Windows Weekly 584

• Xbox All Access is real goes live in the US. What is this thing? It's a subscription-based financing option that points to the future.
• Intel announces "new" 8th-generation Core chips. But only the Wi-Fi is new.
• IFA: PC makers announce new PCs. It's like CES 2.
• Windows 10 Build 17746 puts Your Phone in Release Preview, but no new features.
• Sticky Notes 3 is official, available to Skip Ahead Insiders
• Wish List is coming to the Microsoft Store
• Related: Microsoft is warning users on Windows 10 version 1607 to upgrade
• Related: Why did the HP CEO undermine the entire PC industry?
• Related: The bizarre story of the new zero-day Windows vulnerability
• Microsoft announces OneDrive for Business features, calls it OneDrive and confuses everyone. Again.
• Microsoft Teams picks up "feature parity" with Skype for Business. Just kidding.
• Excel, PowerPoint, and OneDrive all have over 500 million downloads on the Play Store. So does Word.
• Microsoft is reorganizing the Games library screen on Xbox One, again
• Microsoft announces a white Elite controller - but it's the old design, wtf - WHERE IS THE NEW VERSION??? (MJF: "Settle down, Game Boy!")

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: You can use your Xbox One controller on Android now
• App pick of the week: Get the Pixel launcher(ish) on almost any Android handset
• Bonus pick: Modern Warfare 2 is on Xbox One Backward Compatibility.
• Enterprise pick of the week: The end of hybrid Intune support is coming
• Codename pick of the week: TDBN (Tidbin)
• Beer pick of the week: Jack's Abby House Lager 

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Links

• Microsoft Announces Xbox All Access
• Microsoft adds a new subscription-based financing offer to its line-up with Xbox All Access
• Intel Announces New 8th-Generation Core Processors
• Acer Introduces World’s Lightest 15-inch Laptop, New Chromebook, More
• Acer Announces Next-gen Modular Windows Mixed Reality Headset
• Dell Bundles Amazon Alexa on New Consumer PCs
• New Redstone 5 Build Heads to Insiders, Your Phone Lands on Release Preview
• Sticky Notes 3 for Windows 10 Launches With Cross-Device Syncing, Dark Theme, More
• Microsoft Appears to be Adding a Wish List to its Online Store
• Microsoft is warning users on Windows 10 version 1709 to upgrade
• HP Results Highlight PC Market Woes
• Microsoft Acknowledges New Windows Zero-Day Flaw
• Excel and PowerPoint Mobile Each Net 500 Million Downloads on Android
• Microsoft To-Do Gets Tagging Support
• Microsoft Now Selling the Cortana-Powered Thermostat
• Xbox’s Ready to Install Screen Is Getting a New Home
• Microsoft Announces New Xbox One Elite Controller…….in White
• Android Now Supports the Xbox One Controller
• Tip: Bring the Pixel Launcher to Your Android Handset
• Microsoft touts more AI-powered OneDrive for Business and SharePoint features due later this year
• Microsoft says it has delivered on its plan to bring Skype for Business features to Teams
• Obsolete Microspeak: TDBN and the six-pack
• Jack's Abby House Lager