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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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Surface 3 gets its first firmware update since 2016 – onmsft.com

It's been over two years since Microsoft last released a firmware update for the Surface 3, but the company has…

Arif Bacchus · June 4, 2018 · 1 min read

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It’s official: Microsoft has acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock

Over the weekend, reports indicated that Microsoft was interested in buying GitHub, the web-based repository hosting service. The two were…

Arif Bacchus · June 4, 2018 · 2 min read

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Is Microsoft Store testing a new web design for apps and games?

The Microsoft Store on Windows 10 has evolved a bit over the past few years, but it’s looking as though…

Arif Bacchus · June 1, 2018 · 2 min read

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One year after launch, Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass has a positive impact on the video games industry

One year ago to the day, Microsoft launched Xbox Game Pass. There have since been many milestones for the subscription-based…

Arif Bacchus · June 1, 2018 · 2 min read

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Microsoft announces its E3 2018 plans, new Inside Xbox episode on June 11

E3 2018 is right around the corner, and Microsoft today shared some more on what it has planned for the…

Arif Bacchus · May 31, 2018 · 2 min read

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Here are the known issues and fixes with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17682 – onmsft.com

Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider preview build 17682 to the desktops of those who are opted into Skip Ahead…

Arif Bacchus · May 31, 2018 · 3 min read

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Microsoft announces MSN Kids, also adds new parental controls on Edge for Android, Microsoft Launcher

More and more of our children are getting online, and it is becoming ever so more important for parents to…

Arif Bacchus · May 31, 2018 · 2 min read

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First Xbox One 1806 build now available for Preview Beta Insiders

Microsoft last night released the first Xbox One 1806 build for Preview Beta Insiders. This build comes with a set…

Arif Bacchus · May 31, 2018 · 3 min read

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Windows Community Toolkit gets major update with new version 3.0

Back on May 2, Microsoft announced a rebranding of the UWP Community Toolkit to the Windows Community Toolkit. As part…

Arif Bacchus · May 31, 2018 · 1 min read

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Edge development team, Windows client experience team get shuffled in latest Microsoft reorg

Back in March, Microsoft shook up its leadership as part of a major internal reorganization inside the company. The creation…

Arif Bacchus · May 31, 2018 · 2 min read