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Amazon’s Alexa invasion into Windows 10 PC may soon make Cortana obsolete
January 9, 2018 | Windows Phone Area
Amazon is bringing Alexa digital assistant to Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft promised in 2017 that it had teamed up with Amazon to offer Alexa-Cortana integration, but the deadline could not be met – a Microsoft spokesman explained last week … Read More
January 2018 update for Windows 10 Mobile is now rolling out
January 6, 2018 | Windows Phone Area
Build 15254.158 released for the latest version of Windows 10 Mobile
Microsoft released the January 2018 update for Windows phones on the Fall Creators Update (branch 1709). It comes with build 15254.158, which, according to the Microsoft Support page, includes … Read More
CPU security flaws – Meltdown and Spectre: Everything you should know
January 5, 2018 | Diyan
Intel, AMD and ARM processors have design flaws
‘Chipgate’ quickly became a hot topic after security researchers published information about a design flaw affecting all modern processors from the past 20 years. Microsoft and other software/hardware makers said that new … Read More
Cortana’s song recognition feature has been retired
January 4, 2018 | Windows Phone Area
Windows users are left without a song identification service
Cortana has had a song recognition feature built-in from 2014, and it worked pretty well on Windows 10 PC and Mobile. Unfortunately, after Microsoft retired its music streaming service – Groove … Read More
Modern PC processors have a major design flaw, Microsoft rolls out an emergency fix
January 4, 2018 | Michael
Kernel Memory Leak flaw affects processors from the last 10 years
Windows, Linux, MacOS, and other computer operating systems running on Intel or AMD chips could be exposed to a serious security threat as a major design flaw in the … Read More
Edge has the longest battery life compared with Chrome and Firefox
January 3, 2018 | Windows Phone Area
Microsoft posts videos to show how Edge beats Chrome and Firefox
Edge is not even close to the popularity of Google Chrome, as the Microsoft browser is currently used on only one in six Windows 10 machines. At the … Read More
Fall Creators Update now running on more than 50 percent of the PCs
January 2, 2018 | Michael
After two months, the update is on more than half of the PCs in use
Microsoft rolled out the Fall Creators Update in November last year, and according to the new report by AdDuplex, the update is already running on … Read More
Windows 10 Mobile removed from Windows 10 SDK
December 30, 2017 | Michael
Andromeda OS will fill the gap left by the Mobile core.
Microsoft is sun-setting Windows 10 Mobile as a platform, while the company is expected to announce a hybrid version of Windows 10 for mobile devices – OneCore OS (Andromeda … Read More
New test version of Windows 10 introduces Timeline, Sets, many improvements
December 20, 2017 | Michael
Build 17063 is available for PC in the Fast Ring
Users who joined the Insider program can now install build 17063 on their Windows 10 PCs. This build introduces many new features and changes, such as Timeline and Sets announced … Read More
Google Chrome Installer briefly appeared in the Store, then Microsoft removed it
December 20, 2017 | Michael
Microsoft removes a Google app that redirects to the Chrome installation file
Yesterday, Google tried to publish something that looks like “an app” in the Microsoft App Store called ‘Google Chrome Installer’. Offering nothing more than a way to download … Read More
Windows Insider program resumes for Windows 10 Mobile
December 14, 2017 | Diyan
Support for compatible phones may continue until mid-2020
Microsoft released the official Fall Creators Update (although it doesn’t bring significant new features) to supported smartphones like the Lumia 950 and Alcatel Idol 4 Pro this Autumn, and many fans have … Read More
December 2017 update for Windows 10 Mobile comes with build 15254.124
December 13, 2017 | Michael
Phones on Creators Update and Anniversary Update also receives updates
Microsoft has released new updates to supported smartphones on the various branches of Windows 10 Mobile. Devices running the latest version (Fall Creators Update – feature2) should see build 15254.124 … Read More
