Here are the tools Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella uses every day
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During his 40-minute speech Nadella laid down the products, and services, he uses everyday, all of which (unsurprisingly) revolve around Microsoft's offerings. As the head of a company with over 100,000 employees, Nadella is continuously busy and having good tools helps him stay on top of his workload is of paramount importance.
The first thing Nadella demoed was an "iPhone Pro," a regular iPhone packed with Microsoft services. Before Nadella became CEO, Microsoft had no meaningful presence on iOS but it now has more than 15 apps on the platform, which includes Word, Skype, Wunderlist, and Sunrise.
Nadella made a big show of OneNote for iOS, an app that can take and distribute notes. He also showed off Office which has recently been updated to include the functionality of Sunrise, a buzzy app that Microsoft acquired earlier in 2015.
.@satyanadella demoing what he calls an 'iPhone Pro', which is an #iPhone with all @microsoft apps #FutureDecoded pic.twitter.com/IReQbgfKpJ
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Nadella's main device is the new Lumia 950XL, announced in early October. He demoed Wunderlist, a to-do app that allows for multiple accounts and cloud-based syncing. Microsoft aquired 6Wunderkinder, the company behind Wunderlist, for around $150 million (£100 million) in June and it's clear that this kind of hip productivity app is key to Microsoft's strategy going forward.
One of the headline features of the Lumia 950 is its tight integration with Windows 10. This has resulted in Continuum, a feature that lets customers use their phone in a "desktop mode" - i.e. with a mouse, keyboard, and large monitor - simply by connecting it to a $99 (£65) dock.
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The final piece of Nadella's productivity puzzle is Surface: The laptop/tablet hybrid that has been making waves with PC makers, users, and the press since its refresh in late October.
Nadella demoed Windows Hello, the security features that are baked into Windows 10 that use biometrics - visuals and fingerprints - over a simple password. "Remembering your password is one of the places where the security breaches happen," he said on stage.
Towards the end of the keynote, Nadella made frequent references to HoloLens, the augmented reality headset that the company is deploying in early 2016. "If you change the way you see the world, you change the world that you see," he said onstage, pointing to the "augmented" aspect of the headset. It's clear to see that HoloLens will be a big part of Microsoft's future offerings to businesses.
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