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Groove Podcast is a beautiful podcast client for Windows 10

By by Mehedi Hassan @mehedih as written on microsoft-news.com

If you listen to a lot of podcasts, you were probably looking for a good podcasts app on the Windows Store. Unfortunately, the Windows Store doesn’t really include a lot of good quality apps, especially for podcasts. Today, I found out about a really nice podcast app for Windows 10: Groove Podcast.

No, it’s not from Microsoft. But, let me tell you, this is better than the Windows Phone Podcasts app. Groove Podcast includes a user interface inspired by Groove Music, and it looks really beautiful. And when it comes to features, the app doesn’t disappoint either — from the ability to search for podcasts, to the ability to download podcasts, the app includes quite a lot of features:

• Stream podcasts directly from app

• Search and subscribe to podcasts using the search box. (iTunes API Integration)

• Option to automatically remove podcasts already listened

• Option to show system notification when there’s new podcasts available

• Option to automatically download new podcasts

• Reorder the podcasts catalog (Drag / Drop)

• Themes Light and Dark

• Full integration with system audio playback

• Support to import/export OPML files.

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Yahoo Mail App Released For Windows 10 Devices

Yahoo Mail for Windows 10 is now available for download it supports desktop and lock screen notifications, dynamic Live Tile in the Start menu and more. This is not a native app, instead it is a web wrapper for Yahoo web mail.

Features:

• Get real-time notifications so you never miss a message.

• View the Live Tile in the Start menu for a quick status on your inbox.

• See the number of new messages on your lock screen.

• Organize your mail with folders, Smart Views, and various options to sort your message list.

• Import contacts from Facebook, Gmail, Outlook or AOL to make it easy to connect to the people you care about.

• Multitask in your inbox with Tabs: compose, search and read messages all at once, without opening new windows.

• Send beautiful emails with Yahoo Mail Stationery, designed by Paperless Post.

• Find the message, document or photo you’re looking for with Yahoo Mail’s best in class search feature.

• Personalize your inbox with over 20+ vibrant themes to choose from.

Download the app here from Windows Store.

Microsoft Investing More Than $10 Billion In Data Centers Annually

We know Microsoft is investing billions in developing their new data centers to power their enterprise and consumer cloud services. Speaking at GreenPages’ CloudScape 2015 conference, Microsoft GM George Taylor has revealed that they are spending over $10 billion in building out data centres, more than they spend annually on R&D.

“We used to invest about $10 billion in research per year, which we still do. Our data center investments are more than that. It is unbelievable,” Taylor said. “I would have never thought that years ago. And they keep growing.”

“It is crazy,” he said. “We continue to pour money into data centers.”

He said Microsoft’s datacenter capacity is growing 10 times annually. Microsoft now has over 90,000 Azure customers, 1.4 million SQL databases in Azure, 475 million Azure active directory users and 3,200 Azure MarketPlace Applications.

Source: http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-investing-more-than-10-billion-in-data-centers-annually/

Microsoft recently released a new update for the Skype app for Android. While the latest update doesn’t come with a changelog, the folks over at Android Police are reporting that the latest update brings support for heads-up notifications. With the heads-up notifications, you’ll be able to interact with the notifications while you’re using another app — without even opening the Skype app.

Alongside the new heads-up notifications support, the update also packs support for a new monochromatic ticker icon, which looks pretty cool. If you’re an Android user, you can get the Skype for Android app from the Google Play Store here.

Surface App gets updated with a new user interface for Windows 10

Microsoft has released a new update for the Surface App for Windows 10. With the latest update, the app gets a new user interface and looks much better on Surface devices running Windows 10. Alongside the new design, the update also brings an adaptive layout, which makes the user experience a whole lot more better.

The update also brings a fix for the click-to-open OneNote feature of the Surface pen, according to WinSuperSite’s Rod Trent. The latest update for the Surface App is already live on the Microsoft Store. If you want to get it, head over to this link.

A new focus on the desktop brings new keyboard shortcuts for desktop users, so rejoice! Here are all the new keyboard shortcuts you need to know in Windows 10.

From window management with Snap and Task View to virtual desktops and the Command Prompt, there are lots of new goodies for keyboard users in Windows 10.

Window Snapping

Windows 10 offers improved support for Snap — known as “Aero Snap” on Windows 7. You can now snap windows vertically — one on top of each other, instead of side-by-side — or snap windows to a 2×2 grid.

• Windows Key + Left – Snap current window to the left side of the screen.

• Windows Key + Right – Snap current window the the right side of the screen.

• Windows Key + Up – Snap current window to the top of the screen.

• Windows Key + Down – Snap current window to the bottom of the screen.

Combine these shortcuts to snap into a corner — for example, Windows Key + Left and then Windows Key + Up would snap a window into the top-left quadrant of the screen. The first two keyboard shortcuts aren’t new, but the way they work with the 2×2 snapping feature is.

(You can also use the mouse — drag and drop a window to the left or right edges of your screen, or drag and drop them into one of the four corners to snap into quadrants.)

Task View / Window Management

The Task View is a new interface that combined an Exposé-like window switching and virtual desktops — an awful lot like Mission Control on Mac OS X. In addition to clicking the “Task View” button on the taskbar to open it, you can use these keyboard shortcuts:

• Windows Key + Tab – This opens the new Task View interface, and it stays open — you can release the keys. Only windows from your current virtual desktop will appear in the Task View list, and you can use the virtual desktop switcher at the bottom of the screen to switch between virtual desktops.

• Alt + Tab – This isn’t a new keyboard shortcut, and it works just like you’d expect it to. Pressing Alt+Tab lets you switch between your open Windows. Tap Tab again to flip between windows and release the keys to select a window. Alt+Tab now uses the new Task View-style larger thumbnails. Unlike Windows Key + Tab, Alt + Tab lets you switch between open windows on all virtual desktops.

Virtual Desktops

There are also some keyboard shortcuts for quickly managing virtual desktops.

• Windows Key + Ctrl + D – Create a new virtual desktop and switch to it

• Windows Key + Ctrl + F4 – Close the current virtual desktop.

• Windows Key + Ctrl + Left / Right – Switch to the virtual desktop on the left or right.

Sadly, there’s not yet a key combination that will move the current window between virtual desktops. How about Windows Key + Shift + Ctrl + Left / Right — please, Microsoft?

Command Prompt

The new Command Prompt keyboard shortcuts may not be enabled by default, so be sure to open the Command Prompt’s properties window and enable them first.

Copying and Pasting Text / Ctrl Key Shortcuts

• Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert – Pastes text at the cursor.

• Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert – Copies the selected text to the clipboard.

• Ctrl + A – Select all text in the current line if the line contains text. If it’s an empty line, select all text in the Command Prompt.

Selecting Text / Shift Key Shortcuts: Many of the standard Shift key shortcuts for text editing now finally work in the Command Prompt! These include:

Shift + Left / Right / Up / Down – Moves the cursor left a character, right a character, up a line, or down a line, selecting the text along the way. Continue pressing arrow keys to select more text.

• Ctrl + Shift + Left / Right – Moves the cursor one word to the left or right, selecting that word along the way.

• Shift + Home / End – Moves the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line, selecting text along the way.

• Shift + Page Up / Page Down – Moves the cursor up or down a screen, selecting text.

• Ctrl + Shift + Home / End – Moves the cursor to the beginning or end of the “screen buffer,” selecting all text between the cursor and the beginning or end of the Command Prompt’s output.

More Shortcuts

• Ctrl + Up / Down – Moves one line up or down in the Command Prompt’s history — it’s like using the scroll bar.

• Ctrl + Page Up / Page Down – Moves one page up or down in the Command Prompt’s history — it’s like scrolling even farther.

• Ctrl + M – Enter “mark mode,” which helps for selecting text. Previously, the only way to do this was by right-clicking in the Command Prompt and selecting Mark. Thanks to the new Shift key shortcuts, this mode is no longer as important.

• Ctrl + F – Opens a Find dialog for searching the Command Prompt’s output.

• Alt + F4 – Closes the Command Prompt window.

Microsoft will hopefully add even more keyboard shortcuts as they continue developing Windows 10. For now, the new keyboard shortcuts are very useful — especially to Command Prompt users!

Source: http://www.howtogeek.com/198122/32-new-keyboard-shortcuts-in-the-windows-10-technical-preview/