Microsoft news recap: Microsoft Rewards comes to 38 more countries, hiring record broken, and more

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Published onAugust 7, 2022

published onAugust 7, 2022

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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 Rewards expands to 38 new countries

Microsoft Rewards is now available in 58 countries, afteradding an additional 38 countriesthis week, allowing more people to benefit from rewards points from using Microsoft products and services.

Microsoft reveals in interview that Xbox Cloud Gaming’s hourly use had grown 1800% in the past year

In an interview, it has been revealed thathourly usage of Xbox Cloud Gaming has grown by 1800%in the past year, marking steep growth in the amount of play time taking place on the service.

Microsoft broke its own hiring record, adding 40,000 employees over the year

Over the past year, Microsoft hasadded an additional 40,000 employees, marking a record-breaking hiring spree. It takes the company to 221,000 total employees.

Microsoft Teams is officially optimized for Apple Silicon

Users of Apple M1 or M2 devices can now benefit from an optimised Microsoft Teams experience, after anative version of Microsoft Teams was launchedfollowing a beta test.

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

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Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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