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Outlook for Android updated with Rainbow Accent Colours
by Surur
4 days
To celebrate Pride Month (June 2020) Microsoft is adding a new feature to the Outlook and OneDrive apps on Android. The feature brings the option for new Rainbow Accent Colours to the app, which can be activated in Settings in the...
Facebook Messenger Beta for Windows 10 adds Call Settings
by Surur
4 days
Video calling is all the rage these days, and due to their larger screens and more convenient form factor, the use of laptops is seeing a resurgence for these uses. Responding to this need, Facebook is improving the video calling ...
Google sued by Arizona AG for tracking users against their explicit will
by Surur
4 days
A few years ago security researchers discovered that Google continues to collect location data from iOS and Android users even when they paused their “Location History”, with some Google apps storing time-stamped locat...
Samsung Galaxy Buds+ receive another firmware update (changelog)
by Surur
4 days
Samsung is not having the best of luck competing against the iconic Airpods, but the company is never one to give up the fight easiy. Samsung has released another update for their Samsung Galaxy Buds+ to make it more competitive w...
Netmarketshare: Windows 10 recovers, Chrome and Linux continues ascend
by Surur
4 days
Netmarketshare has released its market share report for May 2020. The update reveals an interesting trend in operating system usage share. In this month’s report, Windows 10’s share is 57.83%, a reversal from the earli...
Google postpones launch of Android 11 due to chaos in USA
by Surur
5 days
With many city centres in USA on fire today, Google has announced that it will be postponing their planned launch of the next version of their mobile operating system, Android 11. We are excited to tell you more about Android 11, ...
OneDrive for Android app updated with support multi-page scanning
by Surur
5 days
We reported recently that Microsoft was lifting the requirement for users to be Microsoft 365 subscribers to scan more than one page using the page-scanning feature of the OneDrive app. Now Microsoft has updated the OneDrive app f...
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra adds new Macro mode to overcome physical limitation
by Surur
6 days
The super-large 108 Megapixel sensor on the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra offers amazing zoom capability, but also brings a physical limitation – a longer focal length for the lens. This means the camera is less capable of focuss...
Microsoft is pushing the new Edge via the Start Menu when you search for other browsers
by Surur
6 days
Microsoft has become increasingly aggressive in pushing their new and improved Edge browser. In their latest move, they are adding links to launch the browser when you use start menu search to launch another browser. For example, ...
Microsoft wades into US policing inequality issue with Criminal Justice Reform Initiative
by Surur
6 days
As one of the richest companies in the world, Microsoft feels a special responsibility to address not just profit but social issues, and this includes helping to erase inequalities, including with the application of justice in the...
Activate the Night Vision camera in your Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ and S20+ phone with this app
by Surur
6 days
While Samsung handsets do not have the cool infra-red camera which can see through clothes like the Oneplus phones, many of the high-end handsets do feature a Time of Flight sensor which actually uses pulses of light to create a d...
Rumour: The New Samsung Galaxy Watch WILL have a physical rotating bezel
by Surur
7 days
The rotating bezel on the Samsung Galaxy Watch was Samsung’s answer to Apple’s ridiculously overhyped Digital Crown, and overall a much better solution. With the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 Samsung opted for a virtual...
If you are not paying, Zoom reserves the right to drop in on your meetings.
by Surur
7 days
If you were planning a romantic “private” meetup via Zoom, it’s probably a better idea to move your illicit liaison to WhatsApp or Facetime. Reuters reports that Zoom will not be supporting end-to-end encryption ...
Microsoft celebrates Pride Month with new free Premium Windows 10 Theme
by Surur
7 days
Microsoft has released a new free wallpaper theme pack into the Microsoft Store. The collection is in celebration of Pride Month (which is June in USA) and brings a splash of the LGBT rainbow to your desktop. The description for t...
Microsoft replace editors with AI at Microsoft News
by Surur
1 week
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has always advocated for AI to be used alongside instead of in place of employees, but it seems when the opportunity arose Microsoft was just too happy to take advantage of an all-AI solution. BusinessI...
HoloLens used to protect staff at London hospital from coronavirus exposure
by Surur
1 week
A major teaching hospital on London, UK, is using the Microsoft HoloLens on its COVID-19 wards to keep doctors safer as they help patients with the virus. Staff at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are wearing the HoloLens wi...
Amazon Echo Look discontinued: Turns out having a camera watch you dress was too creepy after all
by Surur
1 week
Way back in 2017 Amazon introduced a new experimental product, the Amazon Echo Look. Designed to bolster Amazon’s clothing business, the camera was intended to give you fashion advice by recording what you were wearing each ...