Latest Microsoft Consumer Services News

Bing Adds Fact Checking to Search Results
Following a similar Google effort by several months, Bing now displays fact-checking data in its search results. “Bing is adding […]

Suddenly, We’re Drowning in Microsoft Subscriptions (Premium)
The impact of Microsoft’s transition to the cloud on consumers—a creeping escalation of recurring subscription fees—is rarely discussed. The post […]

Tip: Change Your Microsoft Account’s Primary Alias
Your Microsoft account supports multiple aliases, and you can assign one of them to be your primary alias at any […]

Microsoft Offers One Sign-In Experience to Rule Them All
Microsoft is redesigning its account sign-on experiences for both consumers and businesses in an effort to make them more efficient […]

Cortana Picks Up Fitbit Skills
Microsoft’s personal digital assistant just got a bit more active, thanks to the addition of the Fitbit skill for Cortana. […]

Microsoft Shifts Its Strategy to “Cloud First” (Premium)
After utilizing some version of “mobile first, cloud first” for the past several years, Microsoft is finally admitting to its […]

Scroogled No More: Google Will Stop Scanning Gmail for Ads
As part of an effort to more closely align its business and consumer versions of Gmail, Google announced that it […]

Microsoft is Retiring Docs.com
And yes, that is a Lumia 2520 tablet. After a confusing couple of years, Microsoft is finally retiring its redundant […]