The Microsoft Maps app, once a proud stowaway from the Windows Phone era, is heading for the digital scrapyard in July 2025. For the, let’s be generous, "dozens" of Windows 11 users who still rely on it to find the nearest coffee shop or to relive the halcyon days of Lumia handsets, this marks...
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Pour yourself a tall mug of nostalgia and get ready to bid adieu to a piece of Windows history—Microsoft is sweeping away the cobwebs in its next round of updates, and the victim is none other than the Windows Maps app. That's right, after quietly dutiful service since its debut back in November...
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It’s finally time to put away the confetti, cancel your weekly Windows Maps app party, and come to terms with the quiet demise of a true Windows Phone relic: the Maps app in Windows 11 will soon be as useful as a paper clip in a thunderstorm. Mark your calendars for July 2025, when Microsoft...
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Microsoft has officially announced that it will retire the Paint 3D application, which has been part of its suite of creative tools since its debut with the Windows 10 Creators Update in 2017. The decision to remove the app from the Microsoft Store comes as a significant shift in the software...