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Arif Bacchus

Arif is a freelance technology writer for OnMSFT and Digital Trends. He has over five years of experience covering all things Microsoft, including Surface, Windows 10, Xbox, Microsoft 365, and more. He also writes how-to guides, op-eds, reviews, and loves to play with the latest tech --- Microsoft or not.

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Articles by Arif Bacchus

Feature

Hands-on with the new Gmail and Google Drive integration in Outlook.com

After developing a new web browser based on Google’s open-source Chromium engine, Microsoft is now also playing nicer with Google’s…

Arif Bacchus · January 4, 2020 · 4 min read

News

New Microsoft Edge icon appears on latest Android beta

2019 was quite a year for Microsoft, as the company announced it would be launching a new version of Edge…

Arif Bacchus · January 2, 2020 · 2 min read

How-to

Want to get the most out of Microsoft Teams meetings? Here’s how to multitask and take Meeting Notes

How to multitask and take notes during Microsoft Teams meetings Here’s how you can use the meeting notes feature in…

Arif Bacchus · January 2, 2020 · 3 min read

News

Dell XPS 13 Hands On: Almost all screen, and almost no bezel – onmsft.com

Dell has always kept its XPS laptops, and the XPS 13 in particular, ahead of the competition. That's thanks to…

Arif Bacchus · January 2, 2020 · 6 min read

News

This Fan-made Windows 10 20H1 Concept Completely Reimagines The Look Of The Windows Operating System – onmsft.com

Microsoft is always improving on Windows 10 with twice a year updates, but over the past few releases, the operating…

Arif Bacchus · December 31, 2019 · 2 min read

Feature

Hands-on with the new and improved “Control Center” in Microsoft Edge Beta on Android

With every beta release, Microsoft’s Edge browser on iOS and Android is improving. Over the past few months we’ve seen…

Arif Bacchus · December 30, 2019 · 3 min read

News

Microsoft Outlook takes aim at Google’s Gmail and hits the 100 million install mark on the Google Play Store

With Windows Phone now being dead, former users and even fanboys have had to turn to either iOS and Android…

Arif Bacchus · December 30, 2019 · 2 min read

News

Latest Microsoft Edge Beta build on Android changes wording for syncing to “the new Microsoft Edge” and “Microsoft Edge Legacy” – onmsft.com

As Microsoft currently holds a total of two modern browsers --- "Chredge," still in beta, and legacy Microsoft Edge ---…

Arif Bacchus · December 30, 2019 · 2 min read

Feature

Hands-on with Microsoft Forms, the Microsoft answer to Survey Monkey and Google Forms

If you’ve ever had a situation where you need to run an internal poll or questionnaire amongst coworkers, then you’ve…

Arif Bacchus · December 24, 2019 · 3 min read

News

New Electron-based Facebook Messenger app starts rolling out on Windows 10 Microsoft Store

If you’re sporting the Beta version of the Facebook Messenger app on Windows 10, you’re in for a treat. According…

Arif Bacchus · December 23, 2019 · 2 min read