[ad_1] The Minecraft Earth beta recently reset its AR playing field and updated to version 2.0.0 on iOS. Crafters Earth reports that has brought familiar mobs like creepers and spiders to the game plus a number of challenges and adventures. Also, the in-game store is enabled so people can use the “Rubies” currency to buy […]
Category: Microsoft
Skype messaging is getting some much-needed upgrades
[ad_1] The new features will be available on both Skype’s desktop client and the mobile app. In addition to saving messages as drafts, users can bookmark messages by right-clicking or long-pressing the field. You can access these messages in a new folder marked “Bookmarks”. Sending multiple photos or videos should also be easier with the […]
Microsoft HoloLens 2 will go on sale in September
[ad_1] The tech giant’s upcoming headset promises a more comfortable experience than its predecessor. We were able to confirm just how comfortable the headset is — it felt more balanced and less hot — when we tested it out at MWC. The device was also designed to be more immersive. It has double the field […]
Over 6 million user-created maps are coming to ‘Halo: MCC’
[ad_1] There’s still no official time frame for when you can expect to use Forge maps, although it won’t be for a while when the developers plan to stagger MCC-tuned releases of each Halo game on PC. All the same, it could be appreciated by fans. Microsoft and 343 initially released MCC in a messy, […]
Microsoft brings Dark Mode to Outlook mobile apps and Office.com
[ad_1] There’s a lot more coming in the near future. Dark Mode will be available in Excel, PowerPoint, Word and a host of other Microsoft mobile apps when iOS 13 and iPadOS arrive (most likely in September), Plans are also underway to bring it to OneDrive and Planner on the web. All told, you might […]
Adidas signs Ninja to its first pro gamer deal
[ad_1] Popular gaming streamer Tyler Blevins, better known as Ninja, has secured yet another brand deal. And this one may be the biggest one of them all. Ninja has just revealed a partnership with Adidas, making him the first pro gamer ever to be signed by the brand. The German sportswear giant told Engadget that […]
The story behind every Xbox One controller ever made
[ad_1] The clip walks through ‘common’ controllers based on themes, whether it’s colors, laser-etched patterns or the many game-themed models (did you know the Sea of Thieves pad was inspired by a gem in a shop?). You’ll often know why Microsoft chose a certain material or visual element. However, the real highlights are the rarities. […]
Microsoft’s ‘Your Phone’ screen mirroring app is down
[ad_1] This is bad timing for an outage. As The Verge explains, the Galaxy Note 10 has its own version of Your Phone, called “Link to PC.” That phone just went on sale last week, and Link to PC is reportedly unavailable as part of this outage. Typically, the app lets you reply to texts, […]
‘Minecraft Earth’ beta brings AR building to Android next week
[ad_1] To recap, it’s not just an extension of the world-building game in the real world, although you can play i like that. You can take on challenges when you step outside, and it encourages you to go on joint adventures with friends. Think of it more as a truly social Minecraft experience that just […]
Google, Intel and Microsoft form data protection consortium
[ad_1] Some of the early contributions include a Microsoft framework that helps you write code to run inside Trusted Execution Environments, an Intel framework for protecting code at the hardware level and a Red Hat tool that abstracts secure environments to the point where you can create and run private “serverless” apps. Appropriately, the Linux […]