Phil Spencer: No Really, We’re Not Making a Streaming-Only Xbox
‘We are not working on a streaming-only console right now,” Spencer tells GameSpot. ‘We are looking at the phone in your pocket as the destination for you to stream, and the console that we have allows you to play the games locally.’ Spencer at E3 2019 Microsoft will only release one console next year, and it will not be a streaming-only device, Xbox chief Phil Spencer said in an interview with GameSpot. “We are not working on a streaming-only console right now,”…
How to reset the Annoying Features in Windows 10
Windows 10 is great, but it has its issues, from unpredictable reboots to Cortana. Here’s how to fix some of the more irritating quirks with Microsoft’s latest operating system. Windows 10 is probably the best edition of Microsoft’s venerable operating system. But Redmond has never made an entirely perfect OS. As much as we like Windows 10—and we really do like it a lot—it’s got problems. Thankfully, many are easily corrected. Here are the steps you can take to rectify them…
4 noteworthy new Chrome OS features coming your way right now
Chromebook owners, start your engines: These four incoming features will help you focus better and work more efficiently. Google Chrome OS 4 noteworthy new Chrome OS features… 65 Chromebook tips for maximum… Chromebook cheat sheet: How to get… The smart worker’s guide to using a… The 15-minute Chromebook tune-up SHOW MORE Android upgrades can often seem like an eternal waiting game, thanks to the role unmotivated device-makers play in the process — but with Chrome OS, it’s a completely…
Windows 10: A guide to the chronological updates
Here’s what you need to know about each update to Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for KB4512508 (OS Build 18362.295), released Aug. 13, 2019. Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Software Updates Office 365: A guide to the updates Windows 10: A guide to the updates Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the… Office 2019 release calendar: Mark… https://alt.idgesg.net/images/furniture/insiderpro/insider-pro-crawl-bug.svg”); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; width: 60px; height: 13px; display: inline-block; padding: 0px; margin: 0.325rem 1rem 0px…
Windows 10 1803-to-1903 forced upgrades gather speed
In one month, the percentage of Windows 10 PCs running this spring’s feature update almost doubled, though it still lags behind older versions. Getty Images / kchungtw Microsoft has focused its Windows 10 attention on upgrading hundreds of millions of machines before they lose rights to security updates in three months. From June 26 to July 25, the portion of all Windows 10 systems running the May 2019 Update, a.k.a. 1903 in Microsoft’s four-numeral format, almost doubled, climbing 5…
Google Sheets cheat sheet – ‘bullet’
How to get started using and collaborating in Google’s online spreadsheet app. Suebsiri / Savushkin / amtitus Google Sheets is a powerful spreadsheet app that you use through your web browser. It stores your spreadsheets in the cloud with Google Drive. Anyone with a Google account can use Sheets and Drive for free. They’re also part of G Suite, Google’s subscription-based office suite for business and enterprise customers. This guide will teach you how to start a new…
Microsoft withdraws lifetime-licensed Office 2019 from the ‘Home Use Program’
The company is moving away from perpetually-licensed Office 2019 and now offers annual subscriptions to Office 365 Personal and Office 365 Home for $69.99 and $48.99, respectively. As expected, Microsoft has dumped the perpetually-licensed Office 2019 from its “Home Use Program” agreements with organizations that license the productivity software for the workplace. Home Use Program (HUP) is one of the benefits provided by Software Assurance (SA), in turn either included with some Office licensing…
How VITAS Healthcare moved to UEM
VITAS Healthcare is three-quarters of the way to providing iPhones and iPads to 12,000 employees – and it’s going to be able to manage all of the devices with just six people. VITAS Healthcare, a Miami-based a hospice and palliative care company with more than 12,000 employees and about 19,000 patients across 14 states, went on a six-year journey to create a mobile-enabled workforce and the unified endpoint management (UEM) system needed to handle their devices. UEM…
