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Microsoft announced today that the Starbucks app for Windows 10 Mobile is now available in the U.S., UK and Canada. It lets customers use their Windows phone to pay at more than 7.500 Starbucks stores, no wallet necessary.
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Microsoft has been strangely quiet about this, but it is now apparent that the “final” version of Windows 10 Mobile version 1607 is not shipping publicly today as we had expected.
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For over a year now, I’ve been recommending Google Photos as the ideal service for backing up your smartphone-based captures. But Microsoft was clearly listening, and in recent months, it’s improved OneDrive to match the Google Photos features I enjoy … Continue reading Recent Changes Have Really Improved the Photos Experience on OneDrive
Tech tidbits from around the web: the Microsoft Band 2 fire sale continues, “Any developer” will be able to upload apps for Xbox One to the store “soon”, Microsoft is updating Windows 10 again, and whether Microsoft’s Bing bet is starting to pay off.
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Over the past week, Microsoft has updated its Cortana apps on both Android and iOS with photo reminder and cross-device support. These changes make Cortana the only truly cross-platform personal digital assistant.
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There’s probably no more contentious topic for Microsoft fans than the failure of Windows phone. But as the successor to this platform, Windows 10 Mobile is still a key part of Microsoft’s strategy for what it calls “more personal computing.”
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While I often focus on the gadgets and other hardware I use when traveling, I’ve also come to rely on a number of mobile apps and services. Here are a few that have proven invaluable on my current trip to Paris.
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Tech tidbits from around the web: More Surface updates show up for those on Insider Preview, Microsoft confirms that Tim Sweeney is a nut job, Lumia 830 gets Windows 10 Mobile on AT&T, Skype makes special emojis for the band Coldplay, much more.
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The release of the “RTM” version of Windows 10 Mobile version 1607—that is, build 14393.x—is the last version that Windows Insiders can install on unsupported Windows phones.
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Tech tidbits from around the web: The first NexDock shipments will now happen in mid-August, Cortana for iOS updated with support for photo reminders, Microsoft provides another peek at Halo Wars 2, Google Maps gets a great update, more.
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