The Digital Lifestyle Show #672 – That is what Release Preview if for
Welcome to this week’s show where Jason, Richard and I talk about the deletion bug hitting the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. We speculate on what was the cause of the issue (wrongly it turns out) and how issues like this will affect the Windows Insider Program and how Microsoft…
Microsoft’s Your Phone now available for Windows 10 April Update
Over the last couple of weeks Microsoft have been testing its new Your Phone service with Windows Insiders. The app enables you to view from Windows photos stored on your Android phones and interact with them as you would if they were photos stored on your local PC. Microsoft have…
Hands on with the new Your Phone app in Window 10
In this video I take a look at the new Your Phone app in the latest builds of Windows 10 for Windows Insiders. Your Phone was by Microsoft at the Build conference and enables integration between your phone (Android or iOS) and Windows 10. An initial version of the app…
Microsoft Apps for Android adds support for Your Phone on Windows 10
I noticed the Microsoft Apps app for Android picked up an update today on my phone and it now asks if you are Windows Insider. If you are an Insider, you can sign in with your Microsoft Account and then it should link to the Your Phone app in Windows…
Microsoft kills off its iOS and Android Groove music apps
Microsoft closed its Groove music streaming service last year and now they are killing off their iOS and Android Groove apps. Even without the streaming service the apps were still useful for listening to music uploaded to OneDrive. The apps will be retired 1st December 2018 and will not work…
The Digital Lifestyle Show #650 – Build 2018
This week Richard and Garry join me to talk about the news coming out of Microsoft’s Build 2018 conference including Android integration to Windows 10, Fluent Design, Alexa and Cortana integration and more. We also talk about the new the April 2018 update, Redstone 5 and HoloLens. The Digital Lifestyle…
Doro 8030 Review
Reviewing the Doro 8030 is a little surreal because by all normal measures, it is a terrible example of an Android phone. Running to £120 (SIM-free) on Amazon at the moment, there are plenty of excellent Android devices that come in at a similar price point, all of which leave…
Microsoft Edge for Android adds password syncing with Windows 10
Microsoft have updated Microsoft Edge for Android adding a new password sync feature. With the update passwords stored in Windows 10 are synced with Microsoft Edge on Android so you don’t have to manually enter password on the phone. This is the kind of thing that improves the experiences for…
Microsoft Edge Preview now available for Android
Microsoft has made available a preview of Microsoft Edge for Android phone users. The browser was announced by Microsoft last week and is now available via the Google Play Store in preview form. The browser includes “Continue on PC” so you can start browsing on your phone and then open…
The Digital Lifestyle Show #621 – On the Edge
Welcome to this week’s podcast where Jason and I can finally talk about the Sonos and Amazon Alexa integration we have been testing for some time. We talk about what you can do with it and potential features for the future. We talk about Microsoft’s mobile strategy of bringing Edge…
