Instagram today a ounced a major redesign for its apps, website, as well as its brand. The company unveiled a new logo for its Instagram app, as well as Layout Hyperlapse. The company has also redesigned their Android and iOS apps with a new coat of paint. The new Instagram app looks pretty good, al...

[embedded content] ColorWare yesterday revealed their new Limited Xbox One Elite Titan Controller. They have customized the Xbox One Elite Controller’s front with gold carbon fiber graphics with a gloss finish, all other parts are painted Jet black gloss. They are going to make only 50 available in ...

[embedded content] The next entry in the award-wi ing Civilization franchise, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI is coming to Windows PCs this October 21st. Civilization is a tu -based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Become Ruler of the World by establishing...

Microsoft today released a new tool that would help you in the time of Office 365 support issues. This new called Support and Recovery Assistant for Office 365 is an easy-to-use app that asks you some simple questions, tests for some of the most common Office 365 support issues and attempts to imple...

Microsoft today a ounced the general availability of Azure SQL Database elastic pools and Azure CDN from Akamai offering their customers an additional CDN provider to choose from. Elastic pools provide a simple cost effective solution to manage the performance goals for multiple databases that have ...

[embedded content] Microsoft Research Asia is working with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on a research project called SwimTrain which encourages group fitness exercises such as group spi ing and swimming. In this case, they have chosen Swimming as their fitness exercise. People ...

Mozo’s wooden cases for the Lumia 650 family may add some classiness to the line, but now the firm is bringing some playfulness to the party as well. Along with the official pre-order a ouncement of its Lumia 950 and 950 XL wooden cases, Mozo also revealed new polycarbonate cases for the Lumia 950, ...

Updates for Extensions in Microsoft Edge: Instead of extracting and loading extensions from a local folder, all available extensions can now be downloaded directly from the Windows Store. This change means that your currently installed extensions will be removed, and you’ll have to reinstall the one...

Microsoft’s latest tablet, the Surface Pro 4 is now available for sale in Saudi Arabia through retailer Al Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies, a long time distributor for Microsoft. The tablet will be available in addition to the full range of Surface accessories. The following specification vari...

Microsoft’s decision to retrench from the smartphone market has left many Windows Phone users with little option of moving to another OS for their next phone. Kantar reports that for many the first choice has been mid-range Android handsets. In Europe in the EU5 countries Windows Phone’s market shar...

Indian OEM iBall today a ounced couple of highly affordable Windows laptops in India. iBall CompBook Excelance is the cheapest laptop that will go on sale for just Rs.9,999 ($150 USD). It comes with a classy slender design and an appealing textured top cover with soft touch feel. Compact and weighs ...

Till now, Skype users in India could buy Skype credit or subscriptions only with Inte ational credit cards. Microsoft today a ounced their partnership with Sify allowing Skype users to buy their Skype credit or subscriptions from www.sify.com/skype using Indian Debit/Credit Cards and Net Banking. “T...

[embedded content] Last month, Microsoft a ounced some improvements that are coming to Narrator in Windows 10. These improvements are currently available in Windows Insider Preview Build 14328 or newer. Microsoft today detailed the updated features includeing Scan Mode, Verbose modes, Punctuation mo...

We used to look forward to the monthly Kantar market share numbers as they charted the progress of our favourite mobile operating system, but in the last year things have of course not been as rosy, as Microsoft continued to withdraw from the consumer market. This month Kantar’s numbers for Q1 2016 ...

Microsoft today released minor update for the Photos, Maps and OneDrive apps in Windows Store. Find the updated app version numbers below. Windows Maps: 5.1603.1241.0 Microsoft Photos: 16.504.17312.0 OneDrive: 17.10.1 As usual, there is no change log mentioned in the Store listings. So, it must be j...

Microsoft yesterday a ounced that are transitioning from Azure Mobile Services to Azure App Service. Microsoft released Azure App Service Mobile Apps along with a one-click migration from Azure Mobile Services to Azure App Service Mobile Apps last year. Instead of duplicate features across multiple ...

Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14342 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. This Build includes improvements on Extensions in Microsoft Edge, support for real-time web notifications in Microsoft Edge, swipe navigation in Microsoft Edge and more. Read about it in detail here...

Wi-Fi Sense feature in Windows 10 automatically co ects you to Wi-Fi around you to help you save your cellular data and give you more Inte et co ectivity options. It also let you exchange Wi-Fi network access with your Facebook friends, Outlook.com contacts, or Skype contacts to give and get Inte et...

Parkour Simulator 3D is a new release from Teen Games, a Russsian team of mobile developers specializing in such genres as fighting, simulation, action and more, will be a real treat for those interested in parkour and other extreme sports. What sets this game apart from the others of the genre is t...

The HTC Vive is the Taiwanese manufacturer’s VR answer to the Oculus Rift, though a tad more expensive at $799 with accessories to boot. However, just like the Oculus Rift headset, the HTC Vive has minimum requirements that a PC must have in order to operate, with a list of Vive certified ready PCs ...