Microsoft has confirmed its rumored plan to open what it describes as its “first flagship store” on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, a few blocks away from Apple’s glass-cubed flagship store, reports the WSJ. “As our first flagship store, it will serve as the centerpiece of our Microsoft Stores experience,” said David Porter, corporate vice president for Microsoft retail stores. “This is a goal we’ve had since day one—we were only waiting for the right location....

Windows 10 Patches IE Security Vulnerability If you are running Windows 10 1903 aka May 2019 Update your update will come in the form of KB4522016 and it will bump your build incrementally to 18362.357. Here is what Microsoft says regarding the issue and fix: Updates to improve security when using Internet Explorer. Keep in mind that this is an optional update and might be included in next month’s round of Patch Tuesday updates....

Microsoft has announced that a public preview for its Visual Studio 2022 will be coming soon. Along with a number of changes and enhancements, the latest app development software will arrive with an all-new Mac version that includes a native UI, improved performance and reliability, support for macOS accessibility features, and more. Microsoft shared the first public preview of the Visual Studio 2022 IDE will arrive sometime this summer in a blog post today....

Steve Ballmer announced two brand new Microsoft Surface tablets at an event in Los Angeles today. The first tablet, Microsoft Surface for Windows RT, runs the Windows 8 RT operating system and based on the ARM based CPU. The second tablet is Microsoft Surface for Windows Pro, which runs Windows 8 Pro OS and based on the Intel based CPU. Below is a brief comparison of the two Microsoft Surface tablets....

Walkie Talkie was first made available as a preview on iOS and Android in July. Microsoft’s research has found 88% of organizations employ frontline workers for whom mobile communication is vital to response and emergency tasks. Among this category of workers, Microsoft has claimed – as reported by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley – that it has seen 400% growth in monthly active users since the pandemic began in March 2020....

The Avengers movies are among the most popular in recent years, and yet they don’t stand on their own – they rely on the audience having knowledge of the events of 18 other movies. They’re more like comic book crossover events than films. Nothing like this had ever been attempted in Hollywood before, so Kevin Feige and his team at Marvel had their work cut out for them. Naturally, as with any $1 billion quadrilogy of experimental films, there is plenty of interesting stuff going on during their making....

The letter voices disapproval of a recent proposal that would allow people to pay more in order to gain a higher priority from their internet service provider. The letter focuses on keeping the internet open, and perhaps treated as a utility. The companies make the case that with this new paid prioritization proposition, ISPs would be discriminating both technically and financially against internet companies “If these reports are correct, this represents a grave threat to the Internet,” the letter reads....

From what I can tell, this option may have been around for three months or more. There is a LinkedIn Help article entitled “Choose if you want to see less political content in your LinkedIn feed,” which was updated three months ago. The article explains that users in the US can hide political content from their feeds as an option. It defines “political content” this way: “Currently, political content includes content such as political parties and candidates, election outcomes, and ballot initiatives....

In the Redmond giant’s latest round of patches, usually released on the second Tuesday of each month in what is known as Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has fixed problems including remote code execution (RCE) exploits, privilege escalation flaws, spoofing issues, and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Products impacted by January 2022’s security update include Microsoft Exchange Server, the Office software line, Windows Defender, Windows Kernel, RDP, Cryptographic Services, Windows Certificate, and Microsoft Teams....

Microsoft’s copy-cat battle against Apple seemingly knows no boundaries. In fact, it is attempting to lure away Apple’s retail staff, a report claims. Citing anonymous sources, The Loop claims Microsoft is attempting to hire Apple retail store managers to staff its future chain of Microsoft retail shops. Apple staff are being offered “significant raises” and – in some cases – relocation expenses. The report continues to explain that staffers Microsoft has succesfully poached are then contacting their own former senior management to offer them jobs in Microsoft retail....

— Gabriel Aul (@GabeAul) July 17, 2015 Windows 10 Build 10240 Update Gab Aul announced the news on Twitter late this afternoon. In a response to one Windows Insider, he said ” It will be described as a security update, but that’s just because it’s cumulative and includes the last package’s security fix.” Like we said in our post when Windows 10 build 10240 was released, you can expect several more updates and patches up until, and after the July 29th official release date....

I think this might be one of Microsoft’s first Universal Applications. It also has the installer that is built into XCode…take that for what it is worth. More screenshots and info after the break… Here’s the list of toys that you get: And it is free! (Sorry MacBU at Microsoft.) Universal BinaryRuns natively on both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macs. Remote Desktop Protocol 6.0Provides better compatibility with Windows Vista, improved security features, and many other improvements....

“We have received requests from a number of governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state-controlled media,” Meta VP global affairs Nick Clegg wrote in a tweet. “Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time. “We will continue to work closely with governments on this issue.” The ban is in addition to restrictions the social media giant already had placed on Russian state-media accounts in Ukraine in response to Russia’s invasion into the country, which began five days ago....

As a company, Micromax has had a great run so far, and is the leading home-grown handset vendor in India in terms of market-share. While a lot of factors may have contributed to that success, the most important perhaps, is its large portfolio of offerings that not only boasts some unique features, but is also perceived to be very good value for money. And nothing can highlight this better than the company’s last two major releases, the Canvas 2 A110 and the Canvas HD A116....

There are countless iconic and beloved characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, some of whom feature in some of the franchise’s most popular romantic relationships. There are several power couples in the MCU, such as Tony Stark and Pepper Potts, and Scarlet Witch and Vision, as well as other pairings who are perfect for each other - but haven’t gotten together yet. Many characters in the MCU share undeniable chemistry that has led fans to speculate about potential romance....

According to the article, they were made aware of it being built back in November and they just confirmed they managed to get their hands on it for a little test spin. Groovy! As expected, the interface looks a lot like OneNote which was released earlier for the iPhone and the iPad. Apparently Office however will also have a look and feel based on the new Metro UI, used on Windows Phone and Windows 8 (which makes sense, since the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is coming in a few days)....

Want a free version of Microsoft Office? Well, perhaps better said a Diet-Coke version of Microsoft Office 2010? Good news, this week Microsoft finally delivered on their push into the online document collaboration realm bringing to market (finally) a competing product to Google Docs and Zoho. Months after the initial announcement and tech preview they’ve finally released Office 2010 online as web apps. You can find them at Office.live.com. Although the online suite is limited in comparison to the desktop version, here are some highlights I’ve noticed after playing with it for a few minutes:...

Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 18975 Finally. Microsoft is including the ability to move the Cortana window in this build. The default position of the Cortana window has never been ideal. But starting with this Microsoft notes that you can “Move the window (by dragging the title bar area), to anywhere you’d like on the screen–just like you can with other windows.” You start to wonder why this wasn’t a feature of the Cortana app in the past....

Windows 11 Preview Build 22463 First off, Microsoft announced at TL;DR for Insiders in the Dev Channel which is as follows: Please see the new section at the end of this blog post outlining the type of builds and experiences you will see in the Dev Channel.It will be a little while before major new features show up. However, this build includes a good set of improvements and bug fixes. Speaking of fixes…The issue impacting the Taskbar where icons appeared misaligned and/or cut off is FIXED in this build!...

Since the rate of remote work has considerably witnessed a growth over the years, the need for online facilities has uniformly increased too. And so, at these times, the requirement for reliable online video calling services is more than ever. Surely, Zoom and Microsoft Teams are two of the most trusted names, yet a debatable matter as to which one holds better facilities. But people still want to choose between the two so today we will test both the platforms out in Microsoft Teams vs....