Although, there aren’t any images available to show the new USB Type-C connector, we know is the size of a Micro USB plug and it is reversible. According to new press release from the USB 3.0 Promoter Group, the important features of the new Type-C USB plug are: New design to fit in new product designs (i.e., phones, tablets, ultrabooks, etc) Smaller size based on the Micro USB 2.0 Reversible design, that way users do not have to check before plugging in Can use future enhancements in USB bus performance Scalable power charging...

Majestic snowy landscapes, impressive aurora borealis, a stunning moon looking over snow covered pine trees, and more to see in this new theme ready to download free for Windows. If the images rotate too quickly on your desktop, after applying the theme, go to Settings > Personalization > Background, and use the Change picture every drop-down menu to adjust the image rotation frequency. You can find more great themes in my Desktop Fun section....

The discount applies for both the 13.5- and 15-inch variants of the laptop. These are the Surface Book 2 models that on sale: 13.5-inch with Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD now $1299 | Regular $1499 13.5-inch with Core i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD now $1699 | Regular $1999 13.5-inch with Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD now $2199 | Regular $2499 13.5-inch with Core i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD now $2699 | Regular $2999 15-inch with Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD now $2199 | Regular $2499 15-inch with Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD now $2899 | Regular $2599 15-inch with Core i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD now $2999 | Regular $3299...

In this wave, most Surface devices, including the Surface Studio 2, Surface Pro 6, and Surface Laptop 2 are getting updates except the Surface Go. The May 2019 firmware update is been out for a few days, and according to the company support page, they deliver a ton of improvements for Windows 10 version 1903. Surface Studio 2 Here are all the new fixes and improvements in this new Surface Studio 2 update:...

Almost all Surface Laptop models have a discount for every color variant, but the only model that isn’t on sale is the laptop featuring a Core m3 processor. In the case that you’re looking for a more powerful device, the Surface Laptop with Core i7 processor and 8GB of memory has a $300 discount, while the 16GB of memory with 512GB of storage model has a $200 and the 16GB of memory with 1TB of storage has a $300 discount....

According to the Microsoft changelog on the Surface Pro 3 Update History support page, there is the complete list of changes: Surface Pro Embedded Controller Firmware: 38.12.70.0 improves system stability and performance when you change between power states. The new April 2017 firmware update for Surface Pro 3 should download and install automatically. However, if you have not received the update on your Surface, then go to Settings > Update & security > Windows Update and try to force the download manually....

The April 2020 update is available for Windows 10 version 1909 down to version 1809, and according to the company, brings system stability improvements and enhancements for the Microsoft Teams app. Surface Pro X April 2020 update The following improvements are available for Surface Pro X: Qualcomm Adreno 680 GPU: 26.18.0901.8000 improves the Teams app experience. Qualcomm Bluetooth UART Transport Driver: 1.0.830.0 improves BT connection reliability. Qualcomm Bus Device: 1....

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The company also announced that Xbox 360 games backward compatibility is coming later this years. Users don’t have to do anything, as games will automatically begin to appear in their game library. Xbox One Preview members can start testing selected games now, everyone else will get the support later this year. The second biggest announcement during the Xbox E3 event was the new major software update coming to Xbox One....

Here’s what you might have missed on the developer conference: Microsoft Build 2017: day one biggest announcements Microsoft Build 2017: day two biggest announcements During the event Microsoft revealed that the next major feature update of Windows 10 will be called the “Fall Creators Update,” and it’ll bring new changes and features, such as Timeline, Story Remix, cloud-powered clipboard, OneDrive placeholders and much more. Alongside all the announcements during the three-day event, Microsoft also showed off Windows 10 on ARM processors, and how the new emulator works to run legacy x86 applications....

Support for Windows 8 also came to an end after two years of the original release. Now users must upgrade to Windows 8.1 with Update to continue receiving support. Windows 10 version 1150 received a new cumulative update described as KB3124263, which resolves a number of vulnerabilities with the operating system. On January 13th, the software giant also rolled out Windows 10 build 11099 to the Fast ring of update....

This week the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL received a new firmware update to improve stability, performance, and to fix a number of issues with the new handsets. Although, Xbox One comes with a 500GB or 1TB internal storage to store games and apps, games take up so much space that the only solution is to add an external USB hard drive. And this week you learned how to set up a new external drive on your Xbox One and how to move games to the new hard drive....

In tech news this week — Alleging that Facebook was misleading and being unfair to users the FTC announced an agreement that requires the company to respect more its users privacy, and now the social network giant has to be more transparent in its privacy policies. To learn what does all means, check out the article to get all the details — FTC to Facebook: Be more transparent about privacy from now on....

It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or if you are an advanced Windows 7 user, chances are that you might not know all the tips & tricks hidden within Windows; these week I posted an article about a few Windows 7 tips that you might not notice before. Also you’ve learned how to change your computer name in Windows 7, this is really handy if you have bought a used computer and it has a terrible name on it, now you can make it your own....

On an ever-evolving technology world, you know that new electronics are coming out regularly and there are specific times on the year that are better than other where you can find things cheaper. Now that the Consumer Electronics Show is over, you may be wondering when you should spend your money on a new desktop computer, tablet, phone, or TV. Below, I have re-compiled a list that Lifehacker has published with the best time to buy anything throughout the year....

According to a UBS Global Technology Conference the past week, Julie Larson-Green, in charge of devices at Microsoft, suggested that the software maker is planning on merging its operating systems. “We have the Windows Phone OS. We have Windows RT and we have full Windows. We’re not going to have three,” Larson-Green says. However it’s unclear if Microsoft plans to unify all of its operating systems into a single piece of software or if the software giant is just working on unifying the Windows Phone OS with Windows RT....

Windows 10 build 18965 (20H1) for devices enrolled in the Fast ring of the Windows Insider Program became available for testers with a few new changes. In addition, the company also released build 18965.1005 as a cumulative update to test the Windows Update mechanism for large updates. As part of the 19H2 development, Windows 10 build 18963.10015 and build 18963.10014 rolled out with minor changes for devices in the Slow ring running build 18362....

Windows 10 version 1803 and older versions received a new cumulative update outside the Patch Tuesday schedule to address a number of problems, including problems with Microsoft account, file manager for apps, and more. (You can keep up with all the updates for Windows 10 in this guide.) Microsoft begins testing of a new version of the OneDrive app (the Microsoft Store app, not the sync client) using the Progressive Web App (PWA) platform, and here’s a first look at the app....