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We’ve known for a while that Microsoft doesn’t care too much about Windows phones these days, but this time it’s official. Not as in Microsoft provided us with a statement official, but as in 10Q SEC filing official, which Microsoft needs to file every quarter after its earnings report. Documents published by Microsoft for Q3 come with a little change from the previous quarter, and as spotted by DrWindowsPhone, the mobile platform isn’t getting any new improvements. As you can see in the screenshot included in this article, in Q2 Microsoft planned “significant improvements in research, development, and marketing for existing products, services, and technologies, including the Windows operating system, […] and Windows Phone.” For the next quarter, Windows Phone is no longer listed as a platform getting investments, and this is just another sign that Microsoft is giving up on this platform. As we’ve told you last week, Microsoft also confirmed in the call with financial analysts after th...

Microsoft is holding a new event tomorrow, and this time the focus will be on the company’s education efforts, bringing us several new products, including a brand new Windows 10 version. On May 2, Microsoft is expected to take the wraps off a new operating system SKU called either Windows 10 Cloud or Windows 10 S (the first name has already been used for preview builds before the release of the Creators Update, but it’s not clear if the company wants to keep it for the production version as well). Windows 10 S will be limited to Windows Store apps and will spearhead the company’s efforts in the education business, as it will be primarily installed on more affordable devices whose role will be to challenge the growth of Google’s Chromebook here. As a result, Windows 10 S is more or less the successor to Windows RT, the operating system version that Microsoft launched in 2012 and which was installed on the original Surface RT and then on the Surface 2. Microsoft is expected to highlight ...