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My take on the Windows 10 Creators Update

Microsoft revealed the name of the upcoming Windows 10 update today; the Windows 10 Creators Update will be out in 2017 (likely March).

The company revealed several upcoming features of Windows 10 Creators Update today. While those events get me excited usually, this one in particular did not.

Remember the 3D Builder app that Windows 10 ships with? The announcement felt a lot like that app. Interesting, but nothing that I will ever make use of.

English Pills ESL learning tool for Android

English Pills is a free application for Google Android devices designed for non native English speakers to increase their command of the English language in a fun way.

Most language learners and courses concentrate on the essentials when it comes to that: vocabulary, grammar, writing, reading and conversation are probably the five big areas that are covered.

Turn off the Windows Customer Experience program

Microsoft introduced the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program in Windows Vista, and has made it a part of any version of Windows since.

Designed to collect information about hardware and how software and services are used, it is used by Microsoft to identify trends and usage patterns.

Microsoft states that personal identifiable information such as names or addresses are not collected.

NET Framework 4.6.2 released

Microsoft released the .NET Framework 4.6.2 yesterday for most supported versions of Microsoft Windows featuring "dozens of bug fixes and improvements".

Microsoft ships version 4.6.2 of the NET Framework with Windows 10's Anniversary Update meaning that it does not need to be installed separately on systems running the latest version of Windows 10.

Chrome 52 for Android: Less video data and battery usage

The latest stable version of Google Chrome for Android, version 52, ships with improvements that promise better battery life and reduced data usage when watching videos.

If you like to watch videos on your mobile device, and use Chrome for that, you may benefit from improvements that Google implemented in Chrome 52.

Attention: Some Fosshub downloads compromised

Some software programs on Fosshub, a free project hosting service, appear to be compromised and serve malware payloads .

Fosshub is a popular file hosting service that software projects such as Classic Shell, qBittorrent, Audacity, MKVToolNix, and others use as their primary file download service.

Basically, what these projects do is link either directly to download files hosted by Fosshub, or link to a download page for their programs on Fosshub.