The Your Phone app in Windows 10 is able to receive notifications from the linked smartphone. The app shows them in a special area as a list of tiles. A new feature, currently available to select Insiders, allows pinning the list entries to the top, so important notifications won't go down, and you won't forget about them.
More Windows development teams are now under Panos Panay
Microsoft performs yet another significant reorganization, bringing parts of the Core OS teams under Panos Panay, reports ZDNet. The company is reorganizing its Azure team and moving part of its Windows engineering team out of Azure and into the Experiences and Devices Group.
Microsoft will split Ignite 2020 into two digital events
Microsoft has announced that their Ignite conference which is company's annual event for IT profs and devs, will be quite a different from what it is used to be. Like company's recent events, the conference will be splint into two virtual sessions.
Remove Share with Skype from Context Menu in Windows 10
How to Remove Share with Skype from Context Menu in Windows 10
When installed, Skype (its both Store and Desktop versions) adds a Share with Skype context menu command. If you find no use for that command, you may want to get rid of it. Today we will see how it can be done for both Store and classic Desktop app.
PowerToys 0.20.1 released, featuring a few bugfixes
Microsoft has released a new version of Windows PowerToys. The update version is 0.20.1, and includes a few fixes and improvements.
Edit Saved Passwords in Google Chrome
How to edit saved passwords in Google Chrome
Google Chrome finally allows editing saved passwords. The team behind the Google Chrome browser has added a new useful feature to the browser. It now allows editing the passwords you have saved for websites.
Microsoft now flags HOSTS files that block Windows 10 telemetry
Microsoft has introduced another change to Windows 10 users. If you are using the HOSTS file to block Windows 10 telemetry or updates, Microsoft Defender will flag its as a malicious, and show a severe level alert.
Your Phone app now allows running Android apps on Windows desktop
Microsoft has updated the Your Phone app with the ability to directly access Android apps installed on a linked smartphone. Apps will run in a separate flyout inside the Your Phone app, allowing you to have multasking.
Windows 10 Build 20185 released with new DNS options (Dev Channel)
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Build 20185 to Insiders in the Dev Channel (formerly Fast Ring). The release is notable for new DNS options in Settings, updated administrative templates, and also includes plenty of fixes.
Edge Dev 86.0.594.1 is out with Chrome theme support
Today's release of Microsoft Edge 86.0.594.1 in the Dev channel brings the ability to install Google Chrome themes from Chrome Web Store. This feature was earlier available to users running Canary Edge builds, and now it is added to the Dev builds.
