These days the vast majority of software development starts with a code repository at GitHub. The company has 23 million individual users in more than 1.5 million organizations, with Microsoft one of their biggest clients. That would seem the make the company a good match for Microsoft, the owner of the most popular IDE, Visual […]
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Microsoft surprised everyone today by releasing a new firmware update for Surface 3 device which was released more than 3 years back. There's a new firmware for Surface UEFI on devices with Windows 10 Version 1703 (Creators Update) and above that fixes potential security issues, including Microsoft security advisory 180002. For Surface 3 units with […]
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Last year Lenovo launched a unique laptop which had customizable touch keyboard instead of a traditional one. Called Yoga Book, it wasn't a great hit but sure did showed innovation from Lenovo. Now, the company is planning to launch the successor of the device. This comes from the regulatory filing by Lenovo at Bluetooth SIG […]
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NetMarketShare has released new numbers for the month of May and they show a slight increase in the Windows 10 Market Share. However, there's a major drop in the market share of Windows 7. Coming to the browsers, Google Chrome sees an increase in market share while the market share for Mozilla Firefox drop. According […]
Read More: Latest NetMarketShare numbers show a rise in Windows 10
Microsoft has redesigned the Microsoft Store on the web to more closely match the new redesign it had just rolled out on Windows 10. It now shows am "Install/Open" button where it used to show just the app, and also now lets you remotely install apps o any Windows 10 powered device (PC/Xbox One) linked […]
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Facebook will kill off the Trending box on the newsfeed next week. The box was used to surface trending news topics to Facebook users but had been attacked for perceived bias against political ideologues. "We introduced Trending in 2014 as a way to help people discover news topics that were popular across the Facebook community. " […]
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One year ago today, Microsoft officially launched Xbox Game Pass, its own subscription service that gives players access to a rotating monthly catalogue of over 100 games. To celebrate the occasion, a post on Xbox Wire notes how successful the program has been. Since fans have shown enthusiastic reception to Xbox Game pass, the service […]
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