Windows 10

Because it’s Friday the 13th, this week’s edition of Short Takes looks at a quiet Windows 10 delay, the next Xbox console, a new Qualcomm controversy, and much, much more.

Because baseball season can’t start soon enough, this edition of Short Takes looks at Windows’s not-so-new S mode, Microsoft’s best-selling Surface PC, the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, and so much more.

Microsoft is building a new AI platform for Windows 10 that the company hopes developers will use to make their applications, smarter.

Because he started it, this edition of Short Takes looks at HP’s PC resurgence, Intel’s next mobile setback, Always Connected PCs, the limits of Windows 10 on ARM, and much more.

Because it was 62 degrees yesterday but it will still snow tomorrow, this edition of Short Takes looks at 5 years of Surface Pro, an unfixable Skype bug that was already fixed, Amazon v. Microsoft, and so much more.

Microsoft is expanding the reach of ATP and will soon offer it for users of Windows 7 but only if you are also running Windows 10.

Microsoft’s Build conference is happening May 7-9 but unlike the past few years, the company has serious competition for this conference.

Microsoft is about to refresh its SKU offering for Commercial customers and they are also making significant changes to their Windows 10 S SKU offering as well.

Because we get much closer to Spring every day, this edition of Short Takes corporate earnings from Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon, and some of the interesting facts we can mine from each. Plus some other stuff.

Microsoft is making more changes to the lifecycle support of Windows 10 and this time, they are giving you six more months to upgrade.