Edge for Mac leaks; Beta build for Windows 10 quickly follows
Microsoft is in the midst of revamping the browser, which will soon be based on the same open-source Chromium technologies that run Google Chrome.
Microsoft is in the midst of revamping the browser, which will soon be based on the same open-source Chromium technologies that run Google Chrome.
The move will allow companies who continue to use the legacy browser to run web sites or web apps inside the upcoming Chromium-based Edge.
A Sunday afternoon browser update fixed the lapsed certificate, which Mozilla had used to digitally sign Firefox extensions. After the certificate expired, the browser add-ons stopped working.
Microsoft last week recommended that organisations no longer force employees to come up with new passwords every 60 days.
The browser maker has rolled out one form of Brave Ads and its scheme to tie them to 'payments' based on users agreeing to view the ads.
In a message to developers, the company said it will soon require all macOS apps to pass at least a cursory review before they can be downloaded and run by users.
The company this week added shared computer activation for Office to the less-expensive Microsoft 365 Business subscription; the rollout for the change begins on April 30.
The iOS and Android versions of the company's Edge browser now support single sign-on and conditional access, a move that could spur more use for the mobile version of Edge.
Microsoft has begun pushing Windows 7 users to move to Windows 10 before support ends for the older OS in January 2020.
The changes cut the price of an annual subscription for Office 365 Home to $69.99 and for Office 365 Personal, $48.99.
Johnathan Nightingale – a one-time Firefox V.P. – weighed in on working with Google in a series of tweets, prompted by a controversial "smart city" plan from Alphabet for Nightingale's hometown of Toronto.
Windows 10 users running the 64-bit edition of the OS now have access to two different "builds" of the still-under-construction browser.
Microsoft largely stopped distributing the October 2018 Update in March, apparently deciding to simply skip one feature upgrade to solve the problem of two on a collision course.
Here we go again. Another Windows 10 rollout has been pushed back, showing the strain Microsoft is under to push out feature upgrades on its own six-month schedule.
End-of-support deadlines for a pair of Windows 10 feature upgrades will soon come into play, halting all updates, including security fixes, to affected devices.