Microsoft’s Edge browser has a dark mode… sorta. Thankfully, an honest-to-goodness dark mode is only an extension away — just as you’ll find with Chrome. Let us review your options for painting Edge black. Edge’s built-in dark theme Edge has a light and a dark theme. To go dark, click the triple-dot button in the …
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Ready or not, here it comes. Blade’s Shadow desktop-in-the-cloud (but really focused on gaming) service that lets you play on any device makes its east coast debut next week, to be followed by a full rollout across the US in October. The company says it’s fixed a lot of problems that cropped up in its rocky California-only phase. Notably, it …
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For years now, Microsoft has been experimenting with ways to let you seamlessly pick up on your Windows PC from where you left off on a phone. Recently, that’s generally just meant sending links to your PC’s web browser. But as announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, the company’s planning to let you share much much more between a phone …
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I called them “the most frustrating thing about Windows” — the forced automatic updates that lock you out of your computer until they’re done. In March 2017, Microsoft made some pretty big strides toward solving the issue by letting you snooze an update indefinitely, but it still wasn’t quite enough. In the 16 months since, I’ve still had a couple …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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On Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft News, a news engine that curates articles from across the web and delivers them to your Microsoft feed. You can experience Microsoft News for yourself right away. To start using Microsoft News on your phone, download the Microsoft News app. The app is currently available for both iOS and Android. On Windows 10 devices, Microsoft News …
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Look at this picture. Now imagine you’re holding a laptop that — instead of a keyboard — has a second screen. Like something out of Westworld. Swiping might be a tad easier than typing, yes? Microsoft-owned SwiftKey was one of the first virtual keyboards to offer intelligent, predictive swipe-typing on Android and iOS phones, and now Microsoft has announced that …
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