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Pinning your Gmail account directly to the Windows 11 taskbar can transform your daily email routine by offering faster access to your inbox—no more frantic browser searches or tedious typing. This article explores three effective methods to streamline your email experience on your Windows 11...

A New Era for Microsoft Edge: Embracing Speed and Versatility Microsoft Edge continues its impressive evolution, announcing a significant speed boost that is capturing the attention of Windows 11 users. With performance improvements that extend far beyond simple benchmark numbers, Edge is...

Firefox is venturing back into the progressive web apps (PWA) arena with an intriguing twist that brings web content closer to a native Windows 11 experience. In its latest Nightly release, Firefox now sports an “Add to Taskbar” button directly in the address bar for converting any website into...

Mozilla is stirring up excitement among Windows 11 users with its innovative Taskbar Tabs feature—a bold evolution in the way websites are experienced. Imagine being able to transform any website into a mini, app-like window that lives right on your taskbar, providing a focused, native feel...

Let’s face it: a chunk of our digital life happens inside the confines of a browser these days. Whether you’re pounding away in Gmail, grabbing files from Google Drive, or hopping between meetings on Zoom, the browser often acts as both your desk and your doorway. But what if you’ve had enough...

We all know YouTube is a treasure trove of entertainment, edutainment, and downright riveting content. But let's face facts: it's not all suitable for the kiddos. Enter YouTube Kids, a sanctuary designed to provide a safe, engaging, and family-friendly arena where children can explore videos...

If you woke up this morning and tried to access Microsoft 365, you may have found yourself locked out of your digital arsenal thanks to a widespread outage. Around 9 AM UTC today, countless users began reporting issues with accessing the Microsoft 365 website, with Downdetector receiving a surge...

In a surprising move that affects many users, Microsoft has officially announced the termination of support for its Mail, Calendar, and People apps on Windows 11 by December 31, 2024. This shift marks a significant pivot toward a more web-centric user experience, embodied by the new web-based...

The landscape of AI applications just got a new addition with Claude AI launching its very own Windows application. Similar to the approach taken by ChatGPT, Claude’s app is essentially a simple Electron wrapper that loads the website at https://claude.ai within a Chromium container. This may...

For many of our customers, kiosk mode in Microsoft Edge Legacy acts as a key touchpoint for both their frontline workers and their own customers. Whether it’s associates helping customers on a retail floor or employees accessing critical tools and apps, kiosk mode has provided a customizable...

Earlier this year, we met with users to understand how they felt about permissioned web features, such as requests to send notifications or access the camera or microphone. The individuals we spoke with made it clear they find notification requests bothersome and distracting—except when they...

The new Microsoft Edge is now out of preview and available for download, with today’s release of our first Stable channel build (Microsoft Edge 79 stable). You can download the new Microsoft Edge today at Link Removed. In this post, we’ll walk through what you can expect now that the new Edge...

We’re thrilled to announce that today’s Windows Insider build enables Service Workers by default in Microsoft Edge for the first time. This is an exciting milestone for us and for the web! These new APIs allow the web to offer better experiences when devices are offline or have limited...

Babylon.js is an open source framework that allows you to easily create stunning 3D experiences in your browser or your web apps. Built with simplicity and performance in mind, it is the engine that fuels the Remix3D site, Link Removed or 3D objects preview in Link Removed or Link Removed on...

Editor’s note: This continues the series we began last week, highlighting what’s new and improved in the Microsoft Edge DevTools with EdgeHTML 16. As the web platform evolves, the line between web and application developers continues to blur. It’s common now for a web site to be more like a web...

Today, we’re beginning to roll out the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to Windows 10 customers around the world. This release upgrades Microsoft Edge to EdgeHTML 16, the best version of Microsoft Edge yet. The Fall Creators Update also includes new enhancements like improved favorites management...

In this post, we’ll introduce you to a text technology called color fonts. We’ll discuss what color fonts are, when they can be useful and how to use them in your Windows 10 apps. What are color fonts? Color fonts, also referred to as “multicolor fonts” or “chromatic fonts,” are a relatively...

Link Removed Figure 1 Sign-up at Link Removed On the heels of the Build conferences these last few years, we have had the pleasure of meeting thousands of developers around the world. Their feedback and technical insight has helped us to continue the tradition and explore more technical depth...

Editor’s Note – this post was originally posted on Medium and has been updated to reflect the latest information. Let’s talk about the progress of web apps. No, that’s not an autocorrect mistake from “progressive web apps” — let’s take a look at how the web has progressed from “a large...

**IMPORTANT-MUST READ** WinBeta just posted a article on a Silverlight & Flash app bug that's going around now. Hackers bypass Microsoft's EMET exploit blocker to infect Silverlight and Flash apps Heres a link to where they found out about it. Link Removed