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Now playing: Watch this: iTunes coming to Windows 10 Store 0:57 Apple‘s iTunes is coming to the Windows Store. Yes, you read that correctly. Related coverage from Microsoft Build Everything just announced at Microsoft Build iTunes is coming to the Windows 10 Store Microsoft to take on Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home Terry Myerson, executive …

Many tech companies just don’t get it. They build tools and features that sound amazing, but only if you use them in a tightly controlled way. For example, Apple’s built useful features into its MacOS computer software, making it easy to copy text on one computer and paste it using your phone. Or to unlock your laptop using your Apple …

A lot of people, myself included, find sharing files across phones and PCs to be challenging. Wireless seamless phone-to-computer sharing, however, is starting to happen. Microsoft’s newly announced Windows 10 Clipboard, a feature of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update unveiled at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, shows a lot of promise. Clipboard allows sharing by copy-and-paste from Windows 10 machines to …

VR needs good controllers. The Oculus Rift has a pair. The HTC Vive has a pair. Microsoft’s upcoming VR and “mixed reality” headsets will have them, too: here’s what they look like. Related coverage from Microsoft Build Everything just announced at Microsoft Build iTunes is coming to the Windows 10 Store Microsoft to take on Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home …

Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft CEO: 500 million people use Windows 10 1:37 Enlarge Image Satya Nadella speaking at Microsoft’s developer conference. Microsoft Are you using Windows 10? Microsoft said more than half a billion devices are powered by its latest software, called Windows 10, to power their PCs, tablets and phones. “The opportunity for us as developers to have …

The most important feature for many laptop shoppers is battery life, and rightly so. We carry these devices to meetings, to class, on airplanes and even just from room to room at home. Maximizing time away from the power outlet keeps you mobile and lets you move around without lugging a power brick. Buying the best laptop Laptop buying guide …

Correction, May 4, 2017: It’s free for schools to upgrade from Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro. May 2, Microsoft held an event to launch a new education-focused version of its Windows 10 operating system that can run on ultracheap laptops. Windows 10 S is a locked-down version of Windows 10 Pro: Microsoft made it crystal-clear that you can …

Microsoft’s recent EDU event focused on education technology, low-cost classroom PCs and the new, student-friendly Windows 10 S operating system. But the biggest hardware reveal of the day was something that might strain your average student’s budget. The latest from Microsoft Hands on with the Surface Laptop Everything just announced at MicrosoftEDU Windows 10 S attempts to retake the classroom …

If you want to install your own apps from the internet on a Windows 10 S device, upgrading your license key to Windows 10 Pro is the only way you can do it. And there’s no going back. Joe Belfiore, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of operating systems, confirmed this in an interview ahead of Microsoft’s Windows 10 S launch event …

Your kid’s next computer may say it’s powered by Microsoft’s software, but it may not be the Windows you’re used to. If it’s running Windows 10 S, Microsoft’s new software announced Tuesday at an education-focused event in New York, it’ll feature more security and faster load times. It’ll also start faster, its battery life will be better and its performance, …