Microsoft Office is arguably the most powerful suite of applications for the work, home, and school on the PC and Mac. However, they didn’t have much of a presence in the mobile app space. Now Microsoft plans to change that with the launch of the new Office app for both iOS and Android that consolidates Word, Powerpoint and Excel into one app. It was released in beta for Android users back in November last year.
Emperion, a company based in UK has teased a device, in a tweet, that has the form factor of a phone and is apparently running Windows 10 on an ARM based processor. The device is called Nebulus and will have the capability to run Android apps without an emulator.
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Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 7 back in October last year with PixelSense display, 10th Gen Intel Core processor, and more. It was announced alongside the Surface Pro X which is powered by Microsoft SQ1 processor. After 4 months, now Microsoft has launched the Surface Pro 7 in India and it comes in multiple storage variants.
Microsoft Xbox has announced a new bug bounty program in an attempt to use the public’s help to identify critical bugs in the Xbox software ecosystem. The bounties will be decided according to the severity of the bug, its security impact and the quality of report submitted by the researcher (bounty hunter).
Microsoft has released updated Edge browser based on Chromium for all Windows and macOS users, months after the preview. Microsoft says that this offers world-class performance with more privacy, including tracking prevention, which is on by default, and provides three levels of control while you browse, option to choose a new tab page layout or design, and select the types of news. Continue reading “Microsoft releases Chromium-based Edge browser for Windows and macOS”
Microsoft introduced the Microsoft Launcher for Android back in 2017 and kept introducing new features such as Theme Support, Cortana Integration, Screen Time, and Cricket Score widget. Now, Microsoft Launcher preview app brings Dark Mode and Landscape Mode along with a new user interface to Microsoft Launcher. Continue reading “Microsoft Launcher Preview brings new UI, Dark Mode, Landscape Mode and various Performance Improvements”
At the E3 2019 back in June Microsoft revealed details about its high-end Xbox console codenamed ‘Project Scarlett’. Today the company has confirmed that it will be called the ‘Xbox Series X’, offering four times the processing power of Xbox One X, thanks to the custom-designed processor, leveraging the latest Zen 2 and Radeon RDNA architecture from AMD, high bandwidth GDDR6 memory, and a next generation solid state drive (SSD). Continue reading “Microsoft’s Xbox ‘Project Scarlett’ is Xbox Series X, coming in 2020”
Microsoft ended support for Windows 8.1 Mobile operating system back in 2017 and earlier this year it announced that support for Windows 10 Mobile OS will end in December this year. As announced, Microsoft has now ended support for Windows 10 Mobile OS and Office Apps will reach the end of support on January 21st, 2021.
When project Scarlett was announced back in June, it was reported that there would two variants in the earlier leaks: the high-performance Anaconda and the lower-end Lockhart. A new report from Kotaku has confirmed that the cheaper, digital-only alternative to Scarlett called Lockhart is still in development.
Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 Preview Build 18999 (20H1) last month and following that, now Microsoft has started rolling out Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19018 (20H1) to Fast ring testers. The latest preview includes general improvements, bug fixes, and also brings new Quick Searches feature.
Microsoft has announced new updates to its Edge browser and Bing search engine. The updates are designed to improve compatibility to Edge while increasing the capabilities to find and access corporate information that is known to exist on company intranets. Microsoft has also released a host of features for IT professionals.
Microsoft already has separate Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for Android, and it has been updating the app with new features. Last week it started testing a new Microsoft Office app that combines Word, Excel and PowerPoint into one. You can also scan to PDFs and also sign PDF files easily using the app. Continue reading “Microsoft Office beta for Android combines Word, Excel and PowerPoint into a single app”
Microsoft has started rolling out Windows 10 Preview Build 18999 (20H1) to Fast ring testers and finally brings the ‘Calls’ feature that was announced back in August. Alongside the new ‘Calls’ feature, the preview build also brings changes to the ability to move & resize Cortana’s window, general changes, improvements, and fixes for PC.
Microsoft has added yet another feature to their family settings across Windows 10, Xbox One and Android via Microsoft Launcher, that is, a new Apps and Games Limiter. The feature provides more granular control to parents to control their child’s app and game time usage.
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Microsoft at a hardware event in New York including new Surface Laptop 3, Surface Pro 7 2-in-1, Surface Pro X 2-in-1, Surface Neo, and accessories. There were rumours on the development of Surface Earbuds earlier this year and today Microsoft has officially unveiled the new Surface Earbuds true wireless earbuds.
