Your kid’s next computer may say it’s powered by Microsoft’s software, but it may not be the Windows you’re used to. If it’s running Windows 10 S, Microsoft’s new software announced Tuesday at an education-focused event in New York, it’ll feature more security and faster load times. It’ll also start faster, its battery life will …
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It’s back to school for Microsoft. Microsoft wants its laptops and software once again to have a prime place in the classroom, where it once held a stronghold until Google’s cheap, efficient Chromebooks came along. At its EDU event on Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new Surface laptop, along with some partner PCs, meant to help it win back schools across …
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There’ll be a lot more virtual objects hovering around you soon, if Microsoft gets its way. The software giant unveiled View Mixed Reality, a way for any Windows 10 device to embrace augmented reality, or the concept of overlaying digital images over the real world. Typically, you would have to wear special headsets to take advantage of AR, but View …
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Remember life without your phone? No, neither do I. And in a few years, you’ll feel the same way about augmented reality, or AR. You’ve already had a taste of AR if you’re one of the 500 million who downloaded Pokemon Go — it’s what made it possible to see a Charmander on your desk or a Dratini on your …
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LinkedIn A half-billion members and counting. LinkedIn said Monday that it’s now crossed the 500 million member threshold. The total is up from the 467 million the professional network announced in October. Facebook has more than 1.8 billion monthly users and Twitter has 319 million. LinkedIn no longer tracks monthly users. In October it said it had 106 million. Other …
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Maybe you haven’t installed the Windows 10 Creators Update yet. Or maybe you have but don’t want to rely on Bluetooth and the new Dynamic Lock feature to lock your PC when you leave its vicinity. No matter your reason for locking your PC manually, you should know that you’ve got four ways to lock your PC. They are: 1. …
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In case you were wundering what would happen to Wunderlist since it was bought by Microsoft, wunder no more: It’s being replaced by a new app called To-Do. Microsoft acquired the popular mobile task management app Wunderlist in 2015, at which point it had more than 13 million users. But today in a blog post Microsoft announced that it’s retiring …
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Nobody likes it when a web browser bombs instead of opening up a website. So if you’re a Firefox user, you should be happy with Tuesday’s release of Firefox 53, which cuts down browser crashes by 10 percent for most people on Windows computers. The improvement comes through the first big debut of a part of Project Quantum, an effort …
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Steve Ballmer has a new project that’ll help you uncover just where your tax dollars are going. Ballmer, who worked at Microsoft for more than 30 year before retiring as CEO in 2014, started developing a database shortly afterward to look at revenue and spending across federal, state and local governments, the New York Times reported Monday. USAFacts is a …
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It’s not a new feature from the Windows 10 Creators Update, but you may have missed it if you use Google Maps for your geographical and navigational needs. Windows 10‘s stock Maps app has a drawing tool that’s quite useful, especially if you have a Windows 10 touchscreen PC. To start drawing on your map, tap or click the pen …
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