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WW 705: Married With Windows - What you can expect from Microsoft in 2021

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  • 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

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