Microsoft was too busy adding emoji and trying to compete with the rise of WhatsApp, FaceTime, Snapchat, and Facebook ...

The professional dancer had jetted off to be with his family following the end of the Strictly Come Dancing Live tour ...

Text above celebrates a Palestinian director's Oscar win Text message advocating for Palestinian rights and calling US involvement brave, ending with "Free Palestine" and a flag emoji But people ...

This works well in apps and programs without a built-in emoji picker (e.g., Microsoft Word, Google Chrome, and Notepad). If you're in a shared environment, such as an office or café, and want to ...

Similar to a video call in Google Meet, the WhatsApp beta only presents a handful of options, like the thumbs-up emoji or heart emoji. Both the hand-raising option and emoji reactions are tucked ...

Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what someone means in a phone message. And when you throw emoji into the mix, things get even more complicated. A " " or " ️" are easy to ...

For years, we've been able to freely use all the features in Windows apps like Notepad and Paint. But those days seem to be gone. Yes, the core features are still freely accessible, but the latest ...

The company dropped AI features for Notepad a few months back, and now it’s prompting users to pay for a Microsoft 365 subscription to use AI features like Rewrite. For over four decades ...

TL;DR: Microsoft has introduced a paywall for Notepad, requiring a Microsoft 365 subscription to access new features like the AI-powered Rewrite tool. Notepad has been around for more than 40 ...

You can continue to use Notepad and Paint without a subscription, but you won’t get these new features. It’s surprising because Microsoft has never put anything in these apps behind a paywall ...

If you tend to pair Chrome for search and Notepad for writing at the same time, it may automatically pick up on that and allow you to open them up from the Start menu in a single click.