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We are excited to announce Project GigJam, a breakthrough way for people to involve others in their business tasks!

The future versions are C# 6.0, .NET 4.6, Visual Studio 2015. This article talks about the great things that are coming our way.

What’s better than completing that last important task on your to-do list? Doing so with a beautiful and useful productivity app. Today, I am thrilled to announce that Microsoft has acquired 6Wunderkinder, the creator of the highly acclaimed to-do list app, Wunderlist.

A real challenge people face is figuring out how to make everything work together. That’s why we’re announcing a ‘Phone Companion’ app built-in to Windows 10, which will help you connect your Windows PC to whatever phone you own– whether it’s a Windows phone, Android phone, or iPhone.

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For the last couple of days Neowin has been taking a look at Windows 10 build 10125, an unreleased Insider Preview that features UI changes and new icons. And there’s good news for those of you who liked what they saw, as the build has now leaked publicly.

At the annual Build conference, Microsoft taps into its roots as a scrappy, garage-developer company. It’s also an opportunity to debut some of the slickest new products and features to developers, who will ultimately use them to create massive market disruptions in the next few years. Build 2015 was full of announcements that will have a significant effect on the tech industry and beyond. Your business needs to know what’s coming down the pike to stay competitive in a rapidly changing environment.

In the retail industry’s quest for innovative ways to connect with customers, personalized marketing through mobile devices offers an opportunity to reinvent the shopper experience by increasing promotion redemption rates and nurturing a deeper level of customer engagement. And retailers are recognizing the need to get personal.

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In March, we released initial preview support for Web Audio to Windows Insiders.  Today, we are excited to share details of our Web Audio implementation in Microsoft Edge.  Web Audio provides tight time synchronization not possible with HTML5 Audio Elements, and includes audio filters and effects useful for enthusiast media apps.  Additionally, Microsoft Edge includes Web Audio support for live audio streams using Media Capture and getUserMedia, and also works with an updated HTML5 Audio Element capable of gapless looping. Read more...

Microsoft has silently pushed out another Windows Phone app into the store and this one's definitely of limited usage and appeal. Called Certificates, it lets you see which, er, certificates, have been installed on your Windows Phone but not remove any. The full feature list as per the store description: Pin certificates app to your home screen View summary of all personal...

Integrating with on-premises services

Microsoft looks to be readying two more new productivity apps: A cloud clipboard called OneClip, and a Windows Phone version of its Revolve calendar-contact manager mash-up.

We are pleased to announce an update to Outlook.com that lets you make the most of the moments that matter to you—featuring a refined inbox, new ways to collaborate, an upgraded calendar and much more. This update is rolling out today, in Preview, to a small group of customers and is the first of many innovations coming as we upgrade Outlook.com to a new Office 365-based infrastructure.  These new features will be made available to a broader audience through an opt-in program in the coming weeks.

Microsoft also is believed to be working on a lightweight collaboration and document-sharing app (which may be using "Flip" as its working name), as well as a lightweight project-management application, (which may be known as "Highlander"), according to sources of mine who asked not to be named.

Microsoft may be looking to acquire the company behind popular task management service Wunderlist, 6Wunderkinder. According to German publication Manager Magazin, talks between the two companies are "well advanced."