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Graduation is a milestone in one’s life. It signals the end of an era – and the beginning of something new. Starting April 24 through June 18, Microsoft Store is offering great savings on Surface devices, select Windows 10 PCs, VR headset, headphones and more to help the grad in your life celebrate with a gift that can help them tackle everything that lies ahead. We’ve rounded up some of the top deals available today to prepare your graduate for next stage in life: https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/5ff7775e89af3e2f733c0092fc28b6b1.jpg Save up to $150 on Surface Pro 4*: These well-crafted, beautiful devices empower the creator in all of us. S…
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You don’t have to look far to find companies that are disrupting their industries by applying software and technology to transform customer experiences, improve operations and create new opportunities. As the rate of disruption increases, customers are looking to transform the very nucleus of their companies – the business processes and systems used to run operations, connect with customers and manage teams – to drive better business outcomes. But many of those systems, particularly the CRM and ERP systems of the past, are siloed, complicated and outdated. The result: Customers are slowed down by fragmented, disconnected and unintelligent business applications that don…
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Manufacturers are embracing what’s recognized as ‘Industry 4.0’ to redefine their businesses, even company cultures. They’re creating higher-quality products at lower costs. They’re building entirely new business models and service offerings. And most importantly, they’re conserving limited resources to bring their customers a more sustainable future. According to IDC, the intelligent factory is already a reality as 40 percent of operational processes will be self-healing and self-learning by 2022[1]. At Hannover Messe 2017, the world’s biggest industrial fair, we’re proud to showcase, alongside our customers and partners, new innovations and results that are transform…
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This week, we’ve shared a new video and blog post every day to introduce you to the best of Microsoft Edge, and, in our final post today, we’re talking all about entertainment. Did you know Microsoft Edge is the only browser that enables you to stream 4k Ultra HD Netflix movies and TV shows*, and the only browser on Windows 10 to support Dolby Digital Plus audio format natively? We also designed Microsoft Edge to deliver more battery life when unplugged – without any special battery saving mode or changes to default settings – so you can stream content longer than on other browsers, giving you more time to binge-watch your favorite show without hunting for an outlet. …
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Over the past year we’ve introduced many new features in Windows 10 Mail & Calendar apps for users with Outlook.com accounts—such as easily tracking travel and shipping deliveries, making emails more actionable, helping you easily track your favorite sports events, faster search, and more. We’re now excited to bring these features to our users with Gmail accounts, so you can enjoy the best of what Windows 10 Mail & Calendar have to offer. We’ll roll out the improved experience gradually to users with Gmail accounts in the Windows Insiders program over the next several weeks. We’d love for you to provide feedback on the experience in this phase. After we’ve inco…
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Sustainability is on our collective minds this week as we celebrate Earth Day and recognize a few of the people and technologies that are helping to preserve and protect our planet’s vital resources. Meet four Microsoft employees who work as environmental stewards, learn about a Microsoft partnership aimed at tackling water scarcity, and find out why our chief environmental strategist is hopeful that the world’s resource challenges can be addressed through innovation and technological advances. Additionally, we look at how a nonprofit in Utah is using Microsoft Edge to provide a web-based, free learning tool aimed at boosting economic empowerment in impoverished cou…
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We hope you enjoyed today’s episode of This Week on Windows! Head over here to see our series, “A Week with Microsoft Edge,” all about the browser designed for Windows 10. Check out five ways to get started with the Paint 3D app, learn more about the new creativity apps with unique capabilities for Surface Dial, or, keep reading to catch up on all of this week’s news. In case you missed it: HP announces new Pavilion convertible PCs powered by Windows 10 at Coachella Click to view slideshow. HP revealed a new lineup of Pavilion laptops powered by Windows 10 with sophisticated designs, innovative technologies. and original features built to take advantage of t…
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Next up in our series, A Week with Microsoft Edge we’re talking about how the browser is built for books and reading. With the Windows 10 Creators Update, we’ve worked to make reading in Microsoft Edge a great experience and have expanded the type of content you can read right within the browser. You can read PDF files, the e-book file format EPUB and books you’ve downloaded from the Windows Store right within Microsoft Edge. You can also simplify the layout of web pages with Reading view, save pages to read later in your reading list, and more. Here are some tips for a great reading experience in Microsoft Edge. You can catch up on other blog posts in this week…
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Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16179 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. We are also releasing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 15204 to Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s New in Build 16179 For PC Revert VM: Continuing our theme of simplifying Hyper-V for developers on Windows 10 (see What’s New), we’re introducing automatic checkpoints so that you’ll always be able to undo a mistake in your virtual machine – you can now always revert to the last time you started a virtual machine. Introducing Power Throttling*: You may remember some of the power experiments we did back in January…
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Next up in our series, A Week with Microsoft Edge we’re sharing tips for personalizing the web. With so much time spent browsing the web, we all want an experience that feels personal and custom, and with Microsoft Edge it’s easy to do just that. Here are some tips on how to personalize the web in Microsoft Edge. In case you missed our previous blog posts, we kicked off a blog post series, A Week with Microsoft Edge earlier this week all about introducing you to the best of Microsoft Edge. Here are some additional resources for personalizing the web in Microsoft Edge. Stay tuned this week for more on Microsoft Edge! The post A Week with Microsoft Ed…
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Most people running Windows like having multiple apps running at the same time – and often, what’s running in the background can drain your battery. In this latest Insider Preview build (Build 16176), we leveraged modern silicon capabilities to run background work in a power-efficient manner, thereby enhancing battery life significantly while still giving users access to powerful multitasking capabilities of Windows. With “Power Throttling”�, when background work is running, Windows places the CPU in its most energy efficient operating modes – work gets done, but the minimal possible battery is spent on that work. You may remember some of our January power experiments …
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https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/7c435f53a4a97a376117b58c7065aeb8.jpg “13 years, 6 month and 25 days. That’s how much time has passed since Voodoo Vince first appeared on the original Xbox in September of 2003. The half-life of a game is unbelievably short. A game doesn’t get much time before it’s relegated to the past. The march of technology and player demographics weren’t on our side in 2003. Voodoo Vince was quickly lost in the shuffle and seemed like it would remain in obscurity. This revival of Vince would have been far less likely without the encouragement of Phil Spencer and the amazing team over at ID@Xbox. ID@Xbox made it possible for…
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Yesterday, we introduced you to a series of blog posts we’re publishing throughout this week about Microsoft Edge. Each day we’ll be sharing a new video and blog post to introduce you to the best of Microsoft Edge. Today, we’re showing you the Microsoft Edge features that can help you keep the web organized. We all spend a lot of time browsing the web, and it’s more important than ever to have the tools you need to stay organized, productive, and focused on the web. With the Windows 10 Creators Update, we’ve added new features to make this easier than ever – including the new tab preview bar and a simple way to set your tabs aside. You can catch up on yesterd…
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Today, I’m pleased to share that we have signed an agreement to acquire Intentional Software, a company that has been focused on creating a platform for a new generation of team productivity apps. At Microsoft, we aspire to help people and organizations be more productive, wherever they are. The reality is we live in a hyper-connected world that requires the ability to collaborate across geographies, disciplines and organizations, which is why we continue to push ourselves to think about new ways to empower people. You’ve seen this with the recent launch of Microsoft Teams, a chat-based workspace for Office 365, and the continued momentum and customer demand for Surfac…
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CHOICE Humanitarian is a non-profit organization with a vision to free the world from the ravages of extreme poverty, where all people are treated with dignity and valued for who they are and the unique contribution they bring. They have been working to eliminate extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as living on an average of $1.90 USD a day, for 35 years. Today, we are excited to share a new web-based learning tool we have created with the Microsoft Edge team, called Accent. https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/b0d50c1a1d021b655dcfde0bf0460a5d.jpg “The CHOICE partnership offered the Microsoft Edge team a remarkable opportunity to take o…
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In the Windows 10 Creators Update, you have a new, free, built-in app called Paint 3D that allows you to unleash your creativity. Anyone can experience, create, and share in a new dimension. Make 3D masterpieces or 2D scenes, all with a stroke of your digital pen. You can also access an online 3D community, Remix 3D, to pull and remix models from within the Paint 3D app! https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/3f801b65b397969e36f1b1eb13e6505b.jpg Today, we’re going to show you a couple ways you can get started with Paint 3D: Easily create a scene in 3D https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/ebae93080f2a6aeacbd1f38005524ebd.jpg W…
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Today, we’re kicking off a series of videos and blog posts to introduce you to the best of Microsoft Edge – the faster, safer browser designed for Windows 10. We’ll be publishing a new video and blog post every day this week to share tips and tricks for making the most out of your browsing experience with Microsoft Edge. First up, we’re introducing you to Microsoft Edge and sharing tips on how to get started. Since the release of Microsoft Edge in 2015, Microsoft Edge has been steadily improving to offer competitive performance, security, and expanded functionality. Just last week, we began to roll out the latest version of Windows 10: the Windows 10 Creators U…
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Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16176 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. We’re continuing work to refine OneCore with some code refactoring so that teams can start checking in new code. So, you still won’t see any noticeable changes or new features in new builds just yet. We are also releasing Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 15204 to Insiders in the Fast ring. As we release new builds from our Development Branch for PC, we will also be doing the same for Windows 10 Mobile just like we have been in the past. However, Windows Insiders will likely notice some minor differences. The biggest …
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Creativity fuels the world, inspiring inventive teachers, budding DJs and visionary manufactures who harness clean power through household appliances. Stoke your imagination with a dose of Weekend Reading. To feed the innovator in everyone, the Windows 10 Creators Update is rolling out to Windows 10 customers everywhere. With this free update, artists can sample the new Paint 3D app, turning 2D images into vibrant 3D visuals. Gaming fans become game broadcasters with the release of built-in Beam game streaming. And aspiring DJs can scratch, scrub and loop inside their music library via creativity apps now available for Surface Dial. In Texas, teacher Jason Holt…
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We hope you enjoyed our special edition of This Week on Windows, where we’re talking about what’s new with the Windows 10 Creators Update! Head over here to learn more about the all-new Minecraft Marketplace, check out the app you can use to see everything that’s new with Windows – or keep reading to catch up on this week’s news. In case you missed it: Beam Theme Week https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/0e6717fed4ca31aa008c2f1ab0c05f1e.jpg The five days of festivities and themed streaming to celebrate Beam on Xbox One officially wrapped up last week. But, lucky for us, Beam broadcasting through the Game bar just launched on Windows 10 as …
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The partnership kicks off today with open registration for Porsche’s esports sponsorship debut in Forza Racing Championship Season 3: The Porsche Cup – the most inclusive racing esports program and home to the largest online racing community in gaming. Today also brings the release of the Forza Horizon 3 Porsche Car Pack, featuring an exciting lineup of Porsche cars for 2016’s best-selling racing game Forza Horizon 3, exclusively on Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs. Kicking off ForzaRC this year is the Forza Racing Championship 2017 New York Invitational Presented by Porsche on April 15-16 at Microsoft’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue, showcasing 18 of ForzaRC’s Elite playe…
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https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/fd0a4eccbef6b7ab63df239322098936.gif Please join us on May 2, 2017. Save the date to watch the livestream of our #MicrosoftEDU event in New York City at 6:30 a.m. Pacific Time / 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The post Save the date and learn what’s next appeared first on The Official Microsoft Blog. Continue reading...
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https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/4cab276a94f44449ffa77c43990def2e.jpg We’re ushering in the new season with fresh deals in the Windows Store, with more than 100 special offers on top games, movies & TV, apps and music. Hop into the Windows Store now through April 17* for big savings! Below are 10 of our favorite Spring Sale deals for Windows 10 devices: Up to 50% off great games https://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/6f9d06185b471a695594eb43ca8abdc8.png Forza Horizon 3: Ultimate Edition – 40% off Take to the open roads of Australia, then connect them into the wildest, most far-ranging Forza game yet. Halo Wars 2: …
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A key part of our phased approach is to listen closely to all available feedback and make the appropriate product updates during the rollout. This allows us to provide high-quality experiences for the broadest set of users, while also continually increasing the quality and security of Windows 10. Just today we released a cumulative update based on insider and early adopter feedback that includes fixes for such issues as driver compatibility for connecting to specific printers. Please continue to give us feedback about your experience via the Feedback Hub app. For the optimal experience, we recommend you wait until Windows 10 is automatically offered to you on your devi…
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We believe that everyone is a creator at heart and that creativity is an essential human trait. And, no matter who you are, Windows 10 is built to empower the creator in all of us. To show you some of the great new features coming in the Creators Update, we’ve got a special episode of This Week on Windows just for you. New innovations in the Windows 10 Creators Update include 3D in Windows 10, built-in game broadcasting, new tab management features and more in Microsoft Edge, and enhanced security features such as a new Microsoft privacy dashboard. You can get the Creators Update in a few different ways. If you already have a Windows 10 PC and have automatic updates en…
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