Windows Archive
25 Mar 2016
This is awkward: Verizon’s enterprise security division suffered a data breach
This is awkward: Verizon’s enterprise security division suffered a data breach A recent thread posted on a guarded cybercrime forum advertised a database containing contact information for roughly 1.5 million Verizon Enterprisecustomers for sale at $100,000 for the lot, reports Krebs on Security. Verzion confirmed in a statement that it had identified and fixed a
24 Mar 2016
The 30 Best Windows Phone Apps
The 30 Best Windows Phone Apps Another development that will have massive effects for the Windows Phone app landscape will be Android near-compatibility with Windows 10 Mobile. Internet sleuths have discovered an Android subsystem in the latest Windows 10 Mobile Technical Preview build. At its Build developer conference, Microsoft announced that Android and iOS apps
24 Mar 2016
11 Of Most Disastrous Software Mistakes in IT History
11 Of Most Disastrous Software Mistakes in IT History Times may have changed, softwares may have become more complex requiring more effort from the developers, but the auto-correction tools have improved too. But what happens when some coding errors beat all corrective measures and the developers themselves, and end up being used as unintended?
23 Mar 2016
Facebook has a feature that automatically catches troll accounts — and lets you kill them
Facebook has a feature that automatically catches troll accounts — and lets you kill them Facebook may be testing a new feature that proactively finds accounts that are trolling you. If Facebook notices there’s an account that may be mimicking you by using your name and likeness, it will send you a notification. From there,
23 Mar 2016
HERE Maps is ditching Windows to focus on Android and iOS
HERE Maps is ditching Windows to focus on Android and iOS HERE Maps has announced that its apps will no longer be available from the Windows 10 store from March 29, dealing a crushing blow to Microsoft’s cross-device platform. The company said in a blog post: To continue offering the HERE apps for Windows 10
23 Mar 2016
Instagram’s new notification tab for the Web has Facebook’s fingerprints all over it
Instagram’s new notification tab for the Web has Facebook’s fingerprints all over it After its billion dollar purchase, Facebook mostly took a hands-off approach to Instagram, but today’s addition of a notification tab for the Web application is decidedly Zuckerberg-esque. The update is currently live and it’s an interesting one because, to date, Instagram has kept
23 Mar 2016
Google is finally killing its silly Chrome app launcher for Mac, Windows and Linux
Google is finally killing its silly Chrome app launcher for Mac, Windows and Linux If you were tired of navigating around the Chrome app launcher, it won’t be around much longer, according to Google. Today, the company announced it was getting rid of its wannabe OS-in-your-OS Chrome launcher, which launched three years ago and housed
09 Feb 2016
Microsoft PowerPoint (for iPad)
Microsoft PowerPoint (for iPad) The built-in limitations of a tablet are far less limiting in graphic-centric apps like presentation software than they are in text-and-number apps like word processors or spreadsheets. I do a lot less typing when making a presentation than when editing a document in Word or a spreadsheet in Excel, and so
14 Jan 2016
Group Video Feature For Skype Comes To Android, iOS And Windows 10 Mobile
Group Video Feature For Skype Comes To Android, iOS And Windows 10 Mobile Skype will be celebrating its 10 year anniversary with a brand new feature coming to Android, iOS and Windows 10 Mobile called Group Video. In an effort to increase its presence across the globe as well as to simplify video calling from
29 Dec 2015
The best gadgets from 2015 to buy with your Christmas money
The best gadgets from 2015 to buy with your Christmas money Every year there’s a plethora of new gadgets for you to spend your well deserved Christmas cash on. The list of devices out there is basically endless, so we’re here to try and clear up the best of the year, so you know what