Microsoft Archive
03 Feb 2016
PTCL to Provide Free Broadband to Pakistan Sweet Homes
PTCL to Provide Free Broadband to Pakistan Sweet Homes Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has provided free broadband services to Pakistan Sweet Homes, a non-profit organization established by the Bait-ul-Mal for the care of young orphans. Under the scheme, PTCL has provided high-speed broadband connectivity free of charge to 12 Sweet Homes located in all
03 Feb 2016
Microsoft Acquires Popular Keyboard App SwiftKey for $250 Million
Microsoft Acquires Popular Keyboard App SwiftKey for $250 Million The Financial Times reported earlier today that Microsoft was in talks with SwiftKey to buy out the popular keyboard app. The rumour has now been confirmed by both, Microsoft and SwiftKey. The deal, confirmed by sources, went down for about $250 million. Microsoft already has its
03 Nov 2015
Microsoft is killing unlimited OneDrive storage because some users stashed too many movies
Microsoft is killing unlimited OneDrive storage because some users stashed too many movies Microsoft has announced that it will no longer offer unlimited OneDrive storage and will scale down all subscription plans for the cloud-based service. The company said in a blog post: Since we started to roll out unlimited cloud storage to Office 365
03 Oct 2015
BlackBerry’s Collapse Leaves Room for Microsoft’s Lumia
BlackBerry’s Collapse Leaves Room for Microsoft’s Lumia The end is nigh for BlackBerry phones, and that could mark a new beginning for Microsoft’s Lumia lineup. While BlackBerry CEO John Chen said the phone maker’s sales were “bottoming out” this spring, they really bottomed out last week, with BlackBerry selling only 800,000 handsetsin the past quarter.
22 Sep 2015
Office 2016 is here, bringing productivity kicking and screaming into the future
Office 2016 is here, bringing productivity kicking and screaming into the future Microsoft’s latest release of Office is out today and it drags the company’s productivity suite kicking and screaming into a future that’s changed dramatically since the last release. The 2016 release focuses on collaboration deeply for the first time, to make Microsoft truly
17 Sep 2015
Microsoft wants to bring Cortana to your car
Microsoft wants to bring Cortana to your car Microsoft is experimenting with in-car technology that will let drivers interact with its voice assistant Cortana, reports Taipei Times. Speaking at the company’s TechDays event in Taiwan, Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research’s COO Samuel Shen said that it has developed a Cortana-enabled connected car prototype that projects
15 Sep 2015
Microsoft to announce its next Windows 10 hardware on October 6
Microsoft to announce its next Windows 10 hardware on October 6 If you’ve wanted to hear more about the Surface Pro 4, it looks like you won’t have to wait much longer; Microsoft is sending out press invites for an event on October 6. The invite is sparse on details, but we expect the
11 Sep 2015
Microsoft is auto-downloading 6GB to your PC without permission
Microsoft is auto-downloading 6GB to your PC without permission If you’ve noticed that your PC’s hard drive is a little cramped lately, it might be because Microsoft is automatically downloading between 3.5GB to 6GB of Windows 10installation files — even if you haven’t opted into the upgrade. The Inquirer reports that one of its
10 Sep 2015
Microsoft isn’t fighting to help drug dealers, it’s fighting to save your privacy
Microsoft isn’t fighting to help drug dealers, it’s fighting to save your privacy Microsoft will battle the US Department of Justice in court tomorrow over whether it should hand over emails tied to a narcotics investigation, stored in its Irish data center — and it should be pretty clear which side you should take. The
09 Sep 2015
Microsoft and Dell Bring Windows 10 to Businesses
Microsoft and Dell Bring Windows 10 to Businesses As Windows 10 market share creepssteadily upward, Microsoft is giving enterprise customers more and more reasons to consider upgrading to its latest operating system. A new expanded partnership with Dell pushes not only Windows 10 but Windows 10 on new devices. Dell will join Microsoft’s Surface