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WindowsJan 15, 2021Jan 16, 2021

Apple is working on Music and Podcast app for Windows, coming soon to Microsoft Store

Apple is currently working on building new Music and Podcasts apps for Windows which will be available in Microsoft Store later this year. The company had just recently released its Apple TV app for Xbox. iTunes was broken down into…

Mac WindowsJan 13, 2021

Flash is finally dead – Adobe now blocks Flash content from playing

Imran Hussain

Adobe Flash has finally reached the end of life. This means that if you try to load any Flash content, be it games or videos, in any browser, Adobe’s Flash Player will block it from running. December 31, 2020, was…

Mac WindowsJan 8, 2021

ElectroRAT malware drain crypto wallets in macOS and Windows

Usman Hussain

A new report published by a security firm says that a ring of criminals has tried to join the cryptocurrency market via a wide-ranging operation. The operation consists of a full-fledged marketing campaign, custom cryptocurrency-related applications, and a new Remote…

Windows MacJan 6, 2021

Microsoft reportedly working on ‘One Outlook’, an app that will work across Windows, Mac, and the web

Usman Hussain

Microsoft has reportedly been working on a new Outlook app called ‘One Outlook’. The app will work across various platforms; Mac, Windows, and the web. According to a leaked version of the app, Microsoft describes it as ‘a new version…

How tos Mac WindowsJan 4, 2021May 14, 2021

How to uninstall Adobe Flash Player on Mac and Windows

Usman Hussain

Adobe is no longer offering support for Adobe Flash Player and it had been warning its users to uninstall the Flash Player for 3 years now. Now, Adobe is ‘strongly recommending’ its users to uninstall it from their computers as…

Mac OfficeDec 26, 2020

New Outlook for Mac beta gets IMAP support and calender widget for macOS Big Sur

Usman Hussain

Recently, Microsoft released huge updates for Outlook and Excel for users on the Mac Beta Channel. The updates provide new features to test out, including IMAP support, search improvements, and calendar widget for Outlook, while Excel gets new toolbar icons…

Mac WindowsDec 23, 2020

Here is how games perform in Windows 10 on Arm using Parallels on M1 Macs

Usman Hussain

Blendlogic posted a video on YouTube recently, in which he ran gaming tests using Parallels in Windows 10 on Arm running on an M1 MacBook Air. Parallels released a Technical Preview Program recently for M1 based Macs. The company stated…

Mac WindowsDec 23, 2020

Windows in Parallels on M1 Mac runs faster than it does on Surface Pro X

Rida Imran

Windows 10 for ARM, when running in Parallels virtualization software on Apple Silicon M1 Macs, runs faster than it does natively on Microsoft’s own Surface Pro X. This has been tested using Geekbench and shows how massive the performance difference…

ChromeDec 22, 2020Dec 22, 2020

Apple, Google, Mozilla and Microsoft ban Kazakhstan’s spying HTTPS certificate

Rida Imran

Apple, Google, Mozilla and Mircosoft, the U.S Leading browsing companies, have teamed to ban Kazakhastan’s malicious HTTPS certificate. ZDNet reports that Kazakhstan’s government was using a root certification to intercept and decrypt HTTPS traffic to spy in the capital, the…

Dec 21, 2020

Microsoft is working on its own ARM chips following Apple’s footsteps

Rida Imran

Microsoft has started designing its own ARM chips to be used in servers and future Surface products, as per a new report. It seems that instead of relying on Qualcomm, the company will attempt to make its own ARM chips…