These are the new features that the company announced for Teams: Up to 20,000 participants in meetings: The limit for interactive meetings is up to 1,000 participants, but after the limit Teams switches to the “view only” mode allowing up to 20,000 participants. Company branding: The ability to add your company’s branding to meetings allows a more professional presence. In the coming months, this option will be available starting with branded meeting lobbies, and then, it’ll expand to branding the core meeting experience....

Although, Xbox One doesn’t play Xbox 360 games, if you’re ready to let go, the new trade-in will lower the price of a new Xbox One to $399, which of course comes bundled with the Kinect sensor, leveling the price to a PlayStation 4. Keep in mind that the trade-in program isn’t permanent, this is a limited time offer from January 22nd through March 2nd, 2014. The news was first spotted at NeoGAF forum where a few users posted a screenshot of an email from Microsoft reading: “Ditch your PS3 and get $100 store credit towards Xbox One — Here’s how: Visit your store, let us recycle your PS3, and get $100 of store credit towards the purchase of a new Xbox One....

Microsoft’s Build developers conference is happening on March 30th, and a session entitled “What’s New for Tiles and Toast Notifications” has been spotted at the company’s Channel9 website. The session notes read: “Live Tiles are evolving with two highly-requested surprises that you won’t want to miss,” hinting that Live Tiles on Windows 10 are ready for a big change. The software maker has been planning numerous features for its operating system....

These new additions that will be part of Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 were announced by Microsoft officials at the TechEd 2013 conference in New Orleans, and they cover a range of new components that will help corporate users to work more efficiently, including networking, security and management — So here is the roundup: Mobile VPN: Windows 8.1 includes an auto-triggered VPN feature that will automatically prompt the end-user when a connection of this type is needed....

Controlling documents wirelessly with your Windows Phone is a two piece puzzle: first you’ll need to download Office Remote from the Windows Phone Store, and second you also need to install Microsoft Office Remote PC Setup add-in (or plugin) in your PC. Follow the setup, you will only need to launch Word, Excel, or a PowerPoint presentation and then just fire up the app in your phone. Here is a video from the Office team that shows how to use Office Remote with PowerPoint in Windows 8....

A difference to the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4 has its power supply built into the console, which the guys from iFixit note is a AC Input of 100-240 volts. This means that you can move the console from country-to-country without a problem, just remember to get a socket adapter. Gallery The teardown also reveals that the console indeed uses a SCEI (Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.) CXD90026G SoC (includes AMD “Jaguar” Cores and AMD Radeon Graphics GPU), Samsung K4G41325FC-HC03 4 Gb (512 MB) GDDR5 RAM (total of 16 x 512 MB = 8 GB), SCEI CXD90025G Secondary/Low Power Processor for Network Tasks, Genesys Logic GL3520 USB 3....

The company also introduced the Surface Laptop, launched the Xbox One X, and updated some of its other devices, including the Surface Book 2 and Surface Pro. Pureinfotech covered all the most important announcements and releases, but more importantly, the site gave you a handful of tips to fix problems and to get the most out of these and other devices. In order to wrap up 2017, in this guide, we’re going to look back at the best stories published in Pureinfotech as we get ready to start 2018....

First unveiled in January at CES 2016, the 2-in-1 device will be available at the Microsoft Store and online on April 4, 2016, in the U.S., while in Canada and Puerto Rico will be available on March 18, 2016. Alongside the launch, Microsoft has also published a video unboxing the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S showcasing the device features, such as screen and ports, and full-sized keyboard. The Galaxy TabPro S is a 12-inch (2160 x 1440) sAMOLED display tablet powered by an Intel Core M processor without fans....

The bundle includes one of the three models of the 13.5-inch Surface Book 2 running an Intel’s Core i7 processor, a Windows Mixed Reality headsets, and a 3-month trial of Adobe Creative Cloud Photography subscription that also comes with 1TB of cloud storage. (Just remember that you’ll need a USB Type-C to HMDI adapter to connect the headset.) The Microsoft Store offers some great mixed reality headset options, including from Lenovo, Acer, Dell, and HP, and they all come with the must have motion controllers....

Only devices running a version nearing the end of service will start receiving the feature update automatically sometime in June to keep them protected. The new approach is part of a continuous effort to avoid (or at least minimize) embarrassing rollout problems, such as the one we’ve seen with the October 2018 Update, where immediately after the release some users started reporting data loss after the upgrade and forced the company to halt the rollout....

The new audio and video messaging client focuses on the Metro interface now found in all Windows Store apps and in easy to use — The Skype team explains in their blog post –. When the user first launch the app will display relevant contacts, recent chat messages and calls. Even the keypad has been redesigned to make easier to call landlines or mobile phones directly. Thanks to the new Windows 8 application model Skype can always be running on the background waiting for a call or message without wasting battery and alert the user when someone is trying to get in touch....

Although the company is making available a new model of the Surface Go 3, the color and connectivity are the only things new since this is the same device as the Go 3 that was released in September 2021. As far as the tech specs go, the Windows 11 device comes with an Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y or Core i3-10100Y processor, 8GB of memory, and 128GB of storage. The base model comes with the Pentium Gold 6500Y and Wi-Fi connectivity, and it cost $550....

Although the product refresh, and the introduction of a new ARM-based tablet made a splash, the biggest surprise was the unveiling of Surface Neo, a mini version of the Surface tablet that features a dual-screen design and runs the new Windows 10X OS. And Surface Duo, a smaller version Neo that runs a custom version of Android and works just like a phone. If you couldn’t attend the event, this image gallery will give you a closer look at the new devices....

The October 2018 firmware updates for Surface are minor, and they’re meant to improve system stability, battery life, processor, and sound. Surface Pro 6 Here are all the new fixes and improvements in this new Surface Pro 6 update: Surface Pen Firmware Update – System devices: 3.0.10.1 resolves intermittent pen top button click failure on Surface Pen with no clip-on Windows 10 October 2018 Update, version 1809. Surface Pen Integration Device – Human Interface Devices: 1....

According to the changelogs the latest updates are dated February 13, and they deliver changes to improve system and battery stability on those devices. Here’s the list with changes for Surface Book, Pro, and Pro LTE Advanced. Surface Book Surface Embedded Controller Firmware — 90.2098.256.0 improves system stability. Surface Integration — 1.1.339.1 improves battery stability. Surface Pro LTE Advanced Surface System Aggregator Firmware — 233.2102.1.0 improves system stability. Surface Pro Surface System Aggregator Firmware — 233....

If you’re using Office 2013 and you need to reinstall the software, but you don’t have the DVD or installation files, Microsoft allows you to download the files once again with your valid product key, you just need to know where to look. For those without an Office 365 subscription, this week I showed you how to make Office Online more like a full version of the software with simple tweaks — pretty useful to save money and access Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Online more quickly....

The mobile version of Windows 10 also includes improvements on the Settings app, the Lock screen now supports music playback controls and camera button, Cortana gets two more ways to create reminders, and perhaps one of the best new features is the new support for USB Ethernet adapter on mobile device using the Microsoft Display Dock. With the new features on Windows 10 Mobile, Microsoft is also publishing a number of new bug fixes and known issues for build 14322....

In how to’s we looked at how to configure some useful features on Firefox 4 to keep you a little bit safer online and with a cleaner browser. Additionally this week we posted a really helpful article about what device drivers are and how to install them in Windows 7 ( a special guest post from one of our visitors. If you like technology and you would like to have a guest post in Pureinfotech, drop up a line here), and much more....

We are almost a week away from Halloween and I hope you’ve already decorated your desktop, but in the case you haven’t, this week I have a new free Windows 7 theme that will make you scream. Also this week I published How to install Windows 7 — What to do before start, this is the second part or a three-part tutorial, and in this part I went through how to backup your settings and documents and several tips that will help you to successfully install Windows 7....

The 21.5-inch monitor is priced at $99.99, and it’s not just about HP selling a cheap monitor. It’s about HP selling a monitor that features an IPS panel that delivers pretty darn good color representation and great viewing angles. Unlike other companies that less cheap monitors but with TN panels, which usually don’t have good viewing angles. Even further, this monitor uses the same LG IPS panel, which Apple uses for its older version of the 21....