Benefits of Free Licensing @ Microsoft

After yesterday’s Windows 10 unveiling Microsoft took the time to talk about its device strategy for the foreseeable future.
                                   Talking to Re/code’s Ina Fried, Terry Myerson said Microsoft has seen great success with their strategy of giving Windows away for devices smaller than 9 inches. This strategy was revealed early this year at

Cortana will exist across Windows Phone and Windows 10

Famouse Digital assistant CORTANA in windows10

Cortana will exist across Windows Phone and Windows 10

 Microsoft is preparing to include its Cortana digital assistant in the next major version of Windows, currently codenamed Threshold. Windows Threshold is expected to be named Windows 10 when it ships in spring 2015, and sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell TechMarkaz that Cortana is a

Microsoft launches its post-Nokia website for smartphones

It’s rumored Microsoft will soon drop the Nokia brand from its smartphones, and it appears the company is getting a head start on the change by launching its own mobile devices website.
The website, called simply Microsoft Devices, solely highlights products made by the Nokia device unit Microsoft purchased earlier this year. Smartphones and tablets from the Lumia line are

Microsoft’s $7.2BN+ Acquisition Of Nokia’s Devices Business Is Now Complete

Microsoft’s $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business has been completed. Nokia confirmed the completed transaction in a press release, noting that it has “completed the sale of substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft” (using the same phrasing it has deployed throughout the process).

Nokia said it expects the final price-tag to be “slightly higher” than the

Microsoft's Acquisition of Nokia Mobile Business Completes. Nokia logo gets replaced by Microsoft

Nokia and Microsoft have sent a joint email to Nokia account holders talking about the process of data transfer between the two entities.

The email says that with the sale of Nokia's sale of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft - expected to be completed this month, the email reiterates - a Microsoft Finnish affiliate named Microsoft Mobile will assume "responsibility for your personal data

Microsoft officially welcomes the Nokia Devices and Services business

Microsoft and the Nokia Devices and Services business are coming together as one to deliver a family of devices and services that will delight consumers and empower businesses.

Satya Nadella(L) & Stephen Elop(R)  together

 Microsoft Corp. announced it has completed its acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business. The acquisition has been approved by Nokia shareholders and by governmental regulatory agencies around the world. The completion of the acquisition marks the first step in bringing these two organizations together as one team.
“Today we welcome the Nokia Devices and Services

Don't wait for Windows 9: How to get a Start Menu, windowed Metro apps today

THE ALL NEW BUNCH OF CHANGES YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE

Between the release of the PC-friendly spring update for Windows 8.1 and the newfound introduction of universal “buy once, play anywhere” Windows apps, Microsoft is doing all it can to spur the One Microsoft vision while, well, letting a PC be a PC and a tablet be a tablet. But, sadly, the most anticipated improvements have yet to arrive.
At Build 2014, Microsoft operating system head Terry Myerson teased bringing the Start Menu to Windows 8, along with the ability to run universal Metro apps in desktop windows rather than the full screens they consume today. (See screenshot above.) Myerson didn’t say when the features were going live, however—only that they’d eventually appear in a later update for Windows 8.1 users. Does that mean later this year? The Windows “Threshold” update rumored for April 2015? Windows 9? No one knows.
But you don’t

All Users Must Install Windows 8.1 Update Now;

If you have Windows 8.1, you have a little less than a month to install Windows 8.1 Update, or you will miss out on future security updates.
Microsoft announced a fairly large update for the most recent version of its Windows operating system, with the unoriginal moniker "Windows 8.1 Update" (Win8.1U), as part of its April Patch Tuesday release last week. Users who download and install the update (or have updates installed automatically), don't have anything to worry about. They will continue to receive security updates going forward. Users who don't install Win8.1U will