Items tagged with Microsoft
By now, it should be clear that machine-learning is turning into big business for the biggest corporations. We learned back in September that Apple is on a hiring spree to bring in some good talent, and Amazon even leases out the fruits of...
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Last week, Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra made it clear that we would find out today which Xbox 360 games would be playable on its current generation Xbox One console. At the time, Ybarra said that 100+ games would be supported, and today we’re...
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In advance of the launch of the "New Xbox One Experience," set to roll out on November 12th, Microsoft's Larry Hyrb and Richard Irving have released two videos to help you get comfortable with the update even before it lands. The two major...
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The second generation Microsoft Band is an impressive fitness wearable, packing in 11 sensors and a curved, AMOLED touch screen display. However, it is priced at $249, which puts it $50 above the debut price of its predecessor.
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Don't be taken aback if you someone barking commands to Cortana into their iPhone 6s Plus. They're not necessarily confused with technology, but perhaps taking advantage of Cortana on iOS. That's right, Microsoft is rolling out its...
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Like a supercharged V8 muscle car built in Detroit or a souped up import with a flashy paint job and NAS, Windows 10 came out of the gate fast and furious, racing its way to over a 110 million devices. Valve's latest Steam Survey data...
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You can imagine the frustration of Surface Book owners who paid a premium for Microsoft's snazzy new laptop only to encounter an annoying screen flickering issue. Well, for those affected by the strange anomaly, Microsoft has made good on...
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It's hard to tell if today's increasingly thin and light laptops pose engineering challenges that cause them to be built in a way that diminish opportunities for do-it-yourself repair, or if the companies making these things purposely make...
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Given the apathy towards Windows 8, it’s understandable that many OEMs have still been offering Windows 7 to customers to keep them happy. After all, we saw the same thing happen with Windows XP when Windows Vista first started to invade...
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You guys just had to go and ruin it for all of us, didn’t you!? Microsoft has announced a wide-scale reshuffling of its OneDrive cloud storage tiers and the changes aren’t pretty at all.
The first major casualty is unlimited storage...
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Microsoft is heavily invested in Windows 10. It was designed with the intention of providing a unified platform for different device categories, which in turn would make it easier for Microsoft to promote and monetize supplementary...
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If you're one of what Microsoft classifies as a "small number of customers" who own a Surface Book that exhibits screen flickering, good news, a fix is on the way. Exactly when the fix will come isn't known, nor did Microsoft say what's...
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We reported a couple of weeks ago that a significant update will be hitting Windows 10 at some point in November. While the original goal was to see it drop very early in the month, it does appear that there will be a delay of a few weeks...
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Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10549 and Build 10572 both required testers to revert back to Windows Phone 8.1 before updating to the latest builds of Windows 10 Mobile. This was by no means a deal killer for testers, but it was...
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Microsoft is ramping up its test builds of Windows 10, with the most recent release being Insider Preview Build 10576. Microsoft’s Gabe Aul announced the build yesterday afternoon and it brings a number of new features and of course, bug...
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Microsoft seems to like to live dangerously. The company has come under flak for some questionable tactics in Windows 10 with regards to privacy. Microsoft endured even more scrutiny when it was discovered that Windows 7 and Windows 8...
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Does everybody remember the Kinect camera? You know, the pricey accessory that was included in every single Xbox One console box until Microsoft wised up and concluded that 1) customers weren’t keen on the $499 price tag compared to the...
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Microsoft just opened a brand new, flagship store at 677 5th Avenue, in New York City. And since we’re just a short drive away, and were already spending some time in Manhattan today with the folks from Motorola and Verizon, we thought...
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Microsoft is fond of referring to the Surface Pro as a tablet that can replace your laptop, and based on our experience with them, it's not an incorrect statement, at least from a performance and usability standpoint. But as a teardown of...
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What happens when you mesh Microsoft’s brand new Windows 10 operating system with its Xbox One gaming console? Well, you get the New Xbox One Experience, and the folks in Redmond announced this week that it will launch on November 12th for...
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We must admit, Microsoft really put on an awesome show earlier this month when it revealed new Lumia smartphones, a new Surface Pro 4 and the all-new Surface Book. We were already impressed with the initial announcement of the Surface...
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Steve Ballmer may no longer be Microsoft's head honcho, but his love for the company hasn't faded. In a new interview with Bloomberg, Ballmer had some great things to say about the company while at the same time giving some of its...
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