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Microsoft Office 15 Technical Preview Screenshots

Microsoft announced Office 15 Technical Preview in January this year. Only select partners were invited to the technical preview under non-disclosure agreements. Some screenshots leaked initially but Microsoft managed to keep technical preview with out any leaks. Today Paul Thurrott of Winsupersite ... Read More →

Google to Improve its Search with Semantics

Google to revamp its keyword based search engine to include semantic search results along with the keywords based results according to WSJ. This is a major revamp considering Google always relied on keywords to give search results based on user queries. If these changes are implemented they will ... Read More →

Bing Maps Revamps Pushpins, Popups and Transit Info

Bing revamped its design for Maps elements pushpins, popups and transit info. Bing expects that the new changes will make it easier for users to find information on the map, explore venues and transit information. Bing recently released a Metro app for Bing Maps on Windows 8 platform. ... Read More →

16 HTC Devices Getting Android Ice Cream Sandwich Updates

Samsung already announced that Galaxy S II will get the ICS update in Europe and Korea. Now HTC also released a list of handsets that are getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. HTC wrote on a blog post that 16 of its smartphones are getting updated to ICS. Other HTC smartphone owners are left in ... Read More →

Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 8

Keyboard shortcuts give us the easy and quick access to programs or tasks in any program. With the release of each Windows version we will see some new shortcuts being added. While the Windows 8 comes swipe gestures etc but most of us are on laptops with no touch screens, in this case these keyboard ... Read More →

Quick Access to Start Menu Items in Windows 8

Microsoft has removed the Start button orb in Windows 8, instead of this Microsoft has given us the start screen which has quick links to the apps, programs and other stuff. This became inconvenient to users who are used to the start menu button for years now on Windows. ... Read More →

Chrome for Windows 8 Metro is Coming

Windows 8 Metro browser wars started with both Mozilla and Chrome developing browsers compatible with the Metro interface. Just three days back we got the news that Mozilla is developing Firefox version for Metro interface and today Mashable is reporting that Google is also developing a version of ... Read More →