Microsoft Active Hours Lets Users Choose when to Update Windows 10

A new feature called Active Hours will be included in Windows 10 Anniversary Update, giving users an alternative to Microsoft’s often frustrating automatic updates. Are Microsoft’s automatic Windows 10 updates annoying or helpful? We tend to think the latter, but…

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Microsoft Is Developing Huddl, an Instant Video Social Network

Microsoft is supposedly working on Huddl, an “instant video social network” with group chat capabilities. Microsoft Huddle has not been officially announced, but MSPoweruser has shared some images from the service which so far can only be accessed from Microsoft…

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Microsoft’s New Tool will Make Clean Windows 10 Install “Easy”…

The company teased a new tool that will allow users to easily install Windows 10 cleanly, stating the tool will come to Insiders first and will likely be in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Microsoft has announced (rather vaguely) that…

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Microsoft Announces UWP OneDrive App Allowing Cross-Device Access to Files

A new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) OneDrive app allows users to access content without needing to sync, while also comes with features previously reserved for desktop. Microsoft has launched a new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) OneDrive application for PCs, tablets,…

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Windows Bridge for iOS: Microsoft entices iOS developers with tutorials

For those of you that haven’t read in the media, Microsoft is helping iOS app developers with tutorials in hopes they consider porting their apps and make them compatible with Windows 10 and their Universal Windows Platform!  The new series of tutorials were…

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Microsoft Updates Desktop App Converter

A new update for Desktop App Converter adds support for Windows Pro editions and several changes to enhance the file system to make the program more efficient. Last month Microsoft released its Desktop App Converter, after officially announcing the “Project…

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Microsoft Uses Patch Tuesday to Roll out Firmware Update for Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book

Its “Patch Tuesday” for May, which means Microsoft will be rolling out some simple updates today for its products and services, mostly to squash bugs and patch security holes. The company’s flagship hardware products, the Surface Pro 4 and Surface…

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Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform Titles get Framerate Boost from DirectX Update

DirectX has announced an update for Windows 10 that will give Universal Windows Platform (UWP) games a high framerate to improve graphics and gameplay. Windows 10 gamers and those taking advantage of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) will see their…

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Microsoft “Developing” Edge Extensions for Mobile Devices

A discovery in the Windows 10 Roadmap suggests Microsoft is working on Edge Extensions for Windows 10 Mobile and other platforms. Extensions have been a big part of the Edge browser expansion that Microsoft has been undertaking this year, adding…

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WinZip Latest to Launch Universal Windows App for Microsoft’s Windows 10 Platform

File extraction tool WinZip is now available across all Windows 10 devices in the form of a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app. WinZip has long been the go to file extraction tool for many users, simply because it is a…

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