The ID@Xbox Game Fest begins May 3rd
Microsoft has just a ounced the [email protected] Game Fest, an event meant to showcase indie games on the Xbox One and Windows 10 (which use Xbox Live). Starting May 3rd and ending May 30th, the event will be split up into multiple weeks which showcase (and offer some discounts on) different catego...
Bing doubles market share YoY in UK, grows to 18.1%
We are used to Microsoft slowly gaining market share in US, where the Microsoft search engine now powers 30% of searches. In the rest of the world however we expect Bing to have only low single digit market share but it seems this is rapidly changing. At Adweek Europe Microsoft revealed it now has 1...
Mojang launches updated Minecraft.net website
Mojang today a ounced that they have launched the new Minecraft.net 2.0 website which has all the existing features, but it’s prettier and faster than before. It is also a responsive site, so it scales better on phones, tablets, and bigger displays. Mojang also noted that Minecraft.net 3.0 is alread...
Oculus Rift coming to the Microsoft Store and Amazon on May 6th
Later this week, Oculus will be launching the Rift on the Microsoft Store and Amazon online. You will not be able to buy the device at a physical Microsoft Store, but you’ll be able to order one on the online Microsoft Store at 12PM ET (that’s 16:00 GMT) on May 6th. Alongside the Microsoft Store and...
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 coming on June 1st
Microsoft today a ounced that SQL Server 2016 will be generally available on June 1, 2016. SQL Server 2016 will allow organizations to build mission-critical, and business critical intelligent applications with the most secure database, the highest performance data warehouse, end-to-end mobile BI on...
Acer’s Liquid M330 now available in Canada for only CAN $129
Acer today launched its Liquid M330 device in Canada. The company’s Liquid M330 is a Windows 10 Mobile device that packs low-end specs and comes at a pretty affordable price. “The new Liquid M330 leverages the many benefits of Windows 10 Mobile and powerful LTE,” said Hugo He andez, vice president, ...
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Trailer Released (Video)
[embedded content] American video game developer Infinity Ward today released the first trailer of the next Call of Duty game titled Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare retu s to the roots of the franchise where large-scale war and cinematic, immersive military storytellin...
ReadAloud text to speech app now supports ePUB
Text to Speech app ReadAloud has just acquired a major new feature – support for cross-platform ebook standard ePUB. The app, which has seen more than 150,000 downloads in the Windows Phone Store, will read any web page, text file, PDFs and now ePUB document, and brings new features like clipboard m...