It’s hard to believe that 2015 is now behind us, which means that with a new year, it’s time to take a look at what Microsoft is planning for 2016.
Because auld acquaintance should never be forgot, this (short) week’s other news includes Microsoft encryption news from the past, Microsoft v. Corel, someone finally sues Apple over forced obsolescence, and Google is ripping the Java guts out of Android.
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2015 was a watershed year for Microsoft, with many notable product releases and updates. But Microsoft’s 2015 was in turn both good and bad, a series of ups and downs. Worse, some of its biggest successes were tarnished by unnecessary setbacks.
Russell Smith shows how to set the Windows 10 lock screen to use Windows Spotlight, and disable the Windows Hero image on the sign-in screen.
Microsoft has announced a joint venture that will sell and service Windows 10 in China’s governmental agencies and certain state owned enterprises.
Microsoft has pulled another Windows 10 update because of issues impacting customers trying to install the files on their mobile devices.
As a Windows Phone user, Russell Smith suffered the ultimate humiliation of being forced to ask a friend to register a bank card in Uber using Android.
Microsoft’s Windows Store is starting to show signs of new life after the feature was largely ignored by big name developers with Windows 8.
The Windows 10 install prompt that is showing up for Windows 7 and 8 users is borderline malware and it is only going to get worse.