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Microsoft to discontinue Groove Music Pass streaming service; offers migration to Spotify
•Microsoft said it would discontinue its Groove Music Pass subscription service, allowing existing customers to move their music collections to Spotify.
Microsoft announces new privacy control features in the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update
Tech2 News Staff •According to Microsoft these new updates will further increase the user's access to information and more control over the collected information.
Microsoft Paint is not dead; to be available for free on the Windows Store
Ians •After receiving massive support that poured in for MS Paint after it was reported that Microsoft is 'killing' the 32-year-old popular app, the company has clarified that the app will have a new home in Windows Store where it will be available for free.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare: Microsoft isn’t to blame for game’s Store woes on Windows 10
Tech2 News Staff •Whatever you do, don’t purchase the Windows 10 Edition of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (IW) from the Microsoft Store.
Microsoft finally relents; brings Quantum Break to Steam. Will Gears of War and Forza follow suit?
Anirudh •Microsoft has done an about-turn on one of their most controversial statements. Quantum Break will no longer remain a Windows 10 and Windows Store exclusive and will be coming to Steam this September.
Microsoft Xbox head talks about Steam, Windows Store, UWP and the future of PC gaming
Tech2 News Staff •Xbox head, Phil Spencer spoke to Giant Bomb about the future of the console, gaming on Windows and the role that steam plays on Windows.
The Xbox One summer update will bring Cortana, Facebook Friend Finder and easy clip sharing
Tech2 News Staff •The Xbox One summer update has a string of features that will make the Xbox One look and feel more like a Windows HTPC.
Killer Instinct PC preview: All in or nothing?
Vvk •Killer Instinct Season 3 arrives on PC and thankfully, it's not necessarily held back by Windows 10 exclusivity.
Microsoft Windows is a mess and needs to be fixed, but Universal Apps isn't the way to do it
Anirudh •There's been quite a hue and cry over Microsoft's decision to force developers and users to use the Windows Store and Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Tim Sweeney of Epic Games (the creators of Unreal Engine) went off on a tangent, decrying the fate of developers and the monopoly that Microsoft is apparently trying to enforce. Personally, I believe that the problem lies somewhere in-between.
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex will be free on PC, to be Windows 10 exclusive
Tech2 News Staff •Motorsport fans, rejoice, for Forza is finally coming to PC and it's going to be free! At Microsoft Xbox's spring press conference, the company demoed Forza Motorsport running on a PC in all its 4K glory, 60fps glory. While everyone was busy picking up their jaws from the floor, they sneaked in the announcement that the game would be available to PC users for free.