January 27, 2021

Windows Weekly 709: Master of Soft Numbers

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2 hours 5 minutes

Microsoft Q2 Earnings Report

Microsoft reported a net income of $15.5 billion on revenues of $43.1 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2020.

Pre-COVID spending levels are coming back, leading to Azure, Windows growth

Xbox had a huge quarter

Surface was pretty flat, Windows was mixed

Related: New Surface ad is a bit disingenuous

Related: Intel had a huge quarter

It happens in threes

Kurt DelBene is retiring from Microsoft.

Plus: Rich Turner is joining Project Reunion.

Windows

Windows Insider Program shows off a second Feature Experience Pack.

You can install that leaked Windows 10X build on a Surface Pro 7 if you're daring and technical enough

Another new Dev Channel build today with not much in it (besides some touch keyboard tweaks)

Web browsers

Edge 88: This is the big one, 'Lizabeth. One year later, Edge is finally "complete" and mature.

Chrome 88 is out with password improvements, and Chrome OS 88 is out with sign-in, lock screen improvements

Microsoft Edge now supports profiles in PWAs

And Google Calendar gets basic offline support (again)

YouTube is now a PWA

Mozilla is killing the Firefox PWA feature

Xbox

Microsoft Backtracks, Xbox Live Gold Pricing Won't Change

5 more titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Get your free audiobooks on Spotify

App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge & Brave Browser

Enterprise pick of the week: New Dynamics 365 and Power Platform feature plans are available now

Enterprise pick of the week: IT Ops: All Things Hybrid

Beer pick of the week: S'mores Bourbon Barrel-Aged Framinghammer

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

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

Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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January 27, 2021

Windows Weekly 709: Master of Soft Numbers

Listen Later

2 hours 5 minutes

Microsoft Q2 Earnings Report

Microsoft reported a net income of $15.5 billion on revenues of $43.1 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2020.

Pre-COVID spending levels are coming back, leading to Azure, Windows growth

Xbox had a huge quarter

Surface was pretty flat, Windows was mixed

Related: New Surface ad is a bit disingenuous

Related: Intel had a huge quarter

It happens in threes

Kurt DelBene is retiring from Microsoft.

Plus: Rich Turner is joining Project Reunion.

Windows

Windows Insider Program shows off a second Feature Experience Pack.

You can install that leaked Windows 10X build on a Surface Pro 7 if you're daring and technical enough

Another new Dev Channel build today with not much in it (besides some touch keyboard tweaks)

Web browsers

Edge 88: This is the big one, 'Lizabeth. One year later, Edge is finally "complete" and mature.

Chrome 88 is out with password improvements, and Chrome OS 88 is out with sign-in, lock screen improvements

Microsoft Edge now supports profiles in PWAs

And Google Calendar gets basic offline support (again)

YouTube is now a PWA

Mozilla is killing the Firefox PWA feature

Xbox

Microsoft Backtracks, Xbox Live Gold Pricing Won't Change

5 more titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Get your free audiobooks on Spotify

App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge & Brave Browser

Enterprise pick of the week: New Dynamics 365 and Power Platform feature plans are available now

Enterprise pick of the week: IT Ops: All Things Hybrid

Beer pick of the week: S'mores Bourbon Barrel-Aged Framinghammer

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

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

Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Sponsors:

udacity.com/twit coupon code TWiT

business.eset.com/twit

WWT.COM/TWIT

...more