Windows Weekly 707: One Telemetry at a Time - a podcast by TWiT

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CES 2021


  • There isn't really TOO much excitement, but major announcements from both Intel and AMD will impact the PC industry in 2021.

  • New PCs, as expected, nothing truly unique.

  • Intel CEO Swan to be replaced by VMware CEO Gelsinger

  • Qualcomm buys CPU design firm Nuvia



PCs


  • The PC market surged in 2020, had its best year since 2015.

  • Microsoft announced Surface Pro 7+ for businesses and not Surface Pro 8 as expected.

  • Windows 10 Dev build adds improvements to that new news feed feature



Microsoft


  • Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson is leaving Microsoft for Qualtrics

  • Microsoft is finalizing its transition to Azure

  • Microsoft rolls out its second vertical cloud bundle – for retail



Xbox


  • Microsoft denies Duracellgate is a thing!

  • Microsoft Announces Xbox Wireless Controller in Pulse Red



Tips and picks


  • Tip of the week: Paul's photo management system

  • App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox

  • Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft increases file upload size for M365

  • Codename pick of the week: Project Peabody

  • Beer pick of the week: 3Floyd's Gumballhead


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