Windows Weekly 762: Diagonal Shards - a podcast by TWiT

from 2022-02-02T14:24:59

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Microsoft Account Management, Front Row for Teams, FTC & Microsoft


  • Windows 11 Gets a New Feature a Bit Early: Microsoft Account Management

  • Windows 11 users will get several new features in February ahead of its H2 feature update

  • Windows 11 Almost Doubles Usage Share to 16.1 Percent

  • Report: Chromebook Sales Grew 13.5 Percent in 2021



Microsoft 365


  • Microsoft starts rolling out Teams 'Front Row' view for better hybrid meetings

  • Microsoft: Standalone test version of Lists app requires no 365 subscription



Earnings Reports


  • Intel Earnings Beat Expectations

  • Apple Delivers Another Record Quarter

  • Alphabet (Google) Sees Big Net Income, Revenue Gains

  • AMD Reports Record Revenues



Browsers vs. Google


  • Brave Says FLoC You to Google's Topics API

  • Vivaldi: Google is Going Off-Topics Again



Xbox & Gaming


  • Microsoft Falls on Report FTC, and Not DoJ, Will Review Activision Deal

  • DOJ antitrust chief's past work for Microsoft looms over $69B Activision deal

  • Microsoft Agrees to Xbox Subscription Auto-Renew Changes in the UK

  • Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for February

  • Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for February

  • Flight Simulator World Update VII Adds Australia Content

  • PlayStation 5 Sales are Already Slowing

  • Sony to Acquire Bungie for $3.6 Billion

  • Microsoft Supports Epic Games Appeal of Apple Ruling



Mary Jo Foley's DOM Briefing Podcast


  • Microsoft's Strategy for 2022: It's All About the Cloud | Directions on Microsoft



Tips and Picks


  • Tip of the week: Stop those annoying Edge popups (at least for a bit)

  • App picks of the week: Get free PC games each week from Epic

  • Enterprise picks of the week: New monthly podcast for Microsoft enterprise nerds

  • Developer pick of the week: February 14: Get sweet on .NET

  • Beer pick of the week: Sofia Electric Brewing Small Steps Giant Leaps


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