Microsoft Windows 10 is now Installed on over 200 Million Devices

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Windows 10 here, Windows 10 there, and it is everywhere.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> This is exactly what Microsoft dreamed of, and it seems like the company is actively working to reach its One Billion goal by the end of 2017 or mid-2018.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Proudly announcing its first huge success, Microsoft reported that its newest Windows 10 operating system is now officially installed on more than<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 200 Million devices worldwide</b> since its launch five months ago.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-m9qkJcNOSi2AbiyJMc2cCkjlxkSuX7TBdY8FG22U6lGLs7Wg9OR1nMgPPzn-AYxuDsoaTCGELWSKFsJ2OUA3Z6XS0e66PKJVyC0u-B8chvPdBD_5VADuwB2y_kwPLFEQfl-nxXzSGSu7/s1600/microsoft-Windows-10-OS.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-m9qkJcNOSi2AbiyJMc2cCkjlxkSuX7TBdY8FG22U6lGLs7Wg9OR1nMgPPzn-AYxuDsoaTCGELWSKFsJ2OUA3Z6XS0e66PKJVyC0u-B8chvPdBD_5VADuwB2y_kwPLFEQfl-nxXzSGSu7/s1600/microsoft-Windows-10-OS.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> Windows 10 is the latest as well as the greatest operating system from Microsoft that took less than six months to hit 200 Million milestone.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The growth is really impressive, and Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of Windows and Devices</span><b style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Yusuf Mehdi</b><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> outlined other milestones for Windows 10 in a </span><a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/01/04/windows-10-now-active-on-over-200-million-devices/" rel="nofollow" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #4184f3; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">blog post</a><span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> on Monday. Here's the list:</span><ul style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 20px 20px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows 10's adoption is growing 140% faster than Windows 7 and over 400% faster than Windows 8.</li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">More than 40% of the new Windows 10 devices were activated since Black Friday.</li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Over 11 Billion hours have been spent using Windows 10 in December, meaning roughly 365 million hours per day.</li> </ul> <div id="aim25848927397254690079" style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.4em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"> What made Windows 10 an enormous success?</h3> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Obviously, the first and foremost reason to reach these milestones is the fact that Windows 10 was available as a free upgrade for both Windows 7 as well as Windows 8.1 users during its first year.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> In addition to the free upgrade, Microsoft also changed the whole game by including non-PC devices such as smartphones (<i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows 10 Mobile</i>) and other smart devices in its count. As Windows 10 is now on the Xbox One, new Lumia phones and even on some IoT devices.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sounds good, doesn't it?</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px; 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vertical-align: baseline;"> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.4em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"> Microsoft Aims to Reach its 1 BILLLLLION Goal</h3> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Microsoft says it was 'humbled' by the update, but still it aims to have Windows 10 running on 1 Billion devices by late summer 2018, including computers, smartphones, consoles, and Internet of Things devices, as well.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> As part of its strategy to reach this milestone, all Microsoft has to do is contributing to the massive Windows 10 push.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Microsoft will very soon begin automatically upgrading some users to the newest version of its Windows OS, the company revealed.</div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 15px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.4em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"> Like It Or Not, Get Ready for Windows 10 Upgrade </h3> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The company plans to re-categorize Windows 10 as a "<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended Update</b>" in its Windows Update service in the early part of this year, in an effort to begin automatically downloading and installing Windows 10 to Windows 7 and 8 users.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It doesn't come as a surprise as Microsoft previously tried several number of times to push its new operating system more aggressively. Windows 7 and 8.1 users have been forced many times to upgrade their machines to Windows 10.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> After all 200 Million-device milestone is a big one, but if compared to the company's 1 Billion goal, Microsoft has just hit 20% of its milestone.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Although there is nothing we could predict what tweaks Microsoft has planned for future upgrades, the next time you may get a pop-up window with a single button that says "<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Upgrade Now</b>."</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: ' '; display: block; margin: 16px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> </div> </div>

Microsoft Windows 10 is now Installed on over 200 Million Devices

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