Posts under Microsoft category

Hololens 2 from Microsoft is now official

By AyushVij@TWCN | February 25, 2019

Hololens is Microsoft bringing a new category of devices with Mixed Reality and Windows 10. Interacting and working with holograms made it futuristic, magical, productive as well as mobile. But there were some complaints with the device initially. But no […]

Microsoft announces Azure Kinect at MWC Barcelona

By AyushVij@TWCN | February 25, 2019

Kinect was originally paired up with the Xbox 360 for its motion-sensing capabilities. This meant that people gaming on the Xbox 360 could use their body and hands to interact with the game. But with Xbox One, this approach was […]

Microsoft releases Web Activities browser extension for Chrome

By Ashish Mohta | February 21, 2019

The Windows 10 Timeline feature is now supported by Google Chrome for all the webpages you visit. Web Activities is a Timeline integrated Chrome extension from Microsoft. It can show all the pages you visit in the timeline. Web Activities […]

Microsoft highlights dangers of using Internet Explorer

By AnandKhanse@TWC | February 9, 2019

Microsoft is making users aware of the perils of using Internet Explorer as their default browser, suggesting that you switch to another browser. Microsoft’s cybersecurity specialist in a blog post said that although it is fine to use Internet Explorer […]

Microsoft adds Background Blur feature to Skype

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | February 7, 2019

Depending on your platform or a device, Skype offers different options and features for its users. The latest version offers even more! It adds background blur in Skype video calls. With this new feature available, Skype users can reduce the […]

IE11 will be supported on Windows Server 2012 and Embedded 8

By Karan Khanna | January 31, 2019

Earlier, Microsoft had decided to abandon the entire old version of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 11 has been the only IE version on the block since then, with the exception of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard because […]

Microsoft announces Project Rome SDK for Android and iOS

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | January 30, 2019

Taking the cross-platform endeavors to the next level Microsoft has announced Project Rome SDK for Android and iOS. Project Rome lets developers write apps that are compatible with multiple platforms and allows them to switch between the devices. Project Rome […]

Microsoft announces new Windows 10 Devices and Classroom Pen

By AyushVij@TWCN | January 23, 2019

Microsoft did not have any major announcement at CES 2019, but this does not mean that they did not have anything major for the announcement. The Surface team at Microsoft and some partners of Microsoft like Lenovo, Acer and Dell […]

XAML Studio will help you prototype UWP XAML faster

By AyushVij@TWCN | January 19, 2019

Microsoft is always looking out to empower the developers. They do not only concentrate on building tools for people who work on a specific technology, but they have also been bringing in great tools for every kind of developer. With […]

Yahoo and AOL get Microsoft’s Bing as the exclusive search ad platform

By AyushVij@TWCN | January 19, 2019

Since the last few years, Microsoft has partnered with Yahoo (now owned by Verizon Media Group) to use Bing for their search results. Today, they have announced that they are expanding this partnership with Verizon Media Group. Microsoft & Verizon […]

The office wall of Direct3D Team is decorated with GPU History

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | January 17, 2019

The Direct3D team office has an interesting wall with all of their GPU history. The entire hallway of the office is now decorated with the GPUs used for testing purposes. Since it’s the office of Direct3D, there must obviously be […]

Microsoft talks about Application Compatibility in the Windows ecosystem

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | January 17, 2019

There are millions of apps available on the internet nowadays. Have you ever thought how do the companies manage so many apps, how do they manage the compatibility, the bugs, and their fixes? Just one single bug can take its […]

Microsoft releases eBook to learn Azure in a month of Lunches

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | January 12, 2019

To help developers build and run their applications, services and integrate upcoming technologies, Microsoft has released an eBook – Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches. The eBook offers great insights into entry into cloud administration. Besides, it also gives […]

KB971033 deactivating Windows 7 systems

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | January 12, 2019

Windows is no stranger to issues and errors. These niggles often trouble the users and the administrators in case of companies. It has recently come to the notice that Microsoft’s KB971033 update for Windows 7, the one released on January 2019 […]

Windows 10 Home v1903 may get “Pause Updates” option

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | January 6, 2019

Installing or upgrading to Windows 10 Pro offers you more options than Windows 10 Home to manage system updates on your terms. Not anymore! A piece of recent news suggests that Microsoft will finally allow Windows 10 Home users to […]

Python is now available for download on the Microsoft Store

By AyushVij@TWCN | January 5, 2019

Terry Myerson, the former Vice President for the Windows 10 team at Microsoft, cleared their intentions of making Windows 10 ‘the best damn dev box on the planet’. Working on this vision, they have made more and more developer related tools […]

Microsoft releases eBook on keeping Windows 10 updated with Windows Update for Business

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | January 3, 2019

Microsoft has released a document titled Windows 10 devices up to date with Microsoft Intune and Windows Update for Business and it is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft has taken some serious flak for the […]

Microsoft details how it is driving the Driver Quality Improvements

By AnandKhanse@TWC | December 24, 2018

Following its promise of bringing out transparency in revealing more about how Windows 10 operates, Microsoft has come out detailing how Driver quality evolves in the Windows 10 ecosystem. Elaborating how drivers are tested extensively through a process that involves […]

Try the new Chromium-based Edge browser first; Sign up here

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | December 24, 2018

Microsoft is calling out the developers and tinkerers to test their new Microsoft Edge Insider Program. Developers can now sign up as the beta tester to test their new Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge and contribute to the Chromium project. […]

Microsoft open-sources UEFI/BIOS from Surface for any PC maker to use

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN | December 21, 2018

Microsoft over the years has slowly been showing its acceptance of open source, and this was made even more clear when the company announced it was about to acquire GitHub. Now, the software giant is making another step forward in […]

Ex-Microsoft Engineer accuses Google of meddling with Edge browser

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | December 18, 2018

According to a Microsoft ex-employee, Google had been purposefully changing its codes to thwart Edge browser. The ex-employee has claimed that EdgeHTML maintenance was slowly becoming impossible as Google kept on breaking compatibility in its sites and thus forcing Microsoft […]

Surface Go is now available in India

By AyushVij@TWCN | December 16, 2018

Microsoft’s Surface has always been a premium line up that has defined a milestone for the other OEMs to build upon. Started with the Surface Pro tablets and later expanding to Surface Book, Surface Laptop, Surface Studio, and a Surface […]

Microsoft Edge to support existing Chrome extensions

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | December 12, 2018

Though they are the competitors of each other, Microsoft Edge will now be seen to support existing Chrome extensions. According to the post on Reddit, it is a confirmation from the Microsoft Edge team that Microsoft is going to provide […]

Microsoft Edge will soon be rebuilt on Chromium!

By AyushVij@TWCN | December 7, 2018

Microsoft has been increasing its participation in the Open Source Software (OSS) community for a few years now and are becoming one of the largest supporters of OSS projects. Microsoft has now made some major announcements for Microsoft Edge. The […]

Microsoft makes support for Windows 10 on ARM development official

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | November 16, 2018

Most electronic gadgets (computers and smartphones) around the world have become a part of our daily life and to a great extent, we remain dependent on them. These gadgets often come equipped with processors that not only occupy less space […]

Surface Pro 6 & Surface Laptop 2 Drivers and Firmware available

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | November 10, 2018

Microsoft recently launched the Surface Pro 6,, and the Surface Laptop 2 is currently being shipped to those who had preordered. And as expected Microsoft Surface Pro 6 & Surface Laptop 2 Drivers and Firmware are now available on the […]

Microsoft ports ProcDump to Linux; Other SysInternal tools to follow

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | November 6, 2018

Microsoft is also planning to port the highly popular Sysinternals tools to Linux. It has started with ProcDump – and its version for Linux is now available. This tool offers a convenient way for Linux developers to create core dumps […]

Microsoft retires Hotfix service

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | November 6, 2018

Microsoft seems to have retired its popular update service, Hotfix as indicated by a message on the company’s official website. If you are looking to download hotfixes through Microsoft support website, you will be instead shown the following message, The […]

Microsoft’s game streaming service Mixer adds more features and ways to make money

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | November 3, 2018

Microsoft has updated its game streaming service, Mixer, with a host of new features to increase the engagement quotient for its users and at the same allow streamers to make more money.  The updates which went live yesterday are being […]