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RIP to these 5 Microsoft apps
07 Sep 2025 01:20 GMT
… dead weight. Eventually, Microsoft officially retired Internet Explorer … replaced by Microsoft's newer Media Player app, … Zune Music Pass, morphed into Xbox Music, and finally, in 2015, Microsoft … user-friendly move, Microsoft even partnered with Spotify …
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Microsoft halts digital film and TV sales without warning
20 Jul 2025 08:57 GMT
… and shows via Microsoft.com, the Microsoft Store on Windows, … website states, “Important: Microsoft no longer offers new entertainment … on Microsoft.com, Microsoft Store on Windows, and the Microsoft Store … in 2006 with its Zune media player. This later evolved …
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Microsoft Zune executive J Allard is leading a secretive team at Amazon
29 May 2025 23:18 GMT
… Microsoft executive and one of the minds behind the Zune, … Microsoft Zune could justifiably give you pause. Microsoft's failed MP3 player … Allard led at Microsoft, including the Microsoft Kin, and the … and Windows 11 at Microsoft. Since Panay joined the …
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Here Are Some of Microsoft’s Most Memorably Forgettable Products
05 May 2025 16:43 GMT
… computer portal to an MP3 player released five years too … year.
The Zune
Last but not least: Microsoft’s yawn-inducing … after Apple’s media player), the Zune did include some features … SanDisk Sansa. Microsoft killed Zune in 2011. Fare thee well, Zune, we …
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Microsoft turns 50: 25 best and worst moments
05 Apr 2025 08:28 GMT
… look or a finger press.
Zune
(Image credit: John Froschauer … the portable music player meant to be Microsoft's iPod … Toshiba), Microsoft eventually expanded the brand with a Zune music … by 2012 Microsoft shut down all things Zune and rebranded its …
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Microsoft unveils AI assistant with ‘memory’
04 Apr 2025 21:59 GMT
… in this weekly newsletter.
Microsoft has unveiled an upgraded … market, including the Zune music player and a Windows line … early 2014, further pivoted Microsoft’s business from desktop … own ChatGPT. Several features Microsoft highlighted on Friday, including …
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Inside the Microsoft Archives: How the tech giant preserves, shares, and learns from its history
02 Apr 2025 03:58 GMT
… the launch of Microsoft’s ill-fated Zune music player.
Wrapped in plastic … a living community archive for Microsoft.”
With Microsoft set to mark its … selected artifacts from the Microsoft Archives.
The Microsoft Archives is not open …
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Microsoft at 50: Key numbers defining five decades of tech dominance and challenges
31 Mar 2025 23:32 GMT
… choose, allowing those not using Microsoft’s operating system (Windows) … and Firefox.
In 2022, Microsoft finally retired Internet Explorer, … products such as Zune, a portable music player snuffed out … of Skype.
Microsoft's new Zune music player is on …
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Tech titan turns 50: Microsoft in numbers
31 Mar 2025 06:39 GMT
… , allowing those not using Microsoft's operating system … and Firefox.
In 2022, Microsoft finally retired Internet Explorer, … products such as Zune, a portable music player snuffed out by … failed version of Skype.
Microsoft's flagship operating …
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The 11 Microsoft apps I ditch on every new Windows install - and the 11 I keep
19 Mar 2025 12:30 GMT
… do better.
1. Media Player
Microsoft is infamous for assigning confusing … back to the ill-fated Zune app.
Anyway, this is … media player. (For me, that's MediaMonkey.)
2. Microsoft Photos
Microsoft … with VLC Media Player.
4. Maps
Back when Microsoft had a …