Fast Company names Design Lead for Windows Phone as one of the most creative people 2022

Microsoft's Jeff Fong

1 of the main reasons so many of us like Windows Phone is because the UI design is not simply unique but equally mesmerizing. From Windows Media Center to Zune HD to Windows Phone, the Metro UI lineage is as clear as the subway signs it's based on.

The popular and influential business organization mag Fast Company has named the Design Lead for Windows Phone, Jeff Fong, #81 in their 100 Virtually Creative People in Business for 2022. Not only is that a heck of an honour information technology'due south a telltale sign of the continued influence Metro is having on the mainstream, something that we'll see a lot more than of when Windows 8 drops this fall. From the Fast Visitor entry for Fong:

"Airports may be frustrating, but requite them this: "The signage is so clean, pure, and direct, it helps you lot navigate a very complicated environment," Jeff Fong says. "I wondered, Can nosotros employ that same approach to designing our user interface?" His team culled photos from London'south Heathrow and designed the smartphone'due south software--with its animated, colored tiles, and straightforward imagery--based on the signs' typography and simplicity."

Over at the Windows Phone Web log, they go behind the scenes with Fong and ask quite a few questions on blueprint and what he sees every bit the future. Quite the interesting read both for his insight and for the fact that we go to put a face up on one of the squad that has brought us the fresh UI experience to our mobile phones.

A hearty congratulations to Mr. Fong!

Source: Fast Company and the Windows Telephone Blog

The AT&T version of Surface Duo is now getting Android 11

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The AT&T version of Surface Duo is at present getting Android 11

Afterwards a very long look, the original Surface Duo is now eligible to receive its over-the-air Os update to Android 11. Here is what is new and fixed with the biggest update yet for Microsoft'southward start dual-screen Android device.