Windows Weekly 709: Master of Soft Numbers - a podcast by TWiT
from 2021-01-27T13:36:49
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Microsoft Q2 Earnings Report
- Microsoft reported a net income of $15.5 billion on revenues of $43.1 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2020.
- Pre-COVID spending levels are coming back, leading to Azure, Windows growth
- Xbox had a huge quarter
- Surface was pretty flat, Windows was mixed
- Related: New Surface ad is a bit disingenuous
- Related: Intel had a huge quarter
It happens in threes
- Kurt DelBene is retiring from Microsoft.
- Plus: Rich Turner is joining Project Reunion.
Windows
- Windows Insider Program shows off a second Feature Experience Pack.
- You can install that leaked Windows 10X build on a Surface Pro 7 if you're daring and technical enough
- Another new Dev Channel build today with not much in it (besides some touch keyboard tweaks)
Web browsers
- Edge 88: This is the big one, 'Lizabeth. One year later, Edge is finally "complete" and mature.
- Chrome 88 is out with password improvements, and Chrome OS 88 is out with sign-in, lock screen improvements
- Microsoft Edge now supports profiles in PWAs
- And Google Calendar gets basic offline support (again)
- YouTube is now a PWA
- Mozilla is killing the Firefox PWA feature
Xbox
- Microsoft Backtracks, Xbox Live Gold Pricing Won't Change
- 5 more titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Get your free audiobooks on Spotify
- App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge & Brave Browser
- Enterprise pick of the week: New Dynamics 365 and Power Platform feature plans are available now
- Enterprise pick of the week: IT Ops: All Things Hybrid
- Beer pick of the week: S'mores Bourbon Barrel-Aged Framinghammer
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