Windows Weekly 611

•  Here's the real reason Microsoft is already testing 20H1
•  Also: Windows Calculator is open-sourced for some reason. Could Notepad be next???
•  Microsoft Edgium screenshots leak. Surprise, it looks like Chrome, not Edge. But that could change.
•  Microsoft Band was dead two years ago, but now it's really, really dead. A look back at Microsoft Band from its biggest fan
•  It's interesting to watch Intel follow Microsoft down the same path to the future
•  The USB Promoter Group needs to be stopped: It announced USB 3.2 and then USB4 within a week of each other.
•  And in "better late than never" news, MJF got to try the HoloLens 2 -- and may have discovered an interesting bug.
•  Microsoft will allegedly ship a "disc-less" Xbox One S in May
•  Plus: Microsoft plans to announce a new Xbox One console at E3 in June. Expect NvME storage and 4K/60 fps.

Tips and picks

•  Tip of the week: Surface Pro 6 + Type Cover Bundle
•  App pick of the week: Pocket Casts
•  Plus: Grammarly Keyboard for iOS adds Dark theme, more.
•  Enterprise pick of the week: Excel (mobile) can turn photos of table data into working spreadsheets
•  Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft opens its first datacenters in Africa
•  Beer pick of the week: Jack's Abby Barrel Aged Framinghammer 

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Links

• Here's the real reason Microsoft is already testing publicly next spring's Windows 10 release
• Microsoft Has Another Windows 10 19H1 Build Coming to Insiders
• Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18351
• Microsoft Releases Minor New Windows 10 20H1 Build
• Microsoft Is Open Sourcing…Windows Calculator
• Screenshots of Microsoft's coming Chromium-based Edge browser leak
• Microsoft to drop its Health applications and services on May 31; will offer some Band users refunds
• A Look Back at Microsoft Band (Premium)
• Intel Wants to be the Microsoft of Hardware (Premium)
• USB Couldn’t Be More Screwed Up (Premium)
• USB 3.2 to Double Performance on PCs
• USB4 = USB 3.x + Thunderbolt 3
• Hello, HoloLens 2
• Xbox One S “All Digital Edition” Expected in April
• Microsoft Has a Sweet Deal on the Surface Pro 6 Right Now
• Surface Pro 6 + Type Cover Bundle
• Pocket Casts 7 is Now Available on Android
• Grammarly Keyboard Picks Up Dark Theme, More on iOS
• Microsoft starts rolling out ability to turn photos of table data into Excel spreadsheets
• Microsoft's first African data centers are now open and serving up Azure.
• Framinghammer - Bourbon Barrel-Aged | Jack's Abby Brewing