Software
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Twitter may Get Rid of its Video Streaming app ‘Periscope’
Periscope is a live video streaming application developed by Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein. Twitter acquired the application even before it launched back in 2015. The application could not gather much popularity since its launch. 2020 has been the year for TikTok, the application faced restrictions in many countries, including…
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Latest Stable Chrome Web Browser Version 86 Brings Security Enhancements And Scrolling Tabs
Google has released the latest stable version of Chrome Web Browser with a few features focusing on security and the eagerly awaited ability to scroll through open tabs. The Chrome Version 86 is being deployed gradually but users can force update the same. Google officially released a new version of…
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G-suite now called Google Workspace aims to integrate its applications for a better experience and tries to compete against MS Office Directly
Microsoft office suite works as a central environment in most ‘office’ settings. Microsoft office has something for everyone, irrespective of the kind of business or use case. Google’s G-suit is perhaps the only competitor that lacks behind both due to strengthened roots of MS office and Google’s shortcomings when it…
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Microsoft New Chromium-Based Edge Browser Multi-Process Architecture Helps Reduce RAM and CPU Usage?
Microsoft Edge, the new web browser from the Windows 10 OS maker, is claimed to be much better than Google Chrome, particularly in terms of RAM and CPU usage. Microsoft has now revealed how its own web browser, despite being based on Google’s Chromium base, is able to work more…
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Latest Microsoft Edge Web Browser Canary Version 87 Gets Tab Resources Management Improvements Reducing CPU, Memory And Battery Usage
Microsoft Edge web browser, based on Google’s Chromium, has a new version which includes two important features. These new features will allow the Edge browser to significantly reduce the amount of RAM and CPU resources, which should positively impact battery life on laptops. Microsoft Edge is reportedly the fastest web-browser…
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New Xbox Beta Applications Unlocks Remote Play for Everyone and Much More
A few weeks ago, Xbox announced its plans on the unified Xbox experience regardless of hardware, making sure that the players are able to stay connected to their friends and games. The new unified experience will allow Xbox gamers to stay in contact with their friends either on Xbox or…
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Microsoft’s Latest Patches Could Allow Linux Distros To Runs As Root Partition On Hyper-V Allowing Direct Access To Hardware
Microsoft appears to be interested in integrating Linux even more deeply within the Windows operating system ecosystem. The company has proposed a few patches that could potentially allow Linux Distros even more native functionality than before. These patches essentially aim to allow Linux distributions to run as Root Partition on…
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Microsoft Threat Protection Platform Now ‘Integration-Ready’ With Several New APIs For MS 365 Cloud Productivity Suites
The dynamic, powerful, and ever-evolving Microsoft Threat Protection (MTP) Platform for Microsoft 365 cloud-based office productivity and digital collaboration environments has received new APIs (Application Programming Interface). The company has now confirmed that the new Threat Protection APIs make the platform “Integration Ready”, which means organizations can reliably integrate the…
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Google Could Reduce High RAM Usage Of Chrome Browser If Microsoft Agrees To Make Changes In Windows 10 OS Settings
Google Chrome web browser has been known for its significantly high RAM usage, especially on computers running Windows 10. It appears Google might be able to reduce the memory-hogging of the Chrome browser. The search giant, however, requires a few specific tweaks and changes in settings from Microsoft within Windows…
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Google Pushes Chrome Build 85 with Smart DNS features for Android Devices
Google recently rolled out the latest version of its Chrome browser. This is version 83 of the browser and it brought along certain features. One of the main features was the DNS-over-HTTPS which allowed for a more easy DNS lookup function. The idea of using a DNS is to have…
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Walmart is Now partnering with Microsoft to Place a bid on TikTok’s Operations in the US
Since the day Trump threatened to ban the popular social media site TikTok many companies have shown interest in buying the US operations of the site. Trump has accused the site of collecting sensitive data that may hurt US national security. Many companies, including Microsoft, Walmart, and Oracle, have shown…
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August Update Brings New Features for Xbox Insiders and Improves Xbox Guide, Parties & Chats
Last week Xbox’s head of design and research showed how they are unifying the whole Xbox experience irrespective of the hardware. Now, with the August update, they are implementing some of the features they talked about and more. The August update will be live for everyone only in a matter…
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Google Dropping Major Signs at Merging Google Duo and Google Meet in the Near Future
Google currently has two video conferencing services. The Google Meet service and Google Duo. While both these services have a different set of target audiences, these have become quite relevant in the past few months. With the COVID-19 spread, people have used one or the other for professional meetings or…
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Google to Remain the Default Search Engine on Mozilla Firefox until 2023
Mozilla Firefox is one of the most used browsers around the globe. The browser is praised for its fast performance and resource management. Moreover, the privacy protocols that Mozilla offers in its browser are among the best in the industry. Despite these, the popularity of the browser is on the…
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Adobe Will Help Identifying And Tagging ‘Photoshopped’ Images Using Cryptographic Signatures In Metadata
Adobe will soon deploy a test version of a powerful system that will help to identify images that have been morphed or altered with the intention of spreading fake news. These altered images often referred to as ‘Photoshopped’, have increasingly been used as a weapon to spread disinformation. Adobe’s method…
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Facebook Integrates Messenger & Instagram To Allow Easier Messaging Between The Two Platforms
Of course, a platform, after its inception, evolves a whole awful lot. Then we see companies actually acquiring other platforms to fill in the gaps they cannot fill otherwise. We saw Facebook acquire Instagram and Whatsapp like this. While both the services are different in their regard, they have rendered…
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Twitter API v2 Tries to Abridge the Gap Between the Company and 3rd Party Devs
Twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms. Despite its long reach in the community, the company has imposed many restrictions on third-party developers who want to access data from the website. To ease the relationships between the third-party developers and the company, they announced the new API…
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The Redesigned Microsoft Store Focuses on Performance, Ease of use and Safety
A few weeks ago, screenshots from the redesigned Microsoft Store application codenamed ‘Mercury’ leaked online. The images showed that the new application focuses on overall fluidity and games. Now Microsoft has announced that the new application is coming to the Xbox Insiders (Beta) program. The subscribers of the program will…
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Google Tests Out Scheduled Downloading For Chrome On Android
Google Chrome has managed to encompass quite a plethora of devices out there. From laptops to cellphones to even tablets. Google Chrome and its integration go a long way. In a recent update from the company, we look at an article posted on 9to5Google. According to the article, Google would…
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Google Chrome Rejects Microsoft Edge Browser Memory Management And Reduction Feature Citing Negative Impact On CPU Performance
Google has apparently rejected an important feature that could potentially reduce RAM usage of the Chrome web browser. Microsoft had initially developed the feature and had claimed the same could bring down memory consumption of Edge as well as Chrome web browser. However, Google claims the feature negatively impacts CPU…
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Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” An All 64-Bit Linux OS Based On Ubuntu 20.04 Stable Distro ISO Released For Download
The latest stable release of Linux Mint, a very popular operating system ‘distro’ based on Ubuntu, has been released. The Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” comes with several new features. Incidentally, this Linux Distro is the first release that comes as 64-Bit only OS with Snapd App Store disabled. The OS…
Firefox Introduces New Option Of ‘Refresh’ To Its Uninstaller For Easier And Quicker Fixing Of Corrupt Profiles
Mozilla Firefox has an interesting new option for users of the popular web browser. The Firefox Uninstaller now has a ‘Refresh’ option which essentially restores factory settings and deletes corrupt profiles, without needing to uninstall and reinstall the web browser in the event of profile or data corruption. The majority…
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Google’s G Suite Apps Communicating And Possibly Sharing G-Drive and Gmail Data With Undisclosed External Services?
Google’s app ecosystem is considered safe, trustworthy, and verified. However, a couple of security researchers have raised a few concerns about a large number of apps from the G Suite Marketplace. The researchers claim several apps have access to Gmail and Drive accounts. While this is understandable, many of the…
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Firefox May Soon Let You Export Your Passwords As A CSV File
Unlike other popular browsers like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox lacks the ability to export passwords. Even though Firefox lists all the passwords saved in your browser, there is no option to export them to a separate file. Users are currently relying on third-party password managers or tools…
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Microsoft Teams Users: 3×3 Grid View Is Nice, But A 5×5 View Is What We Need For Teams Meetings
Microsoft Teams is facing strong competition from Zoom amid the coronavirus pandemic. The sudden surge in demand forced Microsoft to increase the number of people you can simultaneously view on your screen. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it has started rolling out a 3×3 grid view for Microsoft Teams…