Feb 13th 2019
Windows Weekly 608
The Admiral Ackbar Thesis
Richard Campbell from .NET Rocks
Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Guests:
Richard Campbell
- Latest Windows 10 19H1 build brings underlying gaming improvements, free game to play
- Paul's top 5 new features in Windows 10 19H1 - inspired by last week's big list, I made a smaller list.
- Microsoft to modify Office ProPlus by end of April in response to Dutch ministry's privacy concerns
- Skype picks up background blur - but only on desktop (Not Windows 10 version)
- Teams is going to get a background video replacement option (along with blurring)
- LinkedIn Live, a new video-streaming service, is coming.
- Microsoft is bringing Surface Pro 6, Laptop 2, and Studio 2 to 20 new (but unnamed) markets. And it's bringing Surface Headphones to 8 new markets.
- In just one week, Apex Legends is already bigger than Fortnite. Yikes! And this is a big deal: eSports will be a $1 billion THIS year.
- Let's speculate about Chredge. Edgromium?
- Special guest Richard Campbell of .NET Rocks and Run As Radio joins us!
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Personalize Chrome with new Google themes
- Also: You can now buy Google Fi SIMs at Best Buy
- App pick of the week: Postbox
- Enterprise pick of the week: Office Home Use Program
- Codename pick of the week: Shimla
- Beer pick of the week: Perennial Abraxus
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Links
- Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18334 Arrives with Gaming Improvements
- Here are the Best Improvements in Windows 10 Version 1903
- Announcing Windows Server vNext Insider Preview Build 18334
- Microsoft to modify Office ProPlus by end of April in response to Dutch ministry's privacy concerns
- Skype Now Lets You Blur the Background in Your Video Calls
- Microsoft Teams Will Soon Let you Replace Backgrounds, Instead of Blurring
- Microsoft's LinkedIn to launch its own live-streaming video platform
- Surface Pro 6, Laptop 2, Studio 2 Land on 20 New Markets
- Surface Headphones Coming to Eight New Markets Next Month
- Microsoft Rolls Out Xbox One Version 1902 Update
- Apex Legends Quickly Surpasses Fortnite
- Global esports revenues to top $1 billion in 2019: report
- Microsoft's Edge to morph into a Chromium-based, cross-platform browser
- Tip: Personalize Chrome with Google’s Colorful New Themes
- You Can Buy Google Fi SIM Cards at Best Buy Now
- The Power Email App
- Microsoft is revamping its Office Home Use Program to feature discounted Office 365 subscriptions
- Microsoft is readying a 'Pro' version of its Forms survey product
- Abraxas | Perennial Artisan Ales