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REVIEW - windows weekly

episode # 395

[subjects-summary]

  1. [11:00] smalltalk
    1. ] all about the twit.tv hosts xmas party - the food was awful, the company was great, MJF didnt make the party, but did a craft Beer segment
    2. ] they raised over 75K for unicef charity - Leo had to shave his head, Paul too, there were also tatoos involved
  2. [00:00] AD itpro.tv/
    1. ] USE offer code = WW30 to get 30% off the annual subscription, free 7 day trial 
  3. [00:00] Paul Thurrott will be leaving windows supersite 
    1. ] PT windows supersite, was NOT owned by PT,
    2. ] sold by Penton to another company
    3. ] PT will leaving windowssupersite.com
    4. ] PT will be launching - thurrott.com
  4. [00:00] mobile first, cloud first, msft best
    1. ] complaints about msft putting android/iOS users first before msft users with app updates
    2. ] msft needs to put msft users first!
  5. [00:00] windows phone,
    1. ] Joe B blogging in china ???
    2. ] msft not interested in talking about flagship phones
    3. ] msft teasing - stuff will be integrated better on msft platforms
    4. ] need a reason to go with msft
    5. ] ....
    6. ]
    7. ]
    8. ]
  6. [00:00] whats happening with hw in 2015
    1. ] surface pro 4 - to take advantage of new hw(processors,)
    2. ] perceptive pixel big screen devices -
    3. ] is it tied to windows 10 , to office 16 (touch first office)
    4. ] how committed is Nadella to hardware, that was Balmers strategy
    5. ] xbox - a gaming platform, previously an "entertainment" platform, NOT definitive about their stance
    6. ] no more win RT (as we know it)
    7. ] windows phone (aka windows mobile) is replacing what we know now as windows RT
    8. ] msft surface may no longer be necessary
    9. ] now OEM's are coming up with better, inexpensive windows hardware
    10. ]
  7. [00:00] Paul shaves his head, charity fundraising
    1. ]
  8. [00:00] new dell xps 13  
    1. ] 11" screen
    2. ] macbook air form factor, without the 1" wide bezel
    3. ] available now
    4. ]
  9. [00:00] ADVERTISMENT carbonite
    1. ]
  10. [00:00] processor talk
    1. ] some confusion - core i3, i5, i7, broadwell, haswell, cherrytrail, willowtrail,
    2. ]
  11. [00:00] breaking - rumours ? verizon dropping windows lumia phones
    1. ] the lumia phone models have been removed from their site
    2. ] site still shows HTC one8 and Samsung Ativ windows models
    3. ] verizon reports that they are waiting
  12. [00:00] msft spartan browser
    1. ] msft is building a new browser, that is not IE,
    2. ] still a variant of IE, will still have the same IE js engine, the same trident rendering engine,
    3. ] will have some different things, extensions
    4. ] will offer features like extensions, as in chrome, firefox
    5. ] they are NOT KILLING IE, will offer 2 different versions 
    6. ] rumoured will see it on 2015-01-21
    7. ] there are several leaked reports with screenshots - neowin, BGR, reddit
    8. ] may have Cortana functionality baked in
  13. [00:00] Intel compute stick
    1. ] $199 device, if you are familar with the "windows to go" concept (an os on a stick)
    2. ] os is windows 8.1 with bing
    3. ] problem with HDMI, no power is provided, MHL standard does have power 
  14. [00:00] Office for android
    1. ] available for all android kitkat or lollipop users, arm only
  15. [00:00] OneNote supports
    1. ] password protected regions 
  16. [00:00] ad duplex reports on most popular windows phone
    1. ] looks at christmas day, new app installs
    2. ] Blue win HD (lumia 830 competitor)
    3. ] margin is > 2 - 1
    4. ] suggests a significant # of these units were sold,
    5. ] selling on msft store, unlocked for $120
  17. [00:00] yezz billy 5s
    1. ] low - mid range windows phone
  18. [00:00] nokia 215 - feature/kid phone
    1. ] for developing markets
    2. ] running symbian - $29 feature phone, preloaded with Opera mini browser,
    3. ] 1 month on a charge
  19. [00:00] denim update
    1. ] being rollled out to more phones, lumia 520, 720, ...
    2. ] staggered rollout, to everyone by "early 2015"
  20. [00:00] xbox sales VS sony ps4 sales
    1. ] 4.1M units sold over xmas season
    2. ] xbox one is fastest selling xbox of all time BUT
    3. ] sony is doing much better
    4. ]
  21. [00:00] ADVERTISMENT ziprecruiter.com/windows
    1. ] post to 50 job boards at one time, ] 4 day free trial trial
  22. [00:00] TIP OF THE WEEK 
    1. ] lumia 930 icon - international version of the icon, 1520 was too big,  Pauls new phone, purchased outright
  23. [00:00] SOFTWARE PICK OF THE WEEK
    1. ] tweetium app for twitter - $2.99 - if you buy it, metrotwit is no longer supported
  24. [00:00] ENTERPRISE PICK OF THE WEEK
    1. ] delve boards - satya nadellas favorite app, flipboard for office 365, present your office documents in cards, boards on pinterest, take collection of content and group them together, flipboard with pinterest combined,
  25. [00:00] CODENAME OF THE WEEK
    1. ] rigel - constellation name, in msft world, apperature , msft dynamics platform, customer care, compliment to msft CRM, customer self service features, expanding to many new countries, now has 10 languages, previously code named phoenix
  26. [00:00] BEER PICKS OF THE WEEK
    1. ]
    2. ] mjf hits 1000 unique check ins

 

[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. ]

[events]

[places]

  1. ] SHOW - PAGE url - Windows Weekly 392 | TWiT.TV - watch the live video of this episode
  2. ] SHOW - audio - twit.cachefly.net/audio/ww/ww0392/ww0392.mp3 - download the .mp3 audio file
  3. ] http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29431412
  4. ]
  5. [00:00] ADVERTISMENT harrys.com/windows
    1. ] razor blades, OFFER harrys limited edition winston winter set, metal handled razor, comes with  razor and 3 blades, $5 off with free shipping, ends DEC. 10, $25.00
  6. 00:00] ADVERTISMENT sharefile.com/windows
    1. ]by Citrix - send a link to a file instead of a file, you control who has access to the file, you email a link to the file, they dont need to login/create an account, use OFFER CODE - WINDOWS to get 30 days free trial
  7. [00:00] ADVERTISMENT ziprecruiter.com/windows
    1. ] post to 50 job boards at one time, ] 4 day free trial
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