Here are some other tidbits from around the web: Windows 10 usage hits 164 million devices by end of 2015, AT&T kills two-year contract, and how you can (temporarily) hide crapware on the iPhone home screen.
Recent Posts
Solving the Mystery of Groove and iHeartRadio Integration
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Back in October, Microsoft announced that it had partnered with iHeartRadio so that one could see iHeartRadio radio station links for artists within the Groove app in Windows 10. But how does this really work?
Thurrott Daily: January 2
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Happy New Year! With CES happening next week and everyone slowly recovering from the holidays, things are finally starting to pick up again: What Apple can learn from Windows 10, iOS ad blocking, a possible Google book scanning review, and more.
Games with Gold: January 2016
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It’s January 1, and you know what that means. Well, yes, it’s a new year. But it’s also time for Xbox Live Gold subscribers to get some more free games courtesy of Microsoft’s monthly Games for Gold promotion.
Thurrott.com Top Ten Posts of 2015
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Freed from bonds of 15 years of archival data, I was curious to see what the top most-read posts on this new site would be. So here they are, the top ten posts on Thurrott.com from 2015.
Google Nexus 6P + Google Fi First Impressions
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Back in April, Google announced Project Fi, an innovative and inexpensive new approach to smart phone connectivity. But now access to Fi has been expanded to better devices like the Nexus 6P and 5X, I decided to give it a shot.
Best Tech of 2015: Wearables
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Wearables are all over the map, encompassing everything from high-end smart watches to low-end fitness bands. So there is great choice, but also great confusion. Not helping matters, many aren’t sure whether wearables will have any staying power.
Windows Weekly 446: Best of the Year
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A special three-hour retrospective of the best Windows Weekly moments from 2015: I shave my head, behind the scenes from Build 2015, my first experience with Aberlour A’Bunadh whiskey, Mary Jo’s data lakes, my visit to the Yale Club in New York, Mary Jo’s tour of the Microsoft Store in New York, our epic Chris Caposella interview, and more!
For the Love of the Game: Going All Digital on Xbox 360
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Since I keep an Xbox 360 around solely for the Call of Duty games that aren’t available on Xbox One, I decided to start over and go all-digital with these games on the older console as well. Here’s how it went.
Thinking About an HP Windows Phone
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There are persistent rumors about PC giant HP re-entering the smart phone market with a Windows 10 Mobile-based device. If this happens, I would imagine HP will announce the phone(s) next week at CES or perhaps at Mobile World Congress.
Microsoft Builds A Selfie App For iOS
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Microsoft has released a new app for iOS that is designed to help make your selfies look better but it comes up short on the feature list.
“Biggest Xbox Game Sale Ever” Continues with Second Week of Deals
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Microsoft’s annual Xbox Store Countdown, a 17-day event that the software giant described as “the biggest Xbox game sale ever,” has entered its second week. So check out the new set of bargain-priced Xbox One and Xbox 360 games, and on select entertainment content.
Microsoft Acknowledges Skype Bug Placing Messages Out Of Order
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The latest version of Skype has a bug that, for some users, is causing the messages to out of order and the only work-around is to downgrade.