 2011 AVIS released a Windows Phone 7 app into the Zune market place. Not much else was heard from the app since them, but today the car hire company has finally released a new Windows Phone 8.1 app for Windows Phone users. The full featured app, which shares its design with its iOS and Android ve...

The State Bank of India has released a Windows Phone app for their Associate Banks, meaning the following banks are now supporting Windows Phone directly. State bank of Travencore State bank of Mysore State Bank of Patiala State Bank of Hydrabad State bank of Bikanar & Jaipur The app provides a full...

Specter, the 3rd party Snapchat app for Windows Phone has seen another update in the Windows Store. The update has brought support for an important Snapchat feature – Snapchat stories, which last a bit longer than the usual ephemeral Snapchat message, with users now able to post the them. The app cu...

If you are looking for the application that can give you an opportunity to edit PDF files really fast and easy, you should try PDF A otation! PDF A otation allows to add a variety of shapes and text, choose a color and transparency of the added elements in the document, work with the text (highlight...

Tu ing the usual order of things upside down a bit, the Deezer music streaming app was available Europe-only and not in USA. Now that restriction appears to have been lifted, with usersin USA now able to sign up for the UWP app. The app features: Use the same app across all your Windows 10 devices: ...

Are you a serious PC gamer? Are you tired of being restricted to your desktop or tablet to play those games. Well a company by the name of PGS Labs is looking to change all of that with a portable gaming system (hence PGS) that runs the PC version of Windows 10, allowing you to take your PC games wi...

Pre-orders for the compelling series 6 of the Game of Thrones saga is now open at the Microsoft Store. 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 blockbuster HBO series. ...

Microsoft has updated an old keyboard case patent the company has first filed some years ago. Their latest patent from December 2015 is a continuation of a 2012 patent, which itself is a continuation of a 2009 patent. The patent described a protective case for a smartphone which includes a keyboard ...

Bandai Namco will release Dragonball Xenoverse 2 on Xbox One and PS4 on October 25, and for PC via Steam on October 28. The game is said to be more polished that its predecessor. Players will see better frame rate, more customisation, and a smoother online experience. In addition to this, players wi...

Windows 10 is a service, which means automatic updates are tu ed on by default and your PC always has the latest and best features. With automatic updating, you don’t have to search for updates online or worry that critical fixes or device drivers for Windows might be missing from your PC. Windows U...

Microsoft is a gaming company who owns a console, runs a store and also owns an OS, which gives them the ability to push new standards such as DirectX 12. The ability for Microsoft to use these synergies to swoop in and take the PC gaming market from companies such as Steam as been giving Gabe Newel...

MIT Technology Review yesterday released their 50 Smartest Companies 2016 list. Their editors pick the 50 companies that best combine i ovative technology with an effective business model. Microsoft was ranked No.26 in the list which was topped by Amazon, Baidu, Illumina, Tesla Motors and Aquion Ene...

Yesterday, Microsoft shared some additional details about the accessibility improvements coming in Windows 10 A iversary Update. Microsoft said that they will continue to invest on accessibility and they are committed to the continued improvement of built-in features like Narrator and Magnifier as w...

Last month, UK voted to leave the EU in a historic referendum which is widely known as “Brexit”. Microsoft’s chief executive in the UK, Michel Van der Bel said the following before the referendum. “The U.K. remaining in the EU supports important criteria for continued and future investment by Micros...

LinkedIn’s sale to Microsoft did not come as a massive surprise, but its price did – at $26.2 billion it presented a 50% premium on the current share price of the company, who’s shares had already plunged more than 40% earlier this year on growth conce s. It has already been speculated that the high...

Microsoft Edge is Microsoft’s flagship web browser for Windows 10 on PCs, Mobile and Xbox devices. Microsoft Edge browser is Microsoft’s successor to Inte et Explorer in Windows 10, albeit a heavily slimmed down web browser which is optimized for speed, battery life and comes with some nifty feature...

• Movies & TV Purchasing and renting movies and TV shows is now enabled in the new Xbox Store, and playback of movies and TV shows is enabled in the new Movies & TV app. You can purchase or rent movies and TV shows in the Xbox Store (or the Windows Store or on MicrosoftStore.com), and use the new Mo...

Created by Grid Entertainment IntroductionXKCD Explorer is a simple and beautiful app that lets you view XKCD web comics, share XKCD web comics with your friends, save your favorite web comics across devices, and receive notifications when a new web comic is posted. Developer: Grid Entertainment Pri...