Microsoft has released a variety of Lumia devices running on Windows Phone and now that the Windows 10 Mobile has started rolling out to some of them, things are starting to work for the American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Today, the MetroTube app has received an update in the Windows Phone Store, bumping it to version 4.7.
Giving us a glimpse of what Windows 10 might offer for the business sector in the coming months, Microsoft silently posted a roadmap over the weekend.
Online security company ESET, which calls XP the "zombie" operating system, points out that most the remaining Windows XP users are in emerging markets, where upgrading might not be economically feasible, and organizations are slower to upgrade software for compatibility with new operating systems. What's worth knowing is that should Vista users move to Windows 7 or 8.1 by July 29 this year, they can then upgrade to Windows 10 completely free of charge, as part of the free upgrade promo launched in 2015.
Microsoft has released a Windows 10 roadmap that fills in some gaps in its vast product lineup.
Microsoft divides the feature listing into the categories "recently available", "in public preview", "in development" and canceled. Large downloads in Edge may get stuck at 99% completion, turning on Developer Mode may crash Settings, and the Visual Studio emulator will fail, so Microsoft encourages developers to wait for this build to hit the Slow Ring before downloading. It simply opens a web page in Edge every time the browser is loaded.
Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection: A new service to help Enterprises respond to "advanced attacks" on their networks.
Use Companion Device to unlock your Windows PC: Use devices like the Microsoft Band 2 for Microsoft Passport basic authentication.
In other news, a smartphone company by the name of Covia has just rolled out a brand new phone that runs on Windows 10 Mobile.
Windows Ink, which lets you write notes on your touch-screen enabled device in certain apps with a special electronic pen, and Windows can recognize and act on some of the stuff you write. It adds to other Microsoft roadmap resources, such as the Office 365 Roadmap and Cloud Platform Roadmap.
PC to PC "casting". The Action Center gets more interactivity - including mirroring alerts from Android phones and letting you reply to text messages from your PC, plus showing notifications from websites as well as apps.
Enhancements to Azure AD Join improve its functionality in enterprise environments.
Source: Microsoft adds unlocking with fitness bands, phones and NFC to Windows 10
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