Recently, Microsoft compared Microsoft Edge’s battery efficiency against Google Chrome, Opera, and Firefox. The company a ounced that Microsoft Edge consumes 70% less battery than Google Chrome. As you may expect, Microsoft Edge won the test because of the optimizations the browser includes. However...

[embedded content] To celebrate the end of Game Of Thrones season 6, Microsoft France partnered with Wa er France to create this new special edition Game of Thrones Xbox One. Unfortunately, this special edition console will not be available for purchase. It will be available only as competition priz...

Here today released a minor update for its Maps app on the Windows Phone Store. As you may expect, the latest update isn’t anything major and it only brings a few bug fixes and performance improvements. The fact that the software is being supported however is in itself interesting, as Here is expect...

Before the pound does a Brazil it might be a good idea to grab this latest deal at the Carphone Warehouse, where price of the Lumia 550 has just dropped to only £39.99 with a £10 top-up, down from £49.99 earlier. However, if you are a Pay As You Go customer, the upgrade prices start at an even lower...

HP’s laptop dock for the HP Elite X3 is a rather cool accessory, made with aluminium and solid polycarbonate with a great keyboard and massive battery that offers a laptop-like experience via Continuum for Phones for their upcoming flagship handset. All About Windows Phone had a hands-on with the de...

Much have been made of messaging bots as the new wave of the future, replacing the multitude of single purpose apps which are now de rigueur, but so far I have seen very little evidence of an implementation that is actually useful. It seems Slack may be the first one to get it right, with their new ...

[embedded content] Microsoft Research’s Advanced Technologies Lab in Israel is working on a research project named Project Prague that will allow app developers to include basic hand gesture support into their applications without much work. They can also create customized gestures for their own app...

[embedded content] Motion tracking is nothing new for Microsoft, we have seen their expertise in commercial products like Microsoft Kinect. Microsoft Research’s computer vision team is now working on latest advances in detailed hand tracking. They have created a system that can track hands smoothly,...

Fantasia Painter app just got updated v3.80 with some new features. This update includes support for 3D objects, High Resolution saving, and more. You can embed naturally looking 3D objects with perfect shadows on your phone within seconds. Powerful editing enables you to recolor, blend, rotate in 3...

Windows Phone never had a good relationship with Snapchat. It’s been a while since Windows Phone fans have been asking for an official Snapchat app, and the company never delivered. The situation got even worse when the company removed some of the third-party Snapchat apps, including 6Snap from the ...

The Bluetooth SIG has certified another small update to the Windows 10 Mobile Bluetooth Stack. There are only two differences between this stack and the one which shipped last year. The first is that the Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) has been updated to version v1.4 from version 1.3. Mi...

Facebook’s app for Windows 10 desktops and tablets has been updated to version 58.0.57.140 with a minor UI change. The Live Video icon is now only on your wall and no longer in the news section. The app also appears to open somewhat faster now. The app, which is Facebook’s own app for Windows 10 and...

Spotify’s Windows Phone app has finally picked up a major update. The company today released a new update for the app which introduces the “mode ” user interface which the company released on Android and iOS a few months ago. The new user interface looks a lot better than the previous UI — however, ...

Microsoft recently released Windows 10 Build 14366 to the Windows Insider Program’s Slow Ring. Today, the company has released the official ISOs for build 14366, allowing Insiders to clean install pretty easily. As per usual, the ISOs are available for Window s 10 Home, Education, Enterprise, etc. I...

Microsoft and the Philipines Department of Education has worked together to create a next generation containerized classroom to deliver education to underserved and unco ected areas in the Philipines. The EGG (so-called because it is self-contained) will be able to generate its own electricity via s...

Cross-platform password manager Enpass have updated their UWP app to version 5.1. The app is available for all major desktop and smartphone platforms, features military grade encryption, a strong password generator, syncs across devices using your own cloud (e.g Dropbox, OneDrive, GoogleDrive and mo...

Pixelgate Studios is proud to a ounce the worldwide release of their latest game Eggs Out. Get the best score by guessing where the egg will fall, and collect stars to unlock new eggs! This is a classic arcade game with an easy gameplay. We tried to create a clean artistic style game using flat desi...

At E3 2016, Microsoft a ounced the Gears of War 4 Special Edition Xbox Elite Wireless Controller. This is the first customized Xbox One Elite controller and is now available for pre-order. The pro-level controller has been designed in collaboration with The Coalition. The Xbox Elite Wireless Control...

Microsoft Project Scorpio console is set to be a monster, on par with today’s best PCs, with specs like eight CPU cores, 6 teraflops of graphics computing power, support for 4K video and VR. Microsoft has said Scorpio will break the wall between PC and console gaming, but it seems the console will m...

Age of Empires: Castle Siege game was updated to v1.18.1 in Windows Store. This update fixes one crucial bug. The game would sometimes crash for a handful of players with Unicode characters in their PC user account name when trying to log in on Windows 10. With this update, the game will no longer c...