Mar 25th 2015
Windows Weekly 406
Back From 'Nam
Microsoft strikes deals with 11 Android tablet makers to preload apps
Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Hosts:Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley, and Leo Laporte
Mary Jo is back from Vietnam, Microsoft's new business model, Android tablet makers to preload apps and services, whats new with Windows 10 Mobile, WinHEC China, and a tip for Xbox Music offline playback.
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Running time: 1:48:51
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Links
- Microsoft's evolving business model focuses on freemium, tighter cross-product integration
- Microsoft Has One Brand to Rule Them All
- Samsung, Dell, other OEMs to bundle Microsoft apps, services on Android tablets
- Sorry, Microsoft is Not Giving Free Windows 10 to Pirates
- Windows 10 Technical Preview 2: Build 10041 Heads to ISO, Slow Ring Testers
- Microsoft to make rendering engine changes with Spartan, IE in Windows 10
- One Windows, Multiple Form Factors
- Hamburgled: How the Windows 10 UI Goes Mainstream
- What's Happening with Windows 10 for Tablets
- Windows 10 Technical Preview 2: Continuum and Tablet Mode
- Universal Apps Will Be Branded as Windows Apps
- Microsoft is Enhancing Precision Trackpad Support in Windows 10
- Microsoft is Changing the Edge Gestures in Windows 10
- Microsoft delivers Windows 10 tools for building universal applications
- Tip of the week: Keep Xbox Music playlists offline on Windows Phone 8.1
- Software pick of the week: Windows 10 build 10041
- Codename pick (also an enterprise pick) No. 1: Tuva
- Codename pick No. 2 of the week: Milkyway
- Beer pick of the week: Pizza Boy Brewing Eternal Sunshine