Posts under Microsoft category

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 […]

Windows Community Toolkit v5.0 announced

By AyushVij@TWCN | November 2, 2018

Microsoft has announced the next version of their Windows Community Toolkit. This major update bumps up to version number to version 5.0. It brings in a notable amount of new features with this update. It brings in all new WindowsXamlHost […]

Skype for Web supports HD Video calling, Call recording, and more

By AyushVij@TWCN | October 31, 2018

Skype for Web experience brings in the latest version of Skype with all the latest features to the web too. This is possible because the new app is made with ReactXP which brings in a common and shared codebase for […]

Microsoft announces SpectatorView Preview and SpectatorView Pro

By AyushVij@TWCN | October 20, 2018

HoloLens is a super device for Mixed Reality from Microsoft that helps the user to experience the  3D virtual world mixed with our real world. But when we use a HoloLens, we often tend to forget that the other person […]

New Capabilities added to Office Lens App in October 2018 Update 

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | October 17, 2018

Office Lens from Microsoft is a simple app to scan documents and create PDF files. The latest update to the app brings many improvements and enhancements. You can find the comprehensive list of features for the October update below. The […]

Seattle Billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies at 65

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | October 16, 2018

The philanthropist and co-founder of the software giant – Microsoft, Paul Allen is no more. He died from complications related to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer that starts in lymphocytes (WBCs) playing an important role in the body’s immune […]

Xbox Avatar Editor is now generally available for all

By AyushVij@TWCN | October 13, 2018

Xbox is one of the leading gaming platforms in the world. One of the features that make Xbox personal for the user is the availability of Avatars. These Avatars as the name suggests, are just the customized version of the user’s […]

Sticky Notes may soon be syncing across your Android or iOS devices

By AyushVij@TWCN | October 12, 2018

Microsoft just released the Windows 10 October Update, and with that came in a lot of features. Another thing that was released on Windows 10 was a major update to the Sticky Notes UWP. This was the version 3 of […]