Windows
- Mar- 2019 -12 March
Native Caret Browsing And Windows High Contrast Mode To Be Added To Chromium-Based Browsers
At the end of 2018, Microsoft announced that they would be shifting their Edge browser to Chromium. Ever since this announcement, Microsoft has been actively contributing to the Chromium community. Microsoft is determined to make Chromium-based browsers work with Windows 10 seamlessly without any sort of problems or bugs. These…
- 12 March
Microsoft Testing Screen Mirroring Feature for Windows 10
Screen mirroring is not a new feature but Microsoft has been working on it lately. It looks as if the company is now ready to test its screen mirroring feature for Android users. The company will start to roll out updates for its Your Phone Windows 10 app. Through this…
- 10 March
‘Smooth Scrolling’ Coming To Chromium Browsers As Early As Mid-2019
As we all know by now, at the end of 2018, Microsoft announced that they would be shifting their Edge browser to Chromium. Ever since then Microsoft started actively contributing to the Chromium community. All of this was done in a bid to make Chromium-based browsers work better with Microsoft’s…
- 8 March
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18353 Available to Fast Ring Users
Today, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18353 (19H1) to Insiders in the Fast ring. For the ill-informed, Windows Insider Program is a beta-testing platform developed by Microsoft. Windows insider Program allows users who own a valid license of Windows 10 to register and receive beta versions of future Windows…
- 8 March
New Skype For Web Revamp Drops Support for ChromeOS and Linux
Skype for Web was launched back in 2015. But due to the lack of features compared to the actual app, the Web version had little to no success as users did not really make much use of it. However, in a surprise move, Microsoft has just released a brand new…
- 6 March
Windows 7 Extended Support Plan To Go On Sale In April, Price Starts At 25$ Per Device For The First Year
Last year, Microsoft gave us some devastating news. Microsoft stated they would be ending support for Windows 7 in January of 2020. Windows 7 is Microsoft’s most popular Operating System to date. You might think that ending support for an Operating System released in 2009 might not be that big of…
- 6 March
Major Gaming Issues Reported On Windows 10 KB4482887 Update
A week ago, Microsoft released a new update to the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, called KB4482887. The update does not add any new features to Windows, as it is a bug fix update only. Microsoft fixed multiple issues residing within Windows. They finally fixed the bug in which the Action Center would…
- 5 March
Microsoft Rolls Out a Dark Mode For The Mail and Calendar App On Windows 10
MA Mail and Calendar app update on the Windows 10 might not be that interesting. However, a recent update rolled out by Microsoft gives it a very cool mode, it might not be that useful but it certainly does seem very aesthetically pleasing. Dark Mode On Mail And Calender App A…
- 4 March
You Might Be Able To Get Windows 10 To Work On The Switch In The Future (Unofficially)
Ever since the Switch came out, hackers have been trying to exploit the console in numerous ways. First came the mandatory free games jailbreak. After this we saw the implementation of Linux onto the console, and just a few days ago a user also got Android to work on the…
- 1 March
Microsoft’s Game Bar Updated To Include New Features Including a New Gallery Layout
The Game Bar is an additional feature that Microsoft included in Windows 10. The Bar allows you to perform various tasks like taking screenshots, recording and streaming games, and it also features a Game Mode which can be activated from the Game Bar. All these features are supposed to give…
- Feb- 2019 -28 February
Drag And Drop Support Added To Chrome for Outlook Attachments
Recently, Microsoft announced that they would be making a Chromium-based Microsoft Edge. Ever since then, they have been actively contributing to the Chromium community. Almost every week, a new commit is discovered in which Microsoft address different ‘Chromium’ bugs. This week seems to be no different than any other. Drag…
- 27 February
Microsoft Windows 10 Parts Way with Message Classification
Microsoft has been making efforts to improve its Mail and Calendar app for Windows 10 users. As part of those efforts, there are different updates that the company releases to improve the overall performance. The tech giant has come up with a new update i.e. v16005.11231.20182.0 that helps you manage…
- 26 February
Leaked Images Give Us A First Hand Look At The Chromium-Based Microsoft Edge
In December of last year, Microsoft announced that they would be releasing a Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, replacing the current Microsoft Edge. Ever since then we have not received any major information regarding the browser. However, today one of Microsoft’s Program Manager’s has shed some light on the upcoming browser. Chromium-Based Edge…
- 26 February
Microsoft Comes Up with New IoT Innovations With Improved Hardware Support For Windows Server IoT
-Microsoft is using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine learning, and robotics is now being used to power your smart devices. With the help of the Internet of Things (IoT), easier and secure devices are being built. As part of its effort to further simplify IoT, Microsoft has announced new products and services…
- 26 February
Xbox and Windows 10 Might Undergo A Deeper Integration Through A New OS
Microsoft has been very active in the gaming industry lately. They have been working on their new game streaming service called ‘xCloud‘, along with new Xbox’s codenamed ‘Anaconda’ and ‘Lockhart’. Microsoft has long owned two of the most popular gaming platforms. ‘Windows’ and ‘Xbox’ so it is only a matter…
- 25 February
Windows 10’s System Styling For Captions In Videos To Soon Be Supported By Chrome
Microsoft has already announced its plans to convert Windows 10’s Edge to a Chromium-based browser. This means that Edge’s development will be more rapid than it previously was. Furthermore, this also means that Microsoft will work on making other browsers built on Chromium work better with Windows 10. We have already…
- 24 February
Microsoft Now Allows You to Create Extension Only File Names in 19H1 Preview Build
In the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build for 19H1 version, Microsoft has added a new feature which allows users to create or rename extension only files. Reports suggest that this feature was found working on both 19H1 and 20H1 Preview Builds for Windows 10. With Windows 10 October 2018…
- 22 February
Windows 10 1809 Build 17763.346 Released to Insiders for Testing, Action Center Bug to Be Fixed
Microsoft has been very quick with cumulative updates lately. They recently released the Build 17763.316 for Windows 10 version 1809 and 1803 and looks like it’s already time for another one. Microsoft usually rolls out updates to the Insiders first to check for any unknown bugs or compatibility issues and then…
- 21 February
Microsoft Has Started Rolling Out Its New Office App For Windows 10 Users
In December of last year, a new Office application was announced by Microsoft which would replace the current ‘My Office’ app. The Windows Insider programme was used to test the application. The main objective of the application is to simplify your work and be a one-stop shop for all of…
- 16 February
Bug Which Caused Action Center to Momentarily Appear on the Left Still Present in Windows 10 Version 1809
The Windows 10 October 2018 update was released in, you guessed it October 2018. However, Microsoft released the update slowly to users, as the update contained many bugs which had to be addressed. The Bug Microsoft did address most of the issues in Build 1809. However, they did not fix the…
- 15 February
Windows 10 Update From 2020 Teased in ‘Skip Ahead’
For all of you who don’t know what Microsoft’s Insider Programme is, it’s “an open software testing program by Microsoft that allows users to register for pre-release builds of the operating system previously only accessible to software developers.” In short, its a beta test programme for Windows 10. The Microsoft Insider Programme consists…
- 15 February
Windows Lite, or LiteOS? Details emerge regarding the new Operating System
As we all know by now, Windows is working on a lightweight version of Windows. Last year, news of Windows Lite made the rounds after references regarding “Windows Lite” popped up inside one of the many Windows Insider Preview builds. Windows Lite is obviously being built to compete against Google’s Chrome OS,…
- 14 February
Microsoft Making Active Efforts to Make Window’s 10 Work Better With Chrome
Many users have reported a bug regarding Windows 10’s built-in touch keyboard. The bug makes it unable to work properly with Chrome. To everyone’s surprise, Microsoft has actually released a bug fix (Commit) for the issue. Bug The bug was reported on bugs.chromium.org by a Microsoft engineer-. He tackled an issue in which…
- 13 February
Windows 10 Preview Reveals Microsoft’s Plans to Not Kill the Classic Paint App
Two years ago Microsoft announced its Creators Update for Windows 10 which introduced a new Paint 3D app. Rumors floated on the internet that the Paint app was going to be killed soon. Later, a blog post was published by Microsoft revealing that the MS Paint app will not be…
- 13 February
Google Chrome PWAs Will Now Show Badges For Notifications
Google is making slow changes to its Chrome that may be small but are effective. The recent new feature that has been introduced for Chrome is the introduction of experimental badges for Progressive Web Apps. Prior to the introduction of badges, Google Chrome adopted the dark mode theme as well…