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Microsoft’s 2016 Android app port push predicted today’s AI integration
By John Callaham published
Flashback Microsoft is using the Cortana notification sync feature in Windows 10 to add a "request app" feature if the notification comes from an Android smartphone.

Moonraker turns 10 and still looks ahead of its time
By Rich Edmonds published
Flashback A decade later, Microsoft’s unreleased Moonraker smartwatch still feels like a glimpse into an alternate timeline.

Looking back at 2016’s “I love you, Xbox” — and how much (and little) has changed
By Richard Devine published
Flashback Looking back at the 2016 editorial that captured Xbox’s growing pains and predicted the decade ahead.

Revisiting the LG Lancet, 11 years later
By Daniel Rubino published
Flashback A look back at the LG Lancet and the era when Windows Phone 8.1 defined Microsoft’s mobile peak.

The 2016 Android‑apps warning that now echoes Googlebooks
By Daniel Rubino published
Flashback A 2016 warning about Android apps on Chrome feels newly relevant as Googlebooks pushes Android PCs into the agentic era and challenges Microsoft again.

Microsoft launched a Bing “concierge bot” 10 years ago — the same idea Google is now pushing
By John Callaham published
Flashback From our archives: A decade ago Microsoft was already testing a Bing “concierge bot,” an early take on the AI agents Google is only now announcing.

11 years ago, Microsoft got cozy with "Non-Genuine" version of Windows
By John Callaham published
Flashback Microsoft’s decision to offer full Windows 10 upgrades to non‑genuine PCs marked a rare moment of outreach — and a major shift in how the company thought about Windows adoption.

Nine years ago, Microsoft bet big on UWP. The story looks very different today.
By Daniel Rubino published
Flashback Microsoft has a problem with its Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and what it means for developers and consumers. Here is how they plan to fix that and why it means ignore phones.
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