Microsoft (MSFT) news recap: Microsoft loves open source, Garage gets a new look and more

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Published on September 18, 2016

published on September 18, 2016

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Microsoft (MSFT) news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read!

Microsoft Garage, home to creative apps like Arrow Launcher, gets site redesign

Microsoft has released an updated design to its Garage website, offering a bigger emphasis on the projects its employees are working on, rather than describing the platform itself.

Microsoft has the most open source contributors on GitHub, beating Facebook and Google

90s Microsoft is out. Microsoft has been crowned as having the most open source contributors on GitHub.

Microsoft Edge fires back, claims even better battery life with Anniversary Update

Continuing its fight on claiming to be the most energy-efficient browser, Microsoft comes back saying that the Anniversary Update leads to better battery life in Microsoft Edge.

Global DNS outage hits Microsoft Azure customers

Uh oh – Microsoft’s pride-and-joy, Azure, suffered a global DNS issue this week, which impacted services around the world who rely on the uninterrupted cloud services provided by Microsoft.

That’s it for this week – we’ll be back next week with even more Microsoft news.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.