Facebook's rewritten Messenger app reduces the codebase by 84%, allowing the app to be smaller, faster, and simpler to use as Facebook looks to unify its messaging services.
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Facebook's rewritten Messenger app reduces the codebase by 84%, allowing the app to be smaller, faster, and simpler to use as Facebook looks to unify its messaging services.
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Microsoft is cancelling this year's MVP Summit due to concerns over coronavirus. The event will now be hosted online.
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Today, Google announced the new features that users can expect in Chrome OS 80, which is rolling out to Chromebooks now.
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Keeping its promise to continually update the Pixel 4 with new features, Google today released the second feature drop for the handset.
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On this edition of First Ring Daily, Microsoft is retiring some certifications, Stadia won't pay up, and there is a little dev therapy as well.
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BY Paul Thurrott with 12 Comments
Apple has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to it silently slowing down older iPhones over time.
BY Paul Thurrott with 17 Comments
My coming decision on this handset will be based semi-exclusively on the quality of the camera, though for now, I’ll just focus on my first impressions.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 2 Comments
Microsoft introduces two new Xbox controllers, expanding its Phantom and Camo series of special edition controllers with two gorgeous new additions.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 9 Comments
AT&T's new AT&T TV services launches in the US, gives users access to more than 160 channels with an Android TV-powered set-top box, letting users access more than 5,000 smart TV apps and games.
On this edition of First Ring Daily, Microsoft is retiring some certifications, Stadia won't pay up, and there is a little dev therapy as well.
BY Paul Thurrott with 11 Comments
Google’s Stadia was always going to fail, but a new report claims that the issue isn’t missing features or a tiny game library. It’s Google.
BY Paul Thurrott with 18 Comments
I’ve learned a lot in porting .NETpad, if partly, to the Windows Presentation Foundation and Universal Windows Platform.
BY Paul Thurrott with 38 Comments
As many of you know, I’m a big fan of Intel’s NUC family of small form factor PCs. But I’m not just a fan: I’m a customer and a daily user too.
BY Paul Thurrott with 13 Comments
Announced at Build 2019, Microsoft’s Fluid Framework is now available in preview. But what is it? And what will it become?
BY Mehedi Hassan with 1 Comment
Samsung's new Galaxy Z Flip is back in stock for purchase, but shipments may vary significantly depending on what variant of the device you purchase.
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New code found in Google's Stadia app code suggests the company is preparing to launch Stadia Base, as long as other new features like YouTube streaming, and Family Sharing.
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On this live edition of First Ring Daily, Cortana's role gets redefined, Microsoft walks from GDC, and a few other highlights of the week.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 27 Comments
Microsoft is defining Cortana's role in Windows 10 with the new Cortana experience, which focuses mainly on productivity features, expected to ship with the Windows 10 version 2004 sometime soon.
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Facebook is suing data analytics firm OneAudience after the company paid third-party apps to use a malicious SDK that allowed the company to steal user data without their permission.
BY Paul Thurrott with 22 Comments
Back in January, I started rethinking our approach to whole-house audio, and while Sonos is an obvious solution, I ran into some issues.
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Apple could be introduce a successor to the Powerbeats3 as the Powerbeats4 seems to have just passed the FCC.
BY Paul Thurrott with 12 Comments
Happy Friday, and Happy Leap Year! Here’s a new Ask Paul to start off the weekend, and that extra day of February.
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On this edition of the Sams Report, Microsoft is pulling out of GDC, earnings are going to take a hit, and conferences may need to go away.
BY Paul Thurrott with 6 Comments
Microsoft continues providing quality updates to Windows 10 version 2004 since its December completion.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 20 Comments
Apple's iPad Pro could finally be a better alternative to a laptop as the company is apparently working on a new Smart Keyboard with a built-in trackpad, with better mouse support expected for iPadOS.
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Microsoft's latest partnership with Bose brings Microsoft's revolutionary Soundscape tech to Bose Frames, helping the blind better navigate their world with 3D sound cues.
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Apple CEO TIm Cook says the company is reopening factories in China as the country slowly gets coronavirus 'under control', with number of new cases slowing.