Windows 10 19H1 Build 18356 Screen Mirroring allows you to send your Android’s screen to your PC. The company says: “Whether scheduling a ride to the airport or checking your social updates, do it with ease from the comfort of your PC without having to take your phone out of your bag or go back and forth between devices.” The feature is set up via the Your Phone app via what Microsoft calls “phone screen” and is still early development....

Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 18965 This build is starting to offer more control over restarting apps at sign-in. Microsoft writes: “Windows now puts you in control with a new app restart setting. When turned on, Windows automatically saves your restartable apps when signing out, restarting, or shutting down Windows, and restarts them next time you sign in.” The feature is turned off by default, but you can turn it on in Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options....

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17123 New in this build is Introducing High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) which is an image container that “leverages modern codecs like HEVC to improve quality, compression, and capabilities compared to earlier formats like JPEG, GIF, and PNG.” To use it you will need this latest build as well as the latest version of the Photos app. The Mixed Reality feature continues to have issues as well as bug fixes, too....

According to the blog post by Donna Sakar: New Features in Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15025 Braille support in Narrator, currently in beta, is a new feature that allows you to attach a USB or serial-based braille display to your PC and use it with Narrator. As the final release gets closer, head to the Narrator User Guide to get detailed info about braille display key mappings. This feature is still in beta and the company also notes that “there are coexistence issues with braille support and third party screen readers....

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17127 Cortana now includes a new profile page that you can add and edit your favorite places. “The places you add are used to give you traffic updates for your daily commute, and let you easily set reminders when you arrive or leave your places,” notes Dona Sarkar in today’s announcement. Cortana’s Notebook has received an updated design and support for more international languages. It also will learn to use a default Skill lie Weather, Sports, or News and provide a set of tips for easier management of the digital assistant....

Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17763 Here is the list of fixes, changes, and improvements for this 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 fixed an issue where touching a Flash element in Microsoft Edge with two or more fingers could result in the tab crashing.We fixed an issue where thumbnails and icons might not be rendered if there were any video files saved to the desktop....

The MSE Pre-release Program lets you access and test new builds of MSE before they are released to the general public. You’re also able to test the new builds out and provide feedback to Microsoft. Here’s a few excerpts from the Microsoft Connect site about the Pre-Release Program. Before installing the MSE Pre-Release version of Security Essentials, you’ll need to uninstall the current version if already installed. If you try to install it without removing the current version you have installed, you’ll get the following message....

Since it’s often hard to find a Bluetooth keyboard that will work with you mobile device, and Microsoft hopes this one will allow you to get more done on your tablet or even your smartphone. In fact, according to the company you can pair this one keyboard with three different devices, with each running on a different platform. Microsoft says the keyboard is light and was built with portability in mind....

From Nov 23 to Nov 29, one can subscribe to Newton at $24.99/yr, that’s just $2/mo. Update: An earlier version of this post stated that the $24.99/yr price would be valid for life. This is no longer part of the offer. I’ve tried Inbox. I’ve tried Boomerang. I’ve tried lots and lots of email apps, trying to recreate that seamless, supercharged productivity that my Outlook command center gives me at work....

Microsoft has acknowledged the outage in a blog post by lead engineer, Rajesh Jha. According to Microsoft the first outage on November 8th was caused by malicious emails flooding its anti-virus engine. The issue yesterday was caused by a combination of hardware failure, increased server load (600,000 user Veteran Affairs contract), and lack of error alerts. Customers responding to the update are unhappy on Microsoft’s lack of communication and service status reporting....

According to Grace D. – Google Employee: The news first announced in the Google Sync + Outlook 2010 Topic – on the Google Help Forum. My guess is they will continue to keep everyone updated on that thread and their blog, as soon as there is full support available for the 64-bit versions. For those of you who have “Gone Google” and are using Google Apps Premier, I’ve still heard nothing in regards to Outlook 2010 support for the official Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook....

First, click the File tab in the Outlook 2013 menu, then select Options. When the Outlook Options screen comes up, click the Signatures button. Click New and give your signature a name. This lets you distinguish it from other signatures you may be using. Now that it has a name, type everything you want your new signature to contain in the box below Edit signature. You can use whatever font you like, in any size....

It definitely looks much nicer than the original console game, even if you had the 4 MB Expansion Pack, which was sold separately at the time. A computer science student Erik Roystan Ross created a remake of the first level of the game while experimenting with the Unity game engine. While playing the first level is a blast, that’s as far as it goes. According to The Verge , Erik says “I currently do not have any plans to develop this any further or to resolve any bugs, unless they’re horrendously game-breaking and horrendously simple to fix....

Once installed, you can simply leverage the “Open In…” feature of iOS to print just about anything. Simply connect the app to any printer and it’s fairly simple from there. Checkout all the features and screenshots below and be sure to download the Printer Pro App during the Apples iTunes Free App of the Week deal! Printer Pro Features / Options Photos Email & eMail AttachmentsContacts Web Pages – Print a web page by simply changing the address bar in Safari from “HTTP” to “PHTTP” and tap Go....

This exploit comes on the heels of the company releasing several patches (69 to be exact) earlier in the week for Flash, Reader, and Acrobat. According to the Adobe Security Bulletin: Help Protect Your Computer from Flash Exploits We all know that Flash is going the way of the dinosaur, and the best way to protect your system is to uninstall Adobe Flash completely. Unfortunately, that option might not be realistic for a lot of users....

Remove Recently Added Apps When you launch the Start menu you will see a “Recently Added” section at the top of the apps list. It displays the names and icons of apps you installed recently. To hide the Recently added section you need to open Windows Settings. You can get there by clicking the Gear icon in the Start menu or use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I. Once you have Settings open click on Personalization....

Resize Photos in Live Photo Gallery Here I have a folder of some photos I want to prepare for posting on the web. Unlucky for me, their resolution is 6007×3994 (24 MP). Time to resize them. I’ll open the first photo in Photo Gallery and click the Edit, organize or share button on the top left. This will bring me to the folder view in Photo Gallery, from where I can select multiple items....

I’m pretty sure there’s still a market for phones featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, as there are always people who text all the time (I’m sure most teenagers fall into the category, but to be quite honest, I miss a physical keyboard sometimes, too – especially when I have long e-mails to write on the go). Apart from the keyboard, the smartphone, one which Samsung has announced on its blog, has a 3 inch QVGA touchscreen (with a 320 x 240 resolution, GSMArena says) and it has a dedicated key for Samsung’s own ChatON service....

To start out, open mail and create a new email. In the To: field, press and hold the . (period) key to display a list of domains TLD’s. This tip works in Safari as well making it a great time saver! The tip works on several keys on the keyboard as well. For instance, press and hold the A key to be shown special accents for the letter. And here’s a “ (quote) key held down....

What is Zelle, and Who Owns it? Launched in mid-2017, Zelle actually got its start in 2011 as clearXchange. At the time, the service offered payment services through member financial institutions and a website. As clearXchange, the service was owned by Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo. Capital One and US Bank eventually joined as partners. In 2016, clearXchange was sold to Early Warning Services. A year later, all clearXchange accounts for person-to-person payment services were rebranded as Zelle....