After 1,350 job cuts in Finland this week Finance Minister Alexander Stubb has criticized Microsoft for breaking promises it made 2 years ago when it purchased Nokia’s mobile assets, to keep research and development jobs in Finland, and generally keep it a tech hub for the company. “I am disappointe...

Acer today introduced a couple of new Windows 10 PCs ahead of COMPUTEX 2016. The company today introduced the new Switch V 10, Switch One 10, and the TravelMate P2 Series. All of these new devices come at a pretty affordable price, and they are mostly focused towards students and businesses. First u...

Microsoft released Windows 10 Build 14352 to Insiders last night. Following the build release, the company pushed out a few app updates to Insiders. The company updated the Movies & TV app and the Microsoft Phone on Windows 10 (both Mobile and PC). Both of these updates are minor, and they don’t bri...

Vivoom, a mobile media company that enables brand-safe storytelling between advertisers and consumers at scale, is entering into a partnership with Microsoft that will encourage the creation and distribution of branded, consumer-created content. With this new partnership, Microsoft’s users will be a...

Teen Games company never stops coming up with new ideas to indulge the fans of racing and simulation games. Today we invite everyone to enjoy one of our popular releases — Subway Simulator 3D. The title speaks for itself: in Subway Simulator 3D you get to operate a massive locomotive of the metropol...

In Microsoft’s effort to fight the DOJ gag orders that prevent tech companies from telling customers when the gove ment has ordered it to tu over data, it has gained an ally in The American Civil Liberties Union, who just filed a motion to join Microsoft’s cause. Alex Abdo, a senior staff atto ey wi...

Microsoft has been beta testing a major update for Remote Desktop for Windows 10 for a while now. Over the past few months, the company worked with Insiders to add new features such as support for Continuum on Windows 10 Mobile and much more. Here are some of the features of the app: Access remote P...

At Build 2016, Microsoft a ounced that the company will be bringing Notification Syncing to Windows 10. The new feature will allow users to view their Windows 10 Mobile or Android smartphone’s notifications on their Windows 10 PC almost instantly via Cortana. Recently, Microsoft rolled out this feat...

Audio Extractor v1.5.4 is live in the Windows Store. This update brings desktop version, complete UI overhaul, paste button and more! Here is the full changelog and the latest screenshots… Full changelog: Added desktop version Complete UI overhaul, now minimalistic Added paste button for much faster...

Speaking to Forbes Contributor Tony Bradley, Microsoft Senior Director of Public Relations Lisa Gurry called the first year of the Windows 10 Store “very encouraging”, noting that the store has seen more than 6.5 billion visits during the year. Microsoft is celebrating the landmark with a new Ready,...

Cortana ImprovementsCortana, Your Personal DJ: In addition to playing songs via your local files and OneDrive, you also now have the ability to play any song from the entire Groove Music Catalog using Cortana. If you have a Groove Music Pass, just ask Cortana to play your favorite artist, genre, pla...

[embedded content] Bandai Namco has a ounced that it is bringing its Pac-man 256 game to the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and the PC (via Steam) on the 21st June. Pac-man 256 is based on the famous 256th level glitch, otherwise known as the “split-screen level” or a “kill screen”, where when you make it ...

One of the great features of the Hololens is that its a full PC perched on your forehead. If you however want a no-compromise VR experience you need a full desktop PC with the latest GPU and processor. Enter stage left MSI, who will be showing off their Backpack PC at Computex this year. The device ...

King, the developer of the popular game Candy Crush has released their new update to Candy Crush Soda Saga game in Windows Store. This game is now available for Windows 10 PCs, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile devices and adds 20 new levels. Change log: Arribaah! It’s time for a sodalicious f...

Microsoft is set to unveil a new Forza title at next month’s E3 gaming Expo, though it’s unclear whether we’re getting a new Motorsport or Horizon version, though the former is unlikely as Motorsport 6 was just released September 2015, whereas the last Horizon was released back in 2014. What is know...

On their Server and Cloud blog Microsoft revealed that they are partnering with Facebook to build the ” highest-capacity ever” subsea trans-Atlantic cable with a speed of up to 160Tbps starting this August. The 6,600 cable will co ect United States to southe Europe: from Virginia Beach, Virginia to ...

Microsoft is working on brand new game modes for the console versions of Minecraft, and the first of them is called Battle. According to IGN, each one of these game modes will be based off popular community activities. Battle is based off one of the most popular game modes on PC Minecraft servers, H...

Microsoft today released a major update for Skype on Android. The company today released Skype 7.0 with a brand new design for tablet devices, bringing a Material Design-inspired user interface which looks really nice. Additionally, the new UI focuses on making multi-tasking better, which should als...

Microsoft has updated it’s Garage project lock screen app for Android to version 3.2.0. The new update brings a bevy of new features including: New logo and color scheme. The new logo has a streamlined ‘N’, and expresses our identity ad a location-based lock screen Notifications: optimized icons for...

Microsoft’s Lumia hardware plans may appear to have been buried yesterday, but this is all according to plan if a new report from the tech blog Windows Central is to be believed. According to an inte al memo acquired by the website, Microsoft has been swift to reassure its partners that the Windows ...