However, throughout the many technical sessions, the company continued to unveiled little pieces of what’s to come in the next update of the operating system. In a new technical session titled “Notification Futures: Action Center in the Cloud and the Windows Notification Platform”, the company showed off the new improvements coming to the Action Center and toast notifications later this summer with the new update for Windows 10. The video from Microsoft published on Channel9, which you can watch below, shows off the new Action Center changes in the user-interface and the new elements developers can use to provider richer information to the end-user with the new Cards concept....

In September, the company released a big update too bringing TV integration, a new media player, and an updated SmartGlass. In October, users will see a much improved snap experience with a new “Snap Center”. Now double-tapping the Xbox button in the controller launches the Snap Center, where users can more easily switch between game DVR, messages, and friends. The Friends and Messages apps are receiving some changes too, now they finally work on snap view and users can even send and receive messages while in snap mode....

Although Microsoft has been releasing many test builds of the new version of Edge based on the Chromium engine through the Insider program, the company hasn’t officially shared any details of any final release in the pipeline. However, it’d appear that Microsoft is closer to finalize a reliable version of the browser sooner than expected as the said to be the first stable release of the Chromium version Edge has now surfaced on Google Search....

The power management on both Surface devices were a known issue for Microsoft, but the company never officially communicated the problem to customers, nor it provided information when the problem was going to get fixed. On February 17, Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book are both getting a new update described as “System Hardware Update – 2/17/2016”, and on a new article at the Microsoft Devices Blog, Panos Panay, Corporate VP at Microsoft, says “Today’s updates include a set of Microsoft and Intel driver and firmware updates for Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 that will help you get the most of the power management options that Surface is designed to offer and continue to make your Surface more productive” While the new update brings a much needed fix for the latest iteration of Surface devices, there are still a number of other issues that need addressing, such as random blue screen of death and Intel video driver crashes....

Microsoft also made the official introduction of new Windows Phones from Nokia (Lumia 710, Lumia 800, and Lumia 900) in the U.S. and the new HTC Titan II. This being the year for ultrabooks, Microsoft showed new ultra-light, ultra-thin Windows PCs that are coming in 2012 from different partners. There wasn’t any hints for a new X box coming out any time soon at CES 2012, but the company did say that the console will feature new broadcast content from different TV networks in the U....

Selected users will get an Xbox Live message with the invite, then users can go to Settings / Account / Account Management, and then lucky individuals will see the “Xbox 360 Preview Registration” to enroll their console. What’s coming in the first Xbox 360 preview? On the first preview, Microsoft is tackling and improving how users troubleshoot common network problems and adding a Network Connectivity test including Download and Upload speed tests....

We could just be reading a simple typo, but the support page was quickly taken down by the company, and recent rumors already suggested Microsoft is readying to launch an Intel-based Surface tablet at the May 20th event together with Surface mini. According to a CNET report the Intel-based Surface tablet will house a new Intel Haswell processor and not an Atom chip. And looking at Surface Pro 2 tablets run Intel Haswell processors, it’s not hard to think we could be seeing a Surface Pro 3 instead of a “Surface Pro mini”....

Xbox One has a subreddit, but up until now Microsoft didn’t offer support via Reddit, but today things are changing as Microsoft has announced that it will provide official support for its video game console. It makes sense that the company is taking this initiative, as the subreddit (Xbox_Support) has surpassed the 111,000 subscribers and more users engage every day. So instead of making users spend more time of getting support on other official channels, Microsoft is bringing the support to them....

For those out of the equation, Pi Day is the annual celebration that corresponds to the mathematical constant “pi” (3.14) and it’s celebrated every March 14, because of 3/14, which are the first digits of “pi”. The promotion Microsoft is offering is one offer you can’t pass if you’re a music lover, an Xbox Music Pass will give you unlimited music streaming on millions song to any device where Xbox Music is available (web, Xbox console, and PC)....

As I previously shared, the recent information revealed a new black theme will be included, Tell Me, the Clippy-like helper, already in Office Online will also be part of the new version of Office. There is the new feature that enables images to rotate to the correct orientation using camera metadata. And we heard of that Outlook 16 will feature some improvements to play well with devices with limited storage, such as the new low-cost Windows devices, with new syncing feature....

Windows 8 “Consumer Preview” is about to be available to the general public at the end of the month, February 29th. The new operating from Microsoft is set to reimagine the way we use computers today and it is meant to be a multi-platform OS, which means the same Windows experience “without compromises” across PCs, tablets, laptops, and phones. One of the steps from Microsoft to transition from the traditional desktop to “Windows reimagined” was the introduction of the new Metro style user interface that is fast and fluid, and utilizes live tiles that provide useful information and access to applications....

As part of this monthly release there is one update specific to Surface RT, which fixes the now well-known by many users “Limited WiFi” issue. Previously, Microsoft worked in this problem, but it seems that now it will get fixed for good. The folks at Redmond also noted that in this Patch Tuesday Surface with Windows RT will get “driver updates improving performance with Windows, Volume and Power buttons”. Finally, a few days ago Microsoft made available a new Surface powered by Windows 8 Pro, and there is already a problem where the digital pen is not supported in really important applications such as Photoshop....

While it retains the same iconic Surface design, Microsoft is making a lot of hardware specs changes and design tweaks. The new Surface Pro includes Intel’s 7th generation Kaby Lake processor to give the tablet even more power than before, which makes the device 1.7 times faster than the iPad Pro and 2.5 times faster than Surface Pro 3. Another significant change is that Microsoft is making the device fanless for the Intel Core m3 and Core i5 models, making them super quiet devices....

During E3 2017, Microsoft officially introduced its new game console, which won’t replace the current Xbox One S or original Xbox One, instead, it’s just another, more capable version. If you’re still wondering, below you can see the specs for Xbox One X, which it’s also compared against the specs of the Xbox One S and the original Xbox One. You’ll notice that the major difference comes in the processor, graphic card, and memory....

This offer, no surprise, will end the same day as the $14.99 Windows upgrade deal, but the promotion covers all users, and not just those who buy a new Windows PC before Windows 8 becomes available. The software giant also noted that the offer will be available in 131 markets around the world, and any additional details will be unveiled by the time of the big release. Source Windows Team Blog via The Verge All content on this site is provided with no warranties, express or implied....

According to a new article that highlights the future of the personal assistant, Microsoft explains that its digital assistant already works well to help users to set reminders, ask questions, and other nifty things. The company also said that Cortana will slowly start to replace common searches, like when looking for a particular file on OneDrive or in your local hard drive. Cortana can also help users to control music playback....

You might have stopped by the Chrome Web Store and browsed through some great Chrome themes, but don’t you find yourself always wanting something more specific and more personally unique? My Chrome Theme is what you’ve been looking for then. This is the least complicated utility to create and have your unique design, with your own colors and images in Google Chrome web browser. Going through the first step, you will upload a background image for the “new tab” or you can even use the webcam....

Nokia Lumia 2520 tech specs The Nokia device looks amazing and the word on the street is that it easily be a good Surface 2 competitor and it might even be able to take on the mighty Apple’s iPad. At 10.1-inch with beautiful design the Lumia 2520 could just be one of the best tablets of 2013 for outdoor reading thanks to less reflecting capability on direct sunlight and with 180 degree viewing angles....

A release date hasn’t been set, but the word on the street is that it could be sometime during Thanksgiving and Q1 2014. With all this information in mind, let’s go over the technical specifications and photos: Nokia Lumia 929 tech specs (Verizon) Device name: Lumia 929 Platform: Qualcomm Quad-core Snapdragon 800 running at 2.2 GHz RAM: 2GB Storage: 32GB of internal storage (no micro SD) Thickness: 10.5mm Weight: 166g Height: 136....

Also we discussed about the recently disappointing news of Xbox One only capable of running Call of Duty: Ghosts in 720p, while PS4 can flawlessly run the game in full 1080p, and we talked about several other tech news including: New security features in Microsoft accounts. Windows Phone App Studio update. Retiring Windows XP for business (resources). Nokia strongest third quarter profit in the US yet. Reviews on Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2....