Microsoft is creating a new version of Windows 10, designed exclusively for dual-screen and foldable devices. Windows 10X, also known by codename “Santorini,” is an ambitious effort from Microsoft to redesign Windows 10 for devices that don’t even exist yet — like flexible tablets that morph into being capable of laptop-like tasks — devices like the Surface Neo.
Microsoft created the…
iPhone 11 Pro leather cases are 20% off, iPhone 8 is $340, Bose QC 35 headphones are on sale
October 2, 2019
Apple’s official iPhone 11 Pro leather cases see a 20% discount in today’s best deals. You can also pick up an iPhone 8 in refurbished condition for $340 and the Bose QuietComfort 35 SII wireless headphones drop to $224. All that and more are in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch…
After announcing the dual-screen Surface Neo PC, Microsoft announced a smaller version running Google’s mobile OS. Surface Duo with Android features two screens that can be used in a variety of form factors, including as a phone.
The “Surface phone” running Android…
What’s a sports game developer supposed to do when the sport they simulate stops making sense? This is the question facing 2K Sports after a bizarre offseason in the NBA left the league in chaos. But 2K has to put out their yearly product, and NBA 2K20 came out like clockwork, over a month before the start of the season and with a league it’s supposed to model that may unmodelable. Although…
Google first added app shortcuts to Android with the debut of Nougat, but many apps never added the functionality. Now, there’s evidence that Instagram is finally adding app shortcuts to its Android app, but there’s no telling when they’ll…
After testing the feature with some users in beta, Google has today announced that incognito mode for Maps will start rolling out to Android and iOS users in the next few weeks.
Incognito mode first made its debut in Chrome and expanded to YouTube last…
Just how, exactly, will Windows work on dual-screen PCs like Microsoft’s Surface concept? With Windows 10X, a new variant of the OS that’s designed for machines with two displays. This isn’t like Windows 10S, Microsoft’s ill-fated and restrictive variant for the Surface Laptop (which has since become far more relaxed). Instead, 10X is more like a rethinking of the OS…
Apple analyst Dan Ives at Wedbush today released a report indicating that Apple’s supply chain partners are increasing their production schedules and forecasts as Apple sees stronger-than-expected demand for the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro.
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Windows is a big, bloated operating system by the modern standards of today’s tablet and phone users. This is known. But every time Microsoft has tried to strip it down to something simple, users have (rightly?) revolted. Now, the company is officially trying again with…
Microsoft announces Windows 10X for dual-screen PCs
October 2, 2019
Microsoft today announced Windows 10X, a new flavor of Windows 10 designed for dual-screen PCs. Windows 10X will power dual-screen PCs from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and of course Microsoft. But we won’t seem them until holiday 2020. Microsoft teased the Surface Neo running Windows 10X at its event today. Lenovo unveiled what it called “the world’s first foldable PC” earlier this…
