How to Change Default Browser and Programs in Windows 10

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10105358/windows-10-free-update.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img alt="windows-10-free-update" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-13183 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10105358/windows-10-free-update.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="558" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10105358/windows-10-free-update.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="1031" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Short Bytes :</span> Windows 10 upgrade keeps your files, apps, and settings, but it changes your app preferences of last OS. Today I’m going to tell you  how to change default browser and programs in Windows 10. This isn’t some rocket science, but those who are having troubles navigating through new  Window 10, they’ll find it helpful.</span></em></div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68); border: 0px; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;"><span style="color: #444444;">W</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">indows 10 is now released and people have upgraded their PCs to the last version of Windows. To smoothen the upgrade process, Microsoft has even released a media creation tool that</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">upgrades genuine Windows 7 and 8 PCs to Windows 10 without the need of any upgrade icon</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">. You can also read our</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">special Windows 10 FAQs</span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">that will make the upgrade terms and issues clear to you. Well, I’ll assume that you’re here as you’ve already installed Windows 10 on your PC.</span></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Microsoft promises that Windows 10 upgrade will save your apps and preferences. It keeps the files and app nicely, but some default programs in Windows 10 are changed fro what you had selected in your previous OS. So, today I’m going to tell you how to change default browser and programs in Windows 10.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">As compared to the earlier versions of Windows, changing default apps and preferences needs a couple of more clicks. This has even urged <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://allbabouttechbyspr.blogspot.in/2015/07/angry-mozilla-ceo-to-satya-nadella-give.html" target="_blank">Mozilla CEO to write an angry open letter to Microsoft CEO</a> </span>asking to bring back the choice and control to users.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">For changing default browser and programs in Windows 10, there are two methods. One is using the new Settings app and the other one is our vintage Control Panel method. Let’s tell you how to it one by one:<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </span></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="color: #444444;">How to change default browser and programs in Windows 10 using Windows 10 Settings app?</span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Using the Settings, not all default apps can be changed. These programs include Music Player, Browser, Video Player, Mail, Calender, and Video Player. For these settings, take a look at how to change default browser and programs in Windows 10 using this method:</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Press <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Win+I </em>to open the system menu. Here you can multiple options like system, personalization, update and security etc. Click on “System”.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-1" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31101422/windows-10-default-programs-browser-1.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img alt="windows-10-default-programs-browser-1" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-15567 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31101422/windows-10-default-programs-browser-1.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="334" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31101422/windows-10-default-programs-browser-1.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="701" /></span></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Now you’ll see a new window before you with “System” settings. It’ll be having options like Display, Notifications & actions, Apps & Features etc. Locate “Default apps” at the bottom of the list. Click on it.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-2" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31101417/windows-10-default-programs-browser-2.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img alt="windows-10-default-programs-browser-1" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15566 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31101417/windows-10-default-programs-browser-2.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="665" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31101417/windows-10-default-programs-browser-2.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="499" /></span></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">A new window will open with default apps for Music Player, Browser, Video Player, Mail, Calender, and Video Player. To change the default app, you need to click on any one of these and a small pop up with the complete list of available apps will appear. Here, you can select you default app.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-3" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31101442/windows-10-default-programs-browser-3.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img alt="windows-10-default-programs-browser-1" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15568 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31101442/windows-10-default-programs-browser-3.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="469" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31101442/windows-10-default-programs-browser-3.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="586" /></span></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">This method provides only a few preferences. To dig deeper and change more settings, you can use the Control Panel method.</span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="color: #444444;">How to change default browser and programs in Windows 10 using Windows 10 Control Panel?</span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Open Comtrol Panel on your Windows 10 PC by typing in the search box, or by right-clicking on the Start button to reveal different options. When Control Panel is opened, locate “Default Programs” and click on it.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-4" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31102416/windows-10-default-programs-browser-4.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img alt="windows-10-default-programs-browser-" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15571 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31102416/windows-10-default-programs-browser-4.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="384" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31102416/windows-10-default-programs-browser-4.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="823" /></span></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">In the Default Programs windows, you can see different setting related to the programs Windows uses by default. Find “Set your default programs” at the top of the list and click on it.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-5" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31102410/windows-10-default-programs-browser-5.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img alt="windows-10-default-programs-browser-" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15570 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31102410/windows-10-default-programs-browser-5.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="363" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31102410/windows-10-default-programs-browser-5.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="747" /></span></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Now comes the final step. You can see all the programs listed in the left and the options related to them in the right. To make any program a default program, or to check its status, you jut need to click on it. Doing this, available options will appear on the right. You can now make this app a default program or customize it a bit more. This was all about this tutorial on how to change default browser and programs in Windows 10.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-6" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31102406/windows-10-default-programs-browser-6.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img alt="windows-10-default-programs-browser-" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15569 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31102406/windows-10-default-programs-browser-6.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="547" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31102406/windows-10-default-programs-browser-6.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="1080" /></span></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Did you find this tutorial regarding how to change default browser and programs in Windows 10 helpful? Tell us in comments below.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">For more updates and Windows 10 tutorials from fossBytes, subscribe to our newsletter.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31032409/20150301-mozilla-ceo-chris-beard-001.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Mozilla CEO Chris Beard" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-15558 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31032409/20150301-mozilla-ceo-chris-beard-001.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="496" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31032409/20150301-mozilla-ceo-chris-beard-001.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="838" /></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mozilla CEO Chris Beard has written an open letter to Microsoft CEO demanding the choice and control for Windows 10 users. He has written this letter, because according to him Windows 10 makes it a bit difficult for the users to change some of the default apps and preferences.</em></div> <div class="su-row" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68); border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">W</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">indows 10 has been released worldwide and</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> users are upgrading their Windows 7 and 8 PCs</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">. This upgrade process has been very smooth and it doesn’t need much effort. Well, there are few things that could be disturbing to some people. In Windows 10 upgrade, you are promised that your app preference and settings will be ported to the new OS. But, Microsoft has done damage to its rivals by overriding some user preferences after the upgrade.</span></div> </span><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Talking about the internet browsing in Windows 10 upgrade, your PC automatically selects Microsoft Edge as the default browser. In my Windows 7 PC, I used Chrome as the default browser, <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">but after the Windows 10 upgrade</span>, Microsoft Edge has taken its place. Chrome still exists, but it isn’t the default web browser.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Obviously, there are ways to change the preference, but Mozilla CEO Chris Beard has decided to take this matter in his hands. He has written an <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/07/30/an-open-letter-to-microsofts-ceo-dont-roll-back-the-clock-on-choice-and-control/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">open letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella </a></span>demanding choice and control to users in Windows 10 upgrade.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> In his letter, Mozilla CEO says that they have tried to take this Windows 10 upgrade issue to the Windows team, but it didn’t turn out to be fruitful.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> He says that these changes aren’t unsettling to him as he’s the CEO of Mozilla that makes<span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Firefox browser,</span> but he’s worried because millions of users are having their choice ignored. He says:</div> <div class="su-quote su-quote-style-default" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0.5em 3em; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="su-quote-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> We build Mozilla as a non-profit organization for this reason. And we work to make the Internet experience beyond our products represent these values as much as we can.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> He urged Satya Nadella to reconsider his business tactic and respect the people’s right to choice and control the user experience they want. Mozilla CEO called the Windows 10 launch a dramatic step backward as it isn’t respecting consumer choices.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> He ends the letter with these lines:</div> <div class="su-quote su-quote-style-default" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0.5em 3em; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="su-quote-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Please give your users the choice and control they deserve in Windows 10.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Do you agree with Mozilla CEO’s views regarding Windows 10 upgrade? 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Angry Mozilla CEO to Satya Nadella: Give Users Choice and What They Deserve in Windows 10

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Facebook Internet Drones Will Beam Internet via Lasers At 10 Gbps, Ready for Testing

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_15593" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 874px;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31135152/Aquila-Drone-Facebook.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Aquila-Drone-Facebook" class="lazy wp-image-15593 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31135152/Aquila-Drone-Facebook.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="375" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31135152/Aquila-Drone-Facebook.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="864" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Facebook Internet drone – Aquila</div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Short Bytes :</span> With Facebook Internet Drones, the company is one step closer to provide Internet For All. The engineering wing at Facebook has developed Aquila Drones that would beam down the Internet through lasers at more than 10 GB per second.</em></div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="background: rgb(68, 68, 68); border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">F</span>acebook has revealed its plans to provide <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet connectivity to 4 billion people</span> who don’t have the full access to the service yet, in its one of its most ambitious projects to date. Notably, the US President Mr. Barack Obama recently said, “<span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Internet is not a luxury it is a necessity</span>.”</div> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/news/category/internet-org/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Internet.org</a></span> mission by Facebook along with its partner companies plans to do exactly the same. To accomplish the Internet.org mission, the Connectivity Labs have created Facebook Internet Drones calledAquila Drones.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Facebook Internet drones are the high-altitude solar-powered drones that <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">beam down the Internet via lasers</span> and deliver the data at the rate of 10s of GB per second. The previous technology by NASA was able to transmit only 1 GB data per second using laser technology. The team behind the Aquila drones hails it to better than all the previous state-of-the-art contraptions.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The project Internet.org, ever since its advent was clouded by the controversies regarding <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Net Neutrality,</span> to which Facebook denied its possibilities. Jay Parikh, VP of Global Engineering and Infrastructure says:</div> <div class="su-quote su-quote-style-default" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0.5em 3em; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="su-quote-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Our intention is not to build networks and then operate them ourselves, but rather to quickly advance the state of these technologies</div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The concept of beaming down the Internet through drones is expected to be more feasible and pervasive than the conventional cable and cell tower system. This would allow the people living in the remote locations to avail Internat facilities at much cheaper cost.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Facebook Internet Drones can stay afloat over a remote region for 90 days and beam down the Internet connectivity from the stratospheric region of 60,000 to 90,000 feet. The signal from the drones will be received by the small towers and then broadcasted to be used by the users as Wi-Fi or LTE network.</div> <div class="video-container" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 356.390625px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="405" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RQxXf6MYpzw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 356.390625px; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;" width="720"></iframe></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The mechanism adopted by Facebook Internet drones is quite similar to Project Google Loon that beams the Internet from the stratosphere through balloons. Though, the Aquila drones are yet to become functional, the <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Project Google Loon is already being implemented</span> by the Sri Lankan Government.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Buying land, maintaining the towers and wiring the town has been conventional, yet not cost effective. Also, the connectivity through towers could not be set up in hilly terrains or for the places with meager populations.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Such initiatives by Facebook and Google are welcomed by the public and with time and advancement in science the Internet beaming aircrafts will become a cheap technology too.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Did you like Facebook internet drones? Tell us in comments below.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For more updates and interesting stories, subscribe to SPRTech newsletter.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Facebook Internet Drones Will Beam Internet via Lasers At 10 Gbps, Ready for Testing

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How To Change Cortana’s Bing Search to Google in Windows 10 Using Bing2Google

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31135301/bing2google-replace.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="bing2google-replace" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15594 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31135301/bing2google-replace.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="655" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31135301/bing2google-replace.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="1196" /></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Short Bytes : </span>Bing search is deeply integrated in Windows 10 and you can’t change this search engine from your Cortana desktop search. Answering this problem, Bing2Google extension for Chrome does this in just in a click. </em></div> <div class="su-row" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(69, 72, 77) 0%, rgb(0, 0, 0) 100%) rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) -1px -1px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">W</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">indows 10 was rolled out on July 29 and people have upgraded their PCs using the free upgrade offer. To make the upgrade process easy, Microsoft even released a tool to</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> download Windows 10 instantly on Windows 7 and 8 PCs.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;"> Today, Microsoft said that 14 million people have installed Windows 10 on their PCs. Windows 10 comes with its very own digital assistant Cortana that searches your queries and acts according to your voice commands and gives useful results. But, just the way you can’t change the default search provider in Google Now and Siri, Cortana resists change and provides Bing search results.</span><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Cortana’s desktop web search works pretty well but what if you had the option to replace Bing with Google? Your prayers have been heard and Bing2Google extension for Chrome is here is change Cortana’s Bing search to Google in Windows 10.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Before downloading this extension, make sure that Google Chrome is your default web browser in Windows 10. This could be done by following few <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">simple steps to change the default browser</span>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Now I’ll assume that you’ve changed your default browser to Chrome in Windows 10. Search for Bing2Google Chrome extension on the web or Chrome app store.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Now, install<span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bing2google/mgoehlfmhfafaiepckjikpphoklijedl?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bing2Google extension.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-1" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31140959/bing2google.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="bing2google" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15598 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31140959/bing2google.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="350" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31140959/bing2google.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="992" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This Bing2Google extension redirects your Bing searches to Google searches, this forcing Cortana to search using a Bing alternative.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Note that this will also replace Bing search from Microsoft Edge’s default search.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Did you like Bing2Google extension to change Cortana’s Bing desktop search to Google in Windows 10? 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How To Change Cortana’s Bing Search to Google in Windows 10 Using Bing2Google

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Microsoft Tells Which Lumia Phones Are Getting Windows 10 Mobile at Launch

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31195835/windows-10-mobile.jpg" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="windows-10-mobile" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15619 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31195835/windows-10-mobile.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="618" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/31195835/windows-10-mobile.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease; border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="1048" /></a>Microsoft has released a list of Lumia phones that will be getting Windows 10 Mobile upgrade at the time of launch. Not all devices will get Windows 10 at launch and devices like the 630, 530, and 520 will have to wait for some time.</div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(69, 72, 77) 0%, rgb(0, 0, 0) 100%); border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) -1px -1px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">T</span>he software giant has released <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows 10 for the desktop</span>, but the mobile users are waiting for the update. Back in November 2014, Microsoft said that all Lumia phones will be getting the Windows 10 upgrade- that simple meant that all Lumia phones with Windows phone 8 will get Windows 10 upgrade. Recently, on its website, Microsoft has updated a list that hints at the fact that initially Windows 10 Mobile will be available for selected mobile devices.<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="code-block code-block-9" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 8px auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-align: left;">The Windows 10 Mobile is expected to come around November to Lumia devices. The product homepage for Windows 10 Mobile states that:</span></div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Microsoft<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/windows10/#" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> specifies</span> </a>which Lumia devices will get Windows 10 on first launch:</div> <div class="gdgt-main-container" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="container gdgt-post-container" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="gdgt-content-post" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="col-md-8 gdgt-post" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="gdgt-content" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <blockquote style="border: 0px; color: #777777; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 50px; position: relative; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.75em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">US “Our newest Lumia smartphones – the Lumia 640, Lumia 640 XL and Lumia 430 Dual SIM – will receive a free upgrade to Windows 10″</em></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.75em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">UK  “The following Lumia smartphones will receive a free upgrade when available: Lumia 435, Lumia 535, Lumia 640, Lumia 640 XL, Lumia 735, Lumia 830, and Lumia 930.”</em></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.75em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rest of World “Lumia 430, Lumia 435, Lumia 532, Lumia 535, Lumia 540, Lumia 640, Lumia 640 XL, Lumia 735, Lumia 830, and Lumia 930.”</em></div> </blockquote> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It should be noted that devices that that are absent from the list the ones with just 512MB RAM. These include budget Lumia phones Lumia 520, Lumia 630, and Lumia 635. Apart from these 512MB RAM phones, the significant devices that are absent are Microsoft’s flagship Lumia 1520 and Lumia Icon, and Lumia 730.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It’s possible that it’s the first list by Microsoft that will be updated with time and more devices will be added.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> As more details appear regarding this issue, we’ll be sharing it with you.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> What do you think about this list of Lumia phones getting Windows 10 Mobile at launch? Tell us in comments below.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For more updates and Windows 10 news, subscribe to SPRTECH newsletter.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Microsoft Tells Which Lumia Phones Are Getting Windows 10 Mobile at Launch

Microsoft has released a list of Lumia phones that will be getting Windows 10 Mobile upgrade at the time of launch. Not all devices will g...

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Microsoft Releases Windows 10 ISO Files for Clean Install

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/29175836/windows-10-clean-install-iso-files.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="windows-10-clean-install-iso-files" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15405 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/29175836/windows-10-clean-install-iso-files.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="638" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/29175836/windows-10-clean-install-iso-files.jpg" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="1020" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Short Bytes :</span> Microsoft has released Windows 10 ISO files for performing a clean install on your PCs. It should be noted that not everyone is able to get the update on release as Microsoft is releasing the OS in phases. Take a look at where to find Windows 10 ISO files and how to download it.</em></div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(69, 72, 77) 0%, rgb(0, 0, 0) 100%); border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) -1px -1px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">M</span>icrosoft has just released the highly anticipated Windows 10 operating system and SPRTech has been telling you how to get Windows 10 upgrade and other related things from time to time. This upgrade is available to all the eligible Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. But, not everyone has got their piece of the Windows 10 cake as Microsoft is rolling out the Windows 10 update in phases. </div> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">Now, Microsoft has released the Windows 10 ISO files. So, you can download the Windows 10 ISO and perform a clean install.</span></div> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">Before you decide to move ahead, there are few thing to be known. You need sufficient disk space on your PC, external drive or USB drive. You PC must be running with an active internet connection to download the files. Microsoft says:</span></div> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <ul class="textlist" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: square; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Make sure you have the following before downloading Windows 10 ISO:<ul style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: square; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An internet connection (internet service provider fees may apply).</li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: square; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sufficient data storage available on a computer, USB or external drive for the download.</li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: square; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A blank USB or DVD (and DVD burner) with at least 4 GB of space if you want to create media. We recommend using a blank USB or blank DVD, because any content on it will be deleted.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: square; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you will be installing the operating system for the first time, you will need your Windows product key (xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx). For more information about product keys and when they are required, visit the <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/faq" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">FAQ</a> </span>page.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">To know the product key associated with the OS, type this command in command prompt with administrative permissions: </span><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey</em></div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Download the Windows 10 ISO tool from Microsoft below:</div> <div class="mgbot_20" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="su-button su-button-style-default" href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=616935" style="background-color: #2d89ef; border-radius: 7px; border: 1px solid rgb(36, 110, 191); box-sizing: content-box !important; color: white; display: inline-block !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none !important; transition: all 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: rgb(108, 172, 244); border-radius: 7px; border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: content-box !important; display: block !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 20px; text-shadow: none; transition: all 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-down" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-stretch: normal; height: 1em; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0px 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); vertical-align: baseline; width: 1em;"></span> Download Tool Now (32-bit version)</span></a></div> <div class="mgbot_20" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="su-button su-button-style-default" href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=616936" style="background-color: #2d89ef; border-radius: 7px; border: 1px solid rgb(36, 110, 191); box-sizing: content-box !important; color: white; display: inline-block !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none !important; transition: all 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: rgb(108, 172, 244); border-radius: 7px; border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; box-sizing: content-box !important; display: block !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 20px; text-shadow: none; transition: all 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-down" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-stretch: normal; height: 1em; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0px 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; transform: translate(0px, 0px); vertical-align: baseline; width: 1em;"></span> Download Tool Now (64-bit version)</span></a></div> <div class="mgbot_20" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The above links work for for both Windows 10 Home and Pro ISO files, with support for multiple languages.</div> <div class="mgbot_20" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-1" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/29175828/windows-10-clean-install-iso-files-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="windows-10-clean-install-iso-files" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15404 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/29175828/windows-10-clean-install-iso-files-1.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="636" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/29175828/windows-10-clean-install-iso-files-1.jpg" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="868" /></a></div> <div class="mgbot_20" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-2" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/29175822/windows-10-clean-install-iso-files-.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="windows-10-clean-install-iso-files" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15403 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/29175822/windows-10-clean-install-iso-files-.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="626" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/29175822/windows-10-clean-install-iso-files-.jpg" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="876" /></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Those interested in Enterprise editions can download the Windows 10 ISO Files from the <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/hh442898.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; 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Microsoft Releases Windows 10 ISO Files for Clean Install

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Your PC Might be Already Downloading Windows 10 in a Mystery Folder

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/28175508/windows-10-install-now.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="windows-10-install-now" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-15325 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/28175508/windows-10-install-now.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="492" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/28175508/windows-10-install-now.jpg" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="874" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Short Bytes :</span> Microsoft is already preparing your Windows 7 and 8 PCs by downloading Windows 10 installer files. Many eligible users who have already registered for the big upgrade, are already seeing complete installer files in their PCs. Read more to know how to locate these files on your Windows 7 and 8 PCs.</em></div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(69, 72, 77) 0%, rgb(0, 0, 0) 100%); border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) -1px -1px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">W</span>indows 10 launch isn’t far away. In few hours, Microsoft will start the upgrade process and your Windows 7 and 8 PCs will upgraded to Windows 10. Windows 10 upgrade will start from 12AM ET on July 29th/9PM PST on July 28th. But, Redmond is already downloading the complete installer files on PCs. The Verge reported that the people who are <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">eligible for the upgrade</span> and have registered already, they are noticing Windows 10 files at<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> C:\$windows.~BT.</em><br /> <br /> <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/28/9055065/windows-10-pre-download-windows-7-windows-8-pcs" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Verge</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> writes that these files will get automatically unlocked and activated. This will install Windows 10 on your eligible Windows 7 and 8 PCs.</span><br /> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It should be noted that<span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> not everyone will be getiing the Windows 10 upgrade tonight</span>. The software giant is rolling out the latest iteration of Windows in phases. The compatible PCs will be receiving the upgrdae in waves and the company is creating a queue for the distribution.<br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">The very first users to get the upgrade will be the Windows 10 insiders who have been testing Windows 10 preview builds and sending feedback to Microsoft.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Are you seeing the mystery folder in your Windows 7 and 8 PC? Tell us in comments below.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For more updates and interesting stories from SPRTech, subscribe to our newsletter.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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Arrow, The Official Microsoft Android Launcher Is Finally Released

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="microsoft-android-arrow-launcher (2)" class="lazy aligncenter wp-image-15318 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/28172138/microsoft-android-arrow-launcher-2.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="478" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/28172138/microsoft-android-arrow-launcher-2.jpg" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="849" /></span></em></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Short Bytes :</span> Microsoft has launched its Arrow Launcher for the Android community. It’s the private beta version of Microsoft Android launcher that is into the markets. The launcher is all about quickness, but lacks the customization features. Check for yourself.</em></div> <div class="su-row" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"> <div class="su-column su-column-size-1-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 134.390625px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="su-column su-column-size-4-5" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 633.59375px;"> <div class="su-column-inner su-clearfix" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(69, 72, 77) 0%, rgb(0, 0, 0) 100%); border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 2em; line-height: 2em; margin: 0px 0.5em 0.2em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) -1px -1px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2em;">O</span>ne of the reasons for the popularity of the Android smartphones is the easy customization. You can choose from the variety of launchers that suits you best. But, no one expected a Microsoft Android launcher inside their Play Store.<br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Microsoft has brought a private beta Arrow Launcher into the market that is already flooded with a number of Android Launchers. So, what’s new in Microsoft Android Launcher?</span><br /> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">The Arrow Launcher presets three pages that will have People Page(contacts) as a first page, second one is the home page of the launcher which is an Apps Page comprising of recent and frequently used app section and the third and the last page is the Notes and Reminders Page.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a data-rel="lightbox-0" href="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/28172144/microsoft-android-arrow-launcher.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #9a65b2; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="microsoft-android-arrow-launcher (2)" class="lazy aligncenter size-full wp-image-15319 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/28172144/microsoft-android-arrow-launcher.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="486" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/28172144/microsoft-android-arrow-launcher.jpg" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" width="833" /></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> So, overall the Arrow Launcher will provide you quickness at work, but lack of customization. You are restricted by the choice to add any of your favorite app to any page, and to even make any page your home page.<br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">The Microsoft android launcher includes a dock to pull your most frequent used apps from the bottom. And you would also like the daily Bing wallpaper if you happen to be a fan of those.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">The Arrow Launcher is Microsoft’s first Android Launcher. It definitely created some news, but the private beta version doesn’t seem to impress much. The Arrow launcher is good but hopefully, the next version of Microsoft android launcher will have something more exciting.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">If you want to try the beta version, you have to sign up at </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/109393011462139141948" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Microsoft’s Google+ community</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">, or</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/?id=C1994020821E7ABD%2153698&cid=C1994020821E7ABD&group=0&parId=C1994020821E7ABD%2153699&authkey=%21AC4h8yylSTz1GMg&o=OneUp" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Microsoft One Drive</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> for download.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Source : <span style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://microsoft-news.com/this-is-microsofts-arrow-launcher-for-android-download-apk/" style="border: 0px; color: #3366ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Microsoft-news</a></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For more updates and interesting stories from SPRTech, subscribe to our newsletter.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Arrow, The Official Microsoft Android Launcher Is Finally Released

Short Bytes :  Microsoft has launched its Arrow Launcher for the Android community. It’s the private beta version of Microsoft Android l...

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