Imagine a keyboard that you can carry around like a wallet—almost as thin as paper, just a few millimetres—and that works with any smartphone or tablet, be it Android, iOS or Windows Phone.
We take the new budget-friendly phones for a spin in Barcelona at MWC.
Microsoft has announced the Lumia 640 and 640 XL phones, which come packed with respectable hardware specs while still firmly sitting in the budget end of the price spectrum.
Milled aluminium. All-day battery life. Intel Core i5 and i7 processors. A large, clickable trackpad with excellent multitouch response. If you didn't know any better, you'd think I was describing a MacBook Air.
Patience is a virtue. Lock up that credit card for just a little longer, it'll be worth your while.
Yes Windows 8 was a mess, and the Xbox One's early days were embarrassing, but Microsoft's been sharpening its game with impressive deftness and speed. And now it is once again, hands down, the most exciting company in tech.
On Friday, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will incorporate biometric security features. Good job, Microsoft!
All you need to do is sign up for a Bing Rewards account, and that's only available to residents in the US.
As Cortana's conquest across Windows 10 and the new Spartan browser continues, it seems the popular voice assistant will also be coming to Office.
Microsoft's first Xbox One update of the year is a reasonably meaty one. Among a list of new features, the console's wireless gamepads will now sync and fire up quicker than before, letting you get into a game (admittedly fractionally) faster.
While you're waiting for some half-decent Kinect-focussed games to appear...
Need help placing football bets down your local bookmakers? Microsoft's Windows Phone voice assistant Cortana can now predict Premier League Match results (and her World Cup track record wasn't at all bad). [Microsoft]
The operating system will be freely available via the Windows Developer Program for IoT later this year.
You'd think it didn't have a mobile OS all of its own.
Microsoft continues its mobile software push beyond Windows Phone.
If you think Microsoft's new HoloLens has what it takes to challenge the Oculus Rift, here's your chance to look over the hardware—at least a 3D interactive model of it—courtesy of the folks at Sketchfab.
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