Microsoft has quietly released a beta version of Teams optimized for Apple Silicon Macs. 9to5Mac reported yesterday that the installer for this new version of Teams has been discovered on Microsoft’s website before the company officially announced its availability. If Microsoft’s Office apps for macOS are already optimized for Apple…
Microsoft Edge has now beaten Safari as the second most popular desktop web browser, according to Statcounter. In March, Microsoft Edge had 9.65% desktop marker share, up from 9.61% in February, while Apple’s Safari went from 9.77% to 9.56% in the same time frame. Obviously, Microsoft Edge was poised to…
Zoom is trying to tackle video meeting fatigue with new 3D animal avatars, which are now available for Zoom meetings and webinars. Once enabled, the new avatars will replace your face in a meeting with a virtual animal that will imitate your face movements and facial expressions, similar to Apple’s…
Microsoft Edge is now capable of generating automatic images descriptions for users browsing the web with screen readers. The accessibility feature uses Azure Cognitive Services intelligence to generate alt text for web images that do not include it. “When a screen reader finds an image without a label, that image…
Dropbox’s sync client for macOS is now optimized for Apple Silicon Macs. The cloud storage service has been testing native support for Apple Silicon Macs for the past couple of months, and the new sync client finally went out of beta this week. Apple released its first Apple Silicon Macs…
Microsoft Edge 99 has started rolling out in the Stable Channel on Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is the latest major update before Edge and other Chromium-based browsers reach version 100, and there are growing concerns about compatibility problems that could be caused by the shift to a three-digit version…
Amazon Luna, the company’s cloud gaming service that launched in early access in fall 2020 is now available for everyone in the US. Until today, the Google Stadia-like service was only available through an invite-only program, but Amazon is now getting serious with Luna with new integrations with Amazon Prime…
Microsoft’s OneDrive sync client for macOS can is now optimized for Apple Silicon Macs. The long-awaited native client has been available in public preview for a couple of months, but it has now started rolling out for users using the Mac App Store version of OneDrive or the standalone version…
Microsoft has updated its OneDrive sync client for macOS this week to address some complaints regarding the new Files On-Demand experience that was introduced last month. The previous update aimed to better integrate OneDrive with macOS, but some users have been confused by the conflicting icons for locally available files.…
Zoom is recommending Mac users to update the app to fix a bug causing microphones to stay on after meetings have ended. Mac users have been complaining about the issue since December, and Zoom has acknowledged the problem last week following a first report from The Register. “We experienced a…