Microsoft says US should adopt Australian proposed law to make Google pay publishers for news

As the dust slowly settles on a horrifying assault on the Capitol, it’s apparent that American democracy is in a fragile state. As the Economist concluded last week in its annual review of democracy around the world, the United States is “polarized not only on policy issues but on core values, and the social cohesion … Read more

Microsoft says US should adopt Australian proposed law to make Google pay publishers for news

As the dust slowly settles on a horrifying assault on the Capitol, it’s apparent that American democracy is in a fragile state. As the Economist concluded last week in its annual review of democracy around the world, the United States is “polarized not only on policy issues but on core values, and the social cohesion … Read more

Microsoft Surface Duo coming to Canada and Europe, here’s when

Microsoft’s Surface Duo may not be the best hybrid phone-tablet we know today but it certainly one of the more intriguing devices introduced in 2020. The software giant first released the product in the United States and was promised to be available in other markets. Earlier this week, we mentioned its prices are now discounted … Read more

Microsoft Authenticator brings autofill feature for passwords

Microsoft previously said that its Authenticator app will be getting new features which include autofill for passwords. Now we’re getting more details as to how this will work. The good news for those who are using Google Chrome as well as Microsoft apps is that we’re getting an autofill extension so you will still be … Read more

OneDrive, Microsoft Authenticator bring new features for users

Microsoft has been bringing its A-game to its software products, especially for mobile devices. We’ve seen them bring a lot of improvements and new features to products like Microsoft 365, Office for Mobile, Teams, etc. This week, it’s OneDrive and Microsoft Authenticator (at least the beta version) that’s getting several new things for mobile users … Read more

Office Lens renamed to Microsoft Lens, new features coming to Office mobile apps

In a pretty lengthy blog post, Microsoft announced a lot of new features and changes that will be coming to its Office mobile apps in the next few weeks as part of the “evolution of mobile productivity”. This includes rolling out their conversational AI technology for Cortana (iOS first, Android later), renaming Office Lens to … Read more

Health and tech leaders like Microsoft are developing digital COVID vaccination passports

A coalition of health organizations and technology companies, including Microsoft and Oracle, are working on a project that verifies who has received the coronavirus vaccination and prevent others from making false claims they have. Called Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), the venture aims to help people get encrypted digital copies of their immunization records stored in … Read more