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Microsoft Office, Windows, and cloud boosts Q1 2022 earnings

The Verge

Microsoft posted the first quarter of its 2022 financial results today , reporting revenue of $45.3 Microsoft might have just launched Windows 11 earlier this month, but in the months ahead of this new version of Windows, PC sales have started to decline in the US due to supply issues. billion and a net income of $20.5

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Windows 11 has a release date: Microsoft to start ‘phased and measured’ rollout Oct. 5

GeekWire

Windows 11 in dark mode, with the new centered Start menu. Microsoft announced this morning that it will release Windows 11 on Oct. 5 as a free upgrade for existing Windows 10 machines, and pre-installed on new computers. However, the actual rollout to existing machines will take months, stretching into 2022.

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Microsoft says Windows 11’s File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’

The Verge

Microsoft appears to be testing a new type of ad inside File Explorer on Windows 11. Microsoft MVP and Twitter user Florian Beaubois discovered an ad in the latest test build of Windows 11, prompting users to check out the Microsoft Editor. While the ads might have appeared for some Windows 11 users, Microsoft says it was a mistake.

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Google will spend 2022 trying to match Apple’s ecosystem integrations

The Verge

Google is announcing no fewer than 13 different new software features at CES 2022, ranging from AirPods-like fast switching to promised software that will mirror your Android text apps on a Chromebook. Users will be able to use Fast Pair, sync text messages, and use Android’s Nearby Share feature to share files to their upcoming Windows PCs.

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Report: Departing Microsoft exec Panos Panay set to lead Amazon’s Alexa and Echo business

GeekWire

Panos Panay was the longtime leader of Microsoft’s hardware and devices business, whose responsibilities were expanded to include oversight of the Windows and Devices division. Microsoft hosts its own event in New York City on Thursday where Surface and Windows-related announcements are expected.

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CES 2022 will introduce HDMI 2.1a, another confusing new spec

The Verge

Other use cases could be for when there’s a mix of content types, like for streamers (who could have an HDR game playing alongside a window of black and white text), displaying each area of content. and its source-based tone mapping “depending upon their design.” That argument doesn’t really hold up, though. x branding in the first place?

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Microsoft Office, cloud services, and Windows boost revenue in Q2

The Verge

Microsoft posted the second quarter of its 2022 financial results today , reporting revenue of $51.7 This is now Microsoft’s second quarter of Windows 11, and Windows OEM revenue has increased by 25 percent in Q2, year over year. Windows Commercial products and cloud services revenue also increased 13 percent.