Tag Archives: App

Microsoft 365: Companion apps will be rolled out at the end of October 2025

Posted on 2025-10-13 by guenni

[German]Starting in late October 2025, the Microsoft 365 companion apps—People, Files, and Calendar—will be automatically installed on Windows 11 devices with Microsoft 365 apps and will integrate Copilot for contextual AI assistance.

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Nextcloud: Data protection bug in Android app?

Posted on 2025-09-09 by guenni

[German]There appears to be a bug in the Android app for Nextcloud that is not insignificant in terms of data protection. Media content uploads are distributed across different folders belonging to different instances (accounts), even if this is not what … Continue reading →

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Outlook Light app will be discontinued

Posted on 2025-09-07 by guenni

[German]A quick update for users of Microsoft's Outlook Lite app. Redmond has just announced that the app will be discontinued. It will be shut down on October 6, 2025.

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Google requires Android app developers to identify themselves

Posted on 2025-08-31 by guenni

[German]In light of the large number of harmful Android apps, Google is taking drastic measures for the future. All developers of Android apps must identify themselves to Google if they want their apps to continue running on certified Android devices.

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Outlook New no longer starts after update (C-Runtime problem)

Posted on 2025-08-20 by guenni

[German]A blog reader reports a strange problem. Outlook New is used as an app there. Since the app automatically restarted after an update (must have been to version 1.2025.813.500), it can no longer be opened. It looks as if the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft To Do: Support for iOS 16 and macOS 12 will end in August 2025

Posted on 2025-08-12 by guenni

[German]A quick note for users who use Microsoft To Do on Apple's iOS and macOS. Redmond announced on August 5, 2025, that support for older operating system versions will end at the end of the month.

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Microsoft Lens app is being retired September 15, 2025

Posted on 2025-08-09 by guenni

[German]The Microsoft Lens mobile app will be discontinued on September 15, 2025. Microsoft just announced this in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Its replacement will be—you guessed it—Microsoft Copilot.

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Google ends Chrome support for Android 8 and 9

Posted on 2025-06-24 by guenni

[German]Google developers will soon discontinue support for the Chrome browser app for Android 8.0 (Oreo) and Android 9.0 (Pie). Chrome 138 is the last version of Chrome that will support Android 8.0 (Oreo) and Android 9.0 (Pie). Chrome 139 (tentatively … Continue reading →

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WhatsApp will no longer work on these devices from June 1, 2025

Posted on 2025-05-31 by guenni

[German]Brief information for WhatsApp users among our readership with older devices. The developers are cutting the ability to run WhatsApp on certain older devices running iOS. This will end on June 1, 2025.

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Android smartphones found with pre-installed Triada malware; stalkerware wants password to uninstall

Posted on 2025-04-12 by guenni

[German]A small addendum on the subject of Android security. Some time ago, cheap Android smartphones were once again found with the Triada malware pre-installed. The Remote Access Trojan (RAT) extracts personal data. The campaign mainly affected Russian victims, as Kasperski … Continue reading →

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