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Create and Use Outlook.com Aliases Log in to your Outlook.com account, click the Options (gear icon), and then select More Email Settings. Then click Create a Outlook Alias. Type in the email address you want to use. You don’t need to use outlook.com either. You can choose @live or @hotmail too. After creating your alias, you’re brought back to your inbox with the following message. Decide if you want your alias email to go to a new folder or select one that’s already enabled in your inbox....

An important thing to know is that the new tools only work in Google Chrome, at least at the time of this writing. New Google+ Photo Editing First of all, access the Photos section of your Google+ account. Do so by hovering your mouse cursor over Home on the top left side of your Google+ page. Then select Photos. Now, select the picture or image you want to edit – or you can upload a new one....

It turns out that Google released the Lollipop update this week for the Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, as well as Nexus 4 devices. If you haven’t seen the update, just give it some time as Google says OTA updates are rolled out in phases. Keep hitting System Updates and it will arrive eventually, hopefully sooner than later! Update to Android 5.0 I first found out that it was available when swiping down on the Notifications list as shown below....

Where We Are with Windows 10 on macOS The Apple Mac lineup is in a transition period as it moves new devices from Intel-based processors to its own silicon. The move means faster speeds and a blurring of the line between macOS and iPadOS. In time, the move should be a good one, especially for those fully integrated into the world of Apple. And yet, in the short term, at least, the transaction can cause headaches for some users because of compatibility issues....

Although the preview is a bit limited, you can see a few of the new features. It’s good to hear that HTML5 is finally coming to IE and that the platform of IE gets a 95 on an Acid 3 test. With the significant increase of Chrome users, IE 9 needs to hit a homer with its release. Granted they will always have the market share inside large corps who use Active Directory and need the NTLM Auth and Active X Controls from internal Apps....

It’s a free iOS app (recently updated for iOS 6) that lets you scan documents with your iPhone and email them in JPEG or PDF format. It uses the camera to capture the document and you can crop the shot to the part of the document you want to point out. It will auto-detect documents edges which is handy. Scan Documents with Genius Scan for iOS First download the free version of Genius Scan from the App Store....

Plugins shouldn’t be confused with Addons or Extensions. Extensions enhance your browser experience by doing certain tasks not built in. Plugins will play web based content like Adobe Flash, Java or QuickTime. First, in the address bar, type about:config and hit Enter. If you see the Void Warranty screen, click I’ll Be Careful, I Promise! Next, in the Search field, type: plugins.click_to_play. Then double click on the Preference Name to change the value from False to True....

You probably know the function well. Anytime you pop in a USB device or even a CD; a dialog comes up, and Windows asks how you want to do with the content. As far as security advice, you should have it turned off by default, even in recent versions of Windows to prevent malware from automatically executing on a PC. We’ve covered how to manage it in previous versions of Windows....

Microsoft has issued an apology for a presentation that included dancing girls and obscene song lyrics. The performance was presented at the Norwegian Developers Conference to promote new features in the Azure cloud computing platform. Clad in shorts and baggy shirts, a half-dozen female dancers—since dubbed the Azure Dancing Girls—jumped around the stage as a male voice on a loudspeaker rapped lyrics promoting the fact that Norwegian developers were there “2 PARTY!...

Get Free Top 10 Albums in Windows 10 To get your free picks, just launch the Stor app in Windows 10 and go to the Music section. Scroll down a bit and you should see them in the featured gallery under Music Deals. Click Show All to see the complete collection of albums. The regular price is crossed out and shows they’re free. Click an album then click Free to download it....

The goal of New Pro is to make it easy for you to follow work-related news using suggestions from Bing. Sound familiar to Feedly or Flipboard? Well, it is, but with a Microsoft spin. It’s less of a general news app like MSN news, but rather it focuses on the industry you’re in. Here’s the description for the app: Microsoft News Pro for iOS You can download News Pro by visiting this page on your iOS device, or you’ll find it in the App Store....

Microsoft announced open enrollment for the Skip Ahead branch via Twitter: — Windows Insider (@windowsinsider) July 23, 2018 Windows Insider Skip Ahead Branch To re-enroll for the Skip Ahead branch of the Insider program, head to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Insider Program and change your ring. Under the “What kind of content would you like to receive?” section change it from Active development to “Skip ahead to the next Windows release” and your pace will automatically be set to Fast....

Ok let me see if I have this straight: Looks like the Marketing team over at Microsoft has once again found a reason for their existence. They must really be getting desperate these days! Just pick a name and STICK to it. I don’t know… how about UCS? Unified Communication Services. DONE. It’s not year specific, it’s broad yet relevant for what Microsoft is trying to create with their Voice / Chat / Collaboration framework all build into UCS!...

Windows 10 1709 Fall Creators Update If you are delaying Windows 10 1803 via Windows Update, you can still manually download and install today’s cumulative update KB4103727 from Microsoft Update Catalog. After the update, your build number will jump to 16299.431. Here is a look at what’s been improved in this build according to Microsoft’s notes: Addresses an issue in Internet Explorer that might cause communication between web workers to fail in certain asynchronous scenarios that involve multiple visits to a web page....

Windows 10 19H1 Preview Build 18305 Microsoft continues to improve the Start menu and provide a more simplified layout. The new Start menu layout is for new devices, users, and clean installs. It includes a “simplified” layout with a “sleek one column design with reduced top-level tiles,” according to the post by Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlanc. Windows Sandbox is a welcome addition that allows you to run “sketchy” or “untrusted” apps in isolation – away from the rest of your system....

Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 19008 Here is the list of fixes, changes, and improvements included in this latest Insider release: For Insiders that were experiencing their PCs getting stuck on restart and shutdown on Builds 18999-19002: A fix for this was included with the update to Build 19002.1002, but in case you didn’t see it, including a note here too. If you didn’t install Build 19002.1002, you may need to use the workaround in order to upgrade to this build....

Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 19035 Here is the list of fixes and improvements included in today’s latest build: The build watermark at the lower right-hand corner of the desktop is no longer present in this build. This doesn’t mean we’re done…We’ve completed the experiment related to how we deliver driver updates through Windows Update. Devices that were involved in the experiment will no longer see the Optional Updates link under Settings > Windows Update....

Windows 10 Build 20206 Emoji Picker improvements are included in this build. It provides a new experience that provides fluent design, support for animated GIFs, and integration with clipboard history. Other improvements include voice typing that replaces Windows Dictation and touch keyboard improvements. Here is the list of changes and improvements in this latest build: When annotated content and linked control Narrator commands are invoked on context which doesn’t have any linked controls available, Narrator will now say “No linked item”....

Microsoft Lumia 640 and 640 XL First, the Lumia 640 is an nice upgrade from the 635. It includes a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon process and 1 GB of RAM — the 635 only includes 512 MB. It’s got 8GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB with a micro-SD card. The screen is a 5-inch HD with 1280×720, 16:9 IPS 294 PPI display. The rear camera is 8-megapixel, and the front facing one is just 1-megapixel....

Movies Anywhere Announcement Karin Gilford, General manager for Movies Anywhere, said in the announcement, “Movies Anywhere means that consumers never have to remember where they purchased a film or which device they can watch it on because all of their eligible movies will be centralized within their Movies Anywhere library and available across platforms through the Movies Anywhere app and website and also available at their connected digital retailers. And as Movies Anywhere continues to add more studios, retailers, and platforms, the entertainment possibilities are endless....