Frederic Lardinois 2021-03-04 13:16:36 feedproxy.google.com A year ago, Microsoft announced that its Edge browser would get vertical tabs and here we are: Microsoft today announced that vertical tabs in Edge are now generally available. In addition, the Edge team…
Kurt Schlosser 2021-03-03 15:13:44 www.geekwire.com (Amazon screenshot) Amazon is bringing new voice control capabilities to Microsoft’s gaming consoles with the surprise release of a new “Alexa for Xbox” app. The announcement goes far beyond the Alexa skill rolled out…
Simon Batt 2021-03-03 14:45:16 www.makeuseof.com A must-have feature from the most popular browsers finally arrives on Microsoft's own offering. As the new Chromium version of Microsoft Edge begins taking on the big leagues, veteran browser users are spotting missing…
news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) 2021-03-03 12:40:37 appleinsider.com Microsoft's new Group Transcribe app is a multilingual tool for taking meeting notes, made exclusively for iPhone by the Microsoft Garage experimental team. Microsoft Garage, the experimental research division of Microsoft, has released…
Sarah Perez 2021-03-03 11:04:45 feedproxy.google.com A new project from Microsoft’s in-house incubator, Microsoft Garage, introduces a different take on meeting transcriptions. While today there are a number of real-time transcription apps to use on your phone — like Otter.ai…
2021-03-02 10:49:06 www.techrepublic.com A new certification targets Microsoft Azure administrators skilled at managing virtual desktop experiences and remote apps. Image: iStock At Microsoft's Ignite conference on Tuesday, the company announced that it will launch a new certification for developers…
Todd Bishop 2021-03-02 09:00:18 www.geekwire.com Microsoft says new intelligent speakers for Teams Rooms will use voice recognition to identify up to 10 people in a meeting. (Microsoft Photos) Microsoft Teams will let users create shared channels for communicating and…
Chris Smith 2021-03-02 16:57:33 www.trustedreviews.com Microsoft has lifted the virtual lid on Mesh, which looks to be the future of holographic collaboration in remote settings. But what is Microsoft Mesh? The tool, revealed at Microsoft’s Ignite Digital Conference on…
2021-03-02 15:36:00 www.zdnet.com Credit: Microsoft Microsoft has been testing its next version of Windows Server since last year within the Insider test program. Despite releasing regular Server test builds, Microsoft officials very seldom provide any public information about the…
Liana Ruppert 2021-03-02 13:49:00 www.gameinformer.com When Pokémon Go first released back in 2016, the world was unanimously happy for about two weeks as fans of the pocket monster franchise took to the real world to "catch 'em all" with the geocaching…
Mark Hachman 2021-03-02 09:00:00 www.pcworld.com Microsoft’s determined march to make Microsoft Teams the dominant platform for online videoconferencing and collaboration continued on Tuesday with new presentation modes for Teams, certifications for new Teams monitors, and even a formal announcement…
news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) 2021-03-02 14:38:47 appleinsider.com Microsoft Mesh, making its debut at the annual Ignite conference, is an Azure-powered AR and VR platform that will one day allow users to collaborate on projects in real-time using "holoportation" and will…
Todd Bishop 2021-03-02 13:01:38 www.geekwire.com A meeting in Microsoft Mesh, with an animated avatar (left), in-person participant (center) and photorealistic avatar (right) collaborating on a live virtual simulation. (Screenshot from Microsoft video.) The avatar will see you now. Or…
Ivan Mehta 2021-03-02 09:00:39 thenextweb.com At its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced plans to release AI-powered speakers for Teams calls. The company will release these devices in a private preview later this year. These intelligent speakers will use seven mic…
2021-03-02 11:40:00 www.zdnet.com Credit: Microsoft Microsoft is filling out its set of mixed reality tools with a real-time collaboration platform called Microsoft Mesh. Officials showed off demos and futuristic scenarios involving Mesh on March 2, the first day of…
2021-03-02 11:43:00 www.techspot.com The big picture: If ever there was a technology that failed to live up to its initial hype, the Internet of Things (IoT) would have to be it. After more than a decade of unfulfilled pledges…
2021-03-02 09:00:39 www.engadget.com Microsoft's Teams app for work is about to get superpowered. At its Ignite conference today, the company announced a slew of updates for its video chat tool to make it more useful and customizable. It also…
2021-03-02 09:01:00 www.techrepublic.com Updates and new hardware for Microsoft Teams are part of the push for the future of work. Microsoft Teams intelligent speakers in use in the workspace. Image: Microsoft Microsoft Teams is getting new features and Teams-certified…
Mark Hachman 2021-03-02 09:00:00 www.pcworld.com Microsoft may have given up on smart speakers for the consumer, but the company hasn’t given up on letting others build intelligent devices based on its own technologies and hardware.On Tuesday Microsoft launched Azure…
Rob Woodgate 2021-02-28 03:30:08 www.howtogeek.com Microsoft introduced a “simplified ribbon” in early 2021 across the Office suite of programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.), which shows fewer icons and takes up less space. If this isn’t for you, there’s…
Rob Woodgate 2021-02-28 04:00:09 www.howtogeek.com Adding an email address, Twitter, LinkedIn, and company info to your email signature is all well and good, but none of those options allow the recipient to instantly chat with you. Fortunately, you can…
Rita Liao 2021-02-28 21:22:38 feedproxy.google.com Microsoft gets a new leader for its Greater China business. Yang Hou, a former executive at Qualcomm, will take over Alain Crozier as the chairman and chief executive officer for Microsoft Greater China Region,…
Simon Batt 2021-02-28 13:05:11 www.makeuseof.com The first hints of the massive Windows 10 revamp are making their way to you. As Microsoft builds up to the big Sun Valley revamp, the company is slowly rolling out smaller updates that…
2021-02-28 08:00:03 www.zdnet.com Oh my Word.Tech companies are often busy catching up with each other. more Technically Incorrect "Look what they've done! We have to do the same or our very walls will collapse around us!"No, I'm not specifically…
Chris Smith 2021-02-25 16:46:51 www.trustedreviews.com Microsoft has acknowledged a major outage preventing Xbox Live users worldwide from signing into their profiles. Microsoft has already spent over 90 minutes attempting to resolve the issue, which is the first outage of…
Gavin Phillips 2021-02-24 21:24:17 www.makeuseof.com It's an optional update, so you don't have to install it straight away. Microsoft has released the latest cumulative update preview for Windows 10. The optional Windows 10 update preview, KB4601382, includes several bug…
Simon Batt 2021-02-24 19:45:03 www.makeuseof.com Do you know what the 3D Objects folder does on Windows 10? If not, don't worry... it'll be gone soon. How many 3D objects have you created using Windows 10's Paint 3D program? If…
2021-02-24 09:02:00 www.zdnet.com Credit: Microsoft Microsoft is continuing to roll out more vertical cloud packages tailored for specific vertical industries. On February 24, the company announced three more of these "industry clouds" for financial services, manufacturing and nonprofit. These…
Chris Hoffman 2021-02-24 09:14:41 www.howtogeek.com Remember when Microsoft was obsessed with adding “3D” features to Windows 10? From Paint 3D to 3D effects in the Photos app, it was endless. The “3D Objects” folder is an artifact from those…
Gavin Phillips 2021-02-23 20:05:14 www.makeuseof.com Microsoft President Brad Smith was one of several tech leaders providing evidence. Tuesday, 23 February, saw the first of a series of hearings relating to the SolarWinds cyberattack. Speaking during the three hour long…
Chris Smith 2021-02-23 16:10:32 www.trustedreviews.com Microsoft is ‘evaluating’ whether its newly-announced FPS Boost tech for Xbox One games on next-gen systems can be applied to games from earlier consoles. The impressive tech means some notable Xbox One titles can…
2021-02-23 14:10:00 www.zdnet.com Credit: Microsoft From the session list, it seems there is going to be quite a bit of Dynamics 365-related news at next week's Microsoft Ignite virtual conference for IT Pros and developers. One area scheduled to get…
Marshall Gunnell 2021-02-23 05:24:31 www.howtogeek.com A progress bar is a graphic that, in PowerPoint, visually represents the percentage of the slideshow that has been completed. It’s also a good indicator of the remaining amount. Here’s how to create a…