Microsoft Windows 10 is expected to be available generally sometime mid-2015 and according to industry experts general availability of Windows 8 successor will trigger a wave of upgrades for over 600 million…
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Microsoft details December Patch Tuesday fixes; includes Exchange update
Microsoft has revealed details about the upcoming fixes in December Patch Tuesday covering seven security bulletins through an advance notice yesterday. December’s Patch Tuesday contains half the number of updates as compared…
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble part ways; terminate Nook Media deal
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have terminated their agreement resulting into cancellation of their Nook Media deal thereby making way for the latter to split into two separate business units. Microsoft cited…
Gmail adds support for online Office file editing inside inbox
Google has updated Gmail to add support for a new feature that will let users edit Microsoft Office files without leaving the inbox. Gmail users can now find a new edit icon…
Microsoft Windows 10: what we know so far
Microsoft has been releasing tiny bits of updates here and there to its Windows 10 technical preview users since it was launched and has confirmed that it won’t be releasing anything substantial…
Microsoft Bing Pulse instant polling available to everyone
Microsoft has pushed out its Bing Pulse instant polling to everyone allowing anyone interested in gathering quick sentiments about a certain matter from general public in real time. Initially available to TV…
Windows 7 continues OS market dominance as Windows 8.1 adoption increases
Microsoft Windows 8.1 currently accounts for 12.10 per cent of the operating system market share, latest operating system statistics reveal. According to latest statistics from metrics firm, Netmarketshare, usage of Windows 8.1…
Microsoft bags mobile email startup Acompli
Microsoft has acquired mobile email app startup Acompli – a move that Microsoft claims is part of its efforts to provide provide with ways to accomplish more with their mobile devices. Rumors…
Windows 10 consumer preview said to include Cortana
Rumours about a possible January release of Windows 10 consumer preview surfaced last week and now new image leaks hints at the possibility of release of Windows 10 consumer preview with Coratna…
Microsoft’s age-old image library ‘Clip Art’ is no more
Microsoft has finally bid a goodbye to the age-old Clip Art image library found in its Office products as its usage has been declining over the years. Redmond replaced the Clip Art’s…
Microsoft, Yahoo start acting on ‘right to be forgotten’ requests
After Google, it’s now Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing who have begun scrubbing search results for Europeans under the ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling. The latest move comes in wake of a May…
Expect a Xbox One specific wearable from Microsoft in 2015, supplier says
An Xbox One supplier has said that fans should expect a wearable from Microsoft that will work specifically with Redmond’s gaming console as early as 2015. Microsoft recently released its ‘Microsoft Band’…
Microsoft Xbox One surpassed Sony PS4 sales on Black Friday, new report claims
Microsoft’s Xbox One accounted for majority of the Black Friday gaming console sales, new report claims. According to latest statistics by market-research firm InfoScout, Microsoft’s Xbox One made up for almost 53…
Lumia 1020 successor spotted. Could it be Microsoft Lumia 1030?
Images of an alleged Lumia 1020 successor dubbed Microsoft Lumia 1030 have been spotted on a Chinese auction site have been spotted [now removed], with Reddit users claiming that the phone could…
Weak Xbox One sales in Japan forces Takashi Sensui to resign
Microsoft may be boasting about great Xbox One sales, but there is at least one country where it won’t be able to claim that as according to reports Takashi Sensui, Xbox Japan…