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Microsoft has announced today that it is making Cortana available in more countries for Windows Insiders. Starting with build 10532 and later, Insiders can optionally access Cortana in Australia, Canada (English only), and Japan. Microsoft says they are also working to get Cortana available … Read more
A new game has arrived for Xbox One console called Whispering Willows. In the game, players play as a young girl named Elena who has the ability to project her spirit from outside of her body. When she is a … Read more
Microsoft might have designed their expensive Xbox Elite wireless controller, but that’s not stopping Razer, a high-end gaming electronics company, from designing their own $150 Xbox One controller. The Razer Wildcat controller is described as a “pro-gamer-validated, tournament-grade, console controller.” … Read more
Possible images of Windows 10 Mobile build 10534 have leaked onto the internet, which is currently likely in internal testing by Microsoft. The images come from WindowsMania.pl, a popular Windows-centric Polish forum. The screenshots show off new developer options and improved network and … Read more
The Microsoft Edge Team just built a proof-of-concept browser to show developers that they too can build a web browser for the Universal Windows Platform. The Microsoft concept browser showcases how developers can use Microsoft’s web rendering engine, EdgeHTML, to create a universal Windows app using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, … Read more
Microsoft has pushed out an update to the Windows Store jumping from version 8.12.1 to 8.25.1. This update adds a few interesting features and enhancements. First thing customers will likely notice is the updated options menu. Menu options are now more separated, making it … Read more
Microsoft has announced today that Cortana, its digital assistant for Windows Phone and Windows 10, has told more than 500,000 jokes since its release about 16 months ago. Doing the math, this equates to about a thousand jokes a day, which isn’t too … Read more
VMware has updated their virtualization software for Windows 10, Mac OS X, and Linux. The update officially supports Windows 10 and also sports an improved graphics engine which increases performance of virtual machines. VMware Workstation 12 now adds enhancements for DirectX 10, OpenGL … Read more
TuneIn, a popular online radio streaming service, has launched a new service called TuneIn Premium. The new service, which costs $7.99 a month, gives users unlimited access to streaming live sports, commercial-free music streaming, tens of thousands of audiobooks, and a … Read more
Microsoft recently released an update to Skype 7.11 for Mac OS X. The update is a relatively minor release, which mostly fixes issues that rendered some video messages unable to play with sound. Not much else has been added to the … Read more
Microsoft released a new update to the Microsoft Photos and Microsoft Camera apps for Windows 10. The update is available on both PCs and phones. The update for the Photos app removes the hamburger menu in Windows 10 Mobile in … Read more
Microsoft has recently added a feature to the Dev Center where developers publish and manage their apps. The new feature allows developers to create promotional codes to share with new customers to get their apps for free, helping the developers to get their apps up … Read more
Gone are the days of always having to saddle up to a desk to work. In this day and age, people are using portable devices such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones to get a lot of their work done online and … Read more
Summer is just a little over a month away now, and Microsoft is already starting an “End of Summer Deal” by slashing the prices of some of its movies and TV shows like a mad man. Several movie titles including Chappie, … Read more
Just recently, VideoLan updated its VLC for Windows 8 app for with a revamped user interface for Windows 10 along with other new features. Now the developers have released a new version of the app which adds plently of improvements and … Read more
Many users were experiencing a major issue with Chrome after Microsoft released their first Insider build since the release of Windows 10. Basically, every time Chrome was opened in Windows 10 build 10525, the webpage would crash and display a … Read more
Something that a lot of people probably don’t know about Microsoft’s Groove Music (previously Xbox Music) is that it can play music from OneDrive. Storing music on OneDrive lets you keep your music in the cloud for easy access on all of … Read more
Wunderlist has just released a public beta of its new app for Windows 10. For those of you who have never heard of it, it’s a to-do app created by 6Wunderkinder, a German-based company recently acquired by Microsoft. The new … Read more
The developers of a popular Windows Phone Reddit app called Readit have just released an update to their new Windows 10 version of the app, which includes numerous performance improvements and bug fixes. Recently, we wrote about this new app for Windows … Read more
One of the really neat features of Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual assistant for Windows, is that she can track packages for you without you needing to enter your tracking information. She knows about all pending packages by simply reading your email from the Mail app … Read more
Amazon has the Surface Pro 3 docking station for a great price on Amazon right now. The docking station is on sale for less than $119.99. Although some are seeing a $109 price tag — almost half off its original $199.99 price. So … Read more