Tag: windows
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WhatsApp launches video calling for everyone
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The wait is over, those of us without iphones can now have facetime, thank you. Whatsapp have officially launched video calling for over 1 Billion users worlwide across iOS, Android and Windows phones. Following a series of user reports on finding the feature enabled in Beta versions of Whatsapp on Android and Windows, the chances…
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PlayStation Now Coming to Windows PC – DualShock 4 Supported with Wireless Adapter
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Sony’s streaming gaming platform PlayStation Now is finally coming to Windows PC and with it the DualShock 4 controller comes into play for desktop and laptop computers. Initially launching in select parts of Europe, before hitting the US and elsewhere in the world soon after, the PlayStation Now app on PC will allow the same…
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Microsoft Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 Arrive in UK
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Microsoft have launched two new products which have just gone on sale here in the UK – the Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4. The Microsoft Surface Book is a tablet-come-laptop dubbed “the most powerful Surface laptop to handle any task’. Price wise it weighs in at £2,649 for the device at its highest…
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Microsoft Lay-offs Signal End of Nokia Mobile Division
Microsoft has let go another 1,800 employees of its Nokia mobile division based in Finland signalling the end is near for the combined smartphone brand. After first dealing with the Finnish company in 2011 to launch the initial Nokia-made flagship smartphone, the Lumia 800, Microsoft completed its total buyout the mobile maker in 2014 embarking on…
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Windows 10 Wi-Fi Sense Gone For Good
Wi-Fi Sense, a neat little feature hidden away in Windows 10 has been a contentious issue. The feature allows your friends and acquaintances to connect to your Wi-Fi network and vice versa just through being connected via contacts and or social networking. For the most part this is kind of a cool way of being…
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Windows 10 Apps Can Now Be Created Without Coding
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Coding is somewhat of a nightmare for the uninitiated – lines of bizarre, strangely formatted text can appear as much of a mystery as ancient Hieroglyphics to a complete novice. Microsoft appears to know this, and, for their next project for the ultra accessible Windows 10, they have implemented a scheme that lets users build…
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Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL Officially Leaked
Microsoft has gone and done a whoopsie ahead of its next flagship smartphone launch on October 6th revealing details and images of both the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL on its website. Interested Lumia buyers have recently been encouraged to register on the website to get the release details on the 950 and slightly…
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Where’s My Windows 10 PC Upgrade?
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Windows 10 hit PCs in a somewhat scattered release last week, and initial figures clocked in millions of new users of the service on day one. In the aftermath of the release, which has still not bee sent out to some, several key points have been brought up about the operating system. Microsoft stated that…
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Xbox One now streaming to any Windows 10 device
If, like me, you get frustrated with sitting in the same place to play your Xbox One then be frustrated no longer! With only a few days to go until the official Windows10 launch on July 29th, Major Nelson has announced that game streaming is ready for prime time. Until now, game streaming has only…
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Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Announced
Microsoft has unleashed the brand new Xbox Elite Wireless Controller. Arriving this October with an arsenal of add-ons and customisation features it’s designed to enhance and personalise the gaming experience on Xbox One and Windows PC like nothing else available. And as you’d imagine from claims like that, it comes at a cost. The first…
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Why do we hate Internet Explorer so much? Why we shouldn’t hate IE
Almost every single person I work/ associate with has a strong dislike towards Internet Explorer (I’m going to call it IE for the remainder of this article) some hate the browser with a passion, why? I’m going to try to explain from the point of someone who wishes he could refuse to even work with…
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Skype Bug Discovered – Message Causes Crashing
A bug has been discovered within video and messaging service Skype which will cripple the user’s session and leave the programme un-openable when a series of characters are received. Yes, this does sound a lot like the recent Apple iMessage problem but in this instance when the offending characters are sent between Skype users they…