Windows Weekly (Video) TWiT TV

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

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

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SolarWinds hackers viewed MS source code, 21H1 and the future of Windows 10, and Xbox Series X|S shortages.

The future of Windows 10 (and lack of information): Microsoft tests 'news and interests' feature in the taskbar, and rumor is testers should move soon if they want to keep testing 21H1.
Microsoft mulligans: New 'Sun Valley' Windows 10 UX for version 2021, 'One Outlook' to unify desktop and web-based clients, and history/tabs sync is coming to Edge.
Cloud: More on Microsoft's Azure-in-a-shipping-container MDC
More SolarWinds fallout: Microsoft says hackers viewed some of its source code but didn't try to attack the corporate domain.
Xbox: Microsoft to address Series X|S shortages, RIP Minecraft Earth, the first Game Pass titles of 2021, and Bloomberg's piece on Xbox's creation and 20-year history.


Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Paul's OCD file management tips
App pick of the week: Newsfeed apps The Old Reader and NewsBlur
Developer pick of the week: Learn web dev on GitHub
Enterprise pick of the week: Azure AD is going to four nines
Beer pick of the week: Threes Brewing Volition

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

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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

The best of Windows Weekly from 2020:

Microsoft sort of ends support for Windows 7. The company released a "final" update for Windows 7 in early January.
Microsoft's Panos Panay gets a promotion, becoming the Head of Windows and Hardware.
Some cracked Surface Laptop 3 screens result in another "gate" — Crackgate.
Mary Jo and Paul share the highlights of Microsoft Build 2020.
Microsoft decides to shutter the streaming platform Mixer.
Rumors suggest Microsoft may be interested in purchasing TikTok — and the president wants a cut of the profits.
Leo reviews Microsoft's Surface Duo.
Microsoft buys Bethesda.
Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer, Chris Capossela, shares his hidden gems of the year and answers questions from Mary Jo, Paul, and Leo.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela
Chris has some hidden gems, and we have some questions.


Windows 10
Microsoft brings x64 emulation to Windows 10 on ARM (in Insider)
Paul tested it


Microsoft 365
Microsoft converts most Office apps to M1-compatible universal binaries on Mac
OneDrive and Teams are notably absent
Google Workspace user? You can now edit Office documents natively when sent as attachments
This follows a few years of updates bringing native Office capabilities to Docs, etc.
Semi-related: Google buys Neverware, which will formally support Chrome OS on any PC.


Surface
Surface Duo is coming to four more countries in 2021.


Xbox
PS5 destroyed Xbox Series X|S in November, at least in the US
Microsoft piles on the games in Game Pass this month
Flight Simulator to come to Xbox Series X|S — but not Xbox One — in 2021
You can get Master Chief in Fortnite now
EA Play for Xbox Game Pass for PC is delayed to 2021
Call of Duty BO CW Season One arrives


Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Microsoft Authenticator
App pick of the week: Brave newsreader, Amazon Luna on Android and the web, Firefox on M1 Macs.
Enterprise picks of the week: Studio Alpha, Microsoft certifications getting free renewals
Cocktail pick of the holidays: If Nana Only Knew

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

Guest: Chris Capossela

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Cats vs. Dogs, Android on Windows, Halo Infinite

Microsoft's holiday 2020 ad is an affront to cat lovers and will not stand
Microsoft's Holiday Commercial is for the Dogs


Windows 10
So why would anyone want to use Android apps on Windows? Which apps make the cut?
Lightroom finally makes it onto Windows on ARM


Microsoft 365/Cloud
Microsoft to change how users can test Teams features
Azure Government Top Secret cloud is revealed
Microsoft announces this week two more cloud datacenter regions coming "soon": Denmark and Chile.


Xbox
Microsoft delays Halo Infinite to November 2021
A record year of engagement for Xbox.
The big news: Confirmation of Cloud gaming on PC, iOS in 2021
Minecraft RTX is available for Windows 10!
And Minecraft is the most-streamed game on YouTube ... by far.


Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Turn off stupid crap in the Facebook shortcut bar.
App pick of the week: HBO Max
Enterprise pick of the week: Deploy SSUs and CUs together
Developer pick(s) of the week: A few GitHub announcements from GitHub Universe
Beer pick of the week: Finback Cats are People Too DIPA

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

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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