[ad_1] Meanwhile, notifications will take over from ringing as the default for group calls, so prompts to join them should be a touch less obtrusive. You can still ring people individually or the entire group (as long as there are fewer than 25 people invited to a call) if they dally and a notification isn’t […]
Category: Microsoft
Facebook will pull its apps from Windows Phone on April 30th
[ad_1] Still, the departure of Facebook shouldn’t surprise many Windows Phone users, who are holding on to a device that is on its death knell. Microsoft announced it was officially killing off its Windows Phone business in 2016 following lackluster sales. It halted issuing security and software updates in December 2018. Major third-party apps have […]
Microsoft closes its e-book store
[ad_1] Microsoft didn’t publicly explain the move (we’ve asked for comment). However, ZDNet heard that the company pulled books from its store in a bid to “streamline” its focus, much in the same way that it backed out of digital music. The Microsoft Store is mainly alluring for its apps these days, and dropping books […]
Google users can sign into Firefox and Edge with a security key
[ad_1] There’s just one gotcha: as the key registration process still relies on the older Universal Second Factor standard, you’ll have to use Chrome to add a key to your account. It’ll “take some time” before you can rely solely on a third-party browser, Google’s Christiaan Brand said. Still, that support is at least on […]
Microsoft mercifully puts an end to April Fools’ Day gags
[ad_1] There’s certainly evidence to back up those claims. Google had to apologize after its Mic Drop gag created very real havoc in Gmail, for example. And strictly speaking, it’s difficult for these stunts to elicit much more than a chuckle. Companies can’t afford to create genuine confusion for customers, so they frequently play it […]
Xbox Game Pass gets its own streaming show to highlight indie games
[ad_1] Also announced are three other games that Game Pass subscribers will get as a part of their plan from the day they’re released: Killer Queen Black, Outer Wilds and Blazing Chrome. The video below shows off both Afterparty and Outer Wilds with some additional information from the developers. With Microsoft trying to launch Project […]
Microsoft revived and killed Clippy in a single day
[ad_1] As The Verge reports, on Tuesday, Clippy appeared as an animated pack of stickers for Microsoft Teams. The stickers were released on the Office Developer GitHub page, but by the next day, they had vanished. Clippy was around just long enough to rally old fans, and there’s now a user petition to bring Clippy […]
Microsoft device stores digital info as DNA
[ad_1] In its first run, the $10,000 prototype converted “HELLO” into DNA. The device first encoded the bits (1’s and 0’s) into DNA sequences (A’s, C’s, T’s, G’s). It then synthesized the DNA and stored it as a liquid. Next, the stored DNA was read by a DNA sequencer. Finally, the decoding software translated the […]
Windows 7 message alerts users to the end of security updates
[ad_1] Many people are likely to see the notice. Net Applications data suggested that Windows 7 represented nearly 40.2 percent of desktop usage as of February, or slightly more than were using Windows 10. Whether or not they can heed the message is another story. Many of those people are either on PCs that would […]
Microsoft releases Windows Defender extensions for Chrome and Firefox
[ad_1] While the extensions can be downloaded from the browsers’ respective stores, Windows Defender for Chrome and Firefox won’t work without help from Edge. If it determines that the URL is not in the trusted list, it will open the website in an isolated Edge session. However, any link clicked in the isolated session will […]