Windows Weekly 546

Windows 10 now at 600 million active monthly devices. Related: Fall Creators Update in on 1/5th of all Windows 10 PCs already. 
In a change from the normal way it reveals such things, Microsoft said this week that it will add Timeline, and a newly announced feature called Sets, to Windows 10 in coming Insider Builds. But… Microsoft is doing A/B testing on Sets, angering Insiders again.
Sets may be just the UX change that Windows needs to stay relevant.Related: Microsoft is working on a new Photos companion app for mobile and Raf reveals the new Game Bar. 
Microsoft has made its Android Office apps available on Chromebooks. 
Microsoft is killing Facebook login to Skype. Microsoft is selling more phones in its Store. But it needs to sell its own phones. Here's why. What makes a phone a phone? Enter, Andromeda. 
Microsoft is going to expand its corporate headquarters: more info on the plans.

• Tip of the week: Write, don't type  
• App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge for Android/iOS 
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure-based location services 
• Codename pick of the week: Project Rome 
• Beer pick of the week: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2017

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Links

• Microsoft says Windows 10 now on 600 million monthly active devices
• Fall Creators Update Hits Over 20 Percent of All Windows 10 PCs
• Microsoft Windows 10 testers will soon see Timeline, Sets features
• Microsoft Sets Itself Up for Trouble with Insiders
• Sets Could Be Just the Fix That Windows Needs
• Microsoft Working on Photos Companion App for Android and iOS
• Microsoft’s New Game Bar Design for Redstone 4
• Microsoft Office looks to be available from Google Play Store for Chromebooks
• One Year Later, Microsoft Office on Chromebooks Can’t Compete
• Microsoft Now Sells the Samsung Galaxy Note8
• Yes, Microsoft Needs to Sell Its Own Phones
• Microsoft's rumored Andromeda foldable mobile device: What might be inside?
• Microsoft: We're razing our Redmond campus to build a mini city
• Building a modern campus
• But What About the Traffic?
• Tip of the week: Write, don't type
• Microsoft launches public preview of Azure Location Based Services with TomTom
• Microsoft to ease app-handoff with Windows 10 and beyond with 'Project Rome'
• Goose Island's Bourbon County Brand Stouts Are Back