Microsoft's Windows Live SkyDrive offers 25GB of storage in the cloud, for free. It has a range of neat features: shared photo albums, integration with the new Hotmail and Office Web Apps, and RSS ...

As already highlighted in the post First Impressions, of Windows 8, there are 4 ways to log in to a Windows 8 computer. Using a default password of your Windows Live account Using a PIN number Using a ...

Microsoft Edge has added a new sync option in Canary that lets users access Tab Groups and Workspaces across signed-in ...

Windows 11's Settings app is full of surprises. Beyond the expected options for changing your desktop background or ...

Google and Microsoft have teamed up to let Google Calendar and Google Contacts users sync their data with an iPhone, without the need for Apple’s help, via a utility called Google Sync. Google is ...

The ability to share your copy/paste clipboard between your phone and computer is a neat trick, but one that’s not always been very easy on Android devices. In its latest update, Microsoft has just ...

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Windows 8.1 has a nice feature called sync to the cloud so that when you reinstall the operating system, you automatically get the customizations. This saves time and energy. You can use the feature ...

Despite the availability of wireless and cellular networks, many applications must support data presentation and collection services while offline or in remote offices. The Microsoft Sync Framework is ...

When is a bug not a bug? When Microsoft decides to make an unannounced, uncontrollable feature which takes away existing functionality, putting another nail in Edge's coffin vs. Chrome and Firefox. I ...

Thanks to Hotmail, Office Web Apps, SkyDrive, and the new and improved Windows Live Sync Wave 4 beta, Microsoft has the building blocks for a hugely compelling set of online and offline services.

Second, if you can, perform a clean install of Microsoft Windows 10 build 1607, set up your sync settings, then upgrade. Testing shows this feature successfully remains if you have it in place before ...