Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts

Friday, September 23, 2016

Microsoft Edge browser now comes with support for extensions thanks to the Windows 10 Anniversary Update launched on August 2, and it was clearly just a matter of time until more developers starting working on bringing their add-ons in the Windows Store.

Turn Off the Lights is one of the extensions that were already available on Windows 10 thanks to an early version posted on GitHub, but it turns out that its release is approaching and users will be allowed to get it from the store very soon.

The extension is already listed in the Windows Store, but it cannot be downloaded for the time being. And yet, everyone expects the download links to go live in the coming days, possibly when Microsoft ships the next Windows 10 build for insiders in order to collect some last-minute feedback.

What it does
In case you’ve never heard of this browser extension, Turn Off the Lights was developed to make it easier to watch online videos by fading to dark the rest of the website and always keeping the clip the key point of the entire experience. The extension works with the majority of online video services out there, including YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Hulu, Metacafe, and others.

“The entire page will be fading to dark, so you can watch the videos as if you were in the cinema. With a single click on the lamp button, the page will fade to dark. And automatically focus on the video. By clicking on it again, the page will return to normal. Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable watching experience,” the description posted in the store reads.

The same extension is also available on other browsers, including Google Chrome, so this is an important step forward for Microsoft Edge as it’s struggling to become a more successful browser.


Monday, March 14, 2016

Microsoft has just announced a new price cut for the Surface Pro 4 lineup, but this time, only two models are getting the discount.

Specifically, the Intel Core i5 models are the ones benefiting from the price cut, so starting today and for a limited time, the Surface Pro 4 with i5 is $100 (€90) more affordable than before.

This means that the Intel Core i5 with 128 GB of storage and 4 GB of RAM is now available for just $899 (€810) while the more powerful version with 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM is up for grabs for $1,199 (€1,080).

Microsoft hasn’t said anything about how long this new price cut is going to last, but as with any other discount, it’s better to hurry up if you want to buy the Surface Pro 4 at this special price because the company could clear out inventories any minute now.

The Surface Pro 4 is Redmond’s latest addition to the Surface lineup (together with the Surface Book) and comes with a 12.3-inch PixelSense display, Intel Core processors, up to 256 GB of storage, and 16 GB of RAM.

It obviously runs the full version of Windows 10 and comes with support for all the new features integrated into the operating system, including Windows Hello, which allows for biometric authentication to lock the device instead of a typical password.


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