If rumors and leaked images are to be believed, Microsoft is planning to introduce new Cortana powered speakers in partnership with Harmon Kardon and other partners. A report on MSPU indicates clearly that this Cortana powered speakers are not far away.

Those who are on latest Insider build, Redstone 3 may have noticed a section called “Devices” in Cortana. Actually, Microsoft is working on an app called “Cortana Device Setup” which will further control the devices by Cortana. The app may be available in the upcoming RS3 Insider builds.

From the above Image, we can see a “Buy Now” button on Cortana, which now redirects to a Microsoft Page. You can check yourself if your PC is running on the First Insider Build of RS3. In future when the speakers are out, we can control them from here. As of now, we don’t have any Cortana Powered device. But take a look at the Screenshots below.

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From the above Screenshot, we can understand that something is being cooked in the background by Microsoft and will soon come to light. And the app also contains some voice commands for Skype, Music, Reminder, Weather.

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All these leaked Screenshots are pretty Interesting. It’s not far when we have a Cortana Powered Device in our hands. How many of you are excited to see this and wanna try a Cortana Device. Let us know in the comments below.

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Microsoft Watcher Brad Sams had come up with a new post showcasing the animation features of Project Neon. In the post, he has showed a new icon for OneDrive. The new icon may probably indicate files available through OneDrive, but which are not available locally.

Image courtesy : ONMSFT

Microsoft was in plans for making OneDrive available offline since last October. And was discussed the same on Ignite Conference in a session for One Drive. The company has promised that offline support for OneDrive will soon become available for Windows 10. Microsoft is calling this feature as “On-Demand Sync”. This may soon arrive in the upcoming builds of Redstone 3.

How many of you are waiting for this feature? Let us know in the comments below.

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First Let us see the device types supported by Windows 10 Version 1607

The minimum hardware requirements for these devices:

MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS 10 MOBILE

SoCs that support Windows 10 Mobile Version 1607

Official Variants from this SoC with higher Clock Speed are also supported.

SoC with Windows Phone that can be updated to Windows 10 Mobile.

RAM requirements – Already Microsoft has confirmed that the minimum amount of RAM for a mobile to get updated to Windows 10 Mobile is 1 GB. See the table for different display and RAM requirements.

Minimum Storage is 8 GB Internal Memory.

So these are the minimum requirements for Windows 10 Mobile Version 1607. Fortunately all Windows Phones running on Version 1511 is eligible to get updated to Version 1607. Probably along side with PC Microsoft will release this update on July 29th as of now.

MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR PC

Processor

Devices that run Windows 10 for desktop editions require a 1 GHz or faster processor or SoC that meets the following requirements:

• Compatible with the x86 or x64 instruction set.
• Supports PAE, NX and SSE2.
• Supports CMPXCHG16b, LAHF/SAHF, and PrefetchW for 64-bit OS installation.

Memory & Storage

Devices that run Windows 10 for desktop editions must meet the RAM requirements.

For both 32 bit and 62 bit OS architecture minimum Memory should be equal to or higher than 2GB.

For 32 bit architecture the minimum storage is 16GB and for 64 bit architecture minimum storage is 20GB.

So these are the common minimum requirements for Windows 10 Anniversary Update which comes out on July 29th. Are guys keen on this update. Let us know in the comments.

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This will be the updated icons for Instagram, Layout, Boomerang and Hyperlapse respectively.

Also the UI of the app has changed. The company claims the simpler design puts more focus on your photos and videos without changing how you navigate the app.

The company has also posted a video on how the new app icons has evolved.

So what do you guys think of the new icon of Instagram.. Yay or Nay..

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The company today announced two series of CompBook. “CompBook Excelance” priced at ₹9999 and CompBook Exemplaire priced at ₹13999. Both the Laptop will feature Windows 10.

The first one comes with a 11.6″ multi-touch IPS display and the later comes with 14″ display.

All other specs are some what identical for both devices. The devices are powered with 1.83GHzIntel Quad Core SoC, 10000Mah battery power, 32GB Storage expandable upto 64GB and 2GB RAM. Both features Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi Support, Dual Speakers and a Front facing VGA Camera.

The company claims that the battery of the devices will last upto 8.5Hrs. Both are available in Cobalt Blue and Cobalt Black Colours. Soon it will be available in the markets.

Also Both the devices will feature a “PRO” Version. Excelance Pro & Exemplaire Pro. The difference will be the OS. Both the Pro versions features Windows 10 Pro.

What do you guys think of this cheapest laptop from iBall. Let us know in the comments.

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If you’re not familiar with Bash (Bourne Again Shell) It’s a command line for Linux that differs in many ways. If you’re used to Linux or OS X then you might type a command like “ls” to list all files in a folder, but in Windows you’d type “dir.” It’s these differences and more that Microsoft wants to address by bringing this into Windows.

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Inking is done by Surface Pen.. Looks really amazing

Inking is based to be in a virtual base. Exactly how we write on a paper with pen.

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The update is not included in the Windows Update History Page. Though Microsoft Support page has something to say.

“This update makes stability improvements for Windows 10 Version 1511 servicing stack. If you are installing a servicing stack update package for the first time, the package for the x86 version is 5 MB and the package for the x64 version is 11 MB.”

Let us know if something has improved in your PC

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Now lets take a recall.. About Microsoft’s strategy on Windows Phone Update.

Windows Phone 7.0

Windows Phone 7 is the first major Mobile OS from Microsoft.  Windows Phone 7 was succeed by their internal OS Windows Phone 6.5. Devices with x1x runs on WP7. And they got updated up to Windows Phone 7.8. Devices like Lumia 510, 610 etc was running WP7.8 and that was the end for these devices. They were not get updated to at least Windows Phone 8.0

Windows Phone 8.0

WP8.0 was the first major update from WP7.0. There also Microsoft surprised us by all the possible ways. Not a single device which runs WP7.0/WP7.8 was eligible for this update. Update was all meant for new devices. WP8.0 Starts with devices x2x. Devices like Lumia 520, 620, 720 was running WP8.0 outbox.

Windows Phone 8.0 Update 2: Windows Phone Update 2 also called as Lumia Amber was a small update from WP8.0. This was the default OS for Lumia 625,925,928 & Lumia 1020. With this version Nokia started to name their Firmware in alphabetical order with name of Colors. Lumia Amber was the First one. The famous “Glance Screen” Option was introduced with this version of OS.

Windows Phone 8.0 Update 3: Windows Phone Update 3 or also called as Lumia Black was another update from WP8.0 Update 2. This was the default OS for 525, 1320 and Lumia 1520.

Windows Phone 8.1 OR Lumia Cyan

Any Windows Phone user will say that Windows Phone 8.1 was the major update for the whole Windows Phone OS. It was also called as Lumia Cyan. It totally changed the way how the OS looks like. Windows Phone 8.1 brings many new features including notification bar. Fortunately all devices running WP8.0 was eligible for the update. Devices with x3x comes with WP8.1 outbox. Microsoft also started “Preview For Developers” with WP8.1. An earlier version to “Windows Insider”. With Preview for Developers app an user can test the early beta version of the OS before the general public release. WP8.1 gets a warm welcome among Windows Phone users.

Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 OR Lumia Denim: This was a small update from Windows Phone 8.1. Many new devices came with this deafult OS. Devices like 730, 830, 735 and Microsoft Lumia 535 came up with this version. Not many visible changes come up with version. This is the version on now majority of Windows Phone devices running. i.e, all the devices that are not eligible for Windows 10 Mobile.

OS version: 8.10.14141.167, 8.10.14147.180, 8.10.14157.200, 8.10.14176.243, 8.10.14192.280, 8.10.14203.206, 8.10.14219.341 or 8.10.14226.359

Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 OR Lumia Denim

WP8.1 Update 2 was also called as Denim. This was the default version for x4x series devices. Lumia 640 & 640XL comes outbox with this version. This Update 2 was not widely released for all devices. Only device like Lumia 830, 930 received this update. This is the update what we are asking for. Update 2 has brought some useful changes. Let’s see what Update 2 has brings:

OS version: 8.10.15143.154 or 8.10.15148.160

Official Change Log:

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Microsoft has released Windows 10 Mobile officially to older devices on March 17th. And more than 60% of Windows Phone devices does not make eligibility to update to W10M. All the 512MB RAM devices and some star studded devices including Lumia 1020 and 920 was omitted from the update for every one’s surprise.

Now Microsoft Brazil has updated its product page and shows a Lumia 635 with 512 RAM is upgradable to W10M. We don’t think it as a mistake as Lumia 630 with 512 is opted out for update by Microsoft Brazil. 1GB RAM Lumia 635 is not available in Brazil.

Earlier another OEM from Microsoft called BLU also claimed that one their device will be updated to W10M despite of getting omitted from Final eligible list. Things are getting really messed up for Windows Phone users now.. What do you think about this claim from Microsoft Brazil.

Check the Microsoft Brazil’s Lumia 635 Product Page here

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