Monthly Archives: June 2024

New add-in allows you to manage approval requests for a Word document

Microsoft today announced a new add-in for Microsoft Word that will allow you to create and manage approval requests for a Word document without leaving the app. Previously, you need to use Approvals app for Teams to create approval requests. During that process, you need to attach the relevant Word document. With the new Approval […]

Microsoft Photos: Migrating from UWP to Windows App SDK

The Microsoft Photos App team recently released a major update, switching platforms from UWP to Windows App SDK. This blog post documents our experience switching platforms, including some impactful benefits and some interesting technical challenges. The new Photos application is already fully rolled out to Windows Insiders and is now rolling out to Retail customers […]

Bing turns 15; here are some significant moments, ups and downs

Today marks the 15th anniversary of Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Launched in 2009, Bing has become a major player in the search engine landscape, offering unique features and deep integration with other Microsoft products, but still far behind Google’s dominance in the search engine market. Here are some significant moments in the journey: Some market […]

Computex 2024: Qualcomm keynote focuses on Snapdragon X Series

At Computex, Qualcomm focused its keynote on “The PC Reborn” and its Snapdragon X Series, which power a new category of Copilot+ PCs. Copilot+ PC are the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built. Powered by silicon running at over 40 TOPS (Trillion Operations Per Second), they arrive ready to accelerate your productivity and creativity […]

Computex 2024: Acer reveals latest Swift, TravelMate and Aspire C series

At Computex, Acer announced select series models in its upcoming lineup of laptops – such as the Swift 14 AI – and will include new generation AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series processors and a free update to Copilot+ PC experiences when available. Stacked with more CPU and GPU cores made available in this class of […]

Computex 2024: AMD and ecosystem partners unlock new AI experiences for PCs

At Computex, AMD revealed new products to power end-to-end AI infrastructure from the data center to PCs. These include a multiyear, expanded AMD Instinct accelerator roadmap which will bring an annual cadence of leadership AI performance and memory capabilities at every generation, a preview of the AMD Instinct MI325X and AMD Instinct MI350X accelerators, and […]