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As ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reported from Microsoft’s Inspire conference this week, Office Excel is gaining the Excel Live feature for real-time collaboration on Excel content within a Teams meeting. Excel Live joins PowerPoint Live for Teams and there should be more live collaboration capabilities coming to other Microsoft software, according to Microsoft. Microsoft also said it was bringing a Video Clip feature to Teams Chat for users to record and share short clips....

Like other apps, including Paint, Notepad, and Clock, Microsoft has updated the new Sound Recorder app. The app features an all-new design and features. There are some precise changes to the user experience. While playing back a recording, the new users will see a visualization of audio levels. It is easier to find a specific point in the recording. New Sound Recorder App in Windows 11 The new Sound Recorder app has a new markers feature....

Since hitting screens last fall, Moana has fast joined the ranks of Disney’s most successful offerings. The animated feature has snapped up over $565 million at the worldwide box office, plus nominations in two categories at the upcoming Oscars ceremony: Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song for the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned “How Far I’ll Go.” Reviews have hailed its heartfelt story line, stellar soundtrack, and visually stunning cinematography. Its driving force, of course, is its fiery female heroine, an adventurous Hawaiian teen named Moana who sets out on a daring ocean voyage, saving her people and finding herself in the process....

I’m setting using Outlook Mac 2011 on OS X Lion on a home network. Sure there are different clients I could use, but old habits are hard to break. Here I’m starting with no email account set up yet. Launch Outlook on your Mac, you’ll get the following message. Click OK. Click Outlook » Preferences. Outlook Preferences opens. In the Personal Settings section click Accounts. The Add an Account screen comes up....

Windows 10 19H1 Preview Build 18309 This big story from today’s build is the company is pushing to eliminate passwords during the sign-in experience all while keeping your accounts safe. The company introduced the ability to sign in with a phone number account and not having to create yet another password. You can associate your iOS or Android phone number with your Microsoft account, you can use an SMS code to sign in....

Microsoft launched a preview of its Defender antivirus software for Mac last spring and now the company is preparing to bring the app to iOS and Android something this year. For the mobile versions, it’s unclear exactly how it will work or what features will be available, but the antivirus software for iOS and Android could be more focused on preventing phishing. Microsoft announced that it will be sharing more details about Defender Advanced Threat Protection for iOS and Android next week at the RSA Conference (via The Verge)....

Update (August 23): A spokesperson told me that “Microsoft has gone ahead and updated its release notes to include: ‘At this time Widget notifications cannot be turned off. Microsoft is constantly listening and learning and welcomes customer feedback that helps shape Windows.’” Microsoft is rolling out the notifications via an update to the Windows Web Experience Pack. This pack is one of a handful of different ways that Microsoft officials said they will use to deliver updated features to Windows 11....

Microsoft also is updating the interface of Phone Link to look and feel more like Windows 11. And officials are committing to adding more unspecified cross-device experiences to Phone Link over time. Microsoft launched Your Phone three years ago. The app allows people to access photos, texts and apps from their phones on their PCs. Your Phone has worked most fully with Samsung devices. It also supports Microsoft’s own Surface Duo dual-screen Android device....

For a long time, it felt like crime procedural TV shows were worn out and overexposed. And then Netflix’s Mindhunter came along. Mindhunter is a period crime drama that covers the development of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit, and this fictionalized version of real-life events is a thrilling, fascinating, and a truly unique TV show. It undoubtedly helps that Mindhunter is rooted in reality. It’s very compelling to watch the main trio of characters (Holden Ford, Bill Tench, and Wendy Carr) conduct interviews and investigate some of the most notorious serial killers of all time....

It is obvious that the data of mobile applications is the key target of the malefactors: not only do they steal data, but also manipulate it in their own interests. This involves a range of problems, such as fake and alternative (often unreliable) applications, malware, data leakage, poorly protected data or data protection errors, and a variety of tools for accessing and decrypting data. There are many different opinions about an impact of a developer on security....

High on Life is getting more popular daily, with thousands of active players. The players explore the game and love the concept of sci-fi games with exciting, action-packed gameplay. In the games, there are various activities that the players can do. Unlocking achievement is one of them. The players can unlock achievements daily by completing different missions and moving ahead in the game. The “Mods Please Ban” Achievement is one in High on Life....

The updated app is the latest effort by Microsoft to reshape its software for the Windows 11 platform. Announced a month ago, the new Notepad app – a simple text editor – is designed to fit the latest version of Windows. Notepad gets rounded corners that mesh with the opaque overlays the company is using these days for homegrown apps over the Windows interface. The headline feature, however, is support for dark mode, which has become a standard for apps on mobile and desktop for people who work in the dark....

On the heels of improved iCloud integration in Mountain Lion, Microsoft made things a little more official today for its upcoming updated SkyDrive cloud service for Windows 8 and possibly OS X. The new service will include improved file management and synchronization, secure two-factor authentication for remote access to files not yet uploaded to Skydrive, and support for file uploads of 2GB. What makes things interesting are rumors of paid storage options and a Mac client originating from Gemind....

If you want to sell a phone in the United States, it has to be approved by the FCC first. The same (kind of) goes for China, which has TENAA. A new Samsung device has just appeared in the TENAA database that looks like a lot like a Galaxy S4, no surprise there, but with a few modifications. First, the display. It measure 5.25 inches across and has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels....

From 9to5Toys.com: After enjoying one of the most successful multi-platform runs in recent memory, Minecraft is back again with its newly released Story Mode title on iOS and Android, as well as other platforms. This new rendition, from Telltale Games, builds on the success of the original title by bringing campaign-style play to the mix. Jesse, the main character, adventures through the Overworld in the first episode The Order of the Stone....

If you’ve wanted to use a Microsoft Office iPad app, you’ve been able to run the individual Word, Powerpoint, and Excel apps for many years. But while the iPhone got an all-in-one Office app in February of last year, the iPad didn’t. A year later, Microsoft has finally fixed that. The process of integrating the main Office tools into a single app actually began in November 2019 … Background Microsoft launched a 2019 iOS beta to bring “all of your Office documents together in one place....

The Surface Neo is a foldable mini laptop which is ultra-portable. The device measures just 5.6mm in thickness and uses what Microsoft claims to be the thinnest LCD panel on nay portable device. The Surface Neo weighs in at just over 650g which again, makes it easy to carry around or even pocket in some cases. Since there are displays on either side, along with the virtual on-screen keyboard, Microsoft is even including a magnetic keyboard which attaches and rests on a part of the display when in use, which puts the other part of the display in use as a trackpad....

The new Snipping Tool will be available for testers in the Windows Insider program later this month or next month. Microsoft has merged Snipping Tool and Snip & Sketch to bring something new, and the app is called “Snipping Tool.” First Look at Windows 11 Snipping Tool Panos Panay posted a small clip on Twitter, showing the first look of the new version of Snipping Tool in Windows 11....

Microsoft has finally revealed a few new details about its upcoming console, the Xbox Series X, including its GPU power, as well as how cross-generation games will work on the system. Microsoft initially announced its next-generation console at its press conference at E3 2019, dubbing it “Project Scarlett.” At the time, the company only teased a few details about the system, along with a holiday 2020 release date. However, it did announce that the highly-anticipated Halo Infinite would launch with the console....

Nearly ever automaker offers Apple’s CarPlay feature in new cars now, but it still doesn’t come standard in every make and model. Add Mitsubishi’s 2017 Limited Edition Lancer to the list of CarPlay models, however, as the company announced the new vehicle today. Mitsubishi says the new Limited Edition model is a higher trim level above the ES base model Lancer. The new Lancer is for customers who want style and technology at a competitive price, the company says....