Fans of emoji and guns will be disappointed to learn that a rifle, planned to be part of the Unicode 9 standard to be made official in June, will no longer appear in cartoon form after both Apple and Microsoft requested that it be removed.
Microsoft's Project Scorpio 4K-gaming and VR-capable Xbox One has been detailed. Here are its specs and expected release date details.
It seems that Microsoft clearly hasn't been put off by previous negative experiences when acquiring companies for multi-billion dollar deals. The company is today announcing that it is in talks to acquire professional networking site and service LinkedIn for a whopping $26.2 billion. The acquisition will be an all-cash purchase, meaning that Microsoft will hand over $26 billion in pure cash rather than cash plus shares, which will see each of LinkedIn's shares valued at $196 each.
Microsoft is set to kick its E3 off in style in a matter of hours from now, with the console maker about to announce a brand new Xbox One. Coming not long after more leaks surrounding plans for Sony to release an updated PlayStation 4, Microsoft's own plans for a console refresh are set to come to fruition sooner and E3 is where we will get our first glimpse of the refreshed Xbox One model, unofficially dubbed as 'Xbox One S'.
Microsoft is expected to unveil the Xbox One Slim along with two new Xbox TV streaming devices at the E3 2016 conference in June. Here are the details.
After failing to make a success of the mobile business that it purchased from Nokia in 2014, Microsoft has announced that it will be pulling out of the consumer telephone market resulting in the loss of up to 1,850 jobs worldwide. Microsoft took a huge gamble with the purchase, with then CEO Steve Ballmer wanting to turn the corporation into a devices and services company capable of outputting mobile hardware. Microsoft is now ready to call time on that gamble by pulling out of the consumer phone market entirely as part of an effort to streamline its mobile division.
Here's a pro tip for anyone out there who is broadcasting live on television, but has yet to take the plunge and upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft's Windows operating system. A recent live weather broadcast from news broadcaster KCCI 8 didn't go exactly as planned thanks to Microsoft's attempts at reminding everyone to upgrade to the latest version of Windows 10.
Here's a tip on how to speed up Windows 10 on older PC devices, even if it may be more of a workaround than an actual solution. We're fans of making computers work as well as humanly possible, so when we came across a simple way of making Windows 10 a more fluid experience on older hardware, we thought it was only fair to share it here.
Microsoft is working to add Handoff-like functionality to Windows, with the latest release of Windows 10 Redstone (Anniversary Update) already giving the game away. Similar to Handoff on a Mac or iOS device, Microsoft's new feature will allow users to start something on one device and then continue it on another without the need for syncing or configuration to take place ahead of time.
Want to be the first to download and try Microsoft's Word Flow keyboard for iPhone? Well the good news is that Microsoft is now recruiting beta testers on a wide-scale basis for its Word Flow keyboard through a new sign up page for iPhone owners looking to try out the app. Apply now.
