Sep 21st 2016
Windows Weekly 484
Microsoft for Life!
Microsoft finally kills off "Get Windows 10"
Microsoft rolls out an update to remove 'Get Windows 10' app, a preview of Microsoft SMS Relay, this week in layoffs, the launch of the Nokia 216 phone, Microsoft changes its 'Health' fitness apps' name, Azure customers get hit with a DNS outage, the Xbox One S Minecraft Favorites Bundle, Gears of War 4 goes gold, a way to de-Apple one's iPhone, Campo Santo's Firewatch game comes to the Xbox One with an audio tour, version 1 of 'Bletchley' Azure blockchain delivered, and more!
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Links
- Microsoft is enabling removal of the Get Windows 10
- “Get Windows 10” No More
- Microsoft SMS Relay Preview
- Skype for Life?
- No, Microsoft Isn’t Locking Linux Out of PCs
- Microsoft lays off hundreds of employees this week, largely in Redmond, London
- Microsoft launches a new Nokia feature phone
- Microsoft rechristens its 'Health' fitness apps as 'Band'
- Microsoft Band on the Run
- Microsoft cloud chief: Our early IoT investment sets us apart from Amazon
- Global DNS outage hits Microsoft Azure customers
- Microsoft Cloud expands with first-of-its-kind offering for Europe
- Microsoft expanding its cloud service availability in Germany, Canada and for the U.S. DoD
- Microsoft Unveils Xbox One S Minecraft Favorites Bundle
- Here Comes Gears of War 4
- iPhone for the Windows Guy: Minimize Apple’s Grip on Your Device
- Word, Excel and PowerPoint for Android Updated with Simpler Sharing and Collaboration
- OneDrive Gets a New Files-Centric UI on iPhone and iPad
- Outlook.com to Support Google Drive and Facebook Photos
- Microsoft to release Azure Stack as an appliance in mid-2017
- Microsoft fleshes out its Azure Data Lake plans; readies public preview
- Microsoft's new online certification program kicks off with data science specialization
- Open Mind: Microsoft's Visual Studio-like suite for machine learning
- Microsoft cloud chief: Our early IoT investment sets us apart from Amazon
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- Microsoft delivers version 1 of 'Bletchley' Azure blockchain as a service middleware
- 02.02.02 strong Belgian Golden Ale
- console wars