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- WW 730: The New Windows 11 - Android Apps, Xbox GamePass, Widgets, and more
Windows 11 announced - now in rounded corners!
- Availability: Free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs and on new PCs beginning this holiday
- Compatibility: 64bit processor with 2+ cores, 4GB RAM, TPM 2.0 required
- Android Apps: From Amazon Appstore using Intel's Bridge technology
- Microsoft Store: App devs can now bring their own commerce to keep 100% of the revenue
- Microsoft Teams: Chat app integrated into the taskbar
- New UI: Simplified design, Snap Layouts & Groups, improved touch experience
- Gaming: Auto HDR, DirectStorage for faster load times, Xbox Game Pass app
- Widgets: AI-powered news, weather, notifications, and more
Other news
- Microsoft reaches a $2 trillion market cap
- Satya Nadella takes a jab at Apple at the end of the Microsoft Windows Event
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
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1 hr 26 min - WW 729: Jerry Said It - Hands-on with the Windows 11 leak
Windows 11 Leaks
- Windows 11 First Impressions
- Windows 11: A Few More Screenshots
- Windows 11: A Few More Observations
- Windows 11: Clean Install
- Leaked Windows 11 build shows a Windows 10X-like interface
Microsoft 365- Microsoft to Host Hybrid Work Event on June 17
- Google Makes Workspace Free for Everyone
Xbox- Microsoft's Gaming Strategy? Xbox Everywhere
- Xbox is Building Standalone Streaming Devices for Cloud Gaming
- Microsoft makes its case for why it's all-in on gaming
- 10 More Bethesda Games Land on Xbox Game Pass Today
- Microsoft Shows Off Halo Infinite Multiplayer Action
- Microsoft Announces the June Xbox Update
- Microsoft Announces 40 New Indie Game Demos for Xbox Consoles
- Amazon Luna Goes Live for All Prime Members on June 21
Tips & Picks- Tip of the week: Don't forget to check out the Xbox summer sale!
- Xbox is Hosting a Summer Games Sale
- App pick of the week: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
- Enterprise picks of the week:
- Microsoft peripherals certified for Teams are now available
- Microsoft Teams certified accessory tour
- More new security features for iOS, Android phones with Defender for Endpoint
- Microsoft adds to its Android and iOS security tools
- Beer pick of the week: Grimm Clover Club
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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:
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2 hr 6 min - WW 728: Organic Rounded Corners - Making sense of Windows 11
Making sense of Windows 11
- Microsoft pauses Windows 10 preview builds ahead of 'Windows 11' event
- Microsoft's doc sheds light on upcoming Windows 10 versions
- Microsoft accidentally confirms Windows Sun Valley update
- Is an Android emulator coming to Windows 11?
More Windows- Microsoft Renames Windows Virtual Desktop to Azure Virtual Desktop
- Microsoft rebrands WVD as 'Azure Virtual Desktop'; adds new app-streaming pricing option
- Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla Partner on Browser Extensions
- Samsung Galaxy Book Go Brings Snapdragon on the Cheap
Microsoft 365- Microsoft Brings New Voice Features to Outlook for iOS
- Microsoft begins rolling out its Scheduler meeting service, plus more Outlook voice features on iOS
- Microsoft adds 'lightweight' Visio web app for no extra fee to Microsoft 365 for business plans
- OneDrive to be M1-Native on Mac by Late 2021
Xbox- Xbox Series X Revisited
Tips & Picks- Tip of the week: Check out the Xbox summer sale!
- Save up to 75 percent on games at the Xbox Deals Unlocked sale.
- App pick of the week: Vivaldi 4.0
- The new Vivaldi adds beta Mail, Calendar, and Feeds app, integrated translations, lots of privacy controls, and some new modes.
- Enterprise pick of the week: The Empire strikes back (over SAP)
- There's been noise lately about whether SAP is going to continue to say its preferred cloud is Azure (or if it will default to customer choice). Today, Microsoft struck back with a blog post of its own on the matter, proclaiming SAP is all in on Azure
- Codename pick of the week: Fire Steel
- Fire Steel is an internal Microsoft tool related to Windows 11 development. Windows Central's Zac Bowden said Fire Steel is what MS is using to build "Cherry Hill" (experience packages for Win11) for Sun Valley.
- Beer pick of the week: Transmitter T1 Triple
- Belgian triples are excellent. I hadn't had one for a while but this past weekend had an excellent one from Transmitter, an NYC brewery. 9.1%, lots of Belgian yeast, stone fruit flavor.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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:
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- att.com/activearmor
2 hr 9 min - WW 727: Windows Goes to 11 - Microsoft to announce what's next for Windows on June 24
Microsoft to unveil what's next for Windows on June 24
- Here Are the Specifications for the Snapdragon Developer Kit
- The Future of Windows App Development is Getting Clearer (Premium)
- Microsoft Releases WinGet 1.0
- Microsoft .NET 6 Set for November 9 Release
- Microsoft Plans New Share Experiences Across Microsoft 365
- Shared Calendars Update for Outlook for Windows is Now Available
PCs- Lenovo Announces Record Quarterly and Annual Results
- HP Posts Record Revenues
- Acer Announces Another Tsunami of Hardware Products
- Intel Refreshes 11th-Generation Core U-Series Processors
Web browsers
- Microsoft is Bringing Automatic HTTPS to Edge
- Microsoft Edge 91 Adds Price History, Bing Rebates, More
- Mozilla Releases Firefox 89 with Simpler New Design
Microsoft- Microsoft Warns of a New Russian Cyberattack
Xbox- Xbox Has a Two-Year Console Exclusive on Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (Updated)
- Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles for June
- Microsoft Schedules an Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase for June 13
Tips & Picks- Tip of the week: Catch up on your Build sessions
- App pick of the week: Tell Me Why
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 2022 is almost soup
- Enterprise pick of the week 2: Microsoft buys ReFirm Labs
- Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Rainbows Everywhere IPA
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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:
- att.com/activearmor
- audible.com/windows or text windows to 500-500
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
2 hr 3 min - WW 726: Quake Mode - Here's what happened at Microsoft Build 2021
Here's what happened at Microsoft Build 2021
- Microsoft Build 2021 Keynote
- Build 2021: Windows 10
- Windows 10 Throwback: January 21, 2015 (Premium)
- Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows 10 on ARM
- Microsoft support for Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 coming later this year
- The Windows Developer's Guide to Microsoft Build 2021 - Windows Developer Blog
Power Platform/AI- Microsoft to make coding 'in plain English' easier with PowerFx and GPT-3 AI model
Teams and Office365, Microsoft 365- Microsoft adds more developer hooks into Teams, Microsoft 365
- Build 2021: Microsoft Teams
Azure- Microsoft takes another stab at a Blockchain-powered ledger service
- Microsoft enables more Azure services to run anywhere via Azure Arc
- Windows (not Build-related)
- Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21390 | Windows Insider Blog
- Microsoft Previews a Math Solver for Edge
Hardware- USB-C 2.1 to Support 240 Watts of Power
- Arm Announces Armv9 Architecture
Xbox- Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase: Sunday, June 13
- Microsoft Announces Games with Gold Titles for June
- Xbox Cloud Gaming Now Supports Touch Controls for Dual-Screen Devices
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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:
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- BANDWIDTH.COM/WW
2 hr 23 min - WW 725: Leveraging Learnings - Microsoft Build preview
Microsoft officially acknowledges Windows 10X isn't happening
- Microsoft Confirms 10X Death, Will Bring Some Features to Windows 10
- Windows 10 Version 21H1 is Now Available
- Microsoft Details Deprecated and Removed Features in Windows 10 Version 21H1
- Microsoft shares more on what's coming in Windows Server 2022
- Microsoft is planning a big refresh to the Windows 10 UI with 'Sun Valley' in 21H2: Report
- Here's why we think it's time Microsoft made a Windows 11
More Windows- Microsoft is dropping support for IE on many versions of Windows 10 on June 15, 2022
- Adobe Photoshop is Now Native on Windows 10 on ARM
- Notebook PC Sales Almost Doubled in Q1
Google I/O- Google Announces Android 12 Beta
- Google Maps is About to Get a Lot More Useful
- Google beefs up Workspace security with these new features
- Microsoft to open source Fluid Framework; previews end-user experience
- Google I/O 2021: A peek into 3D video chat booth Project Starline
- Google Announces Flutter 2.2
Microsoft Build- Microsoft Build: MyBuild
- Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 is moving to 64-bit
- MyBuild - Your home for Microsoft Build
Teams 'Personal' features are live- Microsoft makes Teams consumer features generally available
Xbox- Microsoft Announces Game Pass Titles for the Rest of May
Tips and picks- Tip of the week: HD and lossless audio is coming, deal with it correctly
- App pick of the week: Windows 10 version 21H1
- Codename picks of the week: Nickel, Cherry Hill
- Beer pick of the week: Jack's Abby Post-Shift Pilsner
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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:
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- BANDWIDTH.COM/WW
2 hr 16 min - WW 724: Maine Grapefruit - Windows 10X delayed once again
Windows 10X delayed once again
- Microsoft drops Windows 10X before it ever launched
- The Way Forward for Windows
More Windows- HP Elite Folio First Impressions
- Intel Launches 11th-Generation Core-H Processors for Mobile
- Google Says it Will Move Towards No Passwords
- What's new in Windows Holographic Version 21H1
- All Windows 10 upgrade safeguards have been lifted
Microsoft 365- Microsoft starts rolling out its Webinars feature in Teams
- Microsoft Brings Webinar Capabilities to Teams
- The Pentagon May Cancel Microsoft's JEDI Contract
- Microsoft Fixes Outlook Email Bug
- Microsoft to Allow EU Customers to Store All Data in the EU
Linux- Microsoft brings Threat and Vulnerability Management capability to Linux
- Porting Linux's eBPF to Windows 10 and Windows Server
Xbox- Microsoft Doesn't Make a Profit on Xbox Consoles
- Xbox Introduces a Console Purchase Pilot
- Sony Now Expects PS5 Shortages Through 2022
- Nintendo Switch Hits 85 Million Units Sold
- Microsoft Announces the May Xbox Update(s)
Tips and picks- Tip of the week: Jump on the "no passwords" train
- App pick of the week: Call of Duty Mobile
- Enterprise pick of the week: Bye, bye Azure Blockchain
- Codename pick of the week: Santorini
- Beer pick of the week: Deciduous Lollipop Forest
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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:
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- Melissa.com/twit
- udacity.com/TWiT offer code TWIT75
2 hr 37 min - WW 723: Save the Date - Goodbye Flash, Windows 10 21H1, Halo Infinite
Windows 10
- Microsoft Gets Ready for Windows 10 Version 21H1
- Microsoft to Remove Flash from Windows in July
Linux
- Microsoft buys Flatcar Container Linux creator Kinvolk
- Microsoft's new open-source tool could stop your AI from getting hacked
Microsoft 365, Office 365- Microsoft to add 'Reading Progress' tool to Teams for Education
- Microsoft: It's 90 days until the end of Skype for Business Online, here's what to expect
- Show Changes is Now Available in Excel for the Web
Xbox
- Microsoft Eases Fees for PC Game Developers
- Microsoft's Store Fee Change Could Come to Xbox Too
- Halo Infinite to Support Cross-Play and Cross-Progression
- Epic Won't Release Fortnite on Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Nearly 100 Xbox Titles now Support FPS Boost
- Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for May
- Sony Partners with Discord
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Get Windows 10 version 21H1 right now
- App pick of the week: Vivaldi 3.8
- Enterprise pick of the week: Goals!
- Enterprise pick of the week, 2: Windows Server 2022
- Cocktail pick of the week: Pink Paloma
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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:
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- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
2 hr 23 min - WW 722: Everyone's Drinkin' at Home - Learning from Microsoft's Q3 earnings
MSFT Q3 FY21 earnings
- Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition
- Microsoft Posts Huge Numbers in Latest Quarter
- Microsoft says Windows 10 now on 1.3 billion monthly active devices
- Microsoft: Teams is now at 145 million daily active users
- Sony Has Sold Almost 8 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles
- Microsoft: LinkedIn topped $3 billion in ad revenue in last year, outpacing Snap and Pinterest
- Spotify Now Has 356 Million Users
- Intel Reports Flat Revenues Despite PC Boom
- AMD's Datacenter Revenues More Than Doubled in Quarter
- Alphabet Announces Quarterly Results
Fun- Microsoft Wants a New Font
- MyBuild
- Yusuf Mehdi | Twitter
Windows 10- Windows 10 Version 20H2 Hits 40 Percent Usage Share
- Releasing Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3740.0 to the Beta & Release Preview Channels
- Microsoft to bring News and Interests feature to Windows 10 users running 1909 and above
Microsoft 365- Microsoft makes previews available of its non-subscription Office products
- Amazon Announces New Fire HD 10 Tablets
- Viva Learning Enters Public Preview
- Microsoft Classroom Pen 2 Arrives Next Week
Tips and picks- Tip of the week: Games with Gold
- App pick of the week: Xbox Cloud Gaming Beta
- Enterprise pick of the week: Cheat sheet: How to join Teams meetings from work conference rooms
- Codename pick of the week: Alexandria
- Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin Stay Home (version 3, the Royal Treatment)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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:
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- plextrac.com/twit
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2 hr - WW 721: Verbs Don't Sell - Microsoft Cloud PC, Linux GUI apps on WSL, Edge 90
Microsoft Cloud PC, Linux GUI apps on WSL, Edge 90
What's new in Windows
- Microsoft marches toward launching its 'Cloud PC' service, possibly this summer
- New Windows 10 test build adds first preview of Linux GUI apps on WSL
- News and Interests Flyout Comes to Beta and Release Preview Rings
- Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now, Too
- Microsoft is building a new app store for Windows 10 in major revitalization effort
- Microsoft wants to close the UWP, Win32 divide with 'Windows Apps'
Edging along ...- Microsoft rolls out Edge 90, with new history search, Kids Mode, to mainstream users
- Microsoft Edge 90 Launches with Password Monitor, More
- Microsoft takes a step toward unifying its Edge codebase across all platforms
- You Can Test the Unified Microsoft Edge Codebase on Android
- Microsoft Doesn't Commit to Blocking FLoC
Dev- Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 is moving to 64-bit
- Microsoft Announces ID@Azure
Xbox- Microsoft talks with Discord end with no buy for now: Report
- Microsoft Brings Cloud Gaming to iOS and the PC in Beta
- Microsoft Partnered with Rainway on Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Microsoft Announces More Xbox Game Pass Titles for April
- April Updates for Xbox Bring Changes to Console, Mobile
Tips and picks- Tip of the week: Use OneDrive's Known Folder Backup
- App pick of the week: Stardock Multiplicity KVM
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft has big datacenter build-out plans
- Codename pick of the week: Santa Cruz
- Beer pick of the week: Brewing Ectogasm
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
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:
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- wwt.com/twit
2 hr 27 min
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