Not Apple, Microsoft is now world’s most valuable company

Microsoft has surpassed Apple to become world's most valuable company. On Monday, Microsoft claimed the top spot for a brief period of time but it shares rose 0.6 per cent on Tuesday which pushed Microsoft's market value to $828.1 billion at the close. 

Microsoft's current market value has surpassed Apple's value by over $1 billion. 

Earlier in October, Microsoft recaptured its second spot in irder to become most valuable US firm, dethroning Jeff Bezos' Amazon. The latest development came after Amazon reported disappointing quarterly numbers. 

Apple Inc topped the list at over $1 trillion after crossing that threshold in September. Microsoft’s market capitalization was Wall Street’s highest in late 1998 through early 2000 before the dot-com bubble burst.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is not budging from introducing new tools and features to fight Google's popular services. In its latest attempt at luring more people to use its products, the company has added a digital health tracker to its Android Launcher.

The Microsoft Launcher 5.1 beta release comes with a digital health section that tracks your total screen time, number of unlocks, and session lengths, Engadget reported.

In addition to that, there's also a 'hey Cortana' voice control shortcut in the launcher. You can also sync both Sticky Notes and To-Do entries across devices. Interestingly, the digital health tracker is supported on devices running Android 4.2 and later, allowing even the old hardware owners do a check on their digital well-being.