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Back in January at the Windows 10 event in Redmond, the Skype team announced their plans for the OS and how the service will be built-in on the desktop and mobile iterations of the platform. If you have used the latest build to be released to Insiders, you will know that the Messaging app is not present. More than …
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During the past few weeks, there has been some confusion about what happens if you upgrade a non-genuine version of Windows to Windows 10. In a new post today by Terry Myerson, he clarifies what happens in this scenario. If you have a non-genuine version of Windows and you upgrade to Windows 10, there will …
Microsoft has been heavily promoting the fact that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for consumersrunning Windows 7, 8 or Phone 8.1 when the OS is released later this year. While the company is clearly pushing this ‘free upgrade’ announcement to make sure they can hit their 1 billion users benchmark, in a post on the …
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Earlier today, a new app being built by the folks in Redmond was uncovered and it is called Flow. Unlike the usual leaks, this one came with a bit more information than the typical bits we see around the web. If you take a look at the image at the top, you can see the …
It has been a couple of years since Microsoft launched Outlook.com but since the service went live, it has offered a compelling alternative to Gmail. Starting today, Microsoft is rolling out, in preview, several new features that will improve the experience further and add a bit more eye candy as well. Everything from tools …
At Build and Ignite, Microsoft showed of new features for Spartan that were not yet working with Insider builds. Seeing as I got my hands on build 10120, I tried using my voice to open an app, and it works. By saying “Hey Cortana, open Spartan”, the app will open. This feature appears to work well …
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Microsoft is building a new browser for Windows 10 called Edge, which will replace Internet Explorer as the default way to access the web on the new OS. Previously referred to as Project Spartan, Edge is a break from the past and is a new browser for Microsoft with familiar roots. The browser’s rendering engine is based …
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At BUILD 2015, Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 for the PC and Windows 10 for phones will be released at different times. In addition, Windows 10 for the Xbox One and HoloLens will not be released at the same time as the desktop OS as well. Considering that the core of Windows 10 is …
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Microsoft recently received a patent for glasses, or a different type of head-mounted display, that can interpret other people’s demeanor and facial expressions and tell you how they’re feeling. The patent was filed back in 2012 and was granted a couple of days ago, on April 28th. The patent, first spotted by VentureBeat, is for a …
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The last two versions of the Windows 10 preview for phones have been lacking one essential feature: the Office Hub. Microsoft had said that a preview of Universal Office apps would be launching by the end of last month but it now looks like users will need to wait a bit longer. While many have …
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