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Surface Laptop 5: Release date, price, and everything you need to know
Looking forward to the Surface Laptop 5? Here are all the new features and specs we expect from Microsoft's next premium laptop.
It's been a year and a half since Microsoft launched the Surface Laptop 4, but finally, the company has unveiled its successor, aptly called Surface Laptop 5. After many months of speculation, the latest premium laptop from Microsoft is here, and it comes with some changes you might not have expected.
Microsoft is making citations easier with the Edge browser
Microsoft is testing a new citations feature in the Edge browser to make it easier for students to add citations in their papers
Microsoft wants to make it easier for students to add citations to their research papers with a new feature for the Edge browser. Adding proper citations to a paper can be a nightmare, especially with the different formats used in different institutions. The goal with citations in Microsoft Edge is to make that easier by allowing users to easily grab citations for a particular page.
Windows 11 build 22494 brings a mute button in the taskbar for Teams
Microsoft has released Windows 11 build 22494 to INsiders in the Dev channel, bringing a mute button for Teams in the taskbar.
As typically happens on Wednesdays, Microsoft is rolling out a new build of Windows 11 to Insiders enrolled in the Dev channel today. Today's Windows 11 build is 22494, and it brings a new feature in the form of a mute button on the taskbar. It also includes the usual array of fixes and known issues.
Razer introduces new Pro mouse and keyboard for productivity
Razer has announced the new Pro Type Ultra keyboard and Pro Click Mini mouse with new features and a more compact design for the latter.
Razer has unveiled a pair of new products in its Pro line, the Pro Type Ultra keyboard and the Pro Click Mini mouse. Unlike Razer's most popular accessories, these aren't meant for gaming, they're more so geared towards productivity, and they build on the existing Pro Type and Pro Click.
Microsoft announces a Loop app and components and more Office features
At this year's Ignite conference, Microsoft announced the Loop app and components for Office apps, along with other Office features.
With Microsoft's Ignite virtual event kicking off today, the floodgates have opened for news coming out of the event. Among the Ignite news, Microsoft Office is getting a big new app and new features for existing apps. The big new app is called Microsoft Loop, and if you remember Microsoft's Fluid framework and components, this is the next evolution of that. We've seen Fluid components come to Teams and other apps, but Microsoft is fully realizing their potential now.
Microsoft Teams gets more collaborative features at Ignite 2021
Microsoft has announced a handful of new Teams features at this year's Ignite, including new meeting capabilities and chat features.
Microsoft's second Ignite event of the year - and the biggest one - kicks off today, and tons of new features have been announced for Microsoft Teams. The biggest of these is undoubtedly Mesh for Teams, which brings immersive virtual spaces to the platform. We covered Mesh for Teams in a separate article, but Teams is getting many other features, as it often does.
Microsoft Mesh is bringing the metaverse to Teams
Microsoft has announced Mesh for Teams, a new experience with immersive virtual spaces and digital avatars to make collaboration more natural.
Microsoft's Ignite conference for business partners kicks off today, and with it come tons of announcements across the company's portfolio. One of the big announcements is that Microsoft Mesh, the company's mixed reality platform, is coming to Microsoft Teams to enhance the remote collaboration experience.
ASUS seems to be working on a new 16-inch ROG Zephyrus Duo
ASUS appears to be working on a new dual-screen laptop, the ROG Zephyrus Duo 16, featuring a bigger screen with a taller aspect ratio.
ASUS's ZenBook Duo was one of the most interesting laptops the company has done, introducing a second-screen on the keyboard deck that's about as wide and half the height of the main display. The idea was then brought to ASUS's Zephyrus line with the Zephyrus Duo 15, and now, it looks like a 16-inch model is coming soon. A leaked image shared by renowned leakster Evan Blass hints at an upcoming ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo 16.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus shown off in leaked image with a second screen for drawing
Lenovo is apparently working on a new 17-inch ThinkBook Plus laptop with a second screen next to the keyboard meant for digital artists.
Lenovo is working on a laptop with a second screen that might be tailored to digital artists, according to a new leaked image. Evan Blass recently shared an image of the laptop - seemingly called Lenovo ThinkBook Plus - on Twitter, featuring a 17-inch primary display as well as a small screen on the keyboard deck.
Microsoft PowerToys 0.49 adds Find My Mouse and more tools
Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.49, adding a new Find My Mouse tool and the Video Conference Mute tool that's been in testing for months.
Microsoft's PowerToys has received an update to version 0.49, and it's one of the larger ones in we've had in a while. For users of the stable releases, this version includes two major new tools, one of which is new Video Conference Mute utility. This tool has been in testing in experimental versions of PowerToys for well over a year, but it's finally been merged into the stable release.
MacBook Pro 16 vs LG gram 17: Which laptop should you get?
The new 16-inch MacBook Pro is an impressive laptop, and if you're struggling to choose between it and the LG gram 17, we're here to help.
Apple recently launched the 2021 MacBook Pro, and its announcement made quite the splash. Powered by the new Apple M1 Pro or M1 Max chipsets, the MacBook Pro is a very powerful laptop, and on top of that, it's power-efficient, and it brings back classic ports users have been begging for. It's easily one of the best Macs in years, and it gives many Windows laptops a run for their money. In this article, we'll be comparing the new MacBook Pro 16-inch model to the LG gram 17 to see how the two stack up.
MacBook Pro vs HP Spectre x360: What laptop should you get?
Wondering if you should buy the new MacBook Pro or the HP Spectre x360? Here's how these two premium laptops stack up against each other.
Apple recently announced its brand-new MacBook Pro 2021 models powered by the Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max chipsets. These are seriously impressive laptops and are bound to be one of Apple's very best. Of course, that begs the question: how does the MacBook Pro compare to some of its most prominent Windows rivals? In this article, we're pitting the MacBook Pro against the HP Spectre x360, one of the most popular Windows laptops out there.
Microsoft Edge is getting new enterprise features for Microsoft 365
Microsoft has announced that Edge is getting a handful of features for Microsoft 365 business users, plus native Editor integration.
Microsoft's Edge browser is getting a handful of new features for business users with Microsoft 365. The idea is to help users "work smarter" by providing seamless context switching and other improvements. These features are rolling out over the next six months.
Windows 11 Microsoft Store is now available for Windows 10 Insiders
Microsoft has begun testing the new Microsoft Store design from Windows 11 with Insiders that are still running Windows 10.
Windows 11 launched a few weeks ago, and one of the many new things it introduced was a revamped Microsoft Store. However, the new Microsoft Store was never meant to be Windows 11 exclusive, and now, it's finally coming to Windows 10. The news was shared by Rudy Huyn, principal architect for the new Microsoft Store, saying that Windows 10 Insiders can now try the new interface.
Windows 11 is already on over 5% of Windows PCs, according to AdDuplex
According to the latest survey from AdDuplex, Windows 11 is already on over 5% of Windows PCs, three weeks after it launched.
Windows 11 is already running on 5% of modern Windows PCs, according to the latest survey from AdDuplex. For those unfamiliar, AdDuplex is a cross-promotion network - that is, an advertising platform - for Microsoft Store apps, and it can be found in over 5,000 apps. The company gathers usage data from apps powered by its platform, which includes around 60,000 PCs, admittedly a relatively small sample size. The data was collected on October 26th.
WSATools makes it easier to sideload Android apps on Windows 11
A developer has created WSATools, a tool that makes it easier to sideload Android apps on Windows 11 with tusing the command prompt.
Last week, Android apps finally came to Windows 11 for Insiders enrolled in the Beta channel. Officially, only apps from the Amazon Appstore are available, and only a few of them at that. However, we've already shown you how you can get the Windows Subsystem for Android to run on non-Insider PCs, as well as how to sideload apps using ADB. But if you don't want to use the command line to install Android apps on Windows 11, there's an easier way to do it with WSATools.
Microsoft shares how it's improving meeting quality in Teams
Microsoft has shared a list of improvements it'making to improve the overall meeting quality in Teams, including a new audio codec.
Microsoft is taking steps to improve the call and meeting quality in Teams meetings through AI and other enhancements that help users stay in the flow of a meeting with fewer distractions. Hybrid work has been a big deal for Microsoft in the past year and a half, but we usually hear about new Teams features more so than improvements to the actual meeting quality. In a blog post today, the company is sharing "recent and upcoming" improvements to Teams, so some of these features may already be available, while others may be on the way.
Microsoft is reportedly working on a low-cost laptop with a new Windows 11 version
Accoridng to a new report, Microsoft is preparing a new low-cost laptop for K-12 students, meant to compete with entry-level Chromebooks.
Microsoft is preparing to launch a new low-cost laptop geared towards younger students in an attempt to compete with Chromebooks. The information comes from Windows Central's Zac Bowden, who also claims that this device, codenamed Tenjin, is only the beginning of Microsoft's efforts to compete in this space. Microsoft's Surface brand has typically been more premium-focused, but the company has been trying to expand its audience with affordable devices like the Surface Go 3 and the Surface Laptop Go.
Adobe MAX 2021: Photoshop comes to the web, After Effects gets more performance, and more
Adobe MAX 2021 is here, and it brings tons of news for content creators, including Photoshop and Illustrator on the web, and much more.
Every year, Adobe's MAX event brings along a ton of news for the Adobe Creative Cloud and the company's products, including Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and more. This year is no different, and today, there are lots of good news for content creators. At Adobe MAX 2021, the company announced that Photoshop and Illustrator are getting lightweight web versions, faster video editing, and new content attribution capabilities.
Samsung launches three new Galaxy Book laptops with Windows 11
Samsung has announced three new Galaxy Book laptops running Windows 11 coming to the US next month, targeting different types of users.
Samsung has just announced three new Galaxy Book laptops for the United States, including the Galaxy Book Odyssey, Galaxy Book Pro 360 5G, and the standard Galaxy Book. For the most part, these laptops were already known about, but now we have a set release date in the US.