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Tony Stark is arguably the most important character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 2008’s Iron Man kicked off the franchise and it got a standalone sequel that built the wider universe long before Earth’s mightiest heroes had even assembled. This meant that Iron Man was the first character to complete his solo trilogy, wrapping it up just one year after the first Avengers movie was released — before anyone else had even enjoyed more than one solo movie....

The Chinese OEM Xiaomi has recently launched its Mi 10T lineup devices such as Mi 10T, Mi 10T Pro, Mi 10T Lite. As the name suggests, Mi 10T Lite is the lower or smaller variant under the Mi 10T series. All these three models are successors to the Mi 10 lineup devices. Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite (codenamed gauguin) is a budget rated 5G connectivity device. If you have bought this device and still not received a new update on your device, then this guide is for you....

One of the most useful changes in iPadOS 13 last year was the ability to open multiple windows of the same application. Slowly but surely, more developers have added support for this feature to their applications, and now Microsoft is joining in as well. Microsoft is now beta testing support for iPadOS multi-window in Word and PowerPoint for iPad. This allows you to open and work on two documents or presentations side-by-side....

Microsoft announced today at the TechEd Conference that Microsoft Office for iPad, which includes Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, has been downloaded from the App Store 27 million times to date. The statistic was first shared on Twitter by Microsoft watcher Paul Thurrot and noted by Business Insider: The 27 million downloads number represents continued growth as the number is about double the 12 million downloads statistic announced on the Microsoft Twitter account one week after the software’s public debut....

Windows 10 News and Interests Feature The News and Interests feature is a widget that lives on the notification area of the taskbar near the system clock. By default, when your mouse hovers over the button on the taskbar, the widget launches. It displays local weather, news, finance, traffic conditions, and more. Microsoft uses its Microsoft News network to bring news and other content from more than 4,500 sources. The company also will use AI to learn what news is relevant to you and when you dismiss or like stories in the feed....

The Office Suite for Mac includes a new Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and OneNote. Unfortunately, no updated Skype for the Business client for Mac. As mentioned in the announcement, the Office 2016 for Mac is only available for download to Office 365 customers. Everyone else will need to wait until September when it will go on sale as a standalone purchase. How to Install Office 2016 for Mac Office 365 Customers can download the Suite from the Office 365 Software Portal....

Windows 10 20H1 Build 19018 Quick searches now show up in your Search Home. Four quick web searches have been added including Weather, Top news, Today in history, and New movies. Also, there are minor tweaks and updates to the UI for web preview search results. In addition to the features above here is the list of other changes and fixes included in today’s build: For Insiders that did not take the Cumulative Update to Build 19013, just a note that this build, vvnmcflr (like that update), also includes the fix for the issue resulting in black screens and disconnects over remote desktop in the last couple of flights....

The announcement came late in the day from Microsoft exec Gabe Aul on Twitter. — Gabriel Aul (@GabeAul) May 16, 2016 Microsoft notes on its Windows Experience Blog: Windows 10 Mobile Preview Build 14342 Here are some of the new features you can expect from this latest build: Swipe navigation in Microsoft Edge: This is one of the most requested features from Insiders and allows you to use swipe gestures to navigate back and forward between visited websites in Edge....

Currently, Insiders have been testing the Windows 10 20H1 which is the feature update the company is rolling out next spring. It contains “a scoped set of features for select performance improvements, enterprise features, and quality enhancements,” according to the announcement. Microsoft Releases Windows 10 19H2 This new build will be similar to a cumulative update, which the company rolls out monthly. Here is a look at what is included in the new build according to Microsoft:...

One of the features I use on the Windows side of things is the Lorem Ipsum and Random Text generator. Unfortunately, Word for Mac doesn’t yet have a Lorem Ipsum generator; however, it does have a random text generator which can be helpful when writing a document or blog post, and you need dummy content. Here’s how it works. Generate Random Text on Word for Mac Docs Step 1 Type =rand() into your word document and press the Enter key....

Due to Avengers: Endgame’s massive hype paving the way for spoilers, most of the fans were aware that Bruce Banner would turn into “Professor Hulk” during the film. Unfortunately, he didn’t reach the heights characters like Iron Man did in the movie, leading to some feeling like the Professor Hulk might not have been a big success of a plot angle. Regardless of your perception of the character, one thing is a guarantee, and that is fans’ amusement at watching the memes that have come out of Professor Hulk’s characterization....

Phones fit in your palms and yet can drive a spaceship to the moon which is something that explains how powerful smartphones have become. However, they have their share of problems such as the Elephone restarting and freezing problem that we are talking about here in this blog post. Within this issue, the phone could escape into a random reboot when something triggers it like excessive apps or lack of resources or if the processor and other components are overworked....

Microsoft Teams is a versatile collaboration software with tons of features. And has a lot of business enhancements to integrate with many clients and tools. Microsoft Teams allows engaging and high-quality video and audio calls for its users. Though there are quite a few errors reported by the users, still, it has some critical bugs that we may need to look into. So, we heard from our users that they are facing trouble with the Microphone....

Here’s the quote from her presentation: Since the departure of former Windows and Windows Live President, Steven Sinofsky, Julie Larson-Green was promoted to lead Windows Software and Hardware Engineering and together with Tami Reller, they report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. What’s interesting is the 40 Million total its double the monthly level of Windows 7 over the past three years, according to an article by Paul Thurrott. Also, according to a post today on Microsoft’s Blogging Windows, Windows 8 is outpacing Windows 7 in regard to user upgrades....

The updated Paint app for Windows 11 includes refreshed “Edit Color” and “Resize and Skew” dialogs to fit with the Windows 11 design. The updated Paint app is available for Windows 11 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel, which Microsoft announced in a blogpost. SEE: Windows 11: Here’s how to get Microsoft’s free operating system update A little while back, with Paint 3D in the wings for Windows 10 and Microsoft’s focus on touch displays, Microsoft seemed ready to kill the classic MS Paint app....

Ouch! Comparing Apple’s iPhone 4 to his own Windows Vista mess, Microsoft CTO Kevin Turner today ‘went there’. Yes, taking a swing at his own failure, Turner tried to say that Apple’s best selling iPhone ever is going to tank in the market. Let’s see. “It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I’m okay with that,” said Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s chief operating officer, in a keynote speech at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC)… Earlier in his talk, Turner poked fun at the reception problems that have dogged Apple’s iPhone 4 since its June 24 launch....

Finally, the second major update from Microsoft Launcher has come out. This update has been much awaited for since the launch of v5 on Google Play store, making the beta version 5.2 available for users who like to use the beta version before its official release. App development head Gordon Lin made the changelog available to the Google+ community that includes all the UI enhancements providing them an improved design that makes it easy to use on large screens as well....

Windows 10 19H1 Build 18342 This version is getting close to being completed so expect to see few if any new features moving forward. Here is the list of the other changes and general improvements included in today’s build: The new tamper protection setting in the Windows Security app protects your device by helping to prevent bad actors from tampering with the most important security settings. The setting is now on by default for Insider Preview builds....

Windows 10 20H1 Build 18936 Quick Event Create allows you to create Calendar events directly from the Taskbar. The new feature will make it easier to create new events and reminders from the cock and calendar flyout. The passwordless sign-in feature is being added to this build. This allows you to use your Microsoft account to sign using Windows Hello with a fingerprint or your face. Microsoft says: “Enabling passwordless sign in will switch all Microsoft accounts on your Windows 10 device to modern authentication with Windows Hello Face, Fingerprint, or PIN....

Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17744 We fixed an issue that resulted in certain apps crashing when sending Timeline activities.We fixed an impactful race condition in recent flights resulting in Cortana crashing when launching tips and doing web searches.We fixed an issue resulting in the nearby sharing section of the Share UI not being visible for some users despite being enabled.We fixed an issue that could result in the contents of the Microsoft Edge window becoming offset from its window frame....