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Microsoft Bing
General
4 min read

Apple and Microsoft discussed selling Bing to Apple in 2020

You might already know that Google pays Apple some obscene amount of money to have Google’s search engine be the default option on the iPhone. But according to Bloomberg, in 2020 Apple and Microsoft held talks to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring…

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General
2 min read

Microsoft extends AI-powered Bing Chat to Chrome and Safari mobile

Six months ago, Microsoft announced its AI-powered Bing search engine and Edge browser, and the tech giant certainly does not intend to stop there. Microsoft has the ambition to implement AI in all of its products and services, and not only that but also to…

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1 min read

Microsoft finally brings Phone Link to iOS users

It’s been years since Microsoft supported Android users with Phone Link, the app that allows them to connect smartphones to their PCs. Starting today, the same app is available for iPhone users, Microsoft revealed in a blog post. However, the experience is…

Microsoft Store Front
General
2 min read

Microsoft launches its all-new AI-powered Bing on mobile

After introducing its new Bing and Microsoft Edge apps powered by AI, Microsoft announced the launch of the new Bing preview and Edge on mobile. The Redmond-based company figured out that most of the searches occur on mobile phones these days and decided to…

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Electronics
2 min read

France fines Microsoft $64M over advertising cookies

France’s privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined US tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros ($64 million) for foisting advertising cookies on users. In the largest fine imposed in 2022, the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) said…

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Living
1 min read

Pay TV firm AVG appoints new CEO

Vu Minh Tri, former CEO of Microsoft Vietnam, is the new CEO of pay TV firm AVG. Tri, 49, replaces Mai Duy Long, also 49, who helmed AVG for nearly two years. Tri, who became the CEO of Sony Ericsson Vietnam in 2006, has since taking top positions in the…

Microsoft Store Front
General
2 min read

Microsoft files patent for a phone that folds both ways

When we are talking book-type foldable phones, the market has gone two separate ways. There’s the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 way, where the big display folds in and stays inside the phone’s shell, with a secondary screen on the outside, which you can use for…

Skype App
Telecom
1 min read

Skype now supports emergency calls in the US

Skype has received a new update. Currently, the most recent version of Skype is 8.80, and along with some bug fixes and stability improvements, Microsoft has introduced a few new features and modifications to Skype. Along with a bunch of smaller improvements…

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Electronics
1 min read

Microsoft to partner with Samsung over HoloLens 3 development

This summer, Samsung has apparently entered into a partnership with Microsoft over its HoloLens augmented reality project, and the two companies are expected to work on the next generation of the VR headgear for at least two years. Microsoft already has a…