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Microsoft will focus on first-party Xbox One exclusives at E3

At the end of the day, hardware and software differences play a minuscule role in convincing gamers to choose one consoles over the other, it's the exclusive games that really...

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Cyanogen has formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft

Microosft may not have invested in Cyanogen like many were suggesting it would, but that doesn't mean the company isn't interested in the startup that has promised to take Android...

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OnePlus expects to sell more than five million smartphones this year

A million smartphone sales may not be much to market leaders like Samsung or Xiaomi, but for a small startup releasing its first device, that's an incredible number. Even though...

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Apple gave us our first look at the redesigned Music app

With the beta release of iOS 8.4, Apple has given us our first look at the operating system's new built-in Music app, which has been completely redesigned and packed with...

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Microsoft is bringing Xbox-like achievements to Windows 10

With the addition of achievements on the Xbox, Microsoft created an excellent way to encourage users to explore content and get more involved with the products. Apparently the company is...

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Microsoft has patented a revolutionairy kind of Multi-OS booting

On the surface, Microsoft's new patent is a way for the company to release a smartphone that dual-boots Android and Windows Phone, but that description doesn't do the patent justice....

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An audit hasn’t found any NSA backdoors in TrueCrypt

TrueCrypt used to be one of the most popular tools for quick and simple encryption, at least, until the anonymous developers behind the tools mysteriously shut everything down and warned...

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Did Microsoft just establish a new mobile payments company?

The mobile payments market has been heating up like crazy ever since Apple entered the fray, with Google trying desperately to improve its existing offerings and Samsung just now entering...

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Apple may skip the iPhone 6S and go straight to the iPhone 7

The iPhone has somewhat of a hybrid release cycle. While Apple releases the primary numbered iPhone every two years (iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPhone 6), each middle year sees the...

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Amazon’s new Dash Button isn’t an April Fool’s joke

Amazon's newest physical product has actually been mistaken as an April Fool's joke by many, but the device is actually very real and is currently being tested by the company....

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The vast majority of Windows Phones are low-end devices

While the Android market consists of a potpourri of low-end, mid-range, and high-end smartphones while iOS is almost exclusively high-end, the vast majority of the Windows Phone market is made...

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Microsoft is taking on Yahoo Answers with Bing Distill

The brilliant thing about the Internet is that, if you have a question, the collective knowledge of the entire human race is archived and ready for you to read. If...

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