Windows 10 Marketshare, Skype 6.0 for iOS, Android: Microsoft Roundup

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It's an exciting time for Windows 10, which is gobbling PC market share just one month after its launch.

Data released from NetMarketShare earlier this week indicates Microsoft's newly released OS ranks fourth among desktop operating systems in terms of marketshare. Windows 10 captured 5.21% of the PC market during its first month of general availability.

This puts it ahead of Mac OS X, which is now in fifth place with 4.76% market share. Windows 7 leads the pack with 57.67% of the market; Windows XP falls in second with 12.14%. Windows 8.1, which holds 11.39% of the market, is in third.

During its first month on the market, Windows 10 garnered 75 million downloads, Microsoft reported. The OS is also slowly but steadily growing among business users; 1.5 million of those upgrades were on enterprise PCs.

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Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile will run on a broad range of new devices unveiled for the first time at the IFA consumer electronics show, which was held this week in Berlin.

Acer has been working on a series of devices to support Microsoft's new OS and debuted six Liquid smartphones at the event, two of which will run the Windows 10 Mobile platform. Its upgraded Aspire V Nitro Series notebooks and its Aspire V 13 notebook will also run Windows 10.

There were also a few Windows 10 devices in Lenovo's new product portfolio. Its upgraded ThinkPad Yoga 260 and 460 convertible notebooks boast a more accurate, rechargeable ThinkPad Pen Pro to improve the Windows 10 experience along with fingerprint security

The Lenovo IdeaCentre Y900 and Y700 desktops, as well as the IdeaPad Y700 notebook, run Windows 10. They were developed with gamers in mind.

In the final Windows 10 update for this week (as of this writing), industry rumors are claiming Microsoft's Threshold 2 update has been pushed back to an early November release. It was originally scheduled to launch in October.

Threshold 2 is Microsoft's codename for the first non-patch update to arrive on Windows 10.

A report from WinBeta delivered news of the Threshold 2 delay. It also claims Microsoft is internally referring to the update as "Windows 10 Update for November" or "Windows 10 November Update," but does not confirm that either will be the official name at launch.

In news unrelated to Windows 10, Microsoft this week announced the availability of Skype 6.0 for Android smartphones, iPhones, and iPads. New capabilities include enhanced search for navigating contacts and conversations and improved messaging for managing your chats.

Microsoft this week also made Office UI Fabric generally available on GitHub. The front-end developer framework is designed to enable quick creation of Web experiences with Office Design Language for users who want to build an entirely new app or add to an existing one.

Office UI Fabric lets developers apply CSS styles so their apps resemble the Office suite. It's used internally on Office 365 products including OneDrive.com, Delve, Outlook.com, and the Video Portal.