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Microsoft Get In On Marijuana Trade
News June 20, 2016
Microsoft have expanded their horizons by getting in on the burgeoning US drug trade. Known better for producing operating systems and office software, the Redstone based company is helping out the newly (in some states) legalised marijuana industry. Microsoft has formed a partnership with a California-based technology start-up named... Read more
With the launch of Planner, Microsoft’s answer to Trello, some of Microsoft’s premium customers can already take advantage of the new tile in their Office 365 apps. Microsoft has certainly been busy. Windows 10 is a done deal, the purchase of LinkedIn is rolling along, so why not launch... Read more
Despite cutting their losses in the smartphone market and trying to spin off 2014 acquisition Nokia into the night, Microsoft has announced it is now buying the business focussed social networking site, LinkedIn, for a massive $26.2 billion. The deal will be Microsoft’s biggest ever purchase and is Chief... Read more
Several of the web’s big players have released the news that they intend to deal with and remove hate speech posted online within 24 hours of it going live. The move supports a new code-of-conduct intended to limit the dissemination of online abuse via social media. The code was... Read more
It does indeed seem that the end is nigh for Windows Phone, in its current form at least. But now even Microsoft have sort of admitted it’s valiant push to become the third viable smartphone ecosystem has come to a close. Earlier in the week, according to a report... Read more
Microsoft’s “Get Windows 10” nagware will be ramped down by July, the tech giant has indicated. The software has been worming its way into Windows PCs using Windows Updates and antagonistic malware-like methods and regular pop-up reminders since it was released last Summer. Get Windows 10( or GWX in... Read more
Yep, that’s right, the clock really is ticking for users wanting to upgrade their viable computers for free to Windows 10. Microsoft announced on their official blog that the free upgrade offer for Windows 7 and 8 users will officially expire on July 29th 2016. After that, users will... Read more
Google’s Chrome Browser Overtakes Internet Explorer For The First Time
InternetNewsSoftware Reviews May 6, 2016
Google Chrome has officially overtaken Internet Explorer to become the world’s most used web browser. The news finally ends Microsoft’s default Windows browser’s almost two-decade long dominance as the leading internet browser. Haven’t I heard this one before? Probably. Over the last few years, quite a few tech analytics... Read more
Social media is awesome…except when it’s not, as Tinder users discovered by mistake. The purpose of social media is to help you connect with other people; depending on the platform, those may be people you know in real life, or people you have yet to know but would like... Read more
Microsoft OneDrive Storage Gets Smaller
News April 27, 2016
Microsoft is cutting its OneDrive customers off, dropping the free storage amount from 15GB to just 5GB. It’s been a pretty rough patch for Microsoft as of late, at least where consumer happiness is concerned. Following on the heels of several Windows 10 fiascos, the customer service department is... Read more
FileHippo Smashes The 3,000,000,000 Download Barrier
News April 27, 2016
Yep, that’s right, FileHippo passed a very significant milestone recently. Last month we officially passed the 3 billion download mark, and if you don’t mind us saying, we do feel quite proud of that figure. Where It All Began FileHippo.com was started by two software enthusiasts in 2004. We’re really proud of... Read more
Microsoft Sues US Federal Government Over Users Private Data
News April 15, 2016
Microsoft is suing the US government over what it says is the unconstitutional manner in which federal law enforcement agencies can forbid tech companies from informing customers that their personal data held by Microsoft is being examined. The Redstone based company is arguing that having to keep access requests... Read more
So it looks like it’s true: Windows 10 really might be the last version of Windows you’ll ever need. It might also be the last version of Windows you ever have the option to get as well… if the latest update from Microsoft goes to plan. But panic not,... Read more
We love great new desktop gadgets or operating systems but is the Windows 10 Desktop App Converter going to be a disappointment? There have been few software launches in the history of computing that were met with such loud opposition as the launch of Windows 10; to be fair,... Read more
Facial Recognition Software Gets Artistic
News April 8, 2016
Facial recognition software, in both its real-world and movie-fantasy applications, is really amazing technology. But with the constant barrage of fear mongering associated with its applications, it’s nice to see some good news come out about it. Microsoft has partnered with ING, Delft University of Technology, The Mauritshuis and... Read more
Microsoft Offers Amnesty To End Software Piracy
News April 7, 2016
When most tech consumers think of software piracy, they tend to think of a gaunt gamer in a darkened basement, drooling over an unlicensed copy of the latest title. But the reality of global software piracy is far more serious: in a ten year period ending in 2012, the... Read more
Microsoft To Go To The Edge To Offer Adblocking In Its Web Browser
InternetNewsSoftware Reviews April 2, 2016
Tech giant set to add to ad-publishers headaches as eagle eyed Zdnet journalist, Ed Cotton, spots Microsoft’s new feature for its Edge web browser. That’s right, adblocking may be coming to Redmond’s flagship browser in the next scheduled release for its Internet Explorer replacement. If it happens, Microsoft will... Read more
Microsoft Takes Macro Protection Action
News April 1, 2016
Office 2016 has been given a feature upgrade by its creators, Microsoft, but the chances are that very few people, if any, will even notice, even on a macro level. But that doesn’t make it any less important for all that. The new feature has been implemented to prevent... Read more