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<h1 style="text-align: center;">REVIEW - windows weekly</h1> <h2 style="text-align: center;">episode # 365</h2> <h2>[subjects-summary]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[00:00] smalltalk</strong></li> <ol> <li>"] LL - tough week for msft, both apple and google have big events this month(WWDC,IO) generating a lot of press</li> <li>"] PT - fortunately for MSFT, apple announced nothing,</li> <li>"] PT - bone to pick with AAPL - when you cherry pick facts and represent them the wrong way = 'lying' </li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] start menu to return in windows 9 ( aka threshold ), NOT in windows 8.1 update 2</strong></li> <ol> <li>] roller coaster - Terry Myerson preview demo'd FEATURES 'start menu' and running 'modern apps in a window' @ Build 2014 conference, saying they will appear in a future version, did not specify which version</li> <li>] future version is NOT going to be in win 8.1, update 2, the original plan was to do that, but</li> <li>] now the plan has changed and it will be included in win 9 aka threshold</li> <li>] Start Menu - known internally as 'mini start' - incorporates stuff that looks like the orig windows start menu, but also incorporates stuff from modern start screen</li> <li>] also alternative 3rd party 'start menus' are available</li> <li>"] MJ F my theory - i thinks the product (start menu) is ready, BUT that the 'windows 8' brand is tarnished and msft is done investing in it </li> <li>] ? = will every version of windows have it?, phone ? , small tablets?</li> <li>] ? = do we even need it?</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] next - windows 8.1 - update 2</strong></li> <ol> <li>] expected fall 2014</li> <li>] ? = what is going to be in it? </li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00</strong><strong>] cloud</strong></li> <ol> <li>] there are no upgrades VS there is nothing but upgrades</li> <li>] sccm incident @ emery university</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] breaking - goPro names Tony Bates as president</strong></li> <ol> <li>x] former CEO skype, was a candidate for MSFT CEO position</li> </ol> <li><strong>[24:00] <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/touch-first-microsoft-office-for-android-to-beat-windows-8-version-to-market-7000030162/" target="_blank">msft announces office version for the 'toxic hellstew' that is android</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] toxic hellstew = AAPL description of android @ WWDC</li> <li>] android got a version of office but its NOT = to appl version of office, it was ONLY 1 app ( oneNote)</li> <li>] android is getting an equivalent version, touch first version of office WITH word, excel, ppt, &</li> <li>] android tablet version of office is coming out before the windows 8.x touch version of windows</li> <li>] office has 'magnification' feature that enlarges</li> <li>] windows touch first version of office will not be released until threshold</li> <li>?] maybe more apps available in office for windows</li> <li>] people are unhappy b/c android version available b4 windows version,</li> <li>] desktop versions of office apps, spring 2015,</li> <li>] msft has done 3 - 3.5 big things, (windows, windows server, office, ? xbox ), usually most successfull when release 2 at the same time</li> </ol> <li><strong>[30:00] leo sold on WWDC presentations, wants to get an iphone this fall</strong></li> <ol> <li>] bigger screen ??, better keyboard, extensions (interoperability between apps), homekit home automation</li> <li>] DDE - msft tech for 'extensions', from wayback,</li> <li>] engineering meeting - twit.tv using snow leopard, 4 versions back </li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] </strong></li> <ol> <li>] gemini - codename for the touch first version of office for windows,</li> <li>"] MJF will be upset if AAPL version is > msft version,</li> <li>"] PT - will NOT happen</li> <li>"] MJF - NAME windows 9, still not decided - </li> <li>"] MJF - IDEA windows 9 NAME windows one - msft resets windows, MAYBE office versions included for windows users</li> </ol> <li><strong>[37:00] <a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-shows-off-a-range-of-new-windows-phones-at-computex" target="_blank">computex - industry trade show</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] overshadowed by WWDC</li> <li>] google annouced its spending 1B for satellites to provide internet to the world,</li> <li>] apple announced a 'font change' and they got all the press,</li> <li>"] PT RANT - on appl and the press coverage it gets</li> <li>"] its not the second coming, ever, "] forbes headline - the biggest 1/2 year in apples history is about to begin "] nothing wrong with what they announced, "] the coverage is .... ] biased and unfair, "] driven by the media and users, "] world we live in</li> <li>"] LL - we(twit) got a little bit larger numbers for the WWDC event VS the surface pro event</li> <li>] computex's non coverage from Taiwan, a hardware show, 3am PST start time, no streaming of events, all we know is from reports,</li> <li>] read the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/speeches/2014/06-03computex.aspx" target="_blank">keynote speech</a></span> or <a href="http://www.winbeta.org/news/watch-microsofts-keynote-during-computex-2014-video" target="_blank">watch the video</a> 85:00</li> <li>] new models - 2 in 1's - convertibles, tablet or laptop,</li> <li>] new processor - broadwell coming in fall, acer aspire s7 will have</li> <li>] toshiba 7" tablet, < $200, smallest tablet running win 8.x</li> <li>] under 9", NOT free windows, BUT zero dollars windows, some legal thing</li> <li>] new windows phones, NOT from hh names, YEZZ billy, PRESTIGIO, BLU</li> <li>] YEZ billy - named after bill gates - $250 phone off contract, mid level specs, 13mP camera, colors,</li> <li>] many devices, mid - lower end, windows phone going after low cost, high volume</li> <li>] HTC rumored to have new win phone,</li> <li>] evleaks has screenshots, w8 q3, win 8.1, boom sound(dual front facing stereo speakers), dual cameras, 2014 q3,</li> <li>] problem - htc - announced a nice device, but never improved upon it, no iteration</li> <li>] convertibles -</li> <li>"] MJF - not a fan of the convergence</li> <li>"] PT - future of the PC, example from the road, tablet with a borrowed keyboard plugged into a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">usb thingy</span></li> </ol> <li><strong>[52:00] <a href="http://m.winsupersite.com/visual-studio/microsoft-delivers-first-visual-studio-14-ctp" target="_blank">visual studio 2014 preview</a> </strong></li> <ol> <li>] codename is vs 2014 - not the final name, product is not going to ship until 2015</li> <li>] version where the open source roslyn compiler gets built in, compiler as a service,</li> <li>] new c# features,</li> <li>] new vb features</li> <li>] new c++ features</li> <li>] asp.net vNext,</li> <li>] tooling - ] project K - the future of .net on the server</li> <li>"] LL - interesting with swift, promote security,</li> <li>"] PT - maybe instead of creating another 'yet another' c like language, maybe they could have gone with an existing c like language, perhaps c#</li> <li>] aapl & msft are 'tight'</li> </ol> <li><strong>[56:00] x-box</strong></li> <ol> <li>"] PT - cant travel with xbox 1, size of a volkswagen,</li> <li>] prev announced decoupling of xbox live gold from entertainment apps - apps, like netflix, hulu, ...</li> <li>] part of june system update, apps no longer require subscription</li> <li>] external storage</li> <li>] 45 more entertainment apps are coming, FREE, announced HBO go, major league gaming, nhl,</li> <li>] twitter integration in xbox 1 - into guide, ... - watch TV and tweet</li> <li>] MSFT making its own apps free - OneDrive, IE,</li> <li>] xbox developer requirements, ?? still expensive (100K) or getting cheaper ??</li> <li>] E3 is next week - would be nice, develop with free version of visual studio for ....</li> <li>] aapl didnt want to do an appstore</li> </ol> <li><strong>[70:00] <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/apples-updated-spotlight-search-powered-by-bing-7000030122/" target="_blank">bing - WWDC announcements, google is out, bing is in</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] replacing google search with bing</li> <li>] MJF pinged msft, did they say something about us?</li> <li>] APPL 'spotlight' app on both ios8 and os x 10.10 - default search results coming from bing, not from google</li> <li>] bing results - already used for 'siri'</li> <li>] iCloud and Azure - no comment from either side</li> <li>] ?? not sure ??</li> <li>] files, developers back end servces</li> <li>] aapl never done cloud stuff well, presumably they know they</li> <li>] PT RANT - on Tim Cook on the "Mavericks 53% adoption" rate VS "windows 8 14% adoption"</li> <li>] 80M is 5% of all pcs worldwide, 40M are using</li> <li>] windows 8 usage is 5 1/2 * bigger than mavericks,</li> <li>] also the same speil with android #'s</li> <li>] 800M i devices, 80M macs, 7 years,</li> <li>] ios has exploded in ways that the mac never did, ios is 'much more' successfull</li> <li>] people asking for oneDrive for business MAC</li> <li>] MAC is not insubstantial, don't have to dump on someone else to prove their point</li> <li>] LL more consistent ecoystem, our users upgrade</li> <li>] 250 million + counting using windows 8</li> <li>] reason why mac app store hasnt taken off, you dont hear about it, 80m</li> <li>] msft partner show - kevin turner speech - will make this one look like ...</li> <li>] translucency - windows 'aero' features in os 10, msft took it out b/c of performance/battery life issues, previously added in ios7</li> <li>] end to end - ecosystem play - continuity ( desktop to tablet to phone), happens here and there in the</li> </ol> <li><strong>[87:00] windows phone 8.1 - developer preview update</strong></li> <ol> <li>] no change log, some reliability and performance stuff</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] windows phone 8.1 - OneDrive - synch support for high resolution photos</strong></li> <ol> <li>] synch suppoort for high res photos</li> <li>] for some phone models, nokia 1020, 1520, 930</li> <li>] xbox 1 - improved photos experience</li> <li>] web interface for photos - improved</li> <li>] walgreens printing of your photos, from within OneDrive, special code in the blog post for 25% discount, ready in 1 hour,</li> <li>*] walgreens may keep your photos - forever -</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] OneDrive for business</strong></li> <ol> <li>] document conversations - yammer social feature, have conversations attached to documents, collaboration feature, for users of yammer w/office 365</li> </ol> <li><strong>[90:00] <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/104907206809198609374/albums/6020707619435763393/6020707624374769298?sqi=116096206873779476176&sqsi=cf903863-ce0b-49bb-8738-77b218e4e500" target="_blank">os market share - desktop - windows 7 surpasses 50%</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] windows 7 - 50.6 % - first time, everyone standardizing on win 7, win 8 is OK</li> <li>] windows xp - 25</li> <li>] windows 8.1 - 6.4</li> <li>] windows 8 - 6.3</li> <li>] mac os x - 7.9</li> <li>] vista - 2.9</li> <li>] SRC = net applications data</li> </ol> <li><strong>[95:00] TIPS</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://winsupersite.com/xbox-one/first-xbox-one-games-gold-offerings-tap-june" target="_blank">TIPS - xbox 1</a> - </li> <li>] in conjunction with 45 new entertainment apps announced - free 3 month subscription to hulu plus</li> <li>] universal remote -</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] APPS</strong></li> <ol> <li>] google chrome 64 bit for windows - pre release versions, - canary and dev version, 25% faster, more stable, better security ?,</li> <li>] <a href="http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/?p=151011&WT.mc_id=Blog_SQL_Announce_DI" target="_blank">HDInsight on Azure</a> - appache hadoop on azure, hadoop 2.4, orders of magnitude of performance enhancement, up to 100x,</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-reorgs-its-office-business-to-focus-on-four-new-investment-areas-7000030127/" target="_blank">RUMOUR - re - orged the office teams</a>, </strong></li> <ol> <li>] WAS office client and office server, NOW ] outlook, outlook.com, exchange, office 365 ] sharepoint + OneDrive+oneDrive Business ,] skype + Lync ] oneNote - as its own unit -</li> <li>"] MJF - re itereates the need to learn it, ( LL especially with the surface pro pen's oneNote button), i do want to try learn it, will write a post</li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] BEER</strong></li> <ol> <li>] new belgium - wild squared - dark, malty spicy, flavored with shishandra berries</li> <li>] avery - hog heaven barley one - very dark, intense, high in alcohol</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[objects]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[tech-sw]</strong> </li> <ol> <li>] <a href="/view/article?id=549" target="_blank">windows 8.x</a> </li> <li>] windows 9.x</li> <li>] visual studio 2014</li> <li>]</li> </ol> <li><strong>[tech-hw]</strong></li> <ol> <li>] gaming console - x-box-one</li> <li>] tablet - toshiba 7" tablet</li> <li>] smartphone - YEZZ billy</li> <li>] smartphone - PRESTIGIO</li> <li>] smartphone - BLU</li> <li>] smartphone - HTC w8</li> <li>]</li> </ol> <li>] </li> </ol> <h2>[people]</h2> <div><ol> <li>] host - <a href="/view/person?id=230" target="_blank">Leo Laporte</a> - </li> <li>] co-host - <a href="/view/person?id=228" target="_blank">Paul Thurrott</a> - </li> <li>] co-host - <a href="/view/person?id=229" target="_blank">Mary Jo Foley</a> - </li> <li>] MSFT - microsoft</li> <li>] AAPL - apple</li> </ol></div> <h2>[events]</h2> <div><ol> <li>] computex</li> <li>] wwdc</li> <li>]</li> </ol></div> <h2>[places]</h2> <ol> <li>] SHOW - PAGE url - <a href="http://twit.tv/show/windows-weekly/365" target="_blank">Windows Weekly 365 | TWiT.TV</a> - watch the live video of this episode</li> <li>] SHOW - audio - <a href="http://twit.cachefly.net/audio/ww/ww0365/ww0365.mp3" target="_blank">twit.cachefly.net/audio/ww/ww0365/ww0365.mp3</a> - download the .mp3 audio file</li> <li>] <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/blu_prestigio_and_yezz_launch_windows_phone_handsets-news-8699.php">http://www.gsmarena.com/blu_prestigio_and_yezz_launch_windows_phone_handsets-news-8699.php</a></li> </ol>