Kareem Anderson
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Earlier this week, we reported Microsoft's commitment to educational change through it's reestablished partnership with New York City Public School district. Well, continuing on the trend of utilizing Microsoft software and devices to transform traditional forms of education, Victor Cervantes, IT director for a ... Read more
It would seem Microsoft's Lumia low-end adoption rate may be too much for existing Windows Phone developers to ignore these days. Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, is joining a batch of recently updated apps that are targeting low-memory Windows ... Read more
To any fans of the trade show E3, Ubisoft's latest news may come as a pass and a nod but to those casual gamers who enjoyed the Rainbow Six franchise, this news may be met with a "finally!" The fictional ... Read more
Some people are currently taking the wraps off their newly christened Windows 10 for phones preview devices and giving it it's paces. There are a host of new features for users to play with today; full size background images, expanded Action Center, enhanced ... Read more
From Microsoft holding a preview launch revealing to the rampant speculation about it's future relevance as software company, some would be hard pressed not to accidently stumble on any kind of Microsoft news on the internet these days. As of late, that news ... Read more
It seems Microsoft is just full of surprises today. On the eve of the Microsoft Windows 10 Technical Preview for mobile release (that's a mouthful), their marketing department is also releasing a commercial highlighting Cortana for a European market. The ... Read more
In an unlikely pairing, Microsoft and Google have partnered up to reduce the amount of false positive antivirus flags. While the two are at odds in many competing services and projects, one thing still rings clear to both companies -- ... Read more
For the duel-wielding, dual-booting maverick Windows users inside of the Mac OS framework, Parallels has come to the rescue yet again. Today Parallels released an update for their OSX virtualization software allowing Mac users to download and install the Windows ... Read more
As Google and Apple look to make more inroads in cementing themselves as the new guard for educational resources, Microsoft looks to fend off such advances with strategic partnerships and lowering the barrier of entry for their office suites. Today, ... Read more
Earlier this week we reported about how Cortana was designed to be a more personal assistant than some other options currently available. The Cortana team led by Group Program Manager Marcus Ash shed a lot of light on how they ... Read more
Earlier reports whispered of Microsoft's intent to purchase the successful cross-platform calendar app Sunrise. Today, not only have Microsoft and Sunrise confirmed the acquisition, they've also seemed to accidently make it a very splashy public affair. The two companies did so by hosting ... Read more
It seems more a more these days, console gaming is going through an evolution not particularly highlighted in previous generations. An evolution from plug and play to always connected. Changes from hour long campaign missions with a sprinkle of multiplayer add-on's, to games built ... Read more
Earlier today an update to Visual Studios began rolling out, KB3001652 (Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime). The update was intended to install the 2010 tools for Office Runtime while updating the premature shut down thread ... Read more
Staying true to their update cycle, Patch Tuesday rolls up another set of fixes and plugs to Windows OS. There are 12 updates found in this patch, many of which have to deal with vulnerabilities in code execution. The impact ... Read more
The flood gates over at Xbox One continue to stay open. Prison break simulator game, The Escapists, has made its way on Xbox One, now available for digital pre-order and pre download. The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted ... Read more
Microsoft's highly functional personal assistant Cortana is currently (thanks to a successful public technical preview) being prepped and primmed for her debut on PC and tablets later this year and Marcus Ash, the Group Program Manager for Cortana, is laying out what that means ... Read more
Earlier this year, we reported that Samsung was looking to dip it's toe back into the Windows Phone market again, in a more meaningful way. Not simply content to rely on hand-me-down hardware with second rate add-ons, it looked like ... Read more
Friend and enthusiast of the Microsoft enterprise news, Mary Jo Foley, is back at it again. Mary Jo who writes for ZDnet, is reporting that Microsoft is working harder than ever to turn Windows Server 2016 into a 'cloud optimized server' ... Read more
If you've been a Windows tablet user hold-out or feared the funky, colorful interface of Windows 8.1, HP is making a pitch for you to join the wonderful world of Windows 8.1 and tablets. The HP Stream 7 tablet has ... Read more
While Microsoft continues to transition and posture itself as the "be everywhere to everyone" company, Google is poised to try and capitalize on this precarious opportunity in time. Amit Singh, president of Google for Work, recently shared his hopes and plans ... Read more
The creators of the smash successes Call of Duty: Black Ops and its sequel Black Ops 2, are embarking on a new three-year, collaborative three developer strategy for the future of their franchise. This announcement came from CEO of Activision Publishing Eric ... Read more