Pedro Hernandez

On Aug. 22, Google began rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat (or Android N, for short) mobile operating system to the company’s Nexus handsets, with devices from other manufacturers to follow in the months ahead. LG, for example, plans to upgrade its V20 smartphone sometime in the third quarter. No matter when Android Nougat devices start […]

Android keeps paying off for Microsoft, and a patent licensing pact between the Redmond, Wash., software giant and Lenovo is another step in that direction. The deal, which the companies announced Aug. 23, includes a cross-licensing agreement covering Motorola devices as well as those carrying the Lenovo brand. In addition, the electronics maker has agreed […]

Microsoft has quietly released a new app called Project Sonoma on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. Project Sonoma is aimed at “deskless workers,” such as those working shifts in restaurants, retail stores and other establishments that are conspicuously devoid of cubicles and desk chairs. Currently, the app is accessible to participants of […]

Add webcams to the list of hardware that has succumbed to the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, leaving users scrambling for answers on how to restore functionality that worked just fine in older versions of the operating system. This month’s update was supposed to put a new, developer-friendly spin on Windows 10. New and enhanced features […]

Microsoft announced on Aug. 22 that it is acquiring Genee, an artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual assistant technology startup from Mountain View, Calif., for an undisclosed amount. Genee’s technology will be used to enhance Office 365’s scheduling and meetings management capabilities, Rajesh Jha, corporate vice president of Microsoft Outlook and Office 365, said in an […]

Microsoft has finally enabled a highly requested feature for customers of the company’s cloud-based data protection offering, Azure Backup. “In a continuation of the simplified experience using the new Recovery Services vault, customers can now monitor cloud backups for their on-premises servers and Azure IaaS virtual machines in a single dashboard,” said Giridhar Mosay, a […]

Microsoft has opened another front in the battle of the note-taking apps. In March, Microsoft released a free data-import tool for its Windows 7 and later operating systems that addresses one of the biggest pain points of switching from Evernote to OneNote: migrating content. Once installed, the software transfers a user’s notes—having Evernote for Windows […]

Soon, finding a physical network connection may be nearly impossible at Microsoft’s offices. The Redmond, Wash., technology giant is currently in the midst of moving from a traditional infrastructure to a fully wireless network. Today, “What’s the WiFi password?” is a common question to ask when visiting a new office, attending a conference or replying […]

Microsoft today announced that it had open-sourced PowerShell, the company’s command-line shell and scripting language based on the .NET framework, and ported it to Linux and Mac OS X. PowerShell is typically used by administrators and developers as a task automation and configuration management tool. Using customizable scripts and cmdlets, lightweight PowerShell commands, users can […]

Outside the Redmond, Wash., tech titan’s own labs, the only way to experience Windows Holographic, Microsoft’s “mixed-reality” technology, is with HoloLens (pictured). With its $3,000 price tag, the augmented-reality headset is strictly for enterprise developers and deep-pocketed early adopters. During this week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, Microsoft announced that it is bringing […]