Windows in short: more clues from Cortana in Windows 10

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A week is coming to an end full of positive news for Redmond users, with the launch of the Microsoft Lumia 535 which seems to have hit the fair point of the price-quality ratio, the confirmation that all phones with Windows Phone 8.x can be updated to the future Windows 10 and the opening of .NET Core to open source that left more than one with their mouths open. surprise.

But among so many great news, there were some small news that we forgot to tell you about during the week, we are going here with the compilation of them.

• The first hints of Cortana appear in Windows 10. The recently released build 9879 includes mentions of the voice assistant within the list of options, but we still can't activate any real functionality.
• The upward trend of Microsoft continues on the stock market If a few weeks ago it had managed to surpass Google in market capitalization, remaining as The second most valuable company in the technology sector, has now also surpassed Exxon Mobil, thus earning the position of the second most valuable company in the world. Of course, this has also been influenced by the fact that the oil company is trending downward, and there is still a long way to go before Redmond can reach the next on the list: Apple.
• Microsoft announces that there are already more than 500,000 applications in the Windows application stores Beyond the number, it is curious that begin to report the sum of applications for both stores, one more sign of the convergence towards which they want to aim. In any case, the disaggregated figures are available: 187 thousand applications in the Windows Store and 340 thousand applications for Windows Phone (which implies an increase of 40,000 apps in 3 months).
• We continue with some bad news: the long-awaited new version of DirectX, 12, will not be available for Windows 7 users (but it will be for Windows 8.x users).
• And as much as some may wish, Nokia (the part of Nokia that Microsoft did not buy) will not return in the short or medium term to making smartphones that compete with the current Lumia. What yes, from 2016 you could license your brand to other equipment manufacturers.We will have to see how that affects the position of Microsoft Mobile.
• Major Nelson brings us a compilation of the week's releases for Xbox One and Xbox 360, including the highly anticipated Halo Master Chief Collection, Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 (for 360 and One ) and Assasins Creed Unity (One) and Rogue (360).

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• Windows Phone
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• Redmond News
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• Microsoft
• Cortana
• Cortana on Windows
• Windows 10 Technical Preview