Microsoft has updated its OneDrive iOS app to provide iPhone 6s/Plus owners with the ability to Peek at the contents of folders with a soft press and Pop them open with a hard press. Additionally, and amusingly, if you’ve ever felt like shaking your iPhone in frustration when an app fails to behave itself, doing so in OneDrive now allows you to report a problem. Version 7.1 of the app has also had a very minor refresh of the look....

At its world partner conference event, company’s COO Kevin Turner revealed HP’s new lineup – “Stream” – that costs just $199. And wait, that’s not all. There are $249 laptop from other OEMs like Acer and Toshiba as well. The Stream lineup also have 7- and 8-inch Windows running PCs that cost just $99. While Acer’s laptop sports a 15.6-inch screen, people looking for small-sized laptops can go with Toshiba’s 11....

Do you have an old iPad 2, 3, or 4 that you want to get rid of? Microsoft said earlier this week it is willing to take them off your hands for a minimum of a $200 gift card at the MS store. The promotion is running to increase Microsoft Surface tablet sales, but thankfully when you trade in your iPad you won’t be limited to purchasing only a surface since the gift card they give you will work on anything in the MS store, even online....

Mashable reports that Major League Baseball has demo’d using Apple’s iBeacon indoor mapping technology to provide live baseball fans with a whole range of personalised and interactive experiences when attending games at stadiums. An update to its At the Ballpark app provides both practical assistance and additional entertainment and interest. As you reach points of interest within the stadium, the app can offer additional information and entertainment in the form of relevant info snippits, images and video....

Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students. When it comes to enterprise device management, every platform company (Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc....

If you are using an Android smartphone, you might be using the GPS based location services. Location services can be sometimes very useful and sometimes very useless. It all depends upon the consequences like you are using Maps then location services are useful. Or while travelling, you can track yourself that where did you visit at that time. For a general user, it might be useless other times except the few mentioned above....

The cast for Eternals indicates that Marvel Studios may be taking steps to make sure its upcoming movie doesn’t feel like too much like Thor, which is understandable considering that both movies are centered around a race of superhuman individuals who are viewed as gods to the people of Earth. The first Thor movie introduced audiences to the Asgardians and the gods of Norse mythology, including Thor, Odin, Loki, Heimdall, and more....

When the Annihilation event came to Marvel Comics in 2006, it changed the landscape of the company’s cosmic heroes forever. The Guardians of the Galaxy were reborn, Richard Rider’s Nova became the universe’s greatest hero, killing the supervillain Annihilus to end a threat never before seen. But starting in December, Annihilus is returning to Marvel Comics… running scared from a NEW threat on its way. The publisher previously teased a return of the supervillain at SDCC, but now they’ve made it official: the prior event was merely precursor to the next Annihilation - Scourge....

Multiple reports suggest that what could have been a massive threat to iPhone sales has now been resolved. One interpretation of an executive order by President Trump would have banned Apple from doing any business with WeChat owner Tencent, even in China. It was calculated that this could have cost Apple as much as 30% of its global iPhone revenue … Background Earlier in the month, President Trump signed an executive order banning US companies from doing business with Chinese companies ByteDance and Tencent, owners of TikTok and WeChat respectively....

Michelle Pfeiffer has offered some advice to Zoe Kravitz, from one Catwoman to another, ahead of filming on The Batman. Back in 1992, Pfeiffer starred as Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman) to iconic acclaim in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns. Word of Kravitz landing that once-again coveted role was announced earlier in the week, provoking a wave of support from fans across social media and a celebratory post from Aquaman star Jason Momoa, who also happens to be Kravitz’s stepfather....

AT&T and Microsoft are working together on Azure Operator Distributed Services, with initial testing stages planned for later this year, Microsoft officials said. As part of today’s announcements, Microsoft said a private preview of the Azure Operator 5G Core, which deploys on the Azure Operator Distributed Services platform, is now available. Microsoft is also making a public preview of the Azure Private 5G Core, a 5G packet-core-as-a-service for the aforementioned Azure private MEC solution....

The latest example of Microsoft’s openness is the PowerShell command line tool. The software firm announced it would bring the software to platforms such as OS X and Linux for the first time. PowerShell is a command-line and scripting tool used for system administration of Windows based network environments. PowerShell is deeply integrated throughout many of Microsoft’s server-based products such as Windows Server and Exchange Server. Microsoft came to the realization that many of its customers were running heterogeneous environments that contained a mix of Linux and Windows based systems....

Microsoft today announced the Explorer Touch Mouse, their third multitouch-capable mouse, the other two being the Touch Mouse and the Arc Touch Mouse. The selling point? The Explorer Touch Mouse features a touch strip that supports four-way scrolling by swiping in any direction. Plus, its scroll wheel allows for three speeds of scrolling. Other perks include five programmable buttons and sexy design bound to turn heads with its smooth curves, rounded appearance and the minimalistic surface....

Microsoft also is unveiling a new virtualization partnership with iDirect, which is a satellite provider, as well as additional goespatial and data analytics partnerships with ESRI, Blackshark and Orbital Insight as part of today’s milestone updates. Azure Space isn’t just for companies in the space industry. It’s meant to appeal to companies in public and private industry customers in the agriculture, energy, telecommunications, and government markets. It’s also meant for any customer with remote-access and bandwidth needs....

Microsoft Ends Development of Cache Scrapbook App Cache was made available as a preview download for Windows 10, along with a preview for a iOS from Test Flight. I noticed last week, I wasn’t able to download the app on my iPhone from Test Flight, but thought it was probably a bug. Although I didn’t get around to testing the app fully, it seemed promising. Cache’s key feature was its ability to consume and organize media from a variety of sources, whether was a web page link, a screenshot, tweet, a picture saved or even Microsoft Office documents....

Windows 10 1809 October 2018 Update KB4493509 This latest round of cumulative updates will bump your build to 17763.437 and includes the following list of fixes and improvements: Addresses an issue that occurs when you enable per font end-user-defined characters (EUDC). The system will stop working and a blue screen will appear at startup. This is not a common setting in non-Asian regions.Addresses an issue that may cause applications that use MSXML6 to stop responding if an exception was thrown during node operations....

KB4571756 for Windows 10 version 2004 May 2020 Update For Windows 10 version 2004 May 2020 Update today’s cumulative updates come as KB4571756. It includes the following highlights: Updates to improve security when using input devices (such as a mouse, keyboard, or pen).Updates to improve security when Windows performs basic operations.Updates for storing and managing files.Updates to improve security when using Microsoft Office products. Here is the list of fixes and improvements:...

Windows 10 Preview Build 19619 It does include a new COVID-19 banner in Search Home as well as more improvements to the Your Phone app. Here is the general changes and improvements: If the Sync button under Settings > Time & Language > Time fails due to network connectivity, the error now tells you that’s the issue. Here is the list of fixes contained in today’s build: We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing bugchecks with error DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION in the last few builds....

The future of Might and Magic is taking a detour through the auto chess genre in the form of Might and Magic: Chess Royale, a game that will pit 100 players against each other while using classic units from the Might and Magic franchise. Might and Magic is a beloved classic franchise that has withstood the test of time, though recent iterations of the series have left fans with a lot to be desired: in particular, Might and Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos left many believing there was a lot of untapped potential for a series that hasn’t had a main entry since 2014....

There’s no denying it: the release of Aquaman and now Shazam! mark a 180° tonal shift for the DCEU going forward. Out with the edgy vigilantes, and in with the brighter, more fantastical takes on DC’s iconic characters. With that in mind, the upcoming New Gods movie may just be DC’s best chance to bring a new age of cosmic adventures to the big screen… and Mister Miracle is the one to make it happen....