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Internet Explorer may finally find itself being left behind as Microsoft’s new web browser, Edge, plans on changing how users research (or share) information. Although it was known as “Project Spartan,” Microsoft fans will be delighted at what the new browser has to offer (and it’s nice abundance of features). …

Microsoft has learned the hard way that they shouldn’t have dabbled in the smartphone business. Despite the success of their software, and let’s not forget gaming industry, they’ve had a series of setbacks in their smartphone industry. Last year, it was 18,000 employees, and now they lost another 7,800. On …

With Windows 10 gathering some much needed attention, it’s time to turn our focus to Microsoft Office 2016. Microsoft has promised us very exciting features that will change how we interact with these various applications. Word received support for their latest innovation “Live Typing.” Unveiled last month, allows users to see the …

So a couple of days ago, Samsung became the center of attention. It was revealed that one of their software updates  would actually disable Windows Update. After much outrage, from their community and Microsoft’s, the company has promised that an update will be released to re-mediate the situation. However, the …

It has taken a long time, but Microsoft Office is finally available on Android phones. The Office apps have been available for Windows and IOS devices for sometime now, but this is the first time they have been available for Android phones. Office apps have been available on Android tablets …

Those who are excited for Microsoft’s Windows 10 will be disappointed to know that certain users will be receiving the latest software free of charge. If you are upgrading from Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or were apart of the Insider Preview build team, be prepared to receive Windows 10 without so …

Each mobile operating system now boasts its own virtual personal assistant. Google has Google Now, Apple has Siri, Microsoft will soon introduce Cortana in all of its products and Blackberry will benefit for the “Assistant” service. However, these advanced features are nothing more than ways to activate the voice commands. …

Microsoft is fighting hard to become the most important player from the IT market, from all points of view. First they made open-source .NET, the free Visual Studio and they announced that anybody could compile the code for Android (Java) or iOS (Objective-C) directly for Windows 10. In other words, …

A new series of Microsoft Lumia flagships is long overdue and many fans of Windows Phone have been very vocal about getting their hands on new phones from the Redmond giant. Although Microsoft did launch a handful of devices at the end of 2014 and this year, all of them …

Digital assistant Cortana has been launched by Microsoft on Windows 8.1. This software is competitive on the market, even though there are much more famous solutions like Siri or Google Now. Cortana’s regional and linguistic availability are limited but the good news is that, according to Microsoft’s today announcement, Cortana …