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Last month we looked at apps that allow you to connect iOS devices to your Windows 10 PC. But if you're on Android and Windows 10, you don't need to feel left out. There are a number of ways to connect your Android devices to your PC. In fact, due to the open nature of Android, there are even more options. While there are many Microsoft apps available for Android, this list is about apps that connect your phone and your PC, not just services that are available on both. How Microsoft is turning Android into the mobile OS for Windows users From mirroring your screen to connecting your devices through the web, these are the best apps to connect your Android phone to Windows 10. AirDroid AirDroid extends your Android phone experience to your PC. You can mirror the entire phone screen and control your phone through your PC or just sync specific aspects of the phone such as notifications. You can respond to messages from your PC through SMS, WhatsApp, Kik, and other messaging services and … [Read more...] about Best Android apps for connecting your phone and Windows 10 PC

The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is now installed on more than 90 percent of Windows 10 PCs, according to AdDuplex's latest monthly report on the Windows ecosystem. This comes just weeks ahead of when Microsoft is expected to ship its next big feature update in April. For comparison, the Creators Update only managed to reach 72 percent coverage during a similar period before the Fall Creators Update's launch. The Fall Creators Update has seen a pretty rapid release compared to its predecessors. "Fall Creators Update is undeniably the fastest spreading update in a long time," the AdDuplex reports. The update reached full availability in early January, helping it to jump 20 percentage points between December and January, hitting 75 percent coverage. Growth slowed a bit after, but still maintained a 10 percent boost to 85 percent coverage in February. As for past releases, March saw their share shrink by quite a bit as well. The Windows 10 Creators Update is now a 4.3 percent, while … [Read more...] about Fall Creators Update now on 90 percent of Windows 10 PCs, AdDuplex says

AdDuplex has released its monthly report for February, giving us another look at how the Fall Creators Update rollout process is going. According to the report, the Fall Creators Update is now on a total of 85 percent of Windows 10 PCs. That pushes higher the healthy majority that the Fall Creators Update achieved when it hit just under 75 percent coverage in January. It's not entirely surprising to see 85 percent coverage at this point, as Microsoft announced the Fall Creators Update had hit full availability in early January. Since its release, the Fall Creators Update has appeared to enjoy a sharper rate of adoption than its predecessors, but the 10 percent jump over the past month is slower than the 20 percent jump we saw between December and January. While a release date isn't available for it just yet, we are drawing closer to the public release of Windows 10's next big update, codenamed Redstone 4, so the rollout process will soon start all over again. In terms of past … [Read more...] about Fall Creators Update now covers 85 percent of Windows 10 PCs, AdDuplex says

Video: Windows 10 after two years: Was the upgrade worth it?Every year I make a list and check it twice.I'm referring, of course, to the reports generated by the elves in ZDNet's analytics engine, who know exactly which posts you've been most interested in.In 2017, Microsoft hit the accelerator on Windows 10, delivering the fourth and fifth major feature updates as part of the "Windows as a service" makeover to its flagship operating system.You, dear readers, were intensely interested in details about how the new operating system works, with Windows 10-related topics dominating my list of most-read articles. Here, in order, are the topics you found most interesting.Can you still get a free Windows 10 upgrade? My most popular post of 2017, by far, was this one: "Here's how you can still get a free windows 10 upgrade."I originally wrote it in 2016, shortly after Microsoft ended its year-long free upgrade offer for Windows 10, and then updated the post several times over the course … [Read more...] about Top Windows 10 questions: How to install, secure, upgrade, get it for free