Tuesday, December 27, 2016

2016 Year-End Recap: Microsoft in June (Dona Sarkar, Project Scorpio, LinkedIn acquisition, and more)

Microsoft had a great year over-all. Let us take you back to what happened every month in 2016. We've already gave you the highlights for the past months. If you have not read them yet, check them out!

January

February

March

April

May

Here were the highlights in June.

Microsoft

Dona Sarkar replaced Gabe Aul as the head of the Windows Insider Program.

Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for USD26.2 billion.

Windows 10

Windows 10 was running on over 350 million devices.

Windows 10 devices

AT&T Lumia 640 updated to Windows 10 Mobile.

AT&T Lumia 1520 updated to Windows 10 Mobile.

Xbox "Project Scorpio" announced.

Xbox One S announced.

Apps and Games

Facebook Messenger for Windows 10 Mobile

Viber Windows 10 UWP app was released to Windows Store.

iOS ported Messenger (BETA) app for Windows 10 Mobile was released to Windows Store.

GroupMe Windows 10 UWP app was released to Windows Store for PC.

Amazon app was pulled from the Windows Store.

Microsoft Authenticator (BETA) was released to Windows 10 Mobile.

Expedia Windows 10 UWP app was released to Windows Store.

Evernote Web Clipper Edge extension was released.

Kiloo dropped support for Subway Surfers Windows phone version, will focus Windows 10 Mobile.

Win32 apps WordPad, Fax and Scan, XPS Viewer, and Character Map released to Windows Store with the help of Project Centennial.


Source: 2016 Year-End Recap: Microsoft in June (Dona Sarkar, Project Scorpio, LinkedIn acquisition, and more)

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