WW 762: Diagonal Shards - Microsoft Account Management, Front Row for Teams, FTC & Microsoft

Microsoft Account Management, Front Row for Teams, FTC & Microsoft

 Windows 11 Gets a New Feature a Bit Early: Microsoft Account Management

 Windows 11 users will get several new features in February ahead of its H2 feature update

 Windows 11 Almost Doubles Usage Share to 16.1 Percent

 Report: Chromebook Sales Grew 13.5 Percent in 2021

Microsoft 365

 Microsoft starts rolling out Teams 'Front Row' view for better hybrid meetings

 Microsoft: Standalone test version of Lists app requires no 365 subscription

Earnings Reports

 Intel Earnings Beat Expectations

 Apple Delivers Another Record Quarter

 Alphabet (Google) Sees Big Net Income, Revenue Gains

 AMD Reports Record Revenues

Browsers vs. Google

Brave Says FLoC You to Google's Topics API

 Vivaldi: Google is Going Off-Topics Again

Xbox & Gaming

 Microsoft Falls on Report FTC, and Not DoJ, Will Review Activision Deal

 DOJ antitrust chief's past work for Microsoft looms over $69B Activision deal

 Microsoft Agrees to Xbox Subscription Auto-Renew Changes in the UK

 Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for February

 Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for February

 Flight Simulator World Update VII Adds Australia Content

 PlayStation 5 Sales are Already Slowing

 Sony to Acquire Bungie for $3.6 Billion

 Microsoft Supports Epic Games Appeal of Apple Ruling

Mary Jo Foley's DOM Briefing Podcast

Microsoft's Strategy for 2022: It's All About the Cloud | Directions on Microsoft

Tips and Picks

 Tip of the week: Stop those annoying Edge popups (at least for a bit)

 App picks of the week: Get free PC games each week from Epic

 Enterprise picks of the week: New monthly podcast for Microsoft enterprise nerds

 Developer pick of the week: February 14: Get sweet on .NET

 Beer pick of the week: Sofia Electric Brewing Small Steps Giant Leaps

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