Apple integrations, Surface Laptop 5, Microsoft Designer

Microsoft Ignite 2022

• Loop components news!
• Teams Premium Add-on, Mesh avatars in preview, more new features
• New/rebranded Microsoft 365 app for Windows, mobile devices, and the web
• Microsoft Places: A new app for coordinating hybrid work
• Microsoft Edge is getting a workspaces feature
• Dev Box in preview
• New Outlook features for hybrid work
• Microsoft Editor gets some AI updates

Surface Event

• Surface Laptop 5, Surface Pro 9, Surface Studio 2+ announced - all of it leaked already.
• Oddly, the new peripherals are more interesting. OK, not oddly...
• What exactly is Microsoft trying to accomplish with Surface?
• Microsoft: iCloud Photos, Apple TV and Apple Music are coming to Windows 11
• Microsoft Designer steals the show (and will be up next on "Killed by Microsoft")

Windows 11

• Let's talk 22H2, October update, and new features — there is some confusion
• New Dev build adds support for third-party widgets

More Microsoft

• Microsoft partners with Meta on the Metaverse ... productivity and games

Xbox

• Brazil OK's Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition
• Enthusiasts spy device on Phil Spencer's shelf, it's just an old prototype
• You can launch Xbox Cloud Gaming titles from Bing search results for some reason

Tips and picks

• Microsoft has a tip: disable security features to improve gaming on Windows 11!
• App pick of the week: Oracle VirtualBox 7.0
• Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Syntex
• Codename pick of the week: Haven
• Beer pick of the week: Southern Tier Pumking

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