With the announcement of the Xbox Series X, there were multiple rumours of Microsoft working on a smaller, less powerful console. Microsoft has now confirmed these rumours by revealing the Xbox Series S in a tweet. It is the smaller sibling to Series X and Microsoft has even announced its price — $299 (Approx. Rs. 21,956) in the US and £249.99 (Approx. Rs. 24,150) in UK.
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The September 15th deadline is nearing and TikTok is yet to finalize a deal with either Oracle or Microsoft to sell their app’s operations in U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand. Now, Walmart has expressed their interest in partnering with Microsoft to acquire TikTok’s operations.
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro devices have been leading the 2-in-1 detachable tablet industry for more than 7 years now. The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 is the latest in the line, now updated with Intel’s latest 10th Gen Ice Lake processors that is built on the 10nm process node, finally includes a USB Type-C port and support for Wi-Fi 6. Today, we’ll be reviewing the model with the Core i7 processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics, 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD.
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Microsoft showcased Surface Duo dual-screen Android phone back in October last year and said that it will go on sale for the Holidays of 2020. Today the company has started taking pre-orders for it in the US and also revealed the complete specifications. It features a 5.6-inch PixelSense AMOLED that opens up to create one expansive 8.1-inch PixelSense screen and features a Dynamic 360-degree hinge that allows you to use each screen individually or together, across a variety of modes. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Duo foldable dual-screen Android phone goes on pre-order in the US starting at $1399”
There have been instances of developers complaining about Apple’s restrictive policies for its App Store, and now, Microsoft has announced that its game streaming service, xCloud, will not be coming to the iOS or iPadOS platform after the beta Testflight period ends.
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Just earlier this week, we reported that Microsoft was in talks with ByteDance to acquire TikTok’s operations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Now, Microsoft is looking to expanding its acquisition to TikTok’s operations in India and Europe too, according to a new report.
In recent news, TikTok has been coming under fire by many governments across the world for it alleged data collection practices. As the US government is reportedly looking into banning the app, Microsoft has revealed that they are in preliminary talks to acquire the TikTok service from ByteDance by September 15, 2020 and shift its operations to the US.
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Microsoft has released a new app called the Family Security app that provides parents tools to control and protect their kid’s online safety and activities. With it, parents can receive weekly activity reports, limit their kid’s device screen time, set web filters, enable location sharing and more.
Microsoft held their Xbox Games Showcase yesterday where they revealed a bunch of new games that are slated to release for their Xbox Series X console. These include 10 world premieres, 22 Xbox exclusive titles, like the Halo Infinite, Fable, etc. from 9 Xbox Game Studios and several of their partners.
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The official launch event for Microsoft’s next gen console, the Xbox Series X, is only a few months away and as expected, Microsoft has officially stopped production of the Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles. The only current generation console that is still being manufactured is the regular Xbox One S.
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Microsoft is giving up on its retail stores! In a huge development, Redmond giant has announced a strategic change in its retail operations, including closing Microsoft Store physical locations except for four locations. Continue reading “Microsoft to close its stores permanently”
Microsoft Teams is a software used by people in the professional workplace to stay connected and in sync. Now Microsoft is rolling out features to the Android and iOS mobile apps, extending Teams’ functionality into the personal space with support for Groups, the ability to share lists, locations sharing and also added a password and login manager.
As the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions have begun to be lifted, Small to Medium Businesses (SMBs) have finally started reopening across India. With the belief that now is the time to recover and rebuild for the future by transforming the productivity of every organisation and every person, Microsoft is offering SMBs in India free trials of Microsoft Teams and Windows Virtual Desktop for 6 months.
Microsoft already revealed the specifications of its upcoming Series X and recently it teased 13 new titles that are optimized for the console with 4K 120 fps support. Now the company has revealed support for backward game compatibility for the console. It said that the series X will double the fps count from 30 fps to 60 fps or 60 fps to 120 fps in select titles.
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Microsoft has started rolling out the Windows 10 May 2020 update and comes with a lot of improvements over the previous update. It is available to download for all compatible Windows 10 devices and it carries the version 2004. Continue reading “Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 10 May 2020 update with Notepad improvements, Cortana updates, and more”
