Microsoft news recap: gives back to investors with $0.46 per share dividend, first details about next-gen “Scarlett” Xbox, and more

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With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier

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Published onJune 16, 2019

published onJune 16, 2019

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Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read!

Microsoft, the trillion dollar company, gives back to investors with $.46 per share dividend

With Microsoft remaining as a trillion dollar company since last Friday, investors have received good news with anannouncement of the quarterly dividend being $0.46 per share.

Microsoft Teams users can now react to messages with 6 different emojis

Following in the footsteps of LinkedIn which recently added reactions to posts,Microsoft Teams now allows you to react to messageswith 6 different emojis, instead of just ‘like’.

Microsoft has teams around the world working on some 150 Android apps, for hundreds of millions of users

A Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, Cesar Valiente, hasspoken of Microsoft’s work with Android, following the failure of its own mobile operating system. In all, Microsoft has teams across the world that work on 150 Android apps, with large numbers of users using them.

Hello, world! we are very happy to publish the first “real” article coming from our@AndroidAtMsftpublication! ????Check it out!https://t.co/qK8UwbewPvFeedback, topic suggestions, questions, etc. more than welcome!????#android#microsoftPlease RT ????

— Cesar Valiente (@CesarValiente)June 12, 2019

E3 2019: Microsoft shares first details about its next-gen “Scarlett” Xbox console

At E3, Microsoftshared the first details of its next-gen Xbox console, Scarlett. Details about the power of the console were unveiled, including 8K resolutions and a higher framerate.

That’s it for this week. We’ll be back next week with more Microsoft news.

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With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low#

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app#

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities#

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount#

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier#

Microsoft news recap: gives back to investors with $0.46 per share dividend, first details about next-gen “Scarlett” Xbox, and more#