Feb 24th 2016
Windows Weekly 454
The Running of the DLLs
Microsoft buys the mobile toolmaker Xamarin.
Microsoft buys Xamarin, fixes sleep issues for the Surface Book & Surface Pro 4, works on an app called actiongram for Hololens, plans to phase out Skype Qik next month, and more.
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Links
- Microsoft is buying mobile tool vendor Xamarin
- Microsoft issues awaited Surface Book, Surface Pro 4 power-management fixes
- An update on Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book
- Surface Power Management with Modern Standby in Windows 10
- With Microsoft a No-Show at Mobile World Congress, Partners Step Up
- Here are the New Windows 10 Devices Announced at Mobile World Congress
- HP seeks to provide the missing piece of the Microsoft Continuum puzzle
- Photos: HP Elite x3, Desk Dock, and Mobile Extender
- How a Surface Phone Could Still Make Sense Post-Elite x3
- Microsoft’s Actiongram Is A Mixed Realty Hololens App, Memes Made Into Holograms
- HoloLens ‘Start Menu’ Uncovered In Actiongram Videos
- Microsoft gears up to roll out HoloLens beta kits, Actiongram mixed-reality videos
- Microsoft plans to build its App-V virtualization client into Windows 10 'Redstone'
- Microsoft Releases New Windows Insider Builds for Both PC and Mobile
- Windows 10 build 14267 for PCs released to Insiders on the Fast ring
- Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 14267 to Fast Ring
- Microsoft Sprightly is a free digital-content creation app for Android
- Cyanogen rolls out new Microsoft mods for OEMs and service providers
- Microsoft Hub Keyboard Brings App Content Sharing to Android
- Microsoft to phase out Skype Qik video chat app as of March 24
- Microsoft testing new Outlook.com Premium email service
- Microsoft Begins Roll-Out Of New Outlook.com Design
- Microsoft Has an Audacious Plan to Expand Xbox Gaming
- Microsoft Releases February Updates for Xbox One and Xbox App for Windows 10
- Microsoft to hold Windows 10 and Xbox gaming press event Feb. 25
- Microsoft Band 2 Tip: Save Battery Life
- Microsoft fields another notetaking app: Plumbago
- Microsoft curtails its support for Skylake-based Windows Embedded 7 and 8 devices
- Microsoft gears up to roll out HoloLens beta kits, Actiongram mixed-reality videos
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