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With Microsoft's commitment to a continuously updated Windows 10 operating system and Microsoft 365 productivity suite, old features and applications are removed almost as fast as new features are introduced.

The year 2021 will see a number of important Microsoft applications reach a state of deprecation and retirement.

2021 Microsoft feature retirement dates

• TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1—Jan. 11, 2021
• Skype for Business Online Connector—Feb. 15, 2021
• Microsoft Edge Legacy—March 9, 2021
• Microsoft 365 support for IE 11 – Aug. 17, 2021
• Visio Web Access—Sept. 30, 2021

If Android apps were good enough for BlackBerry, might they appeal to Microsoft too? Yes, says one tipster, claiming that all Lumia phones will be able to run Android apps in the future. It’s certainly possible but is it worth it?

As Microsoft continues to evolve Windows Phone in hopes of greater market share, its latest trick could be to support Android apps on its handsets. That’s the latest rumor, according to Eldar Murtzin, a long-time industry insider who has a few correct predictions to his name. Murtzin tweeted the information on Tuesday morning, sounding pretty certain: