New Windows 10 version to come with better user interface
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Microsoft has released a new test version of Windows 10 that introduces new user interface (UI) for “Start” and “Action Center” features.
The new build number “16215” includes elements of the new “Fluent Design System.” This is a revamp of “Microsoft Design language 2” that includes guidelines for the designs and interactions used within software designed for all Windows 10 devices and platforms.
The new build is open for developers and members of “Windows Insider” programme for testing before market release. “Action Center” has been redesigned to provide much clearer information separation, hierarchy and also groups notifications together in a more coherent way from devices and apps.
“We heard your feedback, and in this build, you can now pin a website to the taskbar from Microsoft Edge. We will use the site’s icon to give you quick access to your favourite sites right from the taskbar. Simply select ‘Pin this page to the taskbar’ from the settings menu in Microsoft Edge,” said Dona Sarkar, Software Engineer, Windows and Devices Group, Microsoft, in a blog post on Friday. In the new build, with your permission, personal assitant Cortana will now prompt you to create a reminder after noticing event posters in camera roll.
The company has also added a new “lasso tool to circle the relevant information and Cortana will recognise the time and offer suggested follow-ups through a context menu.
Alibaba’s first ever data centre in India
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group, on Saturday announced that it will open its first data centre, by early next year, in India, which has the world’s second-largest internet using population.
The entry of Alibaba in cloud computing in India will add to the fierce completion in the country which already has players like Amazon and Microsoft.
“I believe Alibaba Cloud, as the only global cloud services provider originating from Asia, is uniquely positioned with cultural and contextual advantages to provide innovative data intelligence and computing capabilities to customers in this region,” Simon Hu, Senior Vice President of Alibaba Group and President of Alibaba Cloud, said at the Computing Conference in Shanghai.
“Establishing data centres in India and Indonesia will further strengthen our position in the region and across the globe,” Hu added.
Alibaba group Vice President Yu Sicheng said, “India is a potential market for cloud computing, which allows users to store and access data on the internet rather than the hard drive of a computer and server which are more prone to cyber-attacks.”
Together with the recently announced data centre in Malaysia, the company will increase its computing resources in Asia, allowing greater support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) throughout the region with powerful, scalable, cost-effective and secure cloud capabilities.
With the three new data centres planned, Alibaba Cloud will increase its total number of data centre locations to 17.