It seems that we can witness yet another great purchase in the tech world these days. Today, Microsoft and LinkedIn both announced that the former will purchase the latter for approximately $26.2 billion, or in other words, for $196 per share. The announcement was made by the Microsoft News Center and …
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Microsoft’s Project Astoria Is No More, Company To Focus On Islandwood
Last year, Microsoft revealed a very interesting project named Project Astoria, with the intent of bridging the Android and Windows 10 environments and turning Android apps into universal Windows app that could run all Windows devices. Unfortunately, it seems like Project Astoria is no more. With a recent blog post, …
Read More »Apple, Microsoft, Sony, and Samsung Suppliers Linked to Child Labor in Africa
Child labor is a subject that the majority of us don’t really think about, at least, we don’t think that the products and gadgets we use on a daily basis are a result of it. Unfortunately, according to an Amnesty International report on cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the …
Read More »Surface Pro Power Cords recalled Due to Fire Risks
According to reports, Microsoft is planning on recalling the power cord that came with Surface Pro devices that are previous to the Pro 4 that was released last year. The issue can come up with devices that were sold before July 15, 2015. It seems that the reason is an …
Read More »Microsoft Lumia 650 Will Be Announced on February 1
There was a lot of chatter regarding the next generation budget phone that will be delivered by Microsoft, the Lumia 650, and after all the rumor and gossip it seems that the official announcement is finally approaching. According to Windows Central, multiple sources have confirmed that the budget Windows phone …
Read More »Microsoft Wants To Help Customers “Embrace The Latest Innovation”, To Drop Win 7/8 Support For New Processors
Since before the official release of Windows 10, Microsoft has been trying to get customers to upgrade to their latest OS in several different ways. In a recent blog post, the company has revealed something that will most likely make more users abandon the old Windows 7 and Windows 8 …
Read More »Microsoft’s Word Flow Coming to iPhones
One of the favorite features of Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile users is probably the Word Flow keyboard, which makes typing a lot easier. Given the popularity of the interface feature, Microsoft thought about making it available for other operating systems also. The iOS is the first one in …
Read More »Microsoft HoloLens Will Work With Any Bluetooth or WiFi Connected Device
Microsoft’s augmented reality headset, the HoloLens was shown off last year, but the truth is that we don’t really know many details about the device. Or, at least, we didn’t until a recent event that took place in Tel Aviv, where some information regarding the Microsoft HoloLens were disclosed by …
Read More »Xbox One with ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Bundle Now Available
The Xbox One is one of the two most popular games consoles right now, but unfortunately for Microsoft, it’s not the best console on the market, at least not according to sales. Probably in order to change this, Microsoft just released a brand new bundle: the 1TB Xbox One with ‘Tom …
Read More »Microsoft to Roll Out Windows 10 Update to Lumia Smartphones
According to reports, Microsoft is finally ready to roll out its latest operating system version to Lumia smartphones that initially came running on Windows 8.1 out of the box. The Windows 10 update release was delayed once before, so we wouldn’t be surprised if the current reports proved to be …
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