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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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News

Microsoft Edge’s battery saving Sleeping Tabs feature is now rolling out to the Beta channel

Back in September Microsoft started testing a feature in Edge Canary which allowed users to freeze tabs in the background…

Arif Bacchus · December 9, 2020 · 1 min read

News

First Edge version 89 build just landed in the Dev channel, here’s everything you need to know

Right on the mid-week schedule, a new Edge Dev build has arrived. This week, Edge 89 has finally landed in…

Arif Bacchus · December 8, 2020 · 3 min read

Microsoft / office 365

Microsoft SharePoint hits a new milestone of 200 million monthly daily active users

In a blog post penned by Jared Spataro, Microsoft announced a new milestone in the company’s history. SharePoint, the cloud-based…

Arif Bacchus · December 8, 2020 · 2 min read

How-to

How to uses slash commands like /files and get more out of Microsoft Teams

Slash Commands in Microsoft Teams, explained Looking to save some time during your busy day? You might want to use…

Arif Bacchus · December 8, 2020 · 2 min read

Feature

Apple’s new $550 AirPods Max vs $250 Surface Headphones 2: 2 headphones for the price of one?

Apple this morning announced their latest product, over the ear headphones known as AirPods Max. Priced at a whopping $550,…

Arif Bacchus · December 8, 2020 · 5 min read

News

PSA: The “Search in Sidebar” feature is now live in Edge production, letting you see web results to the side of the page

After initial testing with Edge Insiders, Microsoft is finally rolling out the “Search in Sidebar” feature to the production version…

Arif Bacchus · December 7, 2020 · 1 min read

News

Check out this iPhone 12 Pro Max vs Nokia Lumia 1020 camera showdown, the results may surprise you

Despite the launch of Microsoft’s new dual-screen phone, the Surface Duo, some people like our own James Walker are still…

Arif Bacchus · December 7, 2020 · 2 min read

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Couldn’t get a Windows Ugly Sweater? Microsoft is working to restock more, soon

A couple of days ago Microsoft announced that it would sell the Windows Ugly Sweater on the Xbox Gear Store,…

Arif Bacchus · December 3, 2020 · 1 min read

Feature

Five features in Microsoft Teams you might not know about or have enabled

Microsoft Teams is all about chats, video calls, and collaboration. However, there are some other features and integrations with Microsoft…

Arif Bacchus · December 3, 2020 · 3 min read

News

Follow Rufus the dog in his adventures through Microsoft Teams, Flight Simulator, and more in Microsoft’s holiday commercial

Microsoft’s holiday commercial is back again, and, going with the times, is a little bit different. This year, the ad…

Arif Bacchus · December 3, 2020 · 2 min read