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Microsoft taking on Apple’s Find My Friends service with People Sense

Microsoft is working on an app for Windows Phone which would rival Apple’s ‘Find My Friends’. The app, which is currently in private beta, will…
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Windows 10 on a Lumia phone: Review and top 5 features

We’ve had a tinker with Windows 10 on our Lumia 630 handset and there’s certainly a lot of promise, but there’s also definite work to…
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The best videogame-inspired bands and artists ever

As a counterpoint to our ‘The best 8-bit versions of classic albums’ post, here’s a rundown of some of the best game-inspired bands out there. …
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Why Windows HoloLens will kill Oculus Rift and the rest…

More by chance than by design, I’ve found myself in the position of Recombu’s resident ‘VR guy’ and after watching yesterday’s Windows 10 media event,…
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Blink and you might have missed Microsoft’s new 84-inch, 4K Surface

Microsoft’s Windows 10 press event was pretty packed with everything from Xbox streaming on your PC to holographic vision, but a new Surface was also…
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Project Spartan: Microsoft’s answer to Internet Explorer on Windows 10

A reputation can be hard to shake and whilst Microsoft has spent a lot of time and effort making Internet Explorer a genuinely awesome browser,…
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Microsoft gets crazy by announcing a Windows 10 holographic ecosystem

We’ve had real-life hoverboards, invisibility cloaks and now holographic projection is set to make the transition from science fiction to easily attainable science fact, courtesy…
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New Xbox app on Windows 10 will allow Xbox/PC cross platform gaming

Save for a handful of exceptions, Xbox gaming and PC gaming are very separate affairs, but Microsoft is hoping to unite the camps with Windows…
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Cortana is officially coming to your Windows 10 PC

The ubiquitous, decades-old Windows Start bar has just gained a new addition: Windows Phone’s virtual voice assistant, Cortana. If you’re a Windows Phone 8.1 user,…
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Microsoft’s new Nokia 215 is its cheapest connected phone to date

Microsoft has announced its entry-level Nokia 215, a device with the lofty aspiration of bringing the wonders of the World Wide Web to upwards of…
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Mysterious metal Lumia with a camera bump appears online

A recent listing on Chinese eBay-equivalent Taobao has caught the attention of smartphone aficionados around the world. The listing put a mystery Microsoft Lumia device…
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Microsoft’s new Movie Creator Beta app is looking to take on iMovie

As mobile video editing goes, there are two commonalities; it’s typically reserved for high-end phones and it’s pretty hardware intensive, whatever you’re editing with. Whilst…
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Microsoft is launching its first non-Nokia Lumia tomorrow

A teaser posted online by Microsoft reveals that a new Lumia phone will launch on November 11th. Since Microsoft acquired Nokia back in April, it’s…
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Microsoft Office now free on iOS (and soon Android too)

Microsoft may have just made a game-changing decision by making its Office suite completely free for iOS devices. Previously, iOS users had the choice of…
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Microsoft’s first Windows Phone wearable, Microsoft Band, launched after leak

Microsoft has revealed its first Windows Phone wearable, the Microsoft Band, shortly after Apple and Google let it leak online hours earlier. This latest smart…
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Microsoft will launch rival smartwatch by Christmas

Microsoft is set to join the wearables race by launching a new smartwatch before the end of the year, ahead of the Apple Watch. Wearable…
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Microsoft releases prototype on-screen keyboard for Android Wear

Those familiar with the likes of Nokia’s Z Launcher will appreciate the new input method for Android Wear, straight out of the Microsoft Research Labs…
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Microsoft launches Xim: a new photo sharing experience on mobile

Can Microsoft compete with the likes of Snapchat and WhatsApp with its new take on photo sharing? Today marks the launch of Microsoft’s newest innovation,…