Windows Weekly 748: The Good Kind of Asterisk

Microsoft Earnings

Microsoft Q1 powered by cloud as most units, product lines shine
Microsoft Earnings Soar 22 Percent to $45.3 Billion
Microsoft adds 23k employees in one year, growing 14% despite pandemic and tight labor market - GeekWire
Intel Reports Small Drop in PC Revenues
Google Revenues Grew 41 Percent to $65 Billion

Android Apps on Windows 11

Hands-On with Android on Windows 11: Not as Seamless as Promised

Windows 11

AMD, Microsoft Deliver Windows 11 Performance Fixes
Microsoft to try again to reach the K-12 market with a new low-cost Surface laptop: Report

Windows 10

Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to prepare for the November 21H2 update
Windows 10 users get PC Health Check app for diagnostics and troubleshooting

Developers

Microsoft Backs Down From Open-Source Mistake
Adobe Photoshop is Coming to the Web

Xbox

Microsoft Delivers the October Update for Xbox
Microsoft Teases the Halo: Infinite Campaign

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Don't be like Paul Thurrott: Remember your travel tech — particularly your power adapters.
App pick of the week: Stardock Fences 4
Enterprise pick of the week: Clear Software
Codename pick of the week: Project Zerix
Beer pick of the week: Citizen Cider Wit's Up

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