Asobo Studio has revealed a very ambitious addition to its upcoming game Microsoft Flight Simulator; it will contain every single airport in the world. Flight Simulator is slated for release sometime this year and is one of 2020’s most anticipated releases, as well as one of the most visually striking. Fans of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator series were heartbroken when Aces Game Studio, a subsidiary of Microsoft and the team in charge of developing the simulator series, shut down in 2009....

Microsoft announced plans today to launch a new app for its Outlook email service on iOS. The app is based on the Acompli software that the company purchased in December for $200 million. The app includes “email triage” features found in the old app as well as new features to help appeal to a wider audience, such as the ability to toggle threaded conversation views. The Outlook iOS app will also support mail from third-party services beyond Microsoft’s....

I’m setting using Outlook Mac 2011 on OS X Lion on a home network. Sure there are different clients I could use, but old habits are hard to break. Here I’m starting with no email account set up yet. Launch Outlook on your Mac, you’ll get the following message. Click OK. Click Outlook » Preferences. Outlook Preferences opens. In the Personal Settings section click Accounts. The Add an Account screen comes up....

Windows 10 19H1 Preview Build 18309 This big story from today’s build is the company is pushing to eliminate passwords during the sign-in experience all while keeping your accounts safe. The company introduced the ability to sign in with a phone number account and not having to create yet another password. You can associate your iOS or Android phone number with your Microsoft account, you can use an SMS code to sign in....

Microsoft launched a preview of its Defender antivirus software for Mac last spring and now the company is preparing to bring the app to iOS and Android something this year. For the mobile versions, it’s unclear exactly how it will work or what features will be available, but the antivirus software for iOS and Android could be more focused on preventing phishing. Microsoft announced that it will be sharing more details about Defender Advanced Threat Protection for iOS and Android next week at the RSA Conference (via The Verge)....

For a long time, it felt like crime procedural TV shows were worn out and overexposed. And then Netflix’s Mindhunter came along. Mindhunter is a period crime drama that covers the development of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit, and this fictionalized version of real-life events is a thrilling, fascinating, and a truly unique TV show. It undoubtedly helps that Mindhunter is rooted in reality. It’s very compelling to watch the main trio of characters (Holden Ford, Bill Tench, and Wendy Carr) conduct interviews and investigate some of the most notorious serial killers of all time....

MCX, the retailer consortium behind the CurrentC mobile payment system, has responded to the controversy over its members being required to block Apple Pay or face fines with some unconvincing ‘assurances.’ The first sign of trouble between MCX and Apple Pay was when CVS disabled NFC functionality from its payment terminals. When Rite Aid joined in, consumers responded by threatening to boycott MCX members. In a blog post which MCX says is designed to “set the record straight,” it appears to do anything but … Responding to the fines issue, it makes an extremely disingenuous statement, even using bold type to do so....

Adding social media to the mix has exponentially grown the market for monitoring solutions. In fact, market research firm Zion expects to see the media monitoring sphere expand to USD 7,236 million by 2027, up 13.9 per cent from 2018. But what’s really on offer in this booming market? In this review, we’ll unpack Mention’s solution. Founded in 2012, they’re definitely one of the more seasons solutions out there. They cater to both enterprise and agency clients, extending their target customers beyond enterprises....

The competition – ‘Iconic Britain’ – requires competitors to find images they think are iconic online using Windows Live Image Search. These image searches must be submitted to the competition, where they will judged by a panel that was originally to include Simon Coleman, General Manager, Imaging Division of Nikon UK, Brian Blessed, and Joanna Lumley. However, Microsoft gives no attribution to the images that appear in the competition, driving some photographey groups to recommend suing Microsoft, and, as mentioned, Nikon has withdrawn its support....

The updated app is the latest effort by Microsoft to reshape its software for the Windows 11 platform. Announced a month ago, the new Notepad app – a simple text editor – is designed to fit the latest version of Windows. Notepad gets rounded corners that mesh with the opaque overlays the company is using these days for homegrown apps over the Windows interface. The headline feature, however, is support for dark mode, which has become a standard for apps on mobile and desktop for people who work in the dark....

On the heels of improved iCloud integration in Mountain Lion, Microsoft made things a little more official today for its upcoming updated SkyDrive cloud service for Windows 8 and possibly OS X. The new service will include improved file management and synchronization, secure two-factor authentication for remote access to files not yet uploaded to Skydrive, and support for file uploads of 2GB. What makes things interesting are rumors of paid storage options and a Mac client originating from Gemind....

If you’ve wanted to use a Microsoft Office iPad app, you’ve been able to run the individual Word, Powerpoint, and Excel apps for many years. But while the iPhone got an all-in-one Office app in February of last year, the iPad didn’t. A year later, Microsoft has finally fixed that. The process of integrating the main Office tools into a single app actually began in November 2019 … Background Microsoft launched a 2019 iOS beta to bring “all of your Office documents together in one place....

Microsoft has finally revealed a few new details about its upcoming console, the Xbox Series X, including its GPU power, as well as how cross-generation games will work on the system. Microsoft initially announced its next-generation console at its press conference at E3 2019, dubbing it “Project Scarlett.” At the time, the company only teased a few details about the system, along with a holiday 2020 release date. However, it did announce that the highly-anticipated Halo Infinite would launch with the console....

The second season of David Fincher’s neo-noir crime thriller Mindhunter dropped in August of 2019. The runaway success of 2017 proved that it could do it again with most of the same characters, some new serial killers, and new challenges. Unlike season one, which primarily saw the main characters—Holden Ford, Bill Tench, and Dr. Wendy Carr—study murderers who were already incarcerated, this season switched back and forth between incarcerated subjects like Charles Manson and an ongoing crime spree and investigation in Atlanta, Georgia....

Actor and director Mel Gibson has nabbed the role of Santa Claus in dark action comedy Fatman. Gibson, whose most recent acting credits include crime thriller Dragged Across Concrete and comedy sequel Daddy’s Home 2, will join a whole host of fellow actors who have also played Father Christmas on the big screen, including Richard Attenborough (Miracle on 34th Street) and Tim Allen (The Santa Clause). Although by the sound of it, it’s possible Gibson’s version might be closer in tone to Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa....

Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 8.0 According to Microsoft, the company maintains several tiers for a product’s support lifecycle starting from general availability. When Microsoft releases a Service Pack, in this case, Windows 8.1, you need to upgrade to it within 24 months to maintain mainstream support. Windows 8.1 was launched a year after Windows 8.0, toning down many of the earlier design choices in the operating system. Although Windows 8....

Jennifer Aniston is one of the most popular working actresses in Hollywood today. Her claim to fame began when she played Rachel Green on the popular and long-running sitcom Friends, but since then she has appeared in tons of films, both comedy and drama, and recently made her television return alongside actress Reese Witherspoon in the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show. Since she’s played so many characters, she has also played a variety of personalities....

DTS has announced that the McIntosh RS200 and Arcam rPlay now support AirPlay 2, as well as Alexa. The McIntosh RS200 is a high-end all-in-one wireless speaker system designed to compete with the likes of the Naim mu-so and Devialet Phantom … The McIntosh RS200 also supports DLNA, aptX (HD and Low Latency), AAC and Bluetooth 5.0, as well as audio-only HDMI, optical, USB-B, and 3.5mm wired inputs. The RS200 offers 650 Watts of total power that is delivered to 8 drivers consisting of (2) 4” x 6” woofers, (4) 2” midranges and (2) ¾” tweeters....

With all of the privacy invasion news (read: PRISM) going around nowadays, lots of encryption and security solutions have been seeing record sales. iMessage uses end-to-end encryption, but the security of Skype, AIM and MSN are questionable. The popular IM+ app (free version, pro version) is offering their $4.99 “off-the-record” feature for just 99 cents until the end of tomorrow. Rather than using a single, proprietary messaging services, IM+ uses the OTR standard that can be used with many messaging services and across many devices....

Windows 10 Preview Build 19645 Here’s a look at the general changes and improvements in today’s release: We changed the servicing model for the Linux kernel inside of Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 distributions. This build includes this change to remove the Linux kernel from the Windows image, and instead have it be serviced via Microsoft Update, the same way that 3rd party drivers (like graphics, or touchpad drivers) are installed and updated on your machine today....