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Indeed, IT pro community Spiceworks says Microsoft Teams has enjoyed a flurry of success, especially during 2018. Back when Teams launched, Slack saw the threat and took out a full-page ad in the New York Times essentially telling Microsoft to back off. Redmond did not and since launching Teams has been boosting the service’s features. The biggest change to Microsoft Teams happened six months ago. Microsoft introduced a free version of the service, a decision that had paid off....

The latest addition to the Microsoft Teams arsenal is very important for conferencing situations. Teams will now let you send a conversation history to a newly added person in a chat. This allows the newcomer to be briefed before entering the conversations. This new feature will appeal to Skype for Business users preparing to make Microsoft Teams their go-to chat service. With the new feature, users can decide how much of the chat they want to share....

This introduction also brings Teams in line with Slack, which also has Trello links. Microsoft Teams has been a major rival to Slack since it was announced last year. Back in March, Teams was fully rolled out globally and comes with the advantage of tapping directly into Microsoft’s Office 365 subscribers. By adding more integrations, the company is making Teams a more compelling rival to Slack. Trello is certainly an important addition as the service is very popular in the enterprise space....

In terms of progress, Microsoft Teams is moving along nicely. Back in January, the company confirmed the service has been adopted by 30,000 organizations in 145 markets. Clearly, the full global roll out and general availability in March have helped elevate Teams further. As for the new features, Microsoft has introduced a new ability for Azure Active Directory customers to be added as a guest in a team. This addition opens the door to more users entering Teams....

We are in a new era of communication. Mostly driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, communication applications have become increasingly popular in recent months. We are now in the midst of what I call the Communication App Wars, where Microsoft is competing with its Skype and Microsoft Teams services. Microsoft Teams is fighting on a couple of fronts. It is, of course, positioned as workplace collaboration tool that competes with Slack....

1 Words to Text2 Visual search With the AI, Bing is capable of finding content faster and more efficiently. Microsoft leveraged its own Azure virtual machines partnered with NVIDIA GPUs and NIVIDIA CUDA-X software libraries. In terms of text-to-speech abilities, the AI allows Bing to transfer typed text into speech. Importantly, the search engine can deliver spoken intelligent answers to users in a natural sounding voice. In a blog post, Microsoft explains the “advance was made possible by breakthroughs in deep neural networks that give our AI human-like intonation and clear articulation of words....

It’s an inconvenience, but not a major one thanks to several transfer tools. You’ll be able to transfer your contacts to a new or existing Microsoft account, as well as chat history, Credit, and more. There’s a guide that will walk you through the whole process. The bigger question is why. Well, according to Microsoft, it’s to “streamline all skype logins”. “Using a Microsoft Account will enable you to login-in via single sign-in, unlocking all your Microsoft services – including Skype, Office Online, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, and more – in one experience, with just one password,” a spokesperson explained....

As expected, the company gives little about the event away, vaguely referencing ‘new innovations for the future of computing’. Still, we know that the HoloLens 2 will have an improved depth sensor and an improved Holographic Processing Unit. Other than that, Microsoft has been quite quiet about its plans. There are some major drawbacks of HoloLens 1 that need to be addressed for Mixed Reality to really take off....

The important feature in question is a new people and groups card for desktop. This addition is available across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Skype for Business. Microsoft says the introduction of the card is part of an effort to bring customers a simpler experience. The company wants the Office app to be more coherent. This means across all devices and Office 365 versions. In terms of functionality, not much has changed....

Furthermore, Microsoft is also expanding the availability to Windows 10 and iOS versions of Whiteboard. There’s still no word on when Android can expect the features. When the update debuted on Teams last week, it was only for education users. With the expansion to other versions, the new tools are also coming to enterprise users. Sticky notes support is an important addition. With this available, users can add their ideas quickly to a canvas....

Likely to launch some time this year, the new Microsoft Teams for Life is a new version of the popular work collaboration service. However, whereas the normal Microsoft Teams is focused on enterprise use, “For Life” will be for personal users. It will be for family and friends, suggesting it will be a consumer-facing communication and collaboration tool. Does that mean it will compete with the likes of WhatsApp, Messenger, and Microsoft’s own Skype?...

“We see this experience as more than just bringing your phone into your PC but as a bridge between the two devices, so we are renaming the app to Phone Link.” On Android, the accompanying app will chance from “Your Phone Companion” to “Link to Windows.” Alongside the rebranding, Microsoft is also rolling out a new user experience for the service. Phone Link on Windows 11 and Windows 10 will have a design that more closely mirrors Windows 11’s Flow UI and general aesthetic (think rounded corners, transparent components, etc....

The concepts and feature list behind the Update Aquatic were too vast for a single release. As Microsoft stopped upgrades for older Minecraft versions last time, the Update Aquatic Phase Two is available for all Java Edition and Bedrock Engine-powered platforms. Indeed, this is the first-time teams from those two platforms worked together on a unified update. Bedrock players are running Minecraft on Windows 10, VR, mobile, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch....

Scarab was first detected by researchers in June, and it now has the backing of the world’s biggest email spam botnet behind it. The emails read ‘Scanned from HP/Lexmark/Canon’, and has a 7zip file attached. As in previous iterations, a VBScript file is contained in that file, and the code has several Game of Thrones references. The script mentions Samwell, Jon Snow, and more. Once the payload is delivered, this variant drops a copy of itself, sevnz....

The AI supercomputers will be able to provide massive workloads to train AI and help scale AI solutions. Nvidia will leverage Microsoft’s virtual machine instances and it the supercomputer will be based on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. It will also use the H100 and A100 data center GPUs from Nvidia, as well as the company’s Quantum-2 InfiniBand platform for networking. Combining technology from both companies will allow enterprises to access a full AI suite to train, scale, and deploy the latest machine learning models....

Costing $4.99 per month, GeForce Now has been in development for years. When Nvidia launched the service in February, it cam with some interesting features, such as 6-hour sessions, and RTX capabilities. While it looked as though the platform would compete with xCloud and Google Stadia, that’s looking less likely. Indeed, GeForce Now has faced problems from the start. The most problematic has been major game studios pulling the plug on the platform....

A recent update lets users peek at files from any point in the last 30 days, recovering data removed by file corruption, or user error. Heading into the settings menu, users will notice a ‘Restore OneDrive’ button that lets them select a custom date and time. They’ll have access to all the files from that day and can scroll between days via an activity timeline. It’s then possible to choose specific files for restoration or bulk restore the lot....

This is a very important milestone for the client as it faces stiff competition on Android. Indeed, Google installs its hugely popular Gmail app by default on the platform. Sure, Gmail is the leading email service, but Outlook clearly has its audience. As we move into the new year, we do so without Windows Phone. Microsoft’s mobile platform has been killed off, leaving its users migrating to Android or iOS....

Whether you are a business owner who is sending a package, or an individual who is ordering a package, there is almost always the problem of missing and lost packages. This is not only bad for business owners but also very overwhelming for individuals. Fortunately, there is a website that has the perfect tracking solution. Ordertracker helps you follow your online purchased items with a complete package tracking solution that covers all couriers, from China post tracking to USPS tracking but provides much more information than the carriers themselves....

Part of this journey has been the shift to the Windows-as-a-Service model which delivers big feature updates twice a year, complemented by continuous releases of security fixes, driver updates and other improvements. Windows 10 has caught up with macOS and Linux in terms of stability and security. With a properly configured and up to date system and basic security measures in place when using the internet and third party-software, users have little to fear....