Senior editor for @MSpoweruser. Writes about all Windows 10, Skype, Surface, Edge. Also covers general stuff Contact: [email protected]
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Comics are a media that I enjoy partaking in. Many of my favourite books are essentially in comics, and not just the cape comic that everyone is familiar with. I read a bit of indies as well, sappy slice of life stuff that not eve...
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On Friday, Apple will release the iPhone XS and XS Max with the XR coming in October. All these phones will partake in the annual ritual of being praised for their Appleness and criticised for the price, as per usual. These device...
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Google is bringing the ability to snooze notifications, to its Slack and Teams competitor apps, Hangouts Chat. With this new update, a notification which is snoozed is set aside and can be scheduled to pop up at an opportune momen...
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This week, Google began rolling out ChromeOS v69 to supported devices. Today, it has now expanded that list to include the Pixelbook, Acer’s various Chromebooks, the Asus Chromebook Flip and many more devices. Chrome OS 69 c...
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Microsoft has released a new Windows Insider build for Insiders on the SKip Ahead Ring. This releases (18327) is targeted towards Windows 10 19H1 and is primarily focused on bug fixes and improvements to currently working feature...
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Microsoft’s Skype has always been a contender for has-been app of the year. Starting as one of the market leaders in communications, it has since struggled to find its footing in a world where WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger an...
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Microsoft will be releasing its next big Windows Update tomorrow with Windows 10 Version 1803. Microsoft finally settled on calling it the April 2018 update, with the download via Media Creation Tool becoming available on the 30th...
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With the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft focused Edge on helping users doodle all over the web and create content, as Edge has matured and grown, Microsoft has made strides towards making Edge good at consuming content too, includ...
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Snap is finally expanding to the desktop web from mobile, kinda sorta. The first step towards that appears to be a web-app for viewing stories on Snap maps. Much like when one is using the actual app, it only shows stories that yo...
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A report surfaced this year that Apple was planning to slow-down update process for iOS 12 with a focus on performance over new features. Axios reported that “pushed into 2019 are a number of features including a refresh of ...
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Microsoft updated the Windows 10 Photos app for Windows Mobile, and if they were hoping to stop users from ever opening it again, I’m happy to say they delivered the right product. First, let’s start with the improveme...
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Google has been advocating towards a more secure internet with HTTPS encrypted sites, and will now transition towards warning users more strongly about insecure HTTP sites. “For the past several years, we’ve moved toward a...
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 is an operating system that powers devices ranging from phones to consoles to tablets to laptops. While it has been argued before that an operating system that tries to do too much will inevitably be medio...
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Instagram is now testing a new tool that lets users “Regram” posts to their stories. Unlike Facebook and Twitter, Instagram never quite allowed users to reshare posts from others with their own accounts. This new regr...
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Snap has been struggling over the past year with Facebook cannibalizing its core product with the power and cumulative billion dollar strong userbases of Instagram and WhatsApp, but signs are emerging that the company’s for...
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Telegram will now let users sign in with their Telegram ID on supported websites. Consumers are used to signing in to websites with Google, Microsoft and Facebook, and now Telegram is getting in on the action. As part of the Teleg...
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Amazon’s Echo Look companion app –is getting updates from Amazon to improve voice support and more. With the Echo Look’s new update users can organise their clothing with the Collections tool. You can tag them ac...
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Mobile payments are one of the next frontiers in the messaging wars, and apps like Skype and iMessage already let users send money peer to peer using established payment systems like PayPal and Apple Pay. We earlier reported that ...
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Smartphone manufacturer Wilefox is now in administration (effectively, bankrupt). The firm has run out of money to operate and is now laying off staff while plans are being made on how to move forward. News of this originated on ...
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Facebook is testing a new story maps feature, akin to Snapchat’s own snap maps feature. For the uninformed, Snap maps showcase the locations of Snapchat users relative to their chosen friends on a map. It also allows users t...
