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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 Surface makes the Super Bowl

If you’re not interested in NFL football, but rather interested in technology, you might want to pay attention to the…

Arif Bacchus · February 4, 2016 · 2 min read

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Surface 3 Education Bundles now offered at a 30% discount

Several school districts across the world have already purchased and deployed Microsoft’s Surface 3 in their curriculums. Today, given the…

Arif Bacchus · February 4, 2016 · 1 min read

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Xbox One Preview members get another update

Last year The Xbox One Preview program was famously used as a way for gamers to test the New Xbox…

Arif Bacchus · February 4, 2016 · 1 min read

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A gamer recreated Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine in Forza 6

Forza 6 has long been known for it’s modification and design options which let you bring the ultimate level of…

Arif Bacchus · February 4, 2016 · 1 min read

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How Markus Persson built, and then sold Minecraft to Microsoft

Minecraft is known as a hit game with over 100 million downloads that lets you build what ever you want.…

Arif Bacchus · February 3, 2016 · 2 min read

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Take the Imagine Cup’s Cortana Analytics Suite challenge, win a trip to Redmond, Wa!

Are you a student with talent in the technology field? If so, Microsoft has just the challenge for you! As…

Arif Bacchus · February 3, 2016 · 1 min read

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Here’s who will win the Grammy and British Academy Film Awards, according to Bing Predicts

The Bing Predicts engine never stops running. With the BAFTA Film Awards and Grammy Awards fast approaching, Bing has been…

Arif Bacchus · February 3, 2016 · 2 min read

The unofficial Google Maps app for Windows Phone just got a nice update onmsft.com

Ranging from giffgaff, to Twitch, and even Instagram, it is already known that there are plenty of unofficial apps for…

Arif Bacchus · February 3, 2016 · 1 min read

PicsArt responds to Nikon scandal with their own photo challenge | On MSFT

PicsArt responds to Nikon scandal with their own photo challenge Arif Bacchus 10 months ago in Latest news The world…

Arif Bacchus · February 3, 2016 · 2 min read

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Massive Fallout 4 update hitting PCs, coming soon to Xbox One – onmsft.com

Last week we reported that Fallout 4 would gain modding, and there is even more Fallout 4 news to report…

Arif Bacchus · February 2, 2016 · 2 min read