“Microsoft Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about HERE Maps being discontinued, a Reddit thread going viral about the problems associated with the automatic upgrade of Windows 10, Sony’s response to the Xbox One cross-network feature, the HoloLens team highlighting the capabilities of Actiongram, the possibility of a 64 person party chat on the Xbox, Windows 10 Mobile being rolled out to older devices, the Xbox One price drop as part of the “Spring Sale,” the progress of Cortana for Xbox One, the extension of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 support on Skylake-based PCs, support for Windows 10 apps in the Xbox One coming in several months, Microsoft’s apology for the scantily-clad dancers at the Game Developers Conference afterparty and more.
HERE Maps To Discontinue Windows Support
HERE recently announced in a blog post that it will be removing the HERE branded apps from the Windows 10 store on March 29, 2016 and the development of apps for Windows Phone 8 will be limited to critical bug fixes.
“In the last few months, we made the HERE apps compatible with Windows 10 by using a workaround that will no longer be effective after June 30, 2016. To continue offering the HERE apps for Windows 10 would require us to redevelop the apps from the ground up, a scenario that led to the business decision to remove our apps from the Windows 10 store,” said Pino Bonetti, the social media lead of HERE.

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