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Save big on Windows 10 devices this Black Friday Gadget geeks, get ready. If you’re looking to upgrade your tech this holiday, there’s no better time to buy than Black Friday. Microsoft Store and other retailers across the country are offering some of the steepest discounts of the year on Microsoft’s hottest selling PCs and game consoles, so there’s something for everyone on your shopping list. Visit your local Microsoft Store, microsoftstore.com or any of our retail partners for more details on availability and pricing. Here are just a few of the great deals for shoppers next weekend: Upgrade to Surface and save up to $430 This Black Friday through Cyber Monday, Microsoft is offering an unprecedented deal of up to $430 off select* Surface devices and bundles between Nov. 24 – 28 at Microsoft Store and Best Buy locations. [ more… ]

How to send SMS messages using Skype on Windows 10 devices The Skype team is excited to bring a new feature to our Skype Preview for Windows 10 users, SMS relay. This feature allows Windows 10 Mobile users to send and receive SMS and MMS messages directly from a Windows 10 PC. You can view and respond to SMS and MMS messages from your PC, no need to reach for your phone. Making Skype the Default Messaging App To get started, you will need to make Skype the default messaging app. On a Windows phone, launch Skype Preview, go to settings and select “Make Skype your default messaging app.”; and on a Windows PC, launch Skype Preview, go to settings and select “Enable Skype on this device to sync my SMS messages.” You can always turn this off by going [ more… ]

This Week on Windows: Call of Duty, the Alcatel Idol 4S, Start menu tips and more We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! Learn more about Trimble’s new Sketchup Viewer app for HoloLens and Alcatel’s new virtual reality enabled IDOL 4S phone with Windows 10, or head over here to read our Windows 10 Tip on four ways you can customize the Start menu. Here’s what’s new in the Windows Store this week: Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Premium Edition   Forza fans on Windows 10 PC can now experience new content in Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, with the launch of Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Premium Edition ($16.99). The Premium Edition includes the base game of Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, along with three newly-released content packs for the game; two car collections and a new track pack, bringing the legendary Nürburgring to [ more… ]

End 2016 with The 1.0 Ender Update for Minecraft: Windows 10 and Pocket Edition Hello everyone! As part of our vision here at Team Minecraft to help players enjoy their favorite features on the platform of their choice, we’ve been piling on the updates to Minecraft on Windows 10 and mobile this year. Today, we’re super excited to let you know that we’ve started work on our next update which will be coming before the end of the year – the 1.0 Ender Update. With this update, Minecraft on Windows 10 and Pocket Edition will have the majority of the features as our original PC version, and like we did with the original PC version, we’ll be taking off the beta label with the introduction of the End. The 1.0 Ender Update will add a third dimension to Minecraft – [ more… ]