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Hub Keyboard, which a new app from the employee-powered Microsoft Garage offers multitasking features like translation and document- or contact search right from the keyboard.

The latest update for the Camera app on Windows 10 is available now on the Insider and features more tilt options.

The photos come from a well-known source for smartphone leaks in China. A Microsoft tag on its back calling it Surface Phone give them a real look, but the outdated Carl Zeiss branding reveals that they are just mock ups.

Microsoft has updated its Kaizala mobile communication tool for businesses and is demoing a web version of the service.

Some builds of Windows 10 May 2019 Update are causing the Windows Sandbox feature to not start up. Microsoft says a fix is coming next month.

Microsoft says users can turn off the diagnostic collection in settings, and that unlike some other browsers, it lets them delete their data from its servers whenever they wish.

A new report suggests Microsoft will this week announce significant job cuts from its global salesforce as part of a reorganizational push towards the cloud.

The company’s Windows Essentials support page suggests that Movie Maker will arrive on the Windows Store, but did not offer a date. Microsoft will end support for Windows Essentials 2012 apps next year.

The internal Project Helix is reportedly Microsoft expanding on its Universal Windows Platform idea by adding the Xbox One UI on PCs and the ability to play Xbox games without streaming.

Users of Microsoft Rewards are getting the gift as an apology for the service being down last Saturday and Sunday. Microsoft has confirmed the outage and is making amends.

Xbox users can no longer upload customer gamerpics or background as Microsoft looks to decrease server load.

Microsoft launched Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 2.7 last month, but it does not have hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling.

OLED Displays are likely to be in short supply in 2017 as Apple targets the technology for its iPhone 7s, possibly leaving Microsoft with a Surface Phone problem to solve. The lack of OLED supplies makes it probable the Surface Pro 5 will arrive with an LCD display, which is not a bad thing.

The company is seeking two Windows 10 Mobile employees, a Senior Program Manager and a Program Manager II. Does this mean the company is ramping up smartphone ambitions? Is Windows 10 Mobile even ready to be taken seriously?

Google Source documents point to a new operating system currently in development. Codenamed Fuchsia OS, it will be a unified platform in the same vein as Microsoft’s Windows. Google has long been rumored to have a desire to merge Chrome OS and Android, Fuchsia could be the fruition of that goal.

A report from a Chinese website suggests Microsoft will announce a special Samsung Galaxy S8 running Windows 10 Mobile on May 2.

Facebook is planning a hobbies section that allows users to add their hobbies on their profile and connect with people with shared interests.

Xbox and PC players now have the option to change their Gamertag to usernames that already exist. To maintain clarity, numbers will be appended to their name.

Users have complained about many issues with the Xbox Elite Serie 2 controller, which Microsoft says is affecting a “small percentage”.

Researchers say the BlueKeep vulnerability in Windows is still active despite a recent Microsoft patch, with one million devices affected.