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Developer, CEO, entrepreneur and father — all with a Surface in hand Software Architect, Cloud Consultant, Entrepreneur, Community Leader, Events Organizer, Dedicated Father. All those hats make for a busy life in Sweden and the many countries he travels to. Magnus Mårtensson makes the most of his time and travels by using a Surface Pro 3, which he loves. Here is Magnus, in his own words: “As CEO of Loftysoft I am constantly on the move, as a speaker on a stage near you, delivering training to those that seek greater insight into the Cloud, or consulting and bringing true value to my customers everywhere.” — Magnus Mårtensson Magnus is the founder and CEO of consulting firm Loftysoft AB, based out of Sweden. He has a historical background in .NET development as a Software Architect, Technical Specialist and Team Lead since [ more… ]

Minecraft: Education Edition will launch November 1 Since June 9, more than 35,000 students and educators around the world have utilized the early access program and provided feedback to help us fine-tune the experience across a diverse set of learning environments. Minecraft: Education Edition is built based on feedback from the educator community and the features and capabilities they have told us are important to enhancing the learning experience. While we debuted several of these features with early access in June, we’re excited to roll out even more key capabilities on November 1, including: Classroom Mode: A companion app for Minecraft: Education Edition that enables educators to manage world settings, communicate with students, give items and teleport students in the Minecraft world. It displays a map view of the Minecraft world, a list of all the students in the world, [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14931 for PC Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14931 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. An important reminder about build expiration We wanted to include a reminder about build expiration. Since September 15th, PCs running really old Insider Preview builds started to see build expiration notifications once a day. Then on October 1st, these PCs will start rebooting every 3 hours and then on October 15th – these PCs will stop booting all together. If your PC is running one of these old Insider Preview builds, please make sure you update to Build 14926 or newer via Settings > Update & security > Windows Update. Build 14926 and newer has an updated expiration date of May 1st, 2017. If your PC [ more… ]

MIDI Enhancements in Windows 10 As Windows 10 evolves, we are continuing to build in support for musician-focused technologies. Let’s take a look at MIDI. Windows has had built-in MIDI support going back to the 16-bit days. Since then, most MIDI interfaces have moved to USB and our in-box support has kept pace, with a class driver and APIs that support those new interfaces. Those unfamiliar with music technology may think of MIDI as just .mid music files. But that’s only a tiny part of what MIDI really is. Since its standardization in 1983, MIDI has remained the most used and arguably most important communications protocol in music production. It’s used for everything from controlling synthesizers and sequencers and changing patches for set lists, to synchronizing mixers and even switching cameras on podcasts using a MIDI control surface. Even the [ more… ]

Celebrate Forza Horizon 3 with Ken Block at the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA This Saturday, Sept. 24, Xbox and Ford Performance will host the Forza Horizon 3 launch event at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles from 4-7 PM PDT (11 PM – 1 AM UTC). The event will feature a meet-and-greet with Ken Block, Xbox’s Larry Hryb (“Major Nelson”), hundreds of cars on display, free food and giveaways, live music from Peanut Butter Wolf and DJ Flow and the opportunity to go hands-on with Forza Horizon 3 on Xbox One and Windows 10 before its Sep. 27 release. The event is free to the public (online RSVP encouraged) and will be streamed worldwide on twitch.tv/forzamotorsport.  Head over to Xbox Wire to learn more about the launch celebration! Source: Celebrate Forza Horizon 3 with Ken Block at the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA