Windows Weekly 705: Married With Windows - a podcast by TWiT

• Microsoft news from the past two weeks


• Microsoft is designing its own ARM chips


• Windows 10 version 20H2 is already on 13.6 percent of Windows 10 PCs


• Google and Facebook colluded on online ads


• Apple's response to Facebook full-page ads is priceless


• Microsoft Edge is out for M1-based Macs


• Together Mode comes to Skype


• Flight Sim is now available in VR


• Games with Gold for January

Our 2021 predictions

• Five Microsoft technologies to watch in 2021

Windows

• Windows 10


• Windows 10X


• Windows on ARM


• Android on Windows 10 (Project Latte)


• Cloud PC


• Windows Server

Surface

• Surface Duo 2


• New Surface Pro, ProX, Book


• Any 10X devices from Surface in 2021? Rumors say no.

Cloud

• M365: Teams, first-line workers, and bears (oh my)


• Azure – more regions, more AWS-competitive services, more AI


• Universal Search and MetaOS/Fluid Framework

Gaming

• Console


• Cloud streaming

Consumer

• Chredge, Bing, and MSN


• Teams consumer v. Skype

Dev

• Project Reunion


• .NET MAUI


• PWAs

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Lose yourself in a tech podcast


• App pick of the year: Affinity Photo


• Enterprise picks of the week: Using Microsoft 365 Defender to protect against Solorigate, Azure free account users get 5 more services


• Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin Happy New Beer

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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