Microsoft’s Brand Now Worth More Than Google
As in, Microsoft is now the third most valuable company in the world in terms of brand value. And it has all got to do with the enterprise focus …
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Google Reveals Medium Severity Flaw In Windows
Good guy Google here to help? The search engine giant has a little unit called Project Zero, and that team has made a name for itself when it comes …
Removing PWAs In Windows 10 About To Get Easier
Progressive Web Apps, also known as PWAs, are the latest rage in the world of software. Their main selling point is that they allow websites to be used straight …
Chrome OS Will Run Windows Apps This Fall
Windows apps sure are going places! It was back in June that we learned about Google teaming up with Parallels to bring native support for Windows software and programs …
Microsoft Edge Drops The WWW Tag
Keeping up with the times. The new Chromium powered Microsoft Edge typically does a fine job of following in the footsteps of Google Chrome, including following its release schedule. …
Microsoft Edge Set To Get Major Battery Life Improvements
Looks like some significant battery life improvements are coming are coming to Microsoft Edge, this time using some saving techniques discovered by good old Google. For Chrome. The search …
Windows 10 Mail App Causing A Ruckus With Gmail
The default Windows 10 Mail app, the one that comes preloaded with the OS, is causing quite a commotion for Gmail users, with a bug said to be behind …
Google Nearby Share Will Support Windows
Business is about to pick up! Google has been working on Nearby Share, a fast, local file sharing solution very similar to AirDrop, for Android for quite a while. …
Google Chrome Will Finally Use Less RAM
One of the biggest concerns Chrome users have with Google’s web browser is high memory usage. And it appears that Microsoft may just have something to say on this …
Google, Parallels Bringing Native Windows Apps To Chrome OS
Software virtualization provider Parallels has teamed up with Google to bring what it calls full-featured Windows applications to Chrome OS. Albeit, only to enterprise users. Of course, this is …
Google Tells Edge Users To Switch To Chrome
Two can play this game! Browser wars continue to provide ample entertainment, even with Microsoft having joined the Chromium camp with the new Edge web browser. Which is now …
Microsoft Releases Group Tabs Extension For Edge
And it’s not what you think it is. A new extension for Microsoft Edge is now available for download, with Redmond following on the heels of the latest major …
Edge Now Supports Jump Lists For PWAs
At an experimental stage right now, but Microsoft Edge just got support for Jump Lists for Progressive Web Apps (PWA) that are installed as regular applications. This basically makes …
Microsoft Says Chrome Web Store Houses Great Extensions
Whoa! Why is everyone playing nice, all of a sudden? Microsoft has suddenly begun recommending Google products, in what is a couple turnaround from the days when it used …
Google Amps Up G Suite Security On Windows 10
With everyone working from home, well almost everyone, now is the perfect time to up the security for customers that use the G Suite package of business applications. And …
Google Scaring Edge Users Away From Chrome Extensions
Well, this is alarming! Why would a market leader try to persuade users this way? Google apparently does not mind, as it has been found trying to divert folks …
Video Shows Surface Duo Being Used In Public
Public appearance, of what could be the marquee hardware launch for Microsoft this year. The sublime and stylish Surface Duo has been caught on camera, being used in public. …
Sony, Nintendo No Longer Gaming Rivals For Microsoft
Interesting perspective. But not entirely unexpected when you have invested billions in the creation of your cloud service. Sony and Nintendo may be leaders in their respective gaming spaces, …
Google Wants To Play Nice With Microsoft Office
Trojan horse approach? I like it. Google, it is being said, will play nice with Microsoft Office. And this change in attitude is in hopes to entice customers into …
Project xCloud To Beam On Windows PCs In 2020
Hot news coming straight from Microsoft in the leadup to the X019 gaming conference in London. This one is related to Project xCloud, the company’s big play for Azure …
Azure Arc Brings Microsoft Cloud To AWS, Google
Evolution? You bet. One of the biggest announcements to come from Ignite 2019 was Azure Arc, a new solution that lets users manage their on-premises, multi-cloud and even edge …
Amazon, Google Slam Microsoft For Raising Outsourcing Prices
The criticism came quick, and it came blunt! The drastic steps that Microsoft took to up the prices for outsourcing its software on rival cloud platforms invited some choice …
New Huawei OS Said To Be Insanely Fast
If there’s one thing we can be sure of, it’s that Huawei is working round the clock to develop its new universal OS that will replace both the Android …
Huawei Puts Windows Laptops On Hold
The Windows hardware ecosystem has lost a good one! Huawei is said to have suspended the development of Windows laptops, as the company is no longer allowed to use …
IBM Watson Comes To Microsoft Azure
Interesting times we live in! In a move acknowledging the machine learning lead of cloud rivals, IBM has made its Watson service available across Azure, AWS and Google clouds. …
Cortana To Soon Become An Alexa Skill
Not the news fans may have liked to heard. But the writing has been on the wall for Cortana for a while now. The latest development is that Microsoft …
Google Chrome Also Gets A Dark Mode
The darkness has fallen! Google has been pretty good adding OS specific features to its Chrome browser as of late. The browser already has a few Fluent Design elements …
Did Google Sabotage Microsoft Edge Browser?
Sabotage! The browser world is still reeling from the news of Microsoft switching to the Chromium engine for its Edge web browser, the same underlying technology that Google uses …
Mozilla Not Too Happy With Edge Chrome Switch
Eh, you win some you lose some! Right, right? Not everyone is enthralled by Microsoft switching to Chromium for its Edge browser, and Mozilla is one of the organizations …
Microsoft Sounds Alarm Over Facial Recognition
Microsoft president Brad Smith has once again called for new regulation to govern the facial recognition technology in order to avoid bias, discrimination and misuse. He was speaking at …