Mar 1st 2017
Windows Weekly 507
Cortana With Benefits
Holographic is now Windows MR
Microsoft pledges more transparency on upgrades and updates. Windows Holographic roadmap is updated. Microsoft kills Skype Wi-Fi. There's a new blockchain alliance on the block, and MS is a founding member. Whatever happened to SMS Relay for Android? Nokia is back, baby! OK, not really. But why is this so interesting? Xbox Project Scorpio will not ship with VR/MR hardware.
- Tip of the week: Borderlands 2 and Layers of Fear free on Games with Gold
- App pick of the week: Pocket
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows 10 Virtual Labs
- Codename pick of the week: Project Arches
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Links
- Microsoft Promises More Flexibility, Transparency for Windows 10 Updates
- Microsoft promises more user control around privacy, update installation with Windows 10 Creators Update
- For Nokia Smartphone Success, Hardware Design Isn’t Enough (Premium)
- Groove Music Will Use New Share Interface in Creators Update
- Microsoft Details Its Mixed Reality Roadmap
- Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15046 is Now Available on the Fast Ring
- Creators Update Development Nears Its End
- Microsoft Delivers Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15042 to the Fast Ring
- Microsoft's latest Windows 10 test build supports ability to block non-Store apps
- New Windows 10 Feature Blocks Desktop Apps
- Microsoft to discontinue Skype Wi-Fi as of March 31
- Microsoft is releasing Technical Preview 3 of its hybrid-computing Azure Stack platform
- Microsoft, Intel, banks form Enterprise Ethereum blockchain alliance
- Microsoft is ready to deliver its promised Cortana Skills Kit preview
- Whatever Happened to SMS Relay for Android?
- HMD Announces a Family of New Nokia Smartphones
- Microsoft Takes on PlayStation Now with Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Gets a Subtle Change to Achievements Reporting
- For March, Games with Gold Offers $99 in Free Games
- Mozilla Acquires Pocket
- Microsoft Launches Major Update to Arrow Launcher for Android
- Microsoft is Bringing Support for Google Calendar and Contacts to Outlook 2016 for Mac
- Windows 10 virtual labs
- Modern Times Black House