HTC 8XT Windows Phone 8.1 Update coming in December

Ugh, this is taking forever HTC! December is the soonest that it "could" be released. I'm not sure what the hold up is or why it is taking so long. Hopefully it really does come in December since I am tired of waiting. Really hoping that they don't cancel the update all together. Here's more details from SoftPedia.

The next version of Windows will be named Windows 10

Windows 10 will be one ecosystem running on all Windows devices-- desktop, tablet, mobile.

OneNote is now on Mac, and free for everyone!

OneNote, the popular note taking app made by Microsoft is now a free download for everyone on every machine and mobile device. Check out this link to get your free copy.

Windows 8.1 Free Upgrade

The Windows 8.1 upgrade is available today for all Windows 8 and Windows 8 RT users. Simply go to your Windows Store app and there will be an icon to download it from the store.

Windows Phone and Windows store to be combined

It looks like Microsoft will combine the Windows Phone and Windows 8 app stores in the next version of Windows. I think Microsoft should have done this a long time ago. This will definitely help developers want to develop for Windows/Windows Phone. Read more here.

Windows 8 RTM released to Technet and Dreamspark

It looks like Windows 8 RTM(release to manufacturing) is out for Microsoft Technet subscribers and also will be coming to Dreamspark users. It doesn't look like it is up yet for Dreamspark, but should be out soon. Here is a Microsoft blog post that tells us more information on the release dates. Click here.

Update-- it will be available to student members of Dreamspark on August 25th but no later then the end of August. According to this comment made from an admin on the blog listed above:

Lee Stott

15 Aug 2012 1:34 PM

Hi thanks for the comments
Institution Admins can now get access to Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012 from the DreamSpark Admin/MSDN subscriber portal.
This will allow them to start planning and preparing to install Windows 8 and Visual Studio on institutional labs over the summer vacation period in preparation for the next academic year.
In terms of general availability to students via dreamspark.com and ELMS DreamSpark Premium. This will be made available around 25th of August and no later than end of month.
Students who are NOT presently at a institution or simply on summer vacation can download and install a 90 day evaluation version from http://dev.windows.com

New Windows movie maker and photo gallery

Dubbed Windows Essentials 2012, the new software has a lot of updates. One that I am excited about is the auto collage feature shown below. Read more about the latest release by clicking here.

Microsoft Releasing its own Tablet--Surface

In an announcement made yesterday, Microsoft has announced plans to make its own line of tablets named 'Surface'. Check out some specs/video here.

Microsoft Screen links to Pirate Bay torrent site

Microsoft is blocking links to Pirate Bay due to risks of malware, but are allowing other links to other torrent sites. Read more here.

Microsoft Tech Student of the month!

 

I was selected as Microsoft Tech Student of the month for February! They featured a few of my apps in the article. 

Microsoft Launches Office 365 Globally

The new web app sweet of Microsoft Office launched officially today. Click here to read the full press release from Microsoft.