Above is a quick video showing you some of the features of the Twitch broadcasting app for Xbox One and […]

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The ability to pin Modern apps to the desktop taskbar is an interesting piece of cross environment integration in .1 Update 1. But in experimenting with the RTM version of this update, I've noticed a few additional featured I'd not seen before. Here an interesting example. If you're familiar with how taskbar pins work in Windows 7 and 8.x, you know that these application buttons can provide jump lists and live previews that show what the underlying app looks like if running, so you...

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When critics described .1 as a step backwards, I disagreed: Responding to customer complaints is never wrong, I argued, and the new version of the OS made it more acceptable on the many different types of PCs and devices on which Windows now runs. With Update 1, however, I'm beginning to question the validity of this new direction, and am now wondering whether Microsoft has simply fallen into an all too familiar trap of trying to please everyone, and creating a product that is ultimately not...

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According to the market researchers at Gartner, sales of tablets based on Google Android mobile OS dramatically surpassed those of the slowing iPad. And while Windows based tablets are still just a tiny part of the market, Microsoft got a tidbit of good news: They were responsible for the biggest growth by far. And while Android already controls 80 percent of the market for smart phones, Gartner says it now owns 62 percent of the tablet market too, a big increase from its 46 percent market share...

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Microsoft has finalized the first major update to .1, which is internally called Windows 8.1 Update 1, in keeping with the update naming conventions for Windows Phone. Externally, Microsoft has referred to this update as the Windows 8.1 Spring Update and even more simply as Windows 8.1 Update, so the messaging is about as clear as ever. News of the Windows 8.1 Update 1 RTM release to manufacturing comes courtesy of Mary Jo Foley, who has impeccable sources, as well as the Russian Windows leaker...

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Revenue from the ads helps us feed the over worked hampsters so we can keep bringing you the latest news! You can also donate to keep us going. In the Top Free and New+Rising section in the Windows Phone Store, Facebook Messenger is at the top with over 2200 ratings from users. In fact, the app is so popular that it already has a rating of 4.5 out of 5. The official Facebook app, which has been at the top of the list for months, is down to second place. Instagram Beta rounds out the top three....

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The faces at the top of Microsoft may have changed lately, but it still full steam ahead for the Xbox division. Both new CEO Satya Nadella and ex Nokia boss, now devices and studios head Stephen Elop are said to be extremely committed to the Xbox hardware and software divisions. That might seem obvious really, but previous reports suggested that Elop would consider selling the Xbox arm should he have taken over as chief executive officer instead of Nadella. He didnt, but the Xbox division and...

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Devastation, the second DLC Pack for Call of Duty: Ghosts,  debuts April 3, first on Xbox. This pack features four […]

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