ICYMI: May 23, 2022

A lot can happen in a week. Vii days might not seem similar much, just it tin be an eternity in the tech news cycle.

Between Windows news, hardware and software developments and Microsoft's fast-paced movements throughout the technology landscape, information technology'south never easy to keep your hand on the pulse of technology. Non to mention everything that's going on right here at Windows Key!

Every week nosotros're going to compile the biggest stories into one mail, so you lot never fall behind – In Case Yous Missed It (ICYMI).

Windows news

Windows

This calendar week, Microsoft shone some low-cal on the dissimilar upgrade paths to Windows 10 via their Australian Windows partners site. Hither's the quick and muddied:

Microsoft will offer a gratuitous upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices in the starting time year. Subsequently the first year, upgrades volition be paid via boxed product and VL Upgrades.
Windows eight/eight.i and Windows 7 Home Basic and Dwelling Premium devices upgrade to Windows 10 Home
Windows 8/8.1 Pro and Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate devices upgrade to Windows 10 Pro
If upgraded within the start 12 months post-obit launch, the device will receive ongoing Windows x updates for free for the life of that device
Excludes Windows Enterprise and RT devices
The gratuitous Windows 10 upgrade is delivered through Windows Update; domain-joined machines can manually go the update via Windows Update. The upgrade cannot exist deployed through WSUS.

Microsoft also rolled out Windows x build 10122 to Insiders in the Fast update ring a few days ago. The new build brings improvements to the First carte du jour, Continuum, Edge and more.

Many Surface Pro three owners ran into bug installing the update, due to a driver issue, just Microsoft was adequately quick in providing a solution.

Windows Central went hands on with build 10122 and gave you a video bout and gave you lot a breakdown of the many changes that came to the Microsoft Edge browser.

We too put together a list of fixes and known bug Still looking for more info on build 10122? Here'southward everything you need to know.

Other notable items:

How to manage accounts in the new Post and Calendar app for Windows 10
How to switch between fast and slow rings on the Windows x Insider Preview
Your 3D printer model might become pre-loaded with Windows x
Microsoft Edge is already beating IE, Chrome and Firefox in JavaScript benchmarks
Windows 10 preview build 10125 shown in video with UI additions and icon changes

Microsoft news

Microsoft

There were several rumors this week regarding Microsoft trying to larn other companies. A study from Bloomberg says that Redmond put in a bid for a minority stake in Nokia's HERE maps division. Microsoft is just i of many companies rumored to be making offers. Uber, Apple, Facebook, and a group of German automobile makers are all rumored to exist interested. We'll see the final list in a couple of weeks when final bids are due.

Microsoft likewise reportedly tried and failed to acquire Salesforce.com, a company that they partnered with in May of 2022. Acccording to CNBC, Microsoft was prepared to offer a whopping $55 billion, which fell short of the $70 billion that Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff was looking for.

Some other visitor that Microsoft is reportedly eyeing is 6Wunderkinder, programmer of the task management app Wunderlist. The potential bargain could be an try for Microsoft to expand their user base across different platforms.

And with the goal in listen, Microsoft is developing a new Outlook companion app called 'Flow' for the iPhone (and likely Windows 10 and Android) that will be a hybrid email-chat plan. Some pictures of the app surfaced this week, as well as indications that other similar cross-platform productivity apps are in pipeline.

OneClip is one such app that appeared on the scene unannounced this week. This universal sharing app lets y'all copy and paste text, photos, documents and more betwixt devices on unlike operating systems.

Our early impressions of OneClip were positive, even on other platforms, but sadly, Microsoft killed the leaked OneClip beta app on the backend for the time being. Nosotros're only going to have to expect until they officially release it on their own terms.

Other notable items:

PicHit.Me team up with Microsoft and Shutterstock to offering photographers a chance to win over $10,000 in prizes
Microsoft now has a Windows 10 Preview version of Fresh Paint
Microsoft will requite its big Surface Hub PC to universities that accept ideas on how to use it
Outlook Web App users can at present save electronic mail attachments to OneDrive for Business folder Outlook.com is getting new inbox themes, clutter support and inline images
Microsoft reveals details of recent Surface Pro iii and Pro 2 firmware updates
Sway starts rolling out to Office 365 business and teaching customers with new features in tow
Microsoft Hololens might be used to make paper books more interactive
Neb Gates' 'Personal Agent' project for Microsoft might be called Part Now

Miscellaneous

Iii companies that can never seem to hold on anything actually came together for a common cause. Microsoft, Apple, and Google joined security experts and other companies to inquire President Obama to throw support behind smartphone encryption

The group sent a joint alphabetic character to the president, which in function says:

We urge you to reject whatever proposal that U.S. companies deliberately weaken the security of their products. Nosotros request that the White Business firm instead focus on developing policies that will promote rather than undermine the wide adoption of strong encryption technology. Such policies will in plow aid to promote and protect cybersecurity, economic growth, and human rights, both here and abroad.

In hardware news, it looks like Lenovo is beginning to pull abroad from other vendors in the PC segment. The tech giant reported both increased revenue and market share, with China and Due north America making up the bulk of their customer base of operations.

But other manufacturers continue to put out impressive devices as well. ASUS introduced a pair of new Zenbooks with Windows 8.1.

We took a look at the both the ASUS ZenBook UX305 Crystal White Limited Edition and the powerhouse Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 laptop with a 4K brandish.

Our very ain Richard Devine compared the ASUS Zenbook Pro UX501 with Dell'southward astounding XPS 15 laptop and his findings may surprise you.

Other notable items:

NVIDIA now has WHQL-certified GeForce graphics drivers for Windows 10
Vodafone shares financial results for Q4 2022, returning to quarterly growth
Dell's got a new little Inspiron Windows PC for your desktop
Review - StarTech.com adapter package for Surface Pro 3
YouTuber gets Windows XP to boot on an Android Wear smartwatch
The iBall Slide i701 Windows viii.ane tablet launches in Republic of india for just Rs. 4,999

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