Despite the back-and-forth Firefox and the Windows team have been engaging in regarding default browser settings, parent companies Mozilla and Microsoft are looking to play nice for search settings. Mozilla has famously chosen Google's search engine as its default search ... Read more
Journal, which is an inking app that's a Microsoft Garage project, is getting some big updates. Microsoft announced today some new tools for the app which will make inking more powerful. These include a new lasso tool, multi-select support, and ... Read more
In a sort of promotion, Microsoft President Brad Smith has been approved by the company's board to come aboard as vice chairman. Smith's new leadership role won't interfere with his current daily duties as Microsoft president but represents a reflection ... Read more
Microsoft is making a big step towards a passwordless feature today by making passwords optional for personal MSA accounts. The company previously enabled passwordless sign in for commercial users earlier this year, and it’s now following up by allowing consumers ... Read more
Microsoft just announced the release of a new Microsoft Edge Dev channel update, this week coming in at version 95.0.1011.1. According to the company's Twitter page, this update brings "plenty to be excited about." If that peaked your interest, we ... Read more
It's been one year since the Surface Duo was released, but some loyalists keep finding interesting use cases for the dual-screen foldable. In the latest one of those, one YouTuber showcased Windows 365, Microsoft's cloud PC service for enterprise, running ... Read more
On September 22, 2021, Microsoft is scheduled to unveil a slew of new Surface hardware and this Fall's digital event is shaping up to be one of the company's largest product rollouts to date. You’re invited. Learn more about the ... Read more
Microsoft has yet to talk about when Windows 11 users can expect the much-anticipated ability to run Android apps in Windows 11, but somebody might have caught the company's ongoing behind-the-scenes work. Posted on Twitter by @never_released, alleged Geekbench 5 ... Read more
Right on time, Microsoft just released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.184 to Windows Insiders in the Beta channel. Since the beta channel is now closer to what you'll get with Windows 11 hits shelves on October 5, there isn't ... Read more
Due to the evolving Delta variant of COVID-19, Microsoft has once again changed its plans regarding the full reopening of its Redmond campus and other worksites in the US. Today, the company announced that it’s no longer considering October 4 ... Read more
Earlier today it was made official that former Facebook and Google product leader Amit Fulay will be rejoining Microsoft as vice president of product. While it would have been intriguing to have Fulay bring his talents to the Windows or ... Read more
Over the past year, I spent time exploring content creation in a more concerted effort. As someone who works in marketing, I've been tangentially involved with creative assets and content, but not much in the way of actual hands-on creation ... Read more
You've probably heard of Microsoft Start by now. This is Microsoft's new personalized news feed, which is an evolution of Microsoft News and MSN.com. It's designed as a new way for you to stay up to date on your news ... Read more
Microsoft just announced the acquisition of video editing platform Clipchamp, and the browser-based software tool may be just the shot in the arm the company needs to lure creatives. Today's announcement opens up a world of possibilities for Microsoft to ... Read more
Windows 11 is set to become official on October 5. Come that day, you'll start seeing Windows 11 in Windows Update, and you're free to upgrade to the new operating system as you see fit. But what happens if you ... Read more
Early investigations into last night's OS debilitating Taskbar bug for Insiders may have been the results of poorly constructed cloud sync for a Teams related advertisement within the operating system. More specifically, Ctrl blog contributor Daniel Aleksandersen notes (via Windows ... Read more
Seems Microsoft may have gotten ahead of itself when releasing what looked like a minor Windows 11 Insider build to users today. A multitude of reports have begun flooding in about the latest builds (2000.176 & 22449) practically bricking devices ... Read more
Despite Microsoft nixing its dual-screen Windows 10X operating system, Samsung appears to still be working on a device clearly inspired by the stilted project. Known internally by Intel and its partners as The Horseshoe Bend Project, the company's 17-inch foldable ... Read more
Microsoft has just announced a new Surface event on Wednesday, September 22nd at 11 AM ET. The software giant revealed yesterday that Windows 11 would be available on new and existing devices starting October 5, and this event should be ... Read more
Though an official Microsoft announcement was posted by mistake and has since been deleted, a working version of vscode.dev is still available online. This browser-hosted version of Visual Studio Code lets developers open and browse source code hosted on GitHub ... Read more
Microsoft has officially announced the release date for Windows 11 and while it's within the timeframe most predicted, it's still fairly soon for anyone going through TPM 2.0 issues or finding themselves outside of the upgrade cycle due to aging ... Read more