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REVIEW - windows weekly

episode # 365

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[00:00] smalltalk

"] LL - tough week for msft, both apple and google have big events this month(WWDC,IO) generating a lot of press
"] PT - fortunately for MSFT, apple announced nothing,
"] PT - bone to pick with AAPL - when you cherry pick facts and represent them the wrong way = 'lying'

[00:00] start menu to return in windows 9 ( aka threshold ), NOT in windows 8.1 update 2

] 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
] future version is NOT going to be in win 8.1, update 2, the original plan was to do that, but
] now the plan has changed and it will be included in win 9 aka threshold
] 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
] also alternative 3rd party 'start menus' are available
"] 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
] ? = will every version of windows have it?, phone ? , small tablets?
] ? = do we even need it?

[00:00] next - windows 8.1 - update 2

] expected fall 2014
] ? = what is going to be in it?

[00:00] cloud

] there are no upgrades VS there is nothing but upgrades
] sccm incident @ emery university

[00:00] breaking - goPro names Tony Bates as president

x] former CEO skype, was a candidate for MSFT CEO position

[24:00] msft announces office version for the 'toxic hellstew' that is android

] toxic hellstew = AAPL description of android @ WWDC
] android got a version of office but its NOT = to appl version of office, it was ONLY 1 app ( oneNote)
] android is getting an equivalent version, touch first version of office WITH word, excel, ppt, &
] android tablet version of office is coming out before the windows 8.x touch version of windows
] office has 'magnification' feature that enlarges
] windows touch first version of office will not be released until threshold
?] maybe more apps available in office for windows
] people are unhappy b/c android version available b4 windows version,
] desktop versions of office apps, spring 2015,
] msft has done 3 - 3.5 big things, (windows, windows server, office, ? xbox ), usually most successfull when release 2 at the same time

[30:00] leo sold on WWDC presentations, wants to get an iphone this fall

] bigger screen ??, better keyboard, extensions (interoperability between apps), homekit home automation
] DDE - msft tech for 'extensions', from wayback,
] engineering meeting - twit.tv using snow leopard, 4 versions back

[00:00]

] gemini - codename for the touch first version of office for windows,
"] MJF will be upset if AAPL version is > msft version,
"] PT - will NOT happen
"] MJF - NAME windows 9, still not decided -
"] MJF - IDEA windows 9 NAME windows one - msft resets windows, MAYBE office versions included for windows users

[37:00] computex - industry trade show

] overshadowed by WWDC
] google annouced its spending 1B for satellites to provide internet to the world,
] apple announced a 'font change' and they got all the press,
"] PT RANT - on appl and the press coverage it gets
"] 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
"] LL - we(twit) got a little bit larger numbers for the WWDC event VS the surface pro event
] computex's non coverage from Taiwan, a hardware show, 3am PST start time, no streaming of events, all we know is from reports,
] read the keynote speech or watch the video 85:00
] new models - 2 in 1's - convertibles, tablet or laptop,
] new processor - broadwell coming in fall, acer aspire s7 will have
] toshiba 7" tablet, < $200, smallest tablet running win 8.x
] under 9", NOT free windows, BUT zero dollars windows, some legal thing
] new windows phones, NOT from hh names, YEZZ billy, PRESTIGIO, BLU
] YEZ billy - named after bill gates - $250 phone off contract, mid level specs, 13mP camera, colors,
] many devices, mid - lower end, windows phone going after low cost, high volume
] HTC rumored to have new win phone,
] evleaks has screenshots, w8 q3, win 8.1, boom sound(dual front facing stereo speakers), dual cameras, 2014 q3,
] problem - htc - announced a nice device, but never improved upon it, no iteration
] convertibles -
"] MJF - not a fan of the convergence
"] PT - future of the PC, example from the road, tablet with a borrowed keyboard plugged into a usb thingy

[52:00] visual studio 2014 preview

] codename is vs 2014 - not the final name, product is not going to ship until 2015
] version where the open source roslyn compiler gets built in, compiler as a service,
] new c# features,
] new vb features
] new c++ features
] asp.net vNext,
] tooling - ] project K - the future of .net on the server
"] LL - interesting with swift, promote security,
"] PT - maybe instead of creating another 'yet another' c like language, maybe they could have gone with an existing c like language, perhaps c#
] aapl & msft are 'tight'

[56:00] x-box

"] PT - cant travel with xbox 1, size of a volkswagen,
] prev announced decoupling of xbox live gold from entertainment apps - apps, like netflix, hulu, ...
] part of june system update, apps no longer require subscription
] external storage
] 45 more entertainment apps are coming, FREE, announced HBO go, major league gaming, nhl,
] twitter integration in xbox 1 - into guide, ... - watch TV and tweet
] MSFT making its own apps free - OneDrive, IE,
] xbox developer requirements, ?? still expensive (100K) or getting cheaper ??
] E3 is next week - would be nice, develop with free version of visual studio for ....
] aapl didnt want to do an appstore

[70:00] bing - WWDC announcements, google is out, bing is in

] replacing google search with bing
] MJF pinged msft, did they say something about us?
] APPL 'spotlight' app on both ios8 and os x 10.10 - default search results coming from bing, not from google
] bing results - already used for 'siri'
] iCloud and Azure - no comment from either side
] ?? not sure ??
] files, developers back end servces
] aapl never done cloud stuff well, presumably they know they
] PT RANT - on Tim Cook on the "Mavericks 53% adoption" rate VS "windows 8 14% adoption"
] 80M is 5% of all pcs worldwide, 40M are using
] windows 8 usage is 5 1/2 * bigger than mavericks,
] also the same speil with android #'s
] 800M i devices, 80M macs, 7 years,
] ios has exploded in ways that the mac never did, ios is 'much more' successfull
] people asking for oneDrive for business MAC
] MAC is not insubstantial, don't have to dump on someone else to prove their point
] LL more consistent ecoystem, our users upgrade
] 250 million + counting using windows 8
] reason why mac app store hasnt taken off, you dont hear about it, 80m
] msft partner show - kevin turner speech - will make this one look like ...
] translucency - windows 'aero' features in os 10, msft took it out b/c of performance/battery life issues, previously added in ios7
] end to end - ecosystem play - continuity ( desktop to tablet to phone), happens here and there in the

[87:00] windows phone 8.1 - developer preview update

] no change log, some reliability and performance stuff

[00:00] windows phone 8.1 - OneDrive - synch support for high resolution photos

] synch suppoort for high res photos
] for some phone models, nokia 1020, 1520, 930
] xbox 1 - improved photos experience
] web interface for photos - improved
] walgreens printing of your photos, from within OneDrive, special code in the blog post for 25% discount, ready in 1 hour,
*] walgreens may keep your photos - forever -

[00:00] OneDrive for business

] document conversations - yammer social feature, have conversations attached to documents, collaboration feature, for users of yammer w/office 365

[90:00] os market share - desktop - windows 7 surpasses 50%

] windows 7 - 50.6 % - first time, everyone standardizing on win 7, win 8 is OK
] windows xp - 25
] windows 8.1 - 6.4
] windows 8 - 6.3
] mac os x - 7.9
] vista - 2.9
] SRC = net applications data

[95:00] TIPS

] TIPS - xbox 1 -
] in conjunction with 45 new entertainment apps announced - free 3 month subscription to hulu plus
] universal remote -

[00:00] APPS

] google chrome 64 bit for windows - pre release versions, - canary and dev version, 25% faster, more stable, better security ?,
] HDInsight on Azure - appache hadoop on azure, hadoop 2.4, orders of magnitude of performance enhancement, up to 100x,

[00:00] RUMOUR - re - orged the office teams,

] WAS office client and office server, NOW ] outlook, outlook.com, exchange, office 365 ] sharepoint + OneDrive+oneDrive Business ,] skype + Lync ] oneNote - as its own unit -
"] 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

[00:00] BEER

] new belgium - wild squared - dark, malty spicy, flavored with shishandra berries
] avery - hog heaven barley one - very dark, intense, high in alcohol

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[tech-sw]

] windows 8.x
] windows 9.x
] visual studio 2014
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[tech-hw]

] gaming console - x-box-one
] tablet - toshiba 7" tablet
] smartphone - YEZZ billy
] smartphone - PRESTIGIO
] smartphone - BLU
] smartphone - HTC w8
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] host - Leo Laporte -
] co-host - Paul Thurrott -
] co-host - Mary Jo Foley -
] MSFT - microsoft
] AAPL - apple

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] computex
] wwdc
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] SHOW - PAGE url - Windows Weekly 365 | TWiT.TV - watch the live video of this episode
] SHOW - audio - twit.cachefly.net/audio/ww/ww0365/ww0365.mp3 - download the .mp3 audio file
] http://www.gsmarena.com/blu_prestigio_and_yezz_launch_windows_phone_handsets-news-8699.php

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