Counter point: macOS Big Sur is a fresh coat of paint on the same functionality offered in Windows
Apple got oh’s and ah’s for the last couple of years for ostensibly turning macOS into Windows 8.
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Steven Sinofsky is authoring a book about his time at Microsoft
The former head of Windows and Office, Steven Sinofsky, is working on an upcoming memoir titled Hardcore Software: Inside the Rise and Fall of the PC Revolution.
Microsoft’s new Chromium-based Edge goes out of beta
Microsoft has just released the stable version of the new Microsoft Edge for Windows 10.
This cool video pays homage to Windows’ past and Microsoft’s keyboards and mice [Updated]
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A retrospective video tweeted out by Microsoft leaker WalkingCat takes a look nostalgic look at older versions of Windows, as well as the history Microsoft’s keyboard and mice.
Microsoft Edge Insider beta channel is now officially available on Windows and macOS
After the installer leaked a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft has just announced that the Beta Channel for its new Edge Insider browser is now officially available on Windows and macOS.
Microsoft Edge Insider Dev channel officially launches on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
The Dev channel for Microsoft’s new Edge Insider browser is now available on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, the Microsoft Edge team announced today. The Canary channel, which gets daily updates, launched on these older versions of Windows last week, … Read more
Microsoft Edge Insider Canary channel is now officially available on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
Following the release of Microsoft Edge Insider on macOS, Microsoft has made its new Chromium-based web browser officially available on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 today.
MSN apps will be retired on Windows 8.1 next month
Microsoft has started warning users of its MSN apps for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 that the apps will be deprecated next month.
Microsoft gets sloppy shutting down Windows 8 Live Tile service, gets pwned (updated)
Back in the day, when Microsoft was full of promise and high hopes for Windows 8 and its forced implementation of a tiled interface, a service and solution for websites to be able to create their own Live Tile was … Read more
Internet Explorer 10 users encouraged to upgrade to IE11 by 2020, when security updates end
Microsoft is getting ready to officially end support for Internet Explorer 10, which will no longer receive security updates after next year.
Windows Media Player set to lose a feature on Windows 7
With Windows 7 reaching its end of life in less than a year, developers are likely to begin retiring features for the operating system. Kicking off the process of retiring features is Microsoft, who is retiring a feature in Windows … Read more
Microsoft’s rethinking design with new internal executive dream team
The company is looking to use a more divisionally-collaborative approach to the way it designs software and hardware going forward.
Microsoft to get serious about pushing Always Connected PCs, especially for business
Microsoft is looking to go back to its old role as an alley-oop assisting Center, by providing a bit of digital billboard space with a new section on its Microsoft Store website to help OEM’s peddle their wares powered by Windows.
Adobe Creative Cloud to cease support for Windows 7
Perhaps, one of Microsoft’s most popular software developers, Adobe, has recently announced via its Adobe blog, Adobe Creative Cloud will, “no longer support Windows 7, 8 and even some versions of 10.”
Windows Phone 8.x devices will no longer receive app updates after July 1, 2019, Windows 8.x PCs to follow in 2023
After ending mainstream support for Windows Phone 8.1 a year ago, Microsoft announced today that Windows Phone 8.x handsets will no longer get app updates after July 1, 2019.
Evernote update brings over 100 new emoji to the Windows 10 app
The official Evernote app has updated to Version 6.11 on Windows PCs and tablets running Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. This latest update improves the drag-and-drop functionality, improves the loading of notes, adds a new zoom feature to the … Read more
Microsoft ends mainstream support for Windows 8.1
Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 8.1 operating systems today so, while the company will still supply security updates and patches through to January 10th 2023, the operating system itself will no longer receive fixes or improvements. Windows 8 (and … Read more
Microsoft welcomes Google to build a compliant browser app as it removes Chrome Installer from Windows Store
Store editors are removing the installer tool as the company sees it violating its Store policies.
Does Fluent Design Matter?
he Windows team is looking to inject some refinement in the way content and information are displayed in the latest OS offering by iterating on its controversial Modern Design with its 2.0 version labeled Fluent Design.
Microsoft forcing Windows 10 Reader app users to use Edge instead
Microsoft has announced that it will be shutting down and ending support for its own Reader app in early 2018 for all Windows 10 devices. The notice came as a pop-up message in the app itself after a recent update … Read more
Microsoft updates its free Windows 8 Reader app, still great for pdf files
Microsoft has pushed out an update to their Reader app on all Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 PCs. The app is a very streamlined pdf file viewer that launched alongside the Windows 8 operating system and it remains one of … Read more