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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella showcased one of the company’s ongoing projects yesterday, a program that uses “White-Fi” to connect users to the internet across continents. Nadella used the system to talk to a school in Andhra Pradesh, from a village in Kenya.

Microsoft says its’ new Windows 10 operating system is now running on more than 14 million computers, two days after the software was released as a free download.

As expected, Twitter along with Microsoft has announced a new app for Windows 10. The all-new Twitter app is made available alongside the launch of Windows 10 for PCs and tablets. It is a universal Windows app that offers instant access to top tweets, photos and videos, without the need for a login. Users will now see tweets in live tiles from the Start menu.

After making Windows 10 available for free upgrade, Microsoft has geared up over 1500 large format retailers to help customers with seamless upgrade. To encourage upgrading in-store, Microsoft has created programs with major retailers. People who reserved their upgrade to Windows 10 will be notified in waves when their upgrade is ready to be installed. For business customers, Windows 10 is available for deployment within their work environments, and starting Aug. 1, organizations that have volume licensing can upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education.

Microsoft launched the general release versions of its Office Mobile Apps for Windows 10, a touch-friendly version of the Office apps meant for Windows 10 tablets and small-screen devices. The apps are available to download and install in 190 countries where the OS is currently available, via the Windows Store.

The good thing about Microsoft’s new Windows 10 is that it takes you much less time to get used to its predecessor Windows 8. There is another great thing about it: This update is free. Here the top five reasons: Windows apps open as windows, single start screen, single browser, borrowing from phones, laptops work on the go!

Microsoft has begun downloading the Windows 10 upgrade to some PCs whose owners had previously “reserved” a copy, hinting that those customers will be among the first to see the upgrade notice on their Windows 7 and 8.1 devices.

Windows 10 isn’t simply a reincarnation of Windows 7, but brings back the best from Windows 7 and 8 versions. Yahoo’s David Pogue is also happy with the new OS. He writes, “Windows 10 is coherent. It makes sense. Its design no longer leaves you pounding your forehead on your desk.” Cnet’s Nate Ralph sings to a similar tune by saying, “Windows 10 delivers a refined, vastly improved vision for the future of computing.”

If you cast your mind back 20 years ago, Windows 95 was a huge affair at the time. The event was watched via satellite across the world by over 70,000 people. Fast forward twenty years to this year’s Windows 10 launch, which has been streamed across the globe with live music. Today we have Microsoft staff in stores, and users can even get their questions directly answered by their digital personal assistant, Cortana. Take a trip down memory lane by perusing a potted history of the last twenty years of Microsoft Windows.

Microsoft has begun rolling out its new operating system Windows 10 around the world, including India, with a host of new features. India, a critical market for Microsoft, will be among the 13 countries where the technology giant will host mega events. It has introduced new innovative features like Cortana, an Xbox app and Microsoft Edge. Replete with a redesigned web browser called Edge and Cortana. Microsoft said the most secure Windows ever, Windows 10 is delivered as a service and kept automatically up-to-date with innovations and security updates.