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Headphones have various important and practical uses. For transcribers, they are essential for listening to audio and are key to how well you transcribe. If your office is in a shared space and you often receive audio files, headphones are a must-have for your convenience and that of others in that space. You may also…
Did you know that Microsoft is still allowing free upgrades for Windows 10? The Get Windows 10 utility (GWX) started phasing out after July 29, 2016, but apparently Microsoft’s activation servers are still allowing upgrades from licensed versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. This method works for both Windows 10 Home and Windows 10…
Microsoft has (temporarily) pulled the plug on the Windows 10 October 2018 update (version 1809) after reports emerged of several serious bugs with the latest Windows OS version. One bug involved documents being deleted after upgrading the OS. Microsoft’s support site simply says: “We have paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update…
Forgot your Windows 10 local password or your Microsoft account has been compromised? Regardless of what type of account you use to sign in to Windows 10, a forgotten password can cause you to lose access to any files on your computer. In this tutorial, we show you how to reset or bypass Windows 10…
Windows 10 is one of the most used operating systems on the market. Microsoft has been improving Windows 10 since the launch day in order to offer a better user experience. Last month, Microsoft officially announced the Windows 10’s April 2018 update after months of beta testing. The April 2018 update introduces a number of new…
HP and Asus have already unveiled their Windows 10 S on ARM laptops, and it is now Lenovo’s turn to do the same with the Miix 630. In seemingly unrelated news, Amazon Alexa will be making her way to the Windows 10 environment, where her fierce rival Cortana already resides. How are these two developments…
Microsoft has kept a loophole open for a very long time, but that window is soon closing on a free Windows 10 upgrade. As of January 1, 2018, the free upgrade option for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users will no longer be available. To get your free Windows 10 upgrade you will need a…
A new feature on Windows 10 known as “Sets” – and currently codenamed “Tabshell” – could bring a tabbed experience to some UWP apps on Microsoft Store with the Redstone 4 update. The next Windows 10 iteration could also get a new Apple Spotlight-like universal search feature. Each of the Sets is basically a set…
Microsoft has just released the second biggest Windows 10 update of the year, the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. The free Windows 10 upgrade brings a ton of features to the W10 environment, not the least of which is its Fluent Design philosophy that we saw evidence of in Windows 10 Creators Update earlier this…
The head of Microsoft’s Windows division, Joe Belfiore, finally made it official. Windows Phone is officially dead to the company, and will only receive security updates and bug fixes from now on. The focus has been taken off new features or new hardware to support the WP platform. We’ve known that this has been in…
The upcoming Microsoft Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will allow you to connect your Android or iOS phone to your Windows 10 PC with ease. New updates to the Fall Creators Update bring in brand new features, like letting the user take web pages on mobile and send them to their Windows PC, unlike the existing feature which…
In case you’re wondering, you can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free before the next major update comes through – Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, or FCU. Windows 10 FCU promises some major new features that those on the Insider program are already seeing, but you won’t be able to get it unless you…
Microsoft has been wanting to unify the Windows 10 experience across device platforms for some time now; since before it was released, in fact. But while that pot boils, Microsoft is doing several things. Let’s take a look at how this story is shaping up, and what the ending (new beginning?) might look like. First…
Even though Windows 10 Mobile is getting the ‘adopted child’ treatment from Microsoft of late, its considerable user base of about 7 million or more device users will be the biggest promoters of Surface Phone. Surface Phone is no longer considered a real device that Microsoft will release. It remains an abstract concept that Microsoft…
Microsoft recently released Windows 10 Insider Build 16257, and it brings a major new feature that’s been in the works for the past three years – Eye Control. The feature is essentially an accessibility function that tracks a user’s eye movements and converts them into commands on Windows 10. Users with disabilities such as ALS,…