Microsoft on Friday announced it has acquired N-trig, the Israeli firm behind its popular Surface Pen for the Surface Pro 3 and Surface 3. The two tech giants have been partners since…
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Metadata-slurping Microsoft’s How-old.net garners instant attention
In a curiosity-inducing machine learning project that relies on face recognition technology, Microsoft has released an age guessing website dubbed How-old.net which tries to guess the age of people through their photos,…
Microsoft Office app downloads on Android, iOS surpass 100 million mark
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has revealed that downloads of its Office app on Android and iOS have surpassed the 100 million mark. Nadella, while reporting Microsoft’s third quarter earnings call on Thursday,…
Microsoft has four new smartphones in pipeline: Report
On-going rumors suggest Microsoft has four Lumia smartphones – two flagship and two midrange smartphones – in its pipeline. The Redmond is developing two flagship smartphones — the Lumia 940 and the…
Microsoft adds new Maps app to Windows 10 preview for phones
Microsoft on Friday published a preview look of Maps app for Windows 10 to give an idea of what it will be like on mobile devices. The Maps app for Windows 10…
Microsoft to roll out Office Universal Apps for Windows 10 for phones
Microsoft on Friday announced it will be releasing previews of its universal Office apps — Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – for Windows phones by April end. Microsoft is referring these mobile apps…
Microsoft rolls out private YouTube like service ‘Office 365 Video’
Microsoft is rolling out a new service dubbed ‘Office 365 Video’ which will allow companies to upload and share video content with their entire organization on desktops and mobile devices. Office 365…
Cyanogen Android OS to get Microsoft Office, OneNote, Skype and more
Tech giant Microsoft has teamed up with open source mobile OS developer Cyanogen to integrate its apps and services into the Android-based OS. The deal will see Microsoft apps and services like…
Microsoft, Yahoo update search partnership deal
Tech giants Yahoo and Microsoft on Thursday announced they have revised their search partnership deal with key changes to maintain a “strong and productive” alliance. The partnership deal, which was agreed in…
Microsoft Band makes it to UK shores
Microsoft’s first wearable device dubbed ‘Microsoft Band’ is now available for sale in the UK for £169.99. “We’re excited to announce that Microsoft Band has officially launched in the UK!” said Microsoft….
Microsoft rolls out Skype for Business
Microsoft has announced it is rolling out Skype for Business as part of the April monthly update for Office 2013. Redmond had released a technical preview of the new business focused Skype…
Security researchers uncovers new Microsoft Windows security flaw
Computer security researchers have uncovered a new flaw in Microsoft Windows operating system dubbed ‘Redirect to SMB,’ which could be exploited by hackers to steal sensitive login credentials from any device running…
Microsoft slashes Xbox One UK price to £299.99
Microsoft has slashed Xbox One UK price to just £299.99. The price cut comes as a part of UK-only retail promotional offer. “This is a UK-only retail promotion and offers great value…
Microsoft Lumia 640 finally lands in UK
Microsoft’s affordable Lumia offering ‘Lumia 640? has finally landed in the UK. The larger Lumia variant dubbed ‘Lumia 640 XL’ with join its sibling by the end of this month. Both the…
Microsoft Xbox 360 update adds 2TB external hard drive support
Microsoft has announced a new update that will see Xbox 360 now support larger external hard drive – up to 2 TB. The upcoming update will allow gamers to plug into two…