Microsoft on Monday announced its cloud services namely Microsoft Azure, Intune, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online now meet the world’s first international standard for cloud privacy. Brad Smith, the company’s general…
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Microsoft adds biometric authentication support to Windows 10
Microsoft has announced it newest OS iteration Windows 10 will come with biometric authentication support. The tech giant said its new operating system will support the next version of the Fast Identification…
Microsoft pulls back February update for PowerPoint 2013
Microsoft has pulled back an update for PowerPoint 2013 released this month after users complained that PowerPoint didn’t work properly after installing it. The February patch update KB2920732 was aimed at improving…
PS4 regained “best selling console” title in January
Sony’s PlayStation 4 has dethroned Microsoft’s Xbox One to regain the title of “best selling console” for the month of January. “PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console in January and remains the…
Microsoft updates Xbox.com with new ‘Activity Feed’, ‘Suggested Friends’ features
Microsoft has added new features to the Xbox.com website including the Xbox Activity Feed and Suggested Friends feature. The New Activity Feed feature allows Xbox One users to scroll through all the…
Hack allows Windows 10 for Phones to run on nearly all WP8.1 handsets
Hackers have already managed to find a way to bypass the Windows 10 for phones technical preview limitation that dictates that the recently released mobile OS can only be run on some…
Microsoft removes feature restrictions from OneNote 2013
Microsoft has freed its note-taking software ‘OneNote 2013’ off all feature restrictions, meaning that OneNote for Windows is now no longer a freemium product. Redmond had launched OneNote for Mac as a…
Windows 10 for phones technical preview lands; still “very much under development”
Microsoft has released its first Windows 10 for phones technical preview and made it accessible to all those who have joined Windows Insiders program and are in possession of one of the…
Microsoft rolls out Office Preview for Windows 10
Microsoft has rolled out preview versions of touch-enabled Office apps for the forthcoming Windows 10 OS. “Today, we’re excited to announce that Word, Excel and PowerPoint are now available for technical preview…
Microsoft’s new Android app ‘Picturesque’ turns lock screen into Bing homepage
Microsoft has rolled out a new Android app that lets users set Bing home page images on their device’s lock screen. Dubbed Picturesque, the new app allows Android users to change the…
Microsoft Lumia 535 now available in the UK
Microsoft on Monday announced its mid-range Lumia 535 smartphone is now available for sale at electronics retailers across the UK. Available in green, orange, white, dark grey, cyan and black color options,…
Microsoft slashes Surface Pro 3 prices for a limited period
Microsoft has temporarily slashed prices of four of its Surface Pro 3 tablet models. The $100 promo offer, which runs only until Feb. 7, Saturday, include the 128GB Intel Core i5, 256GB…
Microsoft Surface Pro 4: Improved specs, reduced pricing, two variants
Rumours about Microsoft Surface Pro 4 are increasing week-over-week and with Surface Pro 2 production reportedly ceased, Redmond is likely to announce its latest in the tablet line-up as early as this…
Microsoft’s OneDrive gets new photo-focused features and more
Microsoft has reportedly updated its OneDrive app for iOS with a raft of new photo-focused features and more. Douglas Pearce, OneDrive’s Group Program Manager, noted that major OneDrive update will include “the…
WorkMail: Amazon’s email, calendar services take on those from Microsoft, Google
Amazon has announced a new corporate email and calendar service dubbed WorkMail that will take on Microsoft’s Outlook and Google’s Gmail. Powered by Amazon’s cloud-based computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the…