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If you’re a mixed fan of Apple and Microsoft, you’ll be happy to know that your iPhone will soon be able to share content with your Windows 10 PC through a special app for the purpose. Support for ‘Continue on PC’ is already available for Android users. The feature, similar to Apple’s own Handoff function,…
Minecraft is finally getting the first beta of the “Better Together Update” that was announced earlier this year during E3 2017. The update is currently available for Windows 10 PCs and Android devices (via a Google Play Store update), and Xbox One will be getting the update shortly. The Better Together Update is intended to…
After 32 years of being the default bitmap application for Windows, Microsoft Paint (MS Paint) is finally being deprecated in the next major version of Windows: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Its successor is Paint 3D, which first featured on earlier versions of Windows 10. With the introduction of Paint 3D and Print 3D, Microsoft…
Microsoft is currently collaborating with Qualcomm, Lenovo, HP and ASUS to create Windows 10 on ARM Surface Mobile devices that could have pretty impressive battery life. While on the one hand, we’re reluctant to submit to the fact that the company doesn’t intend to release a Surface Phone type device through this partnership, any Surface…
Already knee-deep in its attempts to monetize and leverage its ownership of LinkedIn in any way it can, Microsoft today launched a special LinkedIn App for Windows 10 users. If you’re on a W10 machine, you can download and install the app from Windows Store starting today, July 17, 2017. The global rollout will continue…
As expected, Windows 10 Mobile, the unloved child of Microsoft Windows, has received an Insider build update with nothing more than a few bug fixes. Build 15230 fixes a VPN profile issue, a notification issue for fitness bands and Called ID matching problems for Japan and Denmark. That’s it. We’ve known for some time that…
Windows Phone 8.1 will no longer receive feature or security updates as of July 11. After 7 years of touch and go, WP is officially dead – at least, as far as Microsoft is concerned. However, Windows 10 Mobile will continue to be ‘kept alive intravenously’ until it reaches the end of its natural life….
In an attempt to unify Office 365, Windows 10, Enterprise Mobility and Enterprise Security into a package offering for enterprises, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced two key products: Microsoft 365 Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Business. The new products were launched this morning at Microsoft’s Inspire partner conference alongside the general availability announcement for Dynamics…
Microsoft has just released a preview version of the Skype UWP app for Windows 10, but only for Windows Insiders on the Release Preview ring. The UI has clearly been tweaked, the hamburger menu is gone and the look is now distinctly a mobile-friendly one. The New Skype, in fact, looks very much like it’s…
Shortly after Microsoft said that no more Windows 10 Mobile builds will be coming through on the Fast ring for Windows Insiders, a small update has been pushed to the Windows 10 Mobile Store app on the Release Preview ring. The change is small, but is it insignificant? The update merely changes the words “Check…
When Microsoft first announced its Timeline feature earlier this year, the company mentioned that it would come along with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (FCU) later this year. The latest news is that the feature won’t be ready in time for the public release of the OS version. What is the Timeline Feature on…
A recent report shows that a Windows 10 Mobile device is already in the testing phase and “floating around corporate offices.” The “mobile-like” prototype device does tie in with earlier reports that Microsoft was working on hardware for a new version of Windows 10 Mobile. In a recent article, we argued that this could be…
Windows 10 has been getting fast and furious Insider builds for the past several weeks now, and the latest one, Build 16237, comes with an invitation to developers to Bug Bash for ten days starting July 14. There were quite a few feature additions in the new Windows 10 build leading up to Fall Creators…
Earlier today Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16237 for PC, but it also confirmed via Twitter that Windows 10 Mobile won’t be getting any new builds for now. We know that Microsoft has already de-prioritized new builds for Windows 10 Mobile, but this is an all-time low when the official word is “grounded.”…
If you have a Windows 10 Mobile device and you’re wondering why Skype on the messaging app isn’t working, you probably don’t know that Microsoft has pulled Skype support for several Windows versions as of July 2, 2017. See: Skype Bids Farewell to Windows 10 Mobile Messaging App, Windows Phone, RT and TV Starting today, the…
