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REVIEW - windows weekly

episode # 376

[subjects-summary]

  1. [00:00] smalltalk
    1. ] Pauls vacation in europe
  2. [00:00] threshold preview release coming this fall
    1. ] to be releases late september or early october
    2. ] NOT a developer centric preview, more a consumer / enterprise user focused
    3. ] users signing up for the preview version, must also agree to take subsequent updates to the preview version
    4. ] how will this affect enterprisers user testing this, will they be able to opt out of taking updates
    5. ] will their be a gemini preview at the same time
    6. ] probably a preview some time this year but
  3. [00:00] problem with a "windows update" that went wrong
    1. *] ASIDE - Leo bricked his Lumia 1520 when doing a firmware update
    2. ] multiple updates, multiple problems, several failures,
    3. ] windows 7 home premium users that were mostly affected
    4. ] the update was pulled and will be re - released
    5. ] optional update, not a critical update
    6. ] uninstall update or do a system restore to correct the problem
    7. "] MJF - i am still using windows 7 on my main machine, i have no plans to switch
    8. "] PT - curious to the reaction to windows 9, will people say it as windows 8.x
    9. ] average users getting punished for doing the right thing,
    10. ] the update was poorly described, update for windows 8.1
    11. ] some recommend delay deploying any patches from microsoft for 1 month
    12. ] the actual # of patches released from microsoft that have been problematic is pretty small
    13. ] NOT caused by the recent layoffs at microsoft where they laid off a bunch of their 'testing' staff, these employees were NOT testing windows updates
    14. ] msft screwed it up, they need to communicate what happened, what they are doing to resolve it
    15. ] they are working on it ( a patch for the patch),
  4. [00:00] azure cloud services had outage on 2014-08-18
    1. ] visual studio online and ___ also had problems, these were NOT because of azure
    2. ] 08-18 - services started showing full outage
    3. ] hadoop went down
    4. ] mobile services
    5. ] not everyone went down
    6. ] after several hours, it was back up
    7. ] as of now, their is no explanation from msft, will likely be explained in detail
    8. ]
  5. [00:00] updates to the windows Internet Of Things Operating System
    1. ] msft replaced a preview version for their windows - IOT SDK
    2. ] early version used c++, win32 api's,
    3. ] yesterday a 2nd preview, targets an off the shelf intel chip()
    4. ] this chip intended for "makers",
    5. ]  a modern always connected version of windows embedded
    6. ] you need to get approved to get the SDK
    7. ] in the past we wouldnt have seen the early previews, only the beta version, at a later time
    8. ] this is a really early peak at the technology, 
    9. ] intel version of raspberry pi, tiny SOC,
    10. ]
  6. [00:00] windows store problems -
    1. ] windows phone app store , windows app store,
    2. ] what happens when you have a mad rush to stock an app store with hundreds of thousands of apps to l
    3. ] ex VLC app, original is there but all copiers all use the same icon
    4. ] ex the real facebook app is buried 10 apps deep within other "facebook" apps
    5. ] msft people have acknowledged problems, commited to fixing
    6. ] stores need work
  7. [00:00] htc one windows - (verizon only, coming to AT&T)
    1. ] ...
    2. ] zoe - image processing software,
    3. ] 2 lenses, can do post processing 
    4. ] integrated cortana, you can use cortana through the dot case
    5. ] a beautiful phone,
    6. ] nokia still has better
    7. ] the same phone on windows and android
    8. ] htc also has a windows ecosystem - accessories,
    9. ] better battery life on windows phone
    10. ] $99 on a 2 year contract
    11. ] smaller than the icon, taller,
    12. ] compared to the HTC the nokia icon feels blockier and heavier 
  8. [00:00] perception will kill windows phone
    1. ] ...
    2. ] frustrating - blind acceptance of apple
    3. ] everything msft does sucks
    4. ] ...
    5. ] businesses buy PC's, people buy MACS, way more people buy PCs then mac
    6. ] disheartening
    7. ] tech press disproportionately uses apple products
    8. ] the lack of google -
    9. ] the market for these is the enterprise
    10. ] enterprises dont use google, they use microsoft, they use office
    11. ] original windows phone was targeted at consumers
    12. ] direction has changed completely, targeting low end,
    13. "] LL - too little, too late, its obvious
    14. ] windows phone is the linux of the smartphone market
    15. ] htc is dying - this is why they made the windows version
    16. ] nokia has more cache in markets outside of the US,
    17. ]
  9. [00:00] windows phone 8.1 update 1 completed
    1. ] everyone has it
    2. ] issue of cyan firmware, but had the developer preview version
    3. ] fixed a wifi issue that was supposed fixed in the july update, the issue persisted for some people
    4. ] UEFI
    5. ]
  10. [00:00] $200 HP PC revealed - a chromebook killer?
    1. ] literally a chromebook that runs windows
    2. ] specs are almost identical to the HP chromebook priced @ $300
    3. ] windows 8.1 is designed to run on minimal hardware requirements, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB storage
  11. [00:00] ie for android, ios
    1. ] reddit ama
    2. ] no one wants it
    3. ] some people do
    4. ] not currently in the plans
    5. ] synching - bookmarks and passwords are all there
    6. ] have been considering rebranding ie 
    7. ] thought about ultron
  12. [00:00] oneNote update
    1. ] android version updated with handwriting support
    2. ] choice of where you want to synch
    3. ]
  13. [00:00] skype
    1. ] rings in browser, on my phone, everywhere
    2. ] would make it more tolerable
    3. ] skype for windows phone 7 and older versions of android will not be continued 
  14. [00:00] Ballmer has left the board
    1. ] perception issue - if you have the guy you booted out as CEO still on the board, who is really running the ship?
    2. ] will still be seen at the shareholders meeting, he is the largest msft shareholder
    3. ] there were people on wall street calling for this, again perception,
    4. ] next out will be gates?  no, he is doing product reviews again, "advising" Nadella
  15. [00:00] august xbox one update
    1. ]
  16. [00:00] TIP OF THE WEEK 
    1. ] Tmobile offers free texting and  -
  17. [00:00] SOFTWARE PICK OF THE WEEK
    1. ] OneNote for windows 8
    2. ] ProShot for Free - for windows phone 8.x - was $2, now free, a great
    3. ] tapt - some of the posting stuff is really good
  18. [00:00] ENTERPRISE PICK OF THE WEEK
    1. ] biz talk server - many of the fortune 100 are in its customers, on the blog wiki ninjas, said another major release and then another release for the cloud based service
  19. [00:00] RUMOUR OF THE WEEK
    1. ] the name for the confernence that will be a replacement for the tech ed and the others msft conferences
    2. ] candidates - current, colon, four see, 4C, gold, unity 
  20. [00:00] BEER PICKS OF THE WEEK
    1. ] Firestone Walker Opal - Paso Roblos CA - sauvignon blanc tones, comes from serious wine country, not as common as some of their other beers

 

[objects]

  1. [tech-sw os] 
    1. ] windows 8.x 
    2. ] windows 8.1 update 
    3. ] windows 8.1 update 2
    4. ] windows 9.x (threshold)
    5. ]
  2. [tech-hw-tablets]
    1. ] tablet - surface pro 3
  3. [tech-hw-gaming]
    1. ] x-box-one
  4. [tech-hw-smartphones]
    1. ] smartphone - lumia 630
    2. ] smartphone - lumia 635
  5. [tech-software]
    1. ] office-365

[people]

  1. ] twit tv - windows weekly
    1. ] host - Leo Laporte
    2. ] co-host - Paul Thurrott - 
    3. ] co-host - Mary Jo Foley - 
  2. ] MSFT - microsoft
    1. ]

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