Microsoft announces new Nokia 105 and Nokia 105 Dual SIM feature phones

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Microsoft on Wednesday has announced new Nokia 105 and Nokia 105 Dual SIM feature phones for the global market. These are the successor feature phones of the popular Nokia 105 launched in 2013. Keeping its success in mind, company has decided to stick with the old name only. Continue reading “Microsoft announces new Nokia 105 and Nokia 105 Dual SIM feature phones”

Microsoft officially acquires to-do app Wunderlist

Microsoft has officially announced the acquisition of to-do app Wunderlist following a report from the WSJ yesterday. The financial terms of the deal are not disclosed although it is touted to be somewhere between $100- $200 million.

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Skype for iPhone updated with web links in previews for chat, Apple Watch integration and more

Skype has updated iPhone app that puts more focus on making conversations more easier. The update bumps the app to version 5.13 and brings web links in previews for chat, Apple Watch integration and more.

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Microsoft said to have acquired to-do list app maker 6Wunderkinder

Microsoft has acquired to-do-list app maker 6Wunderkinder, according to The Wall Street Journal. The exact financial term of the deal is not known but as per the WSJ report, its is expected to be somewhere between $100-$200 million.

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Microsoft Windows 10 will be available from July 29

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Microsoft announced the Windows 10, the next iteration of Windows back in September last year. It also released Windows 10 Insider Preview. Earlier this year Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will be released in 190 countries and 111 languages. Today the company has announced that Windows 10 will be available for PCs and tablets starting from July 29th. It will be available for phones later. There are different editions of Windows 10 that includes, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education. Continue reading “Microsoft Windows 10 will be available from July 29”

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM Review

Microsoft recently announced its Lumia 640 series, consisting of two devices – Lumia 640 Dual SIM and Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM. We already reviewed the former, but the 640 XL is the better-equipped smartphone.

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Microsoft with its 640 series is trying to offer a smartphone to everyone out there and thus we have these diversities. We have spent some quality time with Lumia 640 XL to understand if it offers any value to its price tag and here’s our detailed review. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM Review”

Microsoft announces Cortana app for Android and iOS

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Microsoft has announced Cortana application for Android and for iPhone, after several rumors. It also introduced Phone Companion app for Windows 10, which will be built into Windows 10 that would let you connect your Windows PC to Windows phone, Android or iPhone so that you can set up and sync stuff from OneDrive, OneNote and more across your devices.

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Microsoft Lumia 840/840 XL enters India for testing

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Back in April, we informed you that Microsoft was readying the Lumia 840 to replace the Lumia 830. Now, a new import listing at Zauba shows two devices being imported into India from Finalnd for testing and it might very well be the Lumia 840 or perhaps the Lumia 840 XL.

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Microsoft Surface 3 Unboxing

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Microsoft introduced the Surface 3, an affordable version of the Surface Pro 3 tablet back in March. Here we have the uboxing of the 4GB RAM + 128GB WiFi version of the Surface 3 that costs $599 in the U.S. Check out the video below.

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Microsoft OneClip cross-platform clipboard app in the works

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Microsoft is working on an app called OneClip for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Windows PC, according to a leak. This will let you send clipboard text, links, phone numbers, screenshots and more from your PC to your smartphones easily. The content will be synced over the cloud between your devices. You need to set up the software in your PC using a PIN code generated on one of your devices. You can later connect multiple smartphones and systems using a single account. Continue reading “Microsoft OneClip cross-platform clipboard app in the works”

Microsoft working on ‘Flow by Outlook for iPhone’ email chatting app?

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Microsoft seems to be working on a new smartphone chat app called Flow that will be a supplement to Outlook inbox app and will work as instant message chatting service for Outlook contacts or any email directly, according to an alleged leaked document by Microsoft. Continue reading “Microsoft working on ‘Flow by Outlook for iPhone’ email chatting app?”

Microsoft says that they will take control over Windows 10 firmware updates

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Microsoft has stated that they will be taking full control over the firmware updates on devices running Windows 10 including PCs, tablets and smartphones. This will be done in order to avoid fragmentation in the OS ecosystem.

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Microsoft now says that non-genuine users won’t get free upgrade to Windows 10

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Earlier on in the year, Microsoft had stated that both genuine and non-genuine users of Windows 7, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 will get an upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge during the first year since its release. But now Microsoft is stating that the upgrade will not be available free of charge to those who are using non-genuine versions of Windows.

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