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Windows Community Toolkit v5.0 announced

By AyushVij@TWCN |

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 […]

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Microsoft announces SpectatorView Preview and SpectatorView Pro

By AyushVij@TWCN |

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 […]

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New Capabilities added to Office Lens App in October 2018 Update 

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

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 […]

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

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

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 |

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 […]

Microsoft announces Business Profile to take on spam

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft has been announcing a lot of things lately. Along with the new Surface Devices, availability of Windows 10 v1809, Windows Server 2019, Office 2019 Professional, Surface All Access Program and more, they also announced the feature called Business Profile for Outlook.com. […]

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Microsoft announces all new Surface All Access program

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Yesterday, Microsoft held an event in New York City, where they announced a bunch of new refresh for their hardware devices. They announced the Surface Studio 2, the Surface Laptop 2, the Surface Pro 6 and the all-new Surface Headphones. […]

Microsoft Ignite 2018 Roundup of announcements

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft hosted Microsoft Ignite 2018 at Orlando, Florida from September 24th, 2018 to September 28th, 2018. It is an event focused on getting onboard IT professionals and enterprise customers to learn more about Microsoft technology and what Microsoft is doing to make […]

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Microsoft introduces Microsoft Learn

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft is making a number of great announcements at the Microsoft Ignite event that is going on currently in Orlando. One of the announcements here was the availability of Microsoft Learn for the public. In 2016, Microsoft launched docs.microsoft.com to bring in […]

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Microsoft talks about Surface Hub 2; To start shipping 2019 Q2

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft announced the second iteration of the Surface Hub called as Surface Hub 2. Today, the Surface team at Microsoft has made multiple announcements regarding the same product. These announcements include the shipping details, hardware, design, and even the software. […]

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Microsoft unveils ‘Microsoft Search’ for their Office 365 customers

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft has announced Microsoft Search. Microsoft Search is a unified search platform that will allow the enterprise customers to search for anything across their organization from anywhere. This includes Office Apps, Bing.com as well as Windows. It is powered by Microsoft Graph […]

Bing update brings Visual Search, Math Solver and more

By AyushVij@TWCN |

The Bing team at Microsoft has been on their toes on making Bing a better search engine than its competition and shown an excellent growth. Every month, the team releases some major features for their search engine that makes it […]

Windows 10 ‘warns’ users to use Edge instead of other browsers

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

It appears Microsoft has come up with a new trick to convince Windows 10 users to use Microsoft Edge instead of rival browsers from Google, Mozilla, etc. This inference rests on the premise that the new Insider Build 17744 for […]

Microsoft makes its Office 365 consumer subscriptions more attractive

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

There’s good news for Office 365 subscribers. Coming October 2nd, 2018, Microsoft will remove the install limit on devices. Moreover, the company will add a greater number of users permissible under a single Office 365 Home plan without charging any […]

Windows 10 stable users seeing Insider Build notifications

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

Soon after the release of Windows 10 Insider Fast ring build 17751, there was a bit of outrage over a notification prompting users to update their Windows 10 device. Why? The toast notification for Windows 10 Insider Update wasn’t just […]

Windows 10 users will soon be able to login using Google account

By MahitHuilgol@TWC |

Until now Windows 10 users had to compulsorily login to their systems by using Microsoft credentials or by using a local username and password. This is set to change as Microsoft is likely to allow Windows 10 users to log […]

Xbox Customer Support gets new features and capabilities

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC |

Team Xbox has come up with some new features and functionality improvements for the gamers. These new features reportedly will bring new ways to enjoy the gameplay and better ways to connect with friends. Xbox Customer Support The newly announced […]

Microsoft announces Bing Spotlight

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft looks to be hard at work to make Bing better than its competitions. A few weeks ago, we reported that Bing was updated with a whole lot of consumer-focused features. And now today, they highlighted another feature focused on […]

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Skype for Business is now a central part of Microsoft Teams

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

Microsoft Teams in its current form is quite capable, and since it’s free, it now has a leg up on several of its competitors. But that’s not the end of the road because Teams have become much better than before […]

Microsoft’s desi chatbot Ruuh gets her dedicated website

By AyushVij@TWCN |

It has been a while since Quarter 1 of 2017 when Ruuh was born. For those who do not know, Ruuh is Microsoft’s own AI chatbot. It is based in India and is often dubbed as a Desi chatbot or Ruuh – Your next Best […]

Cortana and Alexa integration is now live in the United States

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft and Amazon in a partnership announced in last fall that they will be integrating Cortana and Alexa. This integration would range from PCs, Smart Speakers, IoT and more. The main motto of this integration was the fact that it […]

Microsoft Showcase School Program throws open nominations for educators

By MahitHuilgol@TWC |

Microsoft has always been making efforts to improve education and introduce new and intuitive methods for children to learn. The company has also awarded school leaders who are innovative and accomplish great things. In order to bring the best out […]

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Microsoft Pay now supports Masterpass by Mastercard for better payment

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

Most shoppers on the web have no idea that Microsoft Pay exists. It’s a service that aims to deliver faster checkouts and security for consumers online or when buying goods from supported stores offline. Several merchants have already taken advantage […]

Microsoft Surface Book 2 and Surface Laptop launched in India

By MahitHuilgol@TWC |

Microsoft finally introduced the Surface Book 2 in India. The Surface Book 2 is touted as the fastest device in the Surface range and is aimed at offering high-end computing without compromising on the form factor. Alongside the Surface Book […]