Windows 11 build 25182 packs new camera features

August 18, 2022 Fahad Ali Builds, Featured, Windows 11 No Comments

Say cheese! Microsoft has released a new preview build to the Dev channel for Insiders to take for a spin. Windows 11 build 25182 brings along a few new …

Windows 11 22H2 launch looks set for September 20

August 17, 2022 Fahad Ali Featured, Rollout, Rumors, Updates, Windows 11 No Comments

It sure seems like the next version of Windows 11 will be here in a little over a month. Known as Windows 11 22H2, this is first major update …

Widget notifications now available for all users

August 17, 2022 Fahad Ali Featured, Features, Rollout, Widgets, Windows 11 No Comments

You get a notification! You get a notification! Everybody gets a notification! Widget notifications are a fine addition to the capabilities of the Windows 11 operating system. And they …

Microsoft Dev Box gets you a workstation in the cloud

August 17, 2022 Fahad Ali Cloud, Developers, Enterprise, Featured, Launch No Comments

Microsoft announced Dev Box back in May as a way for developers to get access to preconfigured environments to write code without worrying about architecture. Back then, this new …

An OCR tool is coming to PowerToys

August 17, 2022 Fahad Ali Apps, Featured, Features, Software No Comments

Add another one to the kitty! PowerToys continues to grow as a toolkit at a rapid pace. We recently learned that Microsoft is adding a Screen Ruler utility to …

PlayStation 4 sales more than double that of Xbox One

August 16, 2022 Fahad Ali Featured, Gaming, Hardware, Statistics, Xbox No Comments

Hmm, what most of us suspected. Microsoft has provided a rare insight into total Xbox One sales figure, confirming that sales of its immediate competitor, PlayStation 4, were easily …

Microsoft all set for Gamescom 2022

August 16, 2022 Fahad Ali Events, Featured, Games, Gaming, Xbox No Comments

Microsoft is ready and raring to make its presence felt at Gamescom 2022, the upcoming video game show taking place later this year in Cologne, Germany. This year’s event …

Intel drops DirectX 9 support for its GPUs

August 16, 2022 Fahad Ali DirectX, Featured, Gaming, Retirement No Comments

All good things come to an end. And for a while, DirectX 9 was about as good as it got. Released all the way back in 2002 this version …

Microsoft open sources its 3D emojis

August 15, 2022 Fahad Ali Design, Developers, Featured, Strategy No Comments

The new 3D emojis that Microsoft has deigned sure have caused a lot of noise. This long overdue overhaul of the emoticons on the company’s platforms was well received. …

LinkedIn lays off its entire events marketing team

August 15, 2022 Fahad Ali Featured, Microsoft, Social, Strategy No Comments

Talk about total elimination. LinkedIn has cut back entirely on its events marketing team, joining a number of other tech companies that are laying off stuff and slowing down …