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Microsoft Edge Web Browser Gets Sharper

For better website compatibility Microsoft has entirely revamped the Edge web browser, using Chromium underneath. Users can go to Microsoft's Edge Download page to get it. The browser will eventually be rolled out to all users via Windows Update. It will continue to offer unique features, with powerful privacy options, home-page customizations, an immersive reading view with lifelike voices for text-to-speech, and a nifty Collections feature for web research leading the way. For a look at Microsoft's future plans for the web browser, read What's New in Microsoft's Edge Browser. The move should result in more site compatibility, but I'm concerned that it will further consolidate Google's ownership of the Internet, since the search ad giant controls the Chromium project. One side-benefit to Microsoft's decision is that it plans to offer Edge for macOS and older Windows versions as well as Windows 10. A Linux version is also planned. Edge remains the only brows

Quick Bytes: Microsoft's New Cloud Clipboard is the best news for multitaskers.

One of my favorite recent features in Windows 10 is the revamped Windows clipboard.  It lets you access several previously copied items—a convenience that's long overdue on all computing platforms.  You access the list of copied items using Windows Key-V instead of Ctrl-V.  Syncing the cloud clipboard means that they're accessible on other PCs you're signed in to, and later this will extend to phones via the SwiftKey add-in keyboard. You turn on Cloud Clipboard in a new Settings option. Note that according to Microsoft, "currently, the clipboard history supports plain text, HTML and images less than 1MB."

Microsoft Edge gets a tab navigation feature you won’t find in Chrome

Microsoft Edge is getting an interesting visual change that will allow you to access your browsing tabs in a vertical layout. After a new update, Microsoft says it will allow you to set all your tabs to one side of the screen. The feature is officially called “Vertical Tabs” and it will allow you to access your tabs from the left side of the display. At the moment, it’s not clear if users will be allowed to change the location of the vertical tabs. Microsoft Edge vertical tabs feature is currently rolling out to the testers in the Dev and Canary channels. Vertical tabs feature was first announced in March and it recently began rolling out to a small set of users. After today’s update, you’ll be able to access this new tab navigation experience by clicking on a new icon located at the top left of the tabs. The new button lets you switch between vertical and horizontal layouts. Interestingly, you can also rearrange the tabs vertically. To rearrange the tabs, you can press and hold Ctrl

Microsoft Edge is going to get a huge time-saver feature

Microsoft is testing a new feature that will automatically group your tabs in Chromium Edge so you don’t have to. The feature is currently rolling out to Microsoft Edge Canary and it’s hidden behind an experimental flag. Like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge also allows you to group tabs, but this is possible only when you activate an experimental Edge. Tab Groups could save you a whole lot of time by allowing you to group tabs and keep your browser neatly organized. With Tab Groups, you can select related tabs and create a cluster to keep your browser window neatly organized. Currently, Edge and Chrome require you to create the groups manually. To address this problem, Microsoft is now enabling support for automatic grouping process. As per the flags menu, Edge will automatically and intelligently create tab groups for you and organize the tabs when you open links from the same website. For example, if you visit Wikipedia and open its pages in new tabs, Edge will intelligently include a

Windows 10’s next big update is reportedly in testing – but don’t expect it any time soon

Microsoft has begun work on the major Windows 10 update due to land in the second half of 2021 – and the first update of next year will be a minor one. This rumor comes courtesy of Windows Latest, which claims that internal testing has already begun on the H2 2021 update codenamed ‘Cobalt’ by the Microsoft staff. The other possibility is that Microsoft is doing things the other way round in 2021 by not having a major update (H1) followed by a minor update (H2), as has been the case for the last two years. Apparently the plan for 2021 is that the spring update (H1) will be a minor affair, not introducing much in the way of changes, whereas all the big features will arrive with the second upgrade of the year. Effectively, progress on Windows 10 could be slowing for the moment, then, but there are some major changes expected for H2 to make up for this. That includes a big overhaul for the interface which we’ve been hearing a lot about in recent times, codenamed Sun Valley, which will brin

Microsoft Teams takes on Zoom with free all-day video calling on the web

Microsoft is making a big push to entice fans of Zoom over to Microsoft Teams with a new all-day video calling option that can be used for free. While Microsoft launched Microsoft Teams for consumers on mobile earlier this year, it’s now bringing Teams’ friends and family features to the desktop and web allowing you to create a Microsoft Teams meeting for up to 300 friends and family that can run all day free of charge. You won’t need a Microsoft Account or the Microsoft Teams app to join calls, as you can join free via a web browser. Microsoft Teams will also support seeing up to 49 friends or family members in a gallery view or through its Together Mode feature that puts you side by side in a virtual environment.  Microsoft Teams on the web. It’s clear Microsoft is positioning Teams as a way for families to connect virtually during the pandemic. Zoom surged in popularity earlier this year after thousands of people flocked to the video calling service to connect to coworkers, fellow

Microsoft’s ‘Project Latte’ could see Android apps arrive on Windows

With the recent release of M1-powered Apple Macs and MacBooks that are capable of running iOS apps, it seems as though on the PC side of the fence we may soon see something similar occur becuase of the fight for the most features. According to Windows Central , Microsoft’s “Project Latte” could see Android apps run on Windows. Wait a minute, "Isn't it already there for Samsung?", some of you might be asking. Yes, you sort of can thanks to the Link to Windows feature with the Your Phone app that is available on certain Samsung Galaxy hardware. This implementation isn’t however always the most reliable, with disconnects and issues meaning that the experience can be a little experimental Project Latte would effectively allow developers to port their Android apps to Windows 10 with very little extra work required. Plus, this could even open up an extended marketplace for developers looking to increase their install base. Android apps on Windows will require the utilization of