Microsoft unveils new update for Windows 10
SAN FRANCISCO: To provide users more time to create, play and work, Microsoft on Friday announced a new update for Windows 10 that will be available for download on April 30 and will roll out to Windows 10 PCs worldwide on May 8. The April update will have “Timeline” feature to help users go back in time—up to 30 days—to find their stuff.
“Users can even find what they were doing while using Microsoft Edge or Office 365 on iOS or Android device’s when they return to their Windows 10 PC,” Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Group, said in a blog post. The “Focus Assist” feature will help get things done without distractions, like social media or other notifications. “When you finish, you receive a summary of what came through, whether notifications, emails or updates, while you were heads down. If you’re waiting on a specific call or email, choose people who you want to break through,” Mehdi wrote. The improved “Dictation” feature makes it easier than ever for users to take a note, or write a paper, with just their voice. The April update will also bring new features and improvements to Microsoft Edge—including mute-a-tab, full-screen reading, clutter-free printing, grammar tools and autofill on web forms. Management “gurus” have been beating some familiar drums over the past several decades, encompassing some recurring themes, such as the wonders of entrepreneurialism and the benefits of globalisation. Many such gurus are telling many of us what we already know— such as that businesses which innovate will have the first mover advantage, or that, in order to grow, organisations should expand into frontier markets. When will organisations demand that the gurus tell them something they do not already know?
The authors of such books as In Search of Excellence, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and The One Minute Manager are, in the end, selling common sense. Their messages resonate because individuals in business crave the ability to improve themselves, want to believe they have something no one else has, and desire to possess hidden knowledge about how to make more money. Where is real value addition in that? Are these gurus merely masterful at packaging what we already know into something that appears to be a subject we knew nothing about? When was the last time you heard