Saturday, March 24, 2018

Skype desktop is available for download again.

If you're not a fan of the Microsoft Skype modern version that is available via the Microsoft Store, you will be glad to learn that Skype for Windows desktop, a.k.a classic Skype, is available for download again. Microsoft pulled the software from its website last month citing security issues and today, the software giant announced on its Answers forum that "...Skype customers can now resume download and install of the official Skype for Windows desktop v7.41."
Again, if you're not a fan of the modern version, head to the Skype page to download the good old 'Classic' Skype.

Microsoft Outlook on Android gets improved Conversation view.


No doubt Microsoft apps on Android are popular with Android users, albeit not as popular as, say, Google's Inbox by Gmail which has home court advantage, but Microsoft Outlook has a respectable 500, 000 downloads in the store. That number is well on its way to grow further as Microsoft keeps adding features to the app.

In today's update, Microsoft brings some improvements to the Conversation view. According to the changelog, all conversations will now appear uncollapsed "with clearer separation between them for easy scanning and readability." Outlook will also automatically take you the last message you read in a conversation, thus drastically reducing scrolling to find the message you need to read first.

Of course, this update also includes the usual performance improvements. If you use Outlook on Android, head to the Google Play Store and download the update.