Firefox, Gamescom, Windows 10, and Here Maps, all in the Softonic Roundup

Thursday will see the doors open for Gamescom in Cologne. This is Europe’s massive videogame convention that invites both trade and consumers to come and see all the upcoming games. So we should be prepared for lot of new announcements and updates on already anticipated big titles, we are looking at you FIFA and Call of Duty. Surprises are expected from Microsoft when they hold their own briefing on Tuesday before the show – but with EA, 2K, Blizzard, Konami, and Bethesda all in attendance, we are sure there will be plenty more to talk about. You many notice from that list that Sony is notably absent, as they are skipping the event due to its proximity to E3. We will bring you news on all the announcements out of the show next week. Nokia has sold its Here Maps application to Mercedes, BMW and Audi for 3,000 million dollars. Chairman Rajeev Suri said this completed the last step in the transformation of Nokia before it planned merger with Alcatel-Lucent early next year. As for the car companies, it seems that acquisition of the geolocation software is another step en-route towards the development of self-driving cars. And now time for more Windows 10 – and I was thinking we could have a break now it’s out. On Wednesday Microsoft’s newest operating system was released, and made available to download for free to all Windows 7 and 8 users. That is if you were lucky – because not everyone has been able to get it yet. There are still millions of users, including myself, who are waiting for the update and Microsoft has announced that it may be weeks until every users that wants it will be able to receive it. But you do have options, because you could try and force, a method that we posted last week on the site – check the description for a link to the method that some people here used to get Windows 10 installed. Your other option? Be patient! If you really want salt rubbed into the fact you still don’t have Windows 10, think about this - Microsoft announced that, the day after Windows 10 released, that 14 million people had received the update. Some reports even had the number of downloads at 67 million within three days of release. And that number is growing. While satisfaction with the new Operating System is high among users – not everyone is happy, including Mozilla, the company that produces Firefox. The company CEO, Chris Beard, has already written two posts on Mozilla’s official blog complaining about how Windows 10 disables your choice of default program, so browsers like Firefox are replaced by the new Microsoft's Edge. Although it is possible to change this the process is not as intuitive as it should be, a fact Mozilla describes as an aggressive move against free choice by Microsoft. We come back next week with more news for you week to review them.