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Kip Kniskern

Kip has been a Microsoft enthusiast since forever, and worked on/ran LiveSide.net, a website dedicated to all things Windows Live, for 9 years. Kip came to (WinBeta.org) onmsft.com in December 2014, and is loving every minute of it. Twitter email

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Articles by Kip Kniskern

News

Windows 10 Mobile build 10572 offers battery life improvements

While many of the changes from Windows Phone 8.1 to Windows 10 Mobile have been impressive, unfortunately battery life has…

Kip Kniskern · October 20, 2015 · 1 min read

News

What’s new in Windows 10 Mobile build 10572

Microsoft just pushed the big red button and made Windows 10 Mobile available to Windows Insiders in the mobile fast…

Kip Kniskern · October 20, 2015 · 2 min read

How-to

How to roll your Windows 10 Mobile phone back to Windows 8.1

In a few hours, Microsoft is set to release a new Windows 10 Mobile build, 10572. There’s only one problem,…

Kip Kniskern · October 20, 2015 · 2 min read

Windows 10 Mobile build 10572 gets Skype and Photo app improvements | On MSFT

Windows 10 Mobile build 10572 gets Skype and Photo app improvements Kareem Anderson 2 years ago in Latest news Today’s…

Kip Kniskern · October 20, 2015 · 2 min read

News

HoloLens coming up on a ‘significant milestone’ with upcoming developer edition

At its October 6th event in New York City, Microsoft made a number of announcements, including that it will be…

Kip Kniskern · October 17, 2015 · 4 min read

You can only update to Windows 10 Mobile build 10549 from Windows Phone 8.1

We just gave you the good news, now here’s the caveat. In order to work around a bug that black…

Kip Kniskern · October 14, 2015 · 2 min read

News

It’s here! Windows 10 Mobile build 10549 is ready for download

We’ve been waiting and waiting, teased and waiting some more, but it’s finally here. Gabe Aul just tweeted that Windows…

Kip Kniskern · October 14, 2015 · 1 min read

Feature

I went to the Microsoft Store just to play with the Lumia 950XL, but instead I bought one

Well, to be totally fair, I didn’t “buy” a Lumia 950XL today, I pre-ordered one, with no money or credit…

Kip Kniskern · October 13, 2015 · 3 min read

Latest Windows 10 build 10565 brings activation improvements | On MSFT

Latest Windows 10 build 10565 brings activation improvements Kip Kniskern 1 year ago in Latest news Microsoft has tried to…

Kip Kniskern · October 12, 2015 · 2 min read

Editorial

Microsoft wants us to love Windows, and it matters

As Microsoft enthusiasts, we’ve been saying it all along: this stuff does matter. Yesterday at a press event in New…

Kip Kniskern · October 7, 2015 · 3 min read