Microsoft ending manufacturing of new Xbox 360 consoles
Microsoft today a ounced that they are ending manufacturing of new Xbox 360 consoles. But they will continue to sell existing inventory of Xbox 360 consoles in countries where it is available. If you are using Xbox 360 right now, you need not worry about this a ouncement. Microsoft will continue to ...
WhatsApp Beta updated with a number of new features
WhatsApp has sent another update to its beta cha el today. The latest update pushes the app to v2.16.24. The update adds a number of new features including: Support for markup language to add formating to text (bold, underline, italics, using *, _ and ~ symbols before and after the relevant text) Pr...
Office Mobile apps for receive updates in Windows Store
Microsoft today released new updates for the Office Mobile apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote) in Windows Store. This seems to be a minor update with no new features. With the last update, Microsoft included Smart Lookup search feature in all these apps. With Smart Lookup, you can get useful ...
Intel to lay off 11% of its employees
Intel is laying off more than 12 thousand of its employees — that’s 11% of its workforce. According to the company, the majority of these layoffs will be happening in the next 60 days. Intel says that the latest layoffs are apparently part of the company’s initiative to accelerate transformation, st...
Windows 10 Build 14295 gets a cumulative update
Microsoft quietly released a new cumulative update for Windows 10 Build 14295 recently, bringing the build number up to 14295.1004. The company released this build to Insiders recently, and it isn’t the latest Insider build either. So why did Microsoft decide to release a cumulative update for this ...
Windows tablet sales doubled in 2015 in Australia to 15.6%
As PC sales fade Microsoft and other PC vendors have been putting their hopes on the tablet and 2:1 market, which has itself been tanking. Australian analyst company Telesyte have posted some stats from the antipodean market which suggests that strategy may be paying off. According to their numbers ...
Intel to lay off 11% of its employees
Intel is laying off more than 12 thousand of its employees — that’s 11% of its workforce. According to the company, the majority of these layoffs will be happening in the next 60 days. Intel says that the latest layoffs are apparently part of the company’s initiative to accelerate transformation, st...