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Author: Taras Buria

Taras is here to cover stories about Microsoft and everything around, although sometimes he prefers Apple.

How to Cast Media from OneDrive for Android

Microsoft made it possible to cast media from OneDrive for Android to a TV or any other compatible device. Here's how to use this feature.

After adding 8K video and Live Photo support to OneDrive for Android and iOS, Microsoft is back with another much-needed update. This time, the Android client for the cloud-based storage from Microsoft gets special treatment. Version 6.9.1 is now available from the Google Play Store with the long-overdue ability to cast media from mobile to Chromecasts, TVs, and other devices compatible with popular media streaming protocols.

Enhanced Dark Mode is now available in Word for macOS

At the beginning of this year, Microsoft announced an enhanced dark mode for Word. With the new feature, Office Word switches canvas' color from white to dark, easing the strain on the users' eyes. The dark theme for Office apps is not something new. In fact, it is available since the release of the Office 2016. Still, even with the dark theme applied, Word keeps pages white. Upcoming updates for Office will finally fix this inconvenience.

Enable Shopping Coupon Finder in Edge on Android

Here's how to enable Shopping Coupon Finder in Edge on Android, so the browser will be able to find shopping coupons for you.

Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome have lots of shared code under the hood, but what makes the former stand out are some additional features and conveniences. One of such things is a built-in coupon finder. This feature automatically scans a website for available but hidden coupons to save you quite a lot of money. After bringing shopping features to desktops, Microsoft is now working on an identical capability for mobile.

A bunch of Surface computers receive May 2021 firmware update

Microsoft continues to roll out May 2021 firmware updates for different Surface models. Following updates for Surface Laptop, Laptop 3, and Laptop 4, the company has released new patches and improvements for a bunch of other computers. This time, May 2021 firmware updates are available for the original Surface Book, Surface Book 3, Surface Laptop Go, Surface Pro 4, and Surface Studio 2.

Microsoft removed buggy AMD driver that was bricking computers for some

Recently, AMD released a new SCSI Adapter driver that wrecked chaos among some users with AMD-based computers. After installing "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - SCSIAdapter - 9.3.0.221," users faced a BSOD crash with the error code "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE." Usually, this type of error appears when a computer cannot access the primary storage with the operating system on it.

Microsoft works on fixing a bug that causes YouTube video to crash in Edge

Moving Microsoft Edge from the legacy EdgeHTML engine to Chromium has fixed a variety of compatibility issues and bugs, especially with many popular websites optimized primarily for Chromium. Nowadays, Microsoft Edge no longer behind the most popular browser in terms of compatibility, but some weird bugs still surface from time to time. During the last two weeks, users have been reporting issues with YouTube playback in Microsoft Edge 90 Stable. According to numerous complaints, YouTube playback constantly crashes the entire browser when streaming videos.

Web Capture tool is now available in Edge Canary on Android

Microsoft Edge on desktop has a built-in screenshot tool called Web Capture. Although Windows 10 has plenty of tools to create screenshots, Web Capture offers a unique option to create a long screenshot of the entire page. Now Microsoft wants to bring the same utility to mobile platforms.

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