Skype for Android has received a major update that brings several new features that includes, ability to delete conversations, save video messages, share images directly to a group conversation and enhanced search. Skype said that some of these features were added because of feedback from users, so its asks users to give feedback from the settings, inside the app. Check out the complete changelog below.
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Microsoft announced its plans to launch tools for developers to quickly port Android and iOS apps to Windows 10 earlier this April. The tool for porting Android apps is called Project Astoria and the iOS porting tool is called Project Islandwood. The company did not launch Astoria publicly even months after the announcement. Now there are reports from Re/code and Windows Central saying that Project Astoria is on hold indefinitely, and maybe even shelved completely, but Microsoft doesn’t want to talk about it now, saying that Astoria bridge is not ready yet. Continue reading “Microsoft delays Project Astoria, emulation tool to port Android apps to Windows”
OneNote has updated its mobile apps on Android and iOS with a bunch of new features and improvements. The note taking app from Microsoft is also getting an update for web.
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Microsoft had previewed Office apps update for iPad Pro in September and now the company is making these apps available for download. The Office apps include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote.
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Microsoft has rolled out the first major update to Windows 10. Dubbed as ‘November update’, build 10586, the latest update is now available for PCs and tablets.
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The day that many Xbox One users have been waiting for is finally here. Microsoft has now started rolling out Windows 10 for the console through a staged roll-out.
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Microsoft has updated Project Oxford tool that is company’s machine learning and artificial intelligence research. It has received a new update that will detect your emotions.
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Microsoft introduced the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL, the company’s flagship smartphones at an event in New York City last month. These smartphones went on pre-order on Amazon in France earlier this month, now the Lumia 950 XL is up for pre-order on the official Microsoft Store in Hong Kong. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 950 XL pre-orders begin in Hong Kong, pricing revealed”
Microsoft has acquired Israeli based security company Secure Islands. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed but it is reported that it could be between $77 million and $150 million.
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Microsoft introduced the Surface Pro 4, its Surface 2 in 1 last month. At the Future Unleashed 2015 event in Mumbai yesterday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that the Surface Pro 4 will launch in India early January 2016. We got our hands on the latest Surface Pro device, here is the hardware walk through in the form of photo gallery. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Photo Gallery”
Microsoft has announced that it has acquired Mobile Data Labs, creator of the popular MileIQ automatic mileage tracking app that tracks the miles you drive for business. It takes advantage of sensors in mobile devices to automatically and contextually capture, log and calculate business miles, allowing users to claim tax deductions. It has over 1 million users and has been the top-grossing finance app in the iTunes store for 20 months, said Microsoft. It has also been top-performing Finance app in the Google Play since launch. Continue reading “Microsoft acquires Mobile Data Labs, creator of MileIQ smart mileage tracking app”
At the Future Unleashed 2015 event in Mumbai today, Microsoft announced that it will launch the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL smartphones in India in December 2015. Both these smartphones were announced at an event in New York City last month and pack QHD AMOLED ClearBlack displays, run Windows 10, come with USB Type-C port, 20-megapixel autofocus rear camera with ZEISS optics, with 5th Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), triple LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. These also come in dual SIM variants that are expected to launch in India. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL launching in India in December”
At the Future Unleashed 2015 event in Mumbai today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that the company’s latest Surface Pro 2 in 1 – the Surface Pro 4 will launch in India early January 2016. He said that Microsoft had a lot of demand for Surface devices from India, hence they are finally bringing it.
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Microsoft’s virtual assistant Cortana is already available for Android and now the company is bringing it to iOS. The company is gearing up to let iPhone users test a version of Cortana for iOS.
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Last October Microsoft upgraded OneDrive storage to unlimited for all Office 365 subscribers from 1TB of free storage introduced last June that was increased from 20GB. Now the company has announced that it will no longer be offering unlimited storage to Office 365 Home, Personal, or University subscribers. All these will roll back to 1 TB. Microsoft says that some Office 365 subscribers had backed up numerous PCs and stored entire movie collections and DVR recordings that exceeded 75 TB per user, which is the main reason for killing unlimited storage. Continue reading “Microsoft kills Unlimited OneDrive storage, downgrades free storage from 15GB to 5GB for all”
