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On October 12 at the Ignite conference, Microsoft director Satya Nadella showed the concept of a floating taskbar in Windows 11. The unusual taskbar was noticed by Twitter users, docks with applications and widgets appeared at the top of the desktop.
Today, Oct. 12, Microsoft launched a new program at the Inginte conference designed specifically to address hybrid work. The app is called Microsoft Places, and the company says it will soon be available in beta.
Microsoft is launching Teams Premium, a new service that will improve the functionality of chat and collaboration software with special features based on artificial intelligence.
Workspaces is a new Microsoft feature designed to share dozens of browser tabs. The feature has appeared occasionally in previous Edge builds over the past year, but the company talked more about it at the Ignite conference.
Apple Music has finally appeared as a separate program in the Microsoft Store. Xbox users can try the program today, but Windows users will have to wait until next year.
Microsoft is launching its Xbox Cloud Gaming platform on Meta Quest VR. The two companies announced the partnership at Meta's Connect event on Tuesday, Oct. 11, but have not yet announced a release date.
Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft, today, October 10, introduced a special device for streaming Xbox games.
Microsoft is finally adding support for third-party widgets and new chat features to Microsoft Teams in the new build of Windows 11.
It's been almost 10 years since Microsoft released Windows 8 as part of the promotion of its then-new Surface line of tablets. Two Windows executives have changed since then, but suddenly Steven Sinofsky has made himself known by sharing a few Windows 8 concepts in a new video.
Microsoft did put the Task Manager shortcut back in its place, and added a few new features to Windows 11.
Microsoft has announced a new Windows Controls Overlay feature that will allow Windows web application developers to better customize their software.
Microsoft has announced that its SwiftKey mobile keyboard will be removed from the App Store as of October 5.
Microsoft recently redesigned the standard Windows Photos program to better match the aesthetics of Windows 11. But now it has decided to freshen up the look of the program once again, as well as bringing a few improvements.
Microsoft has decided to add some color to the lives of developers and Windows and is adding support for themes to the standard Windows Terminal. This will allow users to change the appearance of tabs, windows and set images for the terminal interface. Microsoft has also included a dark theme by default instead of depending on the Windows theme as it was before.
Microsoft has updated its Xbox program for the PC. It's faster to run and has integration with HowToLongBeat. HowToLongBeat is a service that gives you information about how much time to spend on the game and whether it is worth playing.
