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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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Microsoft Teams Tip: Chat From Hover Card – onmsft.com

Microsoft Teams is already a great way to communicate with both coworkers and friends across your company or school, but…

Arif Bacchus · April 9, 2018 · 1 min read

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Microsoft releases source code for Windows 3.0 File Manager, and it still works great on Windows 10

The release of the Spring Creators Update may be coming up soon, but if you’re up for some Windows nostalgia…

Arif Bacchus · April 9, 2018 · 1 min read

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WWE’s Ric Flair, NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon to star in next Xbox Live Sessions on April 8

Microsoft announced today that the next Xbox Live Sessions for this weekend will feature WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair…

Arif Bacchus · April 6, 2018 · 1 min read

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Hands on with the new and improved Sets, included in latest Windows 10 Skip Ahead builds

Just last week, I wrote about how Sets in Windows 10 could become an excellent time-saving multi-tasking feature. Though I…

Arif Bacchus · April 6, 2018 · 4 min read

Xbox One Spring update gets plenty of fixes ahead of upcoming public release | On MSFT

Xbox One Spring update gets plenty of fixes ahead of upcoming public release Arif Bacchus 2 days ago in Latest…

Arif Bacchus · April 6, 2018 · 3 min read

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Windows 10 build 17133 heads to the Release Preview ring, is the Spring Creators Update release near?

Dona Sarkar today announced that Microsoft has moved Windows 10 build 17133 to the Release Preview Ring. This comes one…

Arif Bacchus · April 5, 2018 · 1 min read

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Xbox Live Sessions: Deadmau5 to play PUBG live from PAX East

Another week down in the calendar means another new Xbox Live Sessions is coming up. This week, Xbox and Microsoft…

Arif Bacchus · April 5, 2018 · 2 min read

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Note-taking app Penbook is currently free in the Windows 10 Microsoft Store

OneNote is considered by many as the best note-taking app for Windows 10, but there are many alternatives available for…

Arif Bacchus · April 5, 2018 · 1 min read

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Microsoft will now let its partners keep key patents for co-created new technologies

In a lengthy blog post yesterday, Microsoft president Brad Smith announced the Microsoft Shared Innovation Initiative. The initiative is based…

Arif Bacchus · April 5, 2018 · 2 min read

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Spice up your resume with Microsoft’s new online AI courses

Artificial Intelligence is shaping up to be the next big thing in the technology industry, and there has been an…

Arif Bacchus · April 4, 2018 · 2 min read