Microsoft has acquired popular third party keyboard app Swiftkey for $250 million, according to a latest report from the Financial Times. Swiftkey specializes in predictive typing which is powered by artificial intelligence.
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This week Huawei launched two new smartphones in India – the Honor 5X and Honor Holly 2 Plus. The Honor 5X is the successor of one of the most popular Honor 4X smartphone that was launched in India last year. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Huawei Honor 5X, Oppo F1, Lenovo Vibe X3, BlackBerry Priv and more”
Microsoft has announced earnings for Q2 2016 where it reported $25.7 billion in revenue and $6.3 billion in net income. It looks like Surface is finally doing the job for Microsoft, as it recorded $1.35 billion in revenue, up from $672 million in previous quarter and up from $1.1 billion year-over-year.
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Dropbox has rolled out Windows 10 app for PCs and tablet. Microsoft had teamed up with Dropbox in 2014 that allowed users to easily access Dropbox directly from Office apps and edit Office files from the Dropbox app.
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Microsoft had unveiled the Surface Book in October last year that comes in several variants. We have already unboxed the variant with 6th Generation Intel Core i5 processor, 256GB SSD storage, 8GB of RAM and 1GB NVIDIA GeForce Graphics, and now let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the Surface Book in this photo gallery Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Book Photo Gallery”
Microsoft has rolled out internal beta for Upgrade Advisor for Windows 10. The app will help users know if their phone is eligible for a Windows 10 upgrade.
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Microsoft Lumia 650 has been surfacing the online world with live images, retailer listing and more since past few days. Now, a new report from Windows Central suggests that the phone will be announced on February 1.
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Up until now, the Word Flow keyboard from Microsoft has been available only on Windows devices and the Microsoft Band. It now seems that Microsoft is planning to bring the same to the Android and iOS platforms.
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Microsoft has been working on Project Islandwood, its iOS to Windows 10 porting tool for quite some time. The tool is now inching closer to its completion as the company is asking iOS developers to submit apps.
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Skype has just announced that its Translator feature will be available for all users on the Windows platform starting today. This move comes within a year after Skype launched a Translator preview in partnership with Microsoft Translator.
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Microsoft is trying hard to make it big with its new Windows 10 smartphones. With the next generation of Android smartphones set to be released powered by the likes of the Snapdragon 820 from Qualcomm, it is important that the Windows phones too have powerful hardware ticking inside them to attract customers.
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Skype is celebrating its 10th year anniversary of its free video calling feature and it is rolling out a new mobile group video calling feature to mark the occasion.
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2016 is the year when the non-compete agreement between Microsoft and Nokia comes again. That means that we can see smartphones under the Nokia brand again soon and this smartphone is probably the first one to come out from the legendary brand.
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This week kicked off with some big Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2016 announcements and few equally big launches here in the country. Checkout our full coverage from Las Vegas and India below. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: CES 2016 Announcements, Lenovo K4 Note, Microsoft Surface Pro 4 in India and more”
In a bid to make it easier for Windows 10 mobile users to access internet, Microsoft is working on its own SIM cards, according to a new report from The Verge.
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