[the-facts-machine] Microsoft Builds Up Windows 10
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- Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 13:24:19 -0400
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Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft hopes to get more people using the
next version of its Windows software on all kinds of devices, by giving them
access to many of the same apps they're already using on Apple or Android
phones. In a major strategy shift, a top executive told an audience of several
thousand software developers Wednesday that Microsoft will release new tools to
help them quickly adapt the apps they've built for Apple or Android gadgets, so
they will work on smartphones, PCs and other devices that use the new Windows
10 operating system coming later this year. On the first day of the company's
annual software conference, other executives showed off more uses for
Microsoft's holographic "augmented reality" headset, the HoloLens although it's
not yet for sale. They also announced the official name for a new Web browser,
called "Edge," that they promised will be faster and more useful than the
Internet Explorer that's been a Microsoft mainstay for 20 years. All those
initiatives are tied to the impending release of Windows 10, the centerpiece of
Microsoft's ambitions to regain the stature it commanded when Windows-based PCs
dominated the computing world. Today, after losing ground to smartphones and
tablets that run software from rivals Apple and Google, Microsoft wants to make
Windows 10 the universal software for PCs, phones and other Internet-connected
gadgets. "Windows 10 represents a new generation of Windows, built for an era
of more personal computing," CEO Satya Nadella said during a keynote speech,
adding that today's consumers and corporate workers want to have the same
experience when they are using a variety of devices. Although Microsoft has
previously shown off some features of Windows 10, it's hoping to enlist an army
of software developers as allies in its campaign to build enthusiasm for the
release. The company is using the three-day conference, called Build, to
demonstrate more features and app-building tools, with an emphasis on mobile
devices as well as PCs. "Our goal is to make Windows 10 the most attractive
development platform ever," vice president Terry Myerson said. .
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