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Pre-orders begin ahead of May 26 launch of Minecraft Dungeons The Minecraft team announced Tuesday that Minecraft Dungeons – a new action-adventure, dungeon crawler-style game – will be available May 26 on Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox Game Pass. Pre-orders begin now for the game. “As you all know, we initially planned to release Minecraft Dungeons by the end of April,” the Minecraft team writes in its blog post. “However, due to the current state of the world, this was no longer possible, as we wanted to guarantee the health and safety of our teams, and empower them to deliver the best possible experience to you, our players. We hope you’ll find it was worth the wait.” Head over to the Minecraft blog post to find out what’s in the two editions of the game, how [ more… ]

The top 10 reasons to switch to the new Microsoft Edge New features provide peace of mind, help you stay in the flow and connect to the information you want The last few weeks have been unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. As a working mom I’m certainly used to having a full schedule, getting pulled in different directions, balancing the needs of my family  with those of my job, and generally feeling stretched. But these last several weeks have taken my everyday reality to a whole new level. And I suspect I’m not alone. I’ve found myself at home jumping from Teams call to Teams call while trying to keep things moving forward at work (recognizing I’m lucky in this regard) while also now homeschooling my kids. It feels like the volume of everything has been turned up significantly. There’s [ more… ]

Working remotely? Check out new Microsoft 365 personal and family subscriptions Now more than ever, as so many work and learn remotely, “it’s never been more important to stay connected and on top of the things that matter,” writes Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president for Modern Life, Search & Devices at Microsoft, on the Microsoft 365 Blog. Microsoft has a powerful set of familiar applications and services used by more than a half billion people that help you create, share, connect and collaborate with your friends and family across the web and on your devices. And now, they’re free. Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Skype, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive apps enable you to co-author, video chat, organize and come together. On April 21, Office 365 will become Microsoft 365, which builds on the foundation of Office by infusing new AI, rich [ more… ]