Author: Microsoft Stories

Almost a month after its launch, the reviews and tests by experts and users, have given it the thumbs up to the Windows 10 operating system from Microsoft. Geoffrey A Fowler of the Wall Street Journal, wrote:” I’ve been testing Windows 10 for three months on these computers and even on my everyday work laptop. It’s the best experience I’ve had since Windows XP.

Microsoft’s vision for Windows 10 is for it to use apps that look and feel comfortable to use whether they’re running on a 40-inch monitor or on a HoloLens heads-up display. These so-called Universal Windows apps are designed to be built once and run on Windows 10 phones, PCs, tablets and IoT devices – adapting their appearance and behavior depending on which device they are running on. To help persuade more developers to create these Universal Windows apps Microsoft is refining the technologies available to software makers in Windows 10.

Move over, Docker, and make room for Microsoft in the emerging market for software containers. Microsoft has released a technical preview of the first publicly available version of Windows Server Containers, which will be built into Windows Server 2016, the next version of Microsoft’s operating system for servers. “A huge number of our customers are Windows-only, so what we are doing here is bringing the power of containers to them in their native operating system,” said Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure CTO.

Skype has released an update to its android app that allows the users to set customized ringtones for their contacts. The users can use the new feature by going into a conversation with a contact and tapping on the lower right and click on ‘select custom ringtone’. The update also includes features to make the client a bit more useful, like the users can now tap and hold on an image inside a conversation and select ‘Forward photo’ to share the image with another contact.

Microsoft has released the new preview build of Windows 10 to Windows Insiders, the testers of Windows. Microsoft has released the final version of Windows 10 last month but the company is releasing updates of the operating system. Microsoft says it has received a lot of feedback over the color options for Windows 10 and the company is testing a new default color with this new 10525 build of the OS.

Microsoft’s Windows 10 has easily surpassed the global usage share ascension of Windows 7 six years ago, putting it on track to become the company’s most successful OS introduction ever. Windows 10’s usage share neared 6.6% on Sunday, data from analytics vendor StatCounter showed. That was a 23% increase over what the OS logged the Sunday prior, continuing the unbroken stretch of double-digit-or-more, week-over-week increases since Windows 10’s July 29 debut.

Seen as a strategic move, the internet giant announced a host of new capabilities, on Tuesday, aimed at increasing ad revenue for app developers on the Windows platform. Microsoft wants to integrate video interstitials to boost app monetization.“The Microsoft Universal Ad Client SDK supports video interstitials, which is especially useful for monetizing gaming apps given the opportunity to show video ads between levels,” said Vijay Rajagopalan, Director of Engineering & Product Management for Windows & Developer Monetization at Microsoft.

Microsoft has released a new series of updates for Windows 10. Microsoft said about the update that Windows 10 updates are cumulative. Therefore, this package contains all previously released fixes. If the users have previous updates installed, only the new fixes that are contained in this package will be downloaded and installed to their computer. Microsoft is attempting to build Windows 10 as an operating system that can function on devices of any size or input variety.

With Gears of War: Ultimate Edition hitting the Xbox One on August 25, Microsoft lifted the lid on a new trailer. “The upcoming release of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition just wouldn’t be complete without the return of ‘Mad World.’ So today, Xbox has released the official launch trailer for Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, featuring the ‘Mad World’ trailer for the original Gears of War reimagined with all new in-game footage – showcasing the first Gears at its very best,” said Microsoft.

According to Winbeta, Windows 10 is now installed on over 50 million computers which includes free upgrades to eligible computers and new computers shipped with Windows 10 pre-installed. Microsoft earlier announced that the adoption rate for Windows 10 was over 14 million in the first 24 hours of its availability. Microsoft has a target to have Windows 10 running on over 1 billion machines in the next 3 years.