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REVIEW - windows weekly

episode # 365

[subjects-summary]

  1. [00:00] smalltalk
    1. "] LL - tough week for msft, both apple and google have big events this month(WWDC,IO) generating a lot of press
    2. "] PT - fortunately for MSFT, apple announced nothing,
    3. "] PT - bone to pick with AAPL - when you cherry pick facts and represent them the wrong way = 'lying' 
  2. [00:00] start menu to return in windows 9 ( aka threshold ), NOT in windows 8.1 update 2
    1. ] 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
    2. ] future version is NOT going to be in win 8.1, update 2, the original plan was to do that, but
    3. ] now the plan has changed and it will be included in win 9 aka threshold
    4. ] 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
    5. ] also alternative 3rd party 'start menus' are available
    6. "] 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   
    7. ] ? = will every version of windows have it?, phone ? , small tablets?
    8. ] ? = do we even need it?
  3. [00:00] next - windows 8.1 - update 2
    1. ] expected fall 2014
    2. ] ? = what is going to be in it? 
  4. [00:00] cloud
    1. ] there are no upgrades VS there is nothing but upgrades
    2. ] sccm incident @ emery university
  5. [00:00] breaking - goPro names Tony Bates as president
    1. x] former CEO skype, was a candidate for MSFT CEO position
  6. [24:00] msft announces office version for the 'toxic hellstew' that is android
    1. ] toxic hellstew = AAPL description of android @ WWDC
    2. ] android got a version of office but its NOT = to appl version of office, it was ONLY 1 app ( oneNote)
    3. ] android is getting an equivalent version, touch first version of office WITH word, excel, ppt, &
    4. ] android tablet version of office is coming out before the windows 8.x touch version of windows
    5. ] office has 'magnification' feature that enlarges
    6. ] windows touch first version of office will not be released until threshold
    7. ?] maybe more apps available in office for windows
    8. ] people are unhappy b/c android version available b4 windows version,
    9. ] desktop versions of office apps, spring 2015,
    10. ] msft has done 3 - 3.5 big things, (windows, windows server, office, ? xbox ), usually most successfull when release 2 at the same time
  7. [30:00] leo sold on WWDC presentations, wants to get an iphone this fall
    1. ] bigger screen ??, better keyboard, extensions (interoperability between apps), homekit home automation
    2. ] DDE - msft tech for 'extensions', from wayback,
    3. ] engineering meeting - twit.tv using snow leopard, 4 versions back  
  8. [00:00]
    1. ] gemini - codename for the touch first version of office for windows,
    2. "] MJF will be upset if AAPL version is > msft version,
    3. "] PT - will NOT happen
    4. "] MJF - NAME windows 9, still not decided -  
    5. "] MJF - IDEA windows 9 NAME windows one - msft resets windows, MAYBE office versions included for windows users
  9. [37:00] computex - industry trade show
    1. ] overshadowed by WWDC
    2. ] google annouced its spending 1B for satellites to provide internet to the world,
    3. ] apple announced a 'font change' and they got all the press,
    4. "] PT RANT - on appl and the press coverage it gets
    5. "] 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
    6. "] LL - we(twit) got a little bit larger numbers for the WWDC event VS the surface pro event
    7. ] computex's non coverage from Taiwan, a hardware show, 3am PST start time, no streaming of events, all we know is from reports,
    8. ] read the keynote speech or watch the video 85:00
    9. ] new models - 2 in 1's - convertibles, tablet or laptop,
    10. ] new processor - broadwell coming in fall, acer aspire s7 will have
    11. ] toshiba 7" tablet, < $200, smallest tablet running win 8.x
    12. ] under 9", NOT free windows, BUT zero dollars windows, some legal thing
    13. ] new windows phones, NOT from hh names, YEZZ billy, PRESTIGIO, BLU
    14. ] YEZ billy - named after bill gates - $250 phone off contract, mid level specs, 13mP camera, colors,
    15. ] many devices, mid - lower end, windows phone going after low cost, high volume
    16. ] HTC rumored to have new win phone,
    17. ] evleaks has screenshots, w8 q3, win 8.1, boom sound(dual front facing stereo speakers), dual cameras, 2014 q3,
    18. ] problem - htc - announced a nice device, but never improved upon it, no iteration
    19. ] convertibles -
    20. "] MJF - not a fan of the convergence
    21. "] PT - future of the PC, example from the road, tablet with a borrowed keyboard plugged into a usb thingy
  10. [52:00] visual studio 2014 preview
    1. ] codename is vs 2014 - not the final name, product is not going to ship until 2015
    2. ] version where the open source roslyn compiler gets built in, compiler as a service,
    3. ] new c# features,
    4. ] new vb features
    5. ] new c++ features
    6. ] asp.net vNext,
    7. ] tooling - ] project K - the future of .net on the server
    8. "] LL - interesting with swift, promote security,
    9. "] PT - maybe instead of creating another 'yet another' c like language, maybe they could have gone with an existing c like language, perhaps c#
    10. ] aapl & msft are 'tight'
  11. [56:00] x-box
    1. "] PT - cant travel with xbox 1, size of a volkswagen,
    2. ] prev announced decoupling of xbox live gold from entertainment apps - apps, like netflix, hulu, ...
    3. ] part of june system update, apps no longer require subscription
    4. ] external storage
    5. ] 45 more entertainment apps are coming, FREE, announced HBO go, major league gaming, nhl,
    6. ] twitter integration in xbox 1 - into guide, ... - watch TV and tweet
    7. ] MSFT making its own apps free - OneDrive, IE,
    8. ] xbox developer requirements, ?? still expensive (100K) or getting cheaper ??
    9. ] E3 is next week - would be nice, develop with free version of visual studio for ....
    10. ] aapl didnt want to do an appstore
  12. [70:00] bing - WWDC announcements, google is out, bing is in
    1. ] replacing google search with bing
    2. ] MJF pinged msft, did they say something about us?
    3. ] APPL 'spotlight' app on both ios8 and os x 10.10 - default search results coming from bing, not from google
    4. ] bing results - already used for 'siri'
    5. ] iCloud and Azure - no comment from either side
    6. ] ?? not sure ??
    7. ] files, developers back end servces
    8. ] aapl never done cloud stuff well, presumably they know they
    9. ] PT RANT - on Tim Cook on the "Mavericks 53% adoption" rate VS "windows 8 14% adoption"
    10. ] 80M is 5% of all pcs worldwide, 40M are using
    11. ] windows 8 usage is 5 1/2 * bigger than mavericks,
    12. ] also the same speil with android #'s
    13. ] 800M i devices, 80M macs, 7 years,
    14. ] ios has exploded in ways that the mac never did, ios is 'much more' successfull
    15. ] people asking for oneDrive for business MAC
    16. ] MAC is not insubstantial, don't have to dump on someone else to prove their point
    17. ] LL more consistent ecoystem, our users upgrade
    18. ] 250 million + counting using windows 8
    19. ] reason why mac app store hasnt taken off, you dont hear about it, 80m
    20. ] msft partner show - kevin turner speech - will make this one look like ...
    21. ] translucency - windows 'aero' features in os 10, msft took it out b/c of performance/battery life issues, previously added in ios7
    22. ] end to end - ecosystem play - continuity ( desktop to tablet to phone), happens here and there in the
  13. [87:00] windows phone 8.1 - developer preview update
    1. ] no change log, some reliability and performance stuff
  14. [00:00] windows phone 8.1 - OneDrive - synch support for high resolution photos
    1. ] synch suppoort for high res photos
    2. ] for some phone models, nokia 1020, 1520, 930
    3. ] xbox 1 - improved photos experience
    4. ] web interface for photos - improved
    5. ] walgreens printing of your photos, from within OneDrive, special code in the blog post for 25% discount,  ready in 1 hour,
    6. *] walgreens may keep your photos - forever -
  15. [00:00] OneDrive for business
    1. ] document conversations - yammer social feature, have conversations attached to documents, collaboration feature, for users of yammer w/office 365
  16. [90:00] os market share - desktop - windows 7 surpasses 50%
    1. ] windows 7 - 50.6 % - first time, everyone standardizing on win 7, win 8 is OK
    2. ] windows xp - 25
    3. ] windows 8.1 - 6.4
    4. ] windows 8 - 6.3
    5. ] mac os x - 7.9
    6. ] vista - 2.9
    7. ] SRC = net applications data
  17. [95:00] TIPS
    1. ] TIPS - xbox 1 -  
    2. ] in conjunction with 45 new entertainment apps announced - free 3 month subscription to hulu plus
    3. ] universal remote -
  18. [00:00] APPS
    1. ] google chrome 64 bit for windows - pre release versions, - canary and dev version, 25% faster, more stable, better security ?,
    2. ] HDInsight on Azure - appache hadoop on azure, hadoop 2.4, orders of magnitude of performance enhancement, up to 100x,
  19. [00:00] RUMOUR - re - orged the office teams,
    1. ] WAS office client and office server, NOW ] outlook, outlook.com, exchange, office 365 ] sharepoint + OneDrive+oneDrive Business ,] skype + Lync ] oneNote - as its own unit -
    2. "] 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
  20. [00:00] BEER
    1. ] new belgium - wild squared - dark, malty spicy, flavored with shishandra berries
    2. ] avery - hog heaven barley one - very dark, intense, high in alcohol

[objects]

  1. [tech-sw] 
    1. ] windows 8.x 
    2. ] windows 9.x
    3. ] visual studio 2014
    4. ]
  2. [tech-hw]
    1. ] gaming console - x-box-one
    2. ] tablet - toshiba 7" tablet
    3. ] smartphone - YEZZ billy
    4. ] smartphone - PRESTIGIO
    5. ] smartphone - BLU
    6. ] smartphone - HTC w8
    7. ]

[people]

  1. ] host - Leo Laporte - 
  2. ] co-host - Paul Thurrott - 
  3. ] co-host - Mary Jo Foley - 
  4. ] MSFT - microsoft
  5. ] AAPL - apple

[events]

  1. ] computex
  2. ] wwdc
  3. ]

[places]

  1. ] SHOW - PAGE url - Windows Weekly 365 | TWiT.TV - watch the live video of this episode
  2. ] SHOW - audio - twit.cachefly.net/audio/ww/ww0365/ww0365.mp3 - download the .mp3 audio file
  3. http://www.gsmarena.com/blu_prestigio_and_yezz_launch_windows_phone_handsets-news-8699.php
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DESCRIPTION: [113:00] VIDEO ] start menu return moved to win 9 ] android touch first office ver avail b4 windows ] computex - new phones, convertibles and 7" Toshiba tablet ] visual studio 2014 preview ] xbox updates ] WWDC good news for bing ] win phone 8.1 updates

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