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Ubisoft Blames Everyone (Except Themselves) for PC Performance Bugs
I don’t think it would be too controversial a thing to say that in terms of game developers, Ubisoft does not exactly have a great reputation. And particularly so within the PC community. – That’s not, incidentally, just my opinion either as a recent survey found that Ubisoft was (with…
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Microsoft Announce Skype Classic Will Be Killed In November
Microsoft Announce Skype Classic Will Be Killed In November Microsoft has been quite keen to push their latest version of Skype. The system, which on PCs has largely been incorporated into the operating system has, however, an older version which is formed in the more traditional download/install manner. Skype version…
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New 2nd Gen Amazon Echo Show Upgrades Screen and Sound
Bigger and Better Amazon has upgraded their Echo Show touchscreen with a new second gen model. This version features some notable improvements from the original. Namely, a larger 10-inch HD screen and premium speakers with Dolby processing. As usual, it is Alexa-enabled so users can issue voice commands and initiate…
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Skype Adds Controversial Video Recording Feature
Skype Adds Controversial Video Recording Feature Skype is one of the most popular programs for people to communicate online. Rather than for gaming, it is designed more in mind for actual conversations. With webcam compatibility over multiple users, it’s especially popular in businesses and conference calling. In a report via…
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Microsoft Drops Skype Highlights and Focuses on a More Basic Look
If you use Skype, this should matter to you. Even though most of you might not even use Skype anymore, I’m sure that you can remember a time when it was one of the most popular apps out there, both on the desktop platform and on mobile. However, Microsoft has…
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Microsoft Puts Classic Skype Shutdown On Hold
Microsoft Lets Skype ‘Classic’ Live A Little Longer With the release of a brand new version of Skype, Microsoft announced that it planned to scrap the former version entirely. Like many times in which a product is updated though, many users simply prefer the previous version. There is no better…
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Microsoft Set To Ban Offensive Language From Skype
Microsoft Set To Ban Offensive Language from Skype When terms of service are updates, very few of us ever bother to read them. It’s for reasons such as this that 3,000 people inadvertently signed up to clean a major UK cities sewers. Reading that fine print can be laborious, but…
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Skype Adds Japanese to Live Voice Translation Feature
Microsoft’s video/phone chat software Skype has finally added Japanese to its set of live voice translation feature. This makes Japanese the tenth language added to Skype’s repertoir since launching back in 2014, joining English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic and Russian. According to an official blog…
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Skype Live Translation Feature Expands to Mobile and Landline Calls
Microsoft has introduced Skype’s real-time live translation feature back in December 2014, initially able to only handle Spanish and English but has since expanded to include French, German, Chinese (Mandarin), Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Arabic, and Russian languages. It has now expanded even further by allowing users to use the live…
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Man Avoids Murder Conviction After Expert Testified via Skype
We all love technology. Sometimes it crashes and breaks but when you get to talk to a friend or family member in a country the other side of the planet, you truly begin to understand just how much technology frees us. In one case this has become more than a…
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Microsoft Translator Can Now Translate Text From Images
Isn’t it just annoying when you go away on Holiday or spot something and sit there for five minutes wondering what the text even says? Microsoft is looking to make it a little easier on us with a Translator that won’t just do text but can also translate text from…
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Microsoft Populates Skype With Helper-Bots
Your Skype chats could just get a little bit smarter thanks to Microsoft’s new array of assistive helper-bots. These bots were on show at Build 2016, where Microsoft demonstrated how Cortana, as well as a number of third-party ‘bots’ were able to inject information and optional actions into Skype messaging…
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Hungry? Don’t Worry! The Delivery Robot Starship Is Here!
It gets late, you could go to the kitchen and cook a nice warm meal but every bone is your body is crying out to sit down and play one game, watch one more movie or even to just keep reading. You select one of your favourite fast food places…
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Google Hangout is Going Peer-to-Peer
Google hangout is used for work and personal use, often fighting against Skype for dominant market use. With tweaks and improvements over the horizon, the next change is going to be fundamental to how Hangouts will communicate with each other. Hangouts suffers from the fundamental flaw that most video and audio…
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Skype Hides Your IP in Effort to Protect You
We’ve all heard or seen about Swatting, but for those who haven’t let me explain its principle. Normally it happens when you find someone online, usually in the process of streaming a video or even them record themselves playing a game. As they are online you use software to track…
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