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REVIEW - windows weekly

episode # 367

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[00:00] smalltalk

[00:00] new amazon fire phone

] overview - specs, features,
] > amazon fire phone, ? uses 'here' maps (from nokia)
] ? bing uses here ?, benedict evans says yes,
] amazon has been a 'here' licensee for a long time
"] PT - "amazons new retail scanning wand"
] - 13 mp camera, quick pocket to picture time, 1.5 secs
"] LL - fire os, a fourth OS, 'theyve completely forked it'
] comparing stores, google play VS amazon, amzon store only has 5 apps, were google has many more
] surprised that it was not more 3Dish, Dynamic Perspective, not just a gimmick,
*] windows phone - you shake your phone to undo
*] windows phone - coming 3D features - hovering - hand over tiles, info displayed on tile will change
] coming in first update to win phone 8.1
] will msft promote its ecosystem
] msft going slightly different decoration, x platform,
] if use office, you should have a win phone ?, not necesssarily
] office and other consumer s/w(oneNote, Skype, ...) is increasingly becoming available is on all platforms, isnt the way it ways,
] msft realization the (mobile) market has moved on

[15:00] win phone 8.1 update 1

] coming - sometime soon,( summer, fall 2014)
] the way it works, update 'happens' then hits carriers months later
] shipping on some new phones already

[17:30] micro max - announces inexpensive new windows phones

] approx $160, 4" wxga, 5" model 720p,
] heading to india market
] real leather stitched backing on case, similar to samsung note,

[00:00] cyan firmware update for lumia phones

] firmware update coming with win phone 8.1
] lumia models to be updated (1520, 930, icon )
] enhancements include - better colors, continous autofocus, better video and low light performance
] reddit ama w/nokia camera guys explaining features
] carrier update starting to happen fairly soon, within the next few weeks
] os version already ships on some of the new phones
] check what version you have in Settings - extras & infos

[00:00] cortana - possibly coming to android & ios

] speculation by msft, opening the door to bringing 'cortana' to other platforms
] priorty - first to get it working as 'best in class' on windows, the best, bring it to other markets(international)
] access to the phone os could be issue when launching other platforms,
] goal for doing would be to get more people into msft ecosystem, start with cortana, entice you to other msft products
] problem could be giving up 'differentiating feature' on platform(win phone 8) that needs help to grow

[00:00] china reveals msft licencing patents for android

] MSFT has patents that generate estimates @ 1 - 2 B in licencing fees, rumoured @ $5 device
] has never revealed what specifically the patents are
] Barnes and Noble was going to challenge the MSFT patents on 1 points but 'last minute deal' and it never went to court
] deal = b+n licenced patents, msft invested 340M in b+n nook business. likely cause was nook business was money pit
] b+n just signed deal with samsung to make nook branded tablets, b+n wants to get out of tablet business,
] mofcom revealed what the patents
] 300 US patents, very vague, 200 patents families
] some are part of the rockstar consortium, who purchsed the nortel patents,
] exFat file system, exchange activesysnch,
] applies to 50% of android devices, motorolo X phone not included
] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/chinese-govt-reveals-microsofts-secret-list-of-android-killer-patents/

[00:00] machine learning as a service (MLaaS)

] announced new service on azure
] msft has taken data learned from bing, xbox live
] take the ml capablities and apply them to your data
] tools and templates
] predictive analytics on your own data
] ex predict bad credit card transactions
] preview avail in July, 50% off, paid service
] codename - pasow
] http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/campaigns/machine-learning/
] http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-readies-public-preview-of-cloud-based-machine-learning-service-7000030579/

[52:00] outlook VS outlook.com VS outlook web access(owa)

] strategy play is to get consumers to use their services (oneDrive, oneNote, outlook) and maybe that will drive adoption by businesses, which are still the primary profit drivers
] more consolidation needed of cloud services, may be moving in this direction as they are now part of the same group
] oneDrive for consumers is different then OneDrive for business
] 1 prb using consumer services(oneDrive, g drive, dropbox, etc), no way to be managed by business
] owa - has recently released android preview versio, 1 might assume it works with outlook.com or BUT it only works with office 365

[54:30] office - bellweather for msft rapid release

] office is bellweather for msft rapid release, b/c it impacts everything
]
] more office apps then anything
] some patches have broken things,
] business still have reluctance to any 'updates'
] coming up witn new ways of testing s/w for businesses,
] msft listening, working with customers to meet them in the middle

[65:30] surface pro 3 - now shipping ...

] has shipped units pre-ordered by customers
] power management bug - after recharging - sometimes doesnt start back up, sometimes date/time is wrong
*] these are pre-production review units PT & MJF are using
] FIX NOW - hold down the - ] turn off ] remove keyboard, ] hold power button OR ] hold down 'vol up' and then the 'power' button for 12 seconds OR could turn off hibernation ??
"] LL - do you guys hear yourself??
"] PT - there is a fix but there is now way a normal person would know that
] CAUSE - related to power cable connection
] THEY HAVE to FIX THIS !!!!!!
] have implemented fix for drawing on unit, when you brush the start button, penny arcade article
"] PT - spending too much time on this guy,very limted demographic, he definetly provides good feedback, BUT should spend as much time on 'business users' taking notes with oneNote

[78:00] surface pro 2 - price has dropped

] msft will NOT be making any more sp2 models, when they are gone they are gone
] dropped the price of models from $ 100 - 200
] further price drops possibly coming
] wait a bit and chances are good that price will come down further

[80:00] surface pro mini

] have units built, almost released it, last minute decision to delay b/c not differentiated enough
] devices could be used for parts or ???
] not giving up on RT arm devices, will likely be version of 'threshold' for phones and tablets

[81:00] xbox one

] monthly system updates released
] early access being provided to some users for testing,
] july update will have snap view for 'list of acheivements' for game
] supporting game bundles, packages of games, or game with content at a lower price
] adding more voice control languages
] adding a 'like' feature to the game DVR, for video clips
] june udate adding support for externall hdd was great feature
] update for FIFA
] ps4 outsold xbox one, again

[85:00] xbox one + disble - kinect to get performance 10% improvement

] explained by msft - new sdk allows developers to disable certain features in their games,
] NOT a console level change that will apply to everything, but a change made by developers in their specific games

[87:30] ad company - paying bloggers to write positive thing about IE11

] marketing company recruited bloggers to write positive reviews about ie11
] ad agency approached the wrong person, michael arrington, he revealed their plan
] Arrington is techcrunch co-founder and former Editor in Chief - and and advocate against 'sponosred posts'
] msft says this is not the way they do things,terminated the program immediately
] msft had the same issue previously, with xbox one - youtube video reviewers
] http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/18/microsoft-social-media-strategist-targets-the-wrong-guy/
"] PT story, was approached by marketer with similar scheme, he turned them down, they wrote him back offerening even more money, ...
] legally you can have sponsored posts, you just have to mark them as such,

[94:00] on recommending advertisers

]only accepts advertisements for products he likes
] has a rule that he tries the adv products
] people blame recommender of product as much as ..

[98:00] TIPS - access BIOS of surface pro 3

] skype 4.3 for linux released

[100:00] APPS - PT SOFTWARE PICK OF THE WEB

] skype 4.3 for linux released
] ie developer channel - early preview releases of ie desktop version, ] can be installed alongside existing version of ie ] full featured version
] facebook beta for win phone 8.0 and 8.1 - new flatter styling
] skype for iphone updated - making it look the same other verisons of skype on onther platforms
] kobo books app - on par with kindle app today, free app and free books

[106:00] ENTERPRISE - pick of the week

] azure pak - collection of resources
] using uservoice site to solicit feedback from customers

[107:30] CODE NAME - catapult -

] taking feild programmable gate arrays adding hw+sw layers, tested it by running bing on 1600 of its servers, tested very well, they are planning to roll out implementation next year, research paper

[110:00] BEER

] colorado vix - from brazil, double ipa, not as 'hoppy' as you would expect, very malty, a balanced beer

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[tech-sw os]

] windows 8.x
] windows 8.1 update
] windows 8.1 update 2
] windows 9.x (threshold)
]

[tech-hw]

] tablet - surface pro 3
] gaming console - x-box-one
] smartphone - lumia mclaren
] smartphone - lumia 630
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[people]

] host - Leo Laporte -
] co-host - Paul Thurrott -
] co-host - Mary Jo Foley -
] MSFT - microsoft
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]* ie 11 canary
* gabe surface pro penny arcade article
] screen savers, tech tv, twit.tv
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