We’d thought Microsoft’s secret folding dual-screen Surface handheld — code-named Andromeda — might surprise us this year. Then, we abruptly heard it might not arrive at all. Now, Thurott.com’s Brad Sams, who has decent track record for Microsoft leaks, claims the project isn’t dead yet: “What Microsoft is actually doing is sending it back to …
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Magic Leap’s AR future to arrive this summer (The 3:59, Ep. 425)
On this podcast, we talk about: Magic Leap offers new details on its secretive and much-hyped augmented-reality headset and says it’ll release the gadget this summer. We compare this week’s hardware announcements, with Apple refreshing its MacBook Pro and Microsoft revealing the Surface Go tablet. Elon Musk jumps in to help the soccer team stuck in a cave in Thailand, …
Read More »Magic Leap’s long
The Magic Leap One is now available to order for $2295. We got some hands-on time with the Magic Leap One, but if all you want are the facts, here’s everything you need to know. We also spent some time at the Magic Leap headquarters in Florida to get the inside story. On Wednesday, after nearly four years of secrets and speculation, the $2.3 billion Magic Leap …
Read More »Microsoft’s Whiteboard collaboration app debuts for Windows 10, coming to iOS
Microsoft is getting back work with its Whiteboard collaboration app. The stylus-based tool is now available for download by Windows 10 and is soon coming to iOS users as well, Microsoft said Thursday. The app allows users working either in person or remotely to use a stylus, keyboard or finger to share notes, graphs, shapes and images among their group. …
Read More »Quick and easy: Share files with Windows 10’s Nearby sharing
Windows 10 April 2018 Update rolled out new security and privacy improvements and some hidden gems, but one of its best new features makes sharing files between two PCs a snap. This new feature — “Nearby sharing” — lets you shuttle files and links between PCs without needing to bother with email or using a cloud service like OneDrive or …
Read More »Here are 5 ways Apple’s App Store changed how we use smartphones
Without Apple’s App Store, your iPhone may well have just stayed a phone. The App Store has been around so long, it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t always a core part of the iPhone concept. The store came a year after the introduction of original iPhone, arriving with the iPhone 3G. It debuted with 500 apps from developers like MLB …
Read More »Phones and apps to replace your old Windows phone
Windows Phone is dead and it’s not coming back. Microsoft has long since pulled support for push notifications, and even Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates gave up his Windows phone in favor of an Android device. Once upon a time, Windows-based phones vied with BlackBerry, Palm and Nokia’s platforms to dominate the nascent smartphone world. But in the years following the 2007 introduction …
Read More »Microsoft teases new Surface for tomorrow, July 10
Microsoft just dropped a massive hint about when we can expect its next Surface tablet to be revealed — and the hint is that it could arrive tomorrow. Yes, actually tomorrow, July 10, at 6 a.m. That’s because the company’s official Microsoft Surface account just tweeted a rather coy tease that prominently includes that date and time (Tuesday, July 10 …
Read More »Microsoft’s folding Surface, code
We’ve heard whispers about a secret Microsoft project called Andromeda — a handheld foldable Surface-branded device that blurred the lines between phone, tablet and PC. Although previous rumors claimed that Andromeda was coming out this year, reports are now saying the Andromeda project has been put on hold indefinitely. The updates come from known Microsoft reporters Tom Warren and Mary …
Read More »Microsoft reportedly making a Movies & TV app for iOS and Android
Microsoft is reportedly expanding its Movies & TV app to iOS and Android. The app is currently available on Windows-based platforms such as Windows 10 PC, Xbox and Windows 10 Mobile. But customers who purchase TV shows and movies from Microsoft’s store will soon be able to watch content from their Apple and Android devices, Windows Central reported Thursday. Microsoft …
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