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Windows Weekly 658: Ring the Red Bell


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This Week's Stories:

Panos Is Wumped (Windows plus Pumped)

  • Panos is running a new combined Windows and Devices team.
  • JoeB is going to OXO
  • What will PC OEMs do?
  • Key takeaway: This is good for Windows and for Microsoft
  • Related: More reorg news of the day. Teper is going to run Teams. And Jeff Weiner is out as CEO of LinkedIn.

Microsoft controversies of the week!

#1 Surface Hub 2X: What's happening

  • After a leak claimed that Microsoft was delaying or even canceling Surface Hub 2X, Microsoft revised its plans (again, remember this is the second major delay/issue).
  • What the heck is going on with Surface?

#2 Microsoft Store/UWP on the decline

  • Another nail in the coffin: Microsoft is shutting down the ad-based monetization of UWP apps in the Store.
  • But which coffin? This probably says more about Microsoft Store than UWP.

#3 BingJacked: The sequel?

  • Windows Search is down for many this morning. It's back now (but you probably need a reboot or 3)

Microsoft at MWC

  • Microsoft will show off some stuff at MWC, but nothing like last year. Looks like Paul is staying home.

Microsoft earnings

  • We're a week late and a dollar short, but let's talk about Microsoft's earnings.
  • Microsoft earned $11.6 billion on revenues of $36.9 billion in the quarter ending December 31.
  • Windows had a larger than expected contribution
  • Paul's business-by-business analysis

Xbox

  • There's a new System Update (2002, of course) coming in February
  • Microsoft launches a new Xbox Bounty Program

Picks of the Week

  • Tip of the week: Give Game Pass for PC a shot
  • App pick of the week: Outlook ... on mobile, not the PC
  • Enterprise pick of the week: System Center 2019 Update Rollup 1 is out
  • Codename pick of the week: Aruba
  • Beer pick of the week: Allagash Tripel

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

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