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Microsoft HoloLens enables thyssenkrupp to transform the global elevator industry Hi everyone, I wanted to take a moment to share some exciting news about the work thyssenkrupp Elevator is doing with Microsoft HoloLens. Today, in New York City at One World Trade Center, we demonstrated how thyssenkrupp (and innovation that only HoloLens makes possible) has the potential to transform their industry and help over 1 billion daily elevator passengers get to where they need to go with ease, safety and reliability. In a world where more than 12 million elevators transport over 1 billion people each day (a number that is constantly growing), it is imperative elevator service innovation grows ahead of the pace. Enter thyssenkrupp. Video produced and provided by thyssenkrupp. Utilizing HoloLens, they found that they could dramatically improve response time, increase efficiency, raise elevator uptimes and speed [ more… ]

Microsoft Edge now gets even more out of your battery Back in June, we shared a look at Microsoft Edge’s industry-leading efficiency, which allows Microsoft Edge users to rely on more battery life than the other browsers we tested. With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we made a number of additional improvements to make Microsoft Edge last even longer, and today we’re rerunning our tests with the latest version of each tested browser to see how things match up. At the risk of giving away the ending, the results may look familiar! With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft Edge is more efficient than ever, and still the best choice for extending your battery life on Windows 10 – up to 24%-43% more efficient than the competition for general purpose browsing, and lasting up to 23%-69% longer when streaming video. [ more… ]

Dell introduces XPS and Inspiron laptops with Windows 10 in new colors The all new XPS, weighing in at less than three pounds, is available in a beautiful new rose-gold finish and the Inspiron laptops are available in a variety of colors ranging from sparkling white to midnight blue. These new PCs will be available beginning October 4, 2016. Dell XPS 13 laptop powered by Windows 10 Dell designed this fresh lineup of PCs to take full advantage of Windows 10 and the recent Windows 10 Anniversary Update to empower you to be productive on-the-go. With features like Cortana*, your personal digital assistant, Microsoft Edge, touchscreens that let you take full advantage of Windows Ink and infrared cameras that allow you to sign in to the device easily and securely with Windows Hello, this lineup has your needs covered whether you’re [ more… ]

Smooth Interaction and Motion with the Visual Layer The Composition APIs come with a robust animation engine that provides quick and fluid motion running in a separate process from your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app. This provides a consistent 60 frames per second when running your app on an IoT device as well as on a screaming gaming machine. It is, quite simply, fast. The Composition APIs also provide something you probably have never had access to before: the ability to create high-performing, low-level manipulation-driven custom animations like the one shown above.  Preview releases of the Composition APIs have already given you the ability to control animations with the XAML ScrollViewer’s ManipulationPropertySet. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update allows you to go even further, with the goal of empowering developers to use many types of input to drive animation. This post [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14926 for PC and Mobile Hello Windows Insiders! Thanks for being patient with us as we upgraded some of our engineering tools last week. Our build monitoring system is purring again and today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14926 for PC and Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. An important note about build expiration Just as we’ve always done with pre-release versions of Windows, Insider Preview builds have expiration dates. Starting tomorrow September 15th, PCs running really old Insider Preview builds will start 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 [ more… ]