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Microsoft, Google End Patent Battles

by Tom Allen

Microsoft and Google have agreed to dismiss all pending patent claims against each other. The agreements sees about 20 different lawsuits in Germany and the USA dropped. Patents include those related to mobile phones, …

Rumor: Microsoft Adds VR cardboard viewer

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to news on a Russian website, Microsoft will give away a virtual reality viewer named Microsoft VR Kit at a Moscow hackathon in October of this year. The VR Kit is similar to …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality

Microsoft Mistake Shows Lumia Flagships

by Tom Allen

Whoops. Microsoft has an event planned for the 6th October, but has already let slip what (everyone already suspected) will be shown there: the Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones. The phones were posted …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Microsoft Pleases DisplayMate with Ambient Performance

by Bob Raikes

Display Daily’s friend, Ray Soneira of DisplayMate, has been busy, with a review of Samsung’s SUHD (Samsung Flagship LCD TV Stumbles on Viewing Angle) and LG’s OLED TVs last week, and a review of …

Tags:Colour (Color)| DisplayMate| Microsoft| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Microsoft Changes Finance Reports

by Tom Allen

Microsoft will change the way that it reports its financial results, starting with its Q1 2016 fiscal year results. These will be issued on the 22nd October. The change was implemented to reflect Microsoft’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 39

LG Enters US Laptop Market

by Tom Allen

LG has released its first-ever notebook in the US market – and it’s lighter than the Macbook Air, at 980g (compared to 1.1kg). Three models have been released: the Gram 13 (13.3″) and two …

Microsoft Enters China With Baidu

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is working with Baidu to launch Windows 10 in China. Baidu will replace Bing as the operating system’s default search engine in the country. It marks a significant change from the government’s previous …

Microsoft HoloLens – the Savior for the AR / VR Market?

by Norbert Hildebrand

By now, most technology analysts, writers and bloggers have realized that Google Glass is no longer aiming at leading the charge of introducing augmented reality to the average consumer. Even with a revamped model, …

Microsoft Band 2 With a curved OLED display?

by Bob Raikes

There are web reports that Microsoft’s new Band 2, expected on October 6th, will use a curved display. The rumours are based on a picture published by Microsoft Insider.

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Skype Drops Out for 15 Hours

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft’s Skype had a 15 hour interruption to services on Monday, that it blamed on a “larger-than-usual configuration change”.

Microsoft Forces Partial Windows Update

by Tom Allen

The Inquirer has found out that Microsoft is installing Windows 10 files on users’ PCs – whether they have opted in to the update or not. Users have discovered hidden folders ranging in size …

AT&T To Offer The Microsoft Surface 3 To Business Customers

by Tom Allen

AT&T will begin selling the Microsoft Surface 3 with Windows 8.1 Pro to business customers in the coming weeks. It will be connected to the nation’s most reliable 4G LTE network with the nation’s …

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