Windows Weekly 538

Windows 10 version 1709 is complete. (a.k.a. the Fall Creators Update or Redstone 3, its names are legion.)
Related: Microsoft holds a mixed-up mixed reality briefing with no real news.Microsoft buys AltSpaceVR. Why? And who are they? 
Related: The Windows 10 Photos app was just updated with a surprisingly good video editor. This is great news for people pining over Windows Movie Maker. 
Related: 70 extensions for Edge after one year. Is that good or bad? 
 
Looking ahead to Redstone 4: a new build with just a minor new visual change. When will this beta spin up? What can we expect? 
 
Microsoft shutters Groove Music Pass and points customers to Spotify. Also: Store will no longer sell music either. But why not Movies & TV Shows too? And ebooks? (Paul has a theory) Gnashing of teeth in the Microsoft community, but no one actually used this service.
Related: Some industry watchers and OEMs predicting Surface line will be next on chopping block. (Nadella recently denied this, FWIW.)
 
Mobile: Microsoft is listening to feedback and is fixing Skype, starting on iOS. 
 
Xbox: Cuphead ships and it's awesome. But it's also too hard for most people. Forza Motorsport 7 is a visual showcase, even on Xbox One S. Store is being rebranded as Microsoft Store on Xbox too.

• Tip of the week: Download your purchased Groove music NOW!
• App pick of the week: Paint.NET is in the Store.
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Data Box
• Codename pick of the week: AndromedaOS 
• Beer pick of the week: Cigar City Good Gourd 

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Links

• Microsoft Ships Possible RTM Build of Fall Creators Update
• Microsoft Pushes Forward with Mixed Reality
• Microsoft acquires social virtual reality startup AltspaceVR
• Windows 10 Photos App Gets a Great Video Editor … with 3D Effects, Too
• Microsoft Touts the Growth of Extensions in Edge
• Microsoft Previews a Few Redstone 4 Improvements
• Microsoft to shutter its Groove Music service and migrate users to Spotify
• Microsoft Ends Groove Music Pass, Offers Transition to Spotify
• 2019: The year that Microsoft quits Surface hardware
• Microsoft Unveils a Skype (Re)redesign on iOS
• Cuphead First Impressions: Gorgeous but Difficult
• Forza Motorsport 7 First Impressions: A Visual Showcase
• Microsoft Store is Coming to Xbox One Too
• Tip: Download Your Purchased Groove Music Now
• Games with Gold Serves Up Mysteries, Zombies, and More
• Microsoft Reveals New Xbox Game Pass Titles for October
• Paint.NET Comes to Windows Store
• SwiftKey for Android Gets a Redesign, New Themes
• Microsoft opens up testing of Azure Data Box, its Amazon Snowball rival
• LinkedIn’s New Talent Solution Gives You the Insights to Get Ahead
• What is Microsoft's AndromedaOS?
• Good Gourd Imperial Pumpkin Ale | Cigar City Brewing