Friday, June 1, 2018

Native ARM64 version of VLC now available for Windows 10 on ARM PCs

One of the stand-out features of Windows 10 on ARM is that it is able to run normal x86 Win32 applications, but due to performance issues, many recommend that the ideal solution is for these apps to be recompiled to support ARM64 directly. At Buil 2018 Microsoft released ARM64 SDK for Windows 10, and while developers […]

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Microsoft’s share price breaches $100 mark for the first time in history

Not long ago we reported that Microsoft has beaten Google to become the third largest company in terms of Market Capitalization. It seems like Microsoft is on a bullish run and is refusing to stop. Today the company's shares broke the $100 mark. At the time of writing this article, Microsoft (MSFT) is trading at […]

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Microsoft trademarks FastStart, relates to “providing online video games”

Just a week ago Microsoft filed a trademark for a service called FastStart. It's unclear what this will end up becoming, but its filing indicates that it relates to "providing online video games." Leakster WalkingCat discovered the trademark and posted the link to the trademark application on Twitter. The trademark specifically categorizes it under "Goods […]

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Half a year later and Cortana shows no user growth

At the end of October 2017 Microsoft revealed that Cortana had 148 million monthly active users. The last numbers before this was for December 2016, when Microsoft said Cortana was being used by 145 million users across Windows 10, Android, iOS, and the Xbox One, meaning the service has seen only 2% growth over the  […]

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Bing Ads announces UET integration with Launch by Adobe

Website tags are important for measuring campaign performance. There are many tag management providers who help advertisers in managing multiple tags at once and ensure they stay up to date. Bing Ads yesterday announced its partnership with Adobe to integrate its Universal Event Tracking (UET) tag into Launch, Adobe's next-generation tag management system. The UET […]

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Microsoft is working on a Brain Computer interface, but for a good reason

When we talk about computers connecting directly to your brain to interpret your thoughts and act on them, it evokes images of the Borg in Star Trek, but Microsoft is developing just such a technology, but for a very humanitarian reason. Satya Nadella told attendees at Microsoft's eighth Ability Summit in Redmond that Microsoft is developing […]

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ARM announces new Cortex CPU that will bring true laptop-class performance to Snapdragon-based Windows devices

Arm today announced a new suite of IP for premium mobile experiences that will enable companies like Qualcomm to design new high-end processors that can offer laptop-grade performance. Arm announced the following today: Arm Cortex-A76 CPU: New microarchitecture enabling 35 percent more performance year-over-year for increased productivity Arm Mali-G76 GPU: Untethered gaming and on-device machine […]

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