A summary of the links we shared throughout the day to our Twitter account @WinObs
- Key Microsoft engineer defects to rival Google | Internet & Media – CNET News
- Techmeme: Too Different, Not Different Enough: Why Instagram Direct May Fail (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)
- Mediagazer: NPR Gets $17 Million in Grants to Expand Coverage and Develop Digital Platform (Elizabeth Jensen/New York Times)
- Xbox One game news: Dead Rising 3 demo release and more – Neowin
- Here's Kevin Rose's Idea For A New Blogging Platform Called Tiny
- Techmeme: Music streaming services struggle to attract paying subscribers amidst increasing competition (Ben Sisario/New York Times)
- How To Design A Mobile Game With HTML5 – Miguel Carrasco | Canada's Top Beachbody Coach
- 10 Emotional Intelligence Articles for Improving Your Effectiveness in Work and Life – MSDN Blogs
- U.S remains biggest producer of e-waste followed by China – Neowin
- Apple Can’t Ban “Rate This App” Dialogs
- Mediagazer: From Google Glass to Snowfalling: What will journalism look like in 2014? (David Holmes/PandoDaily)
- Be a real security pro – Keep your private keys private – Microsoft Malware Protection Center – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Techmeme: The future of Microsoft as seen by an insider who could be its next CEO (Leo Mirani/Quartz)
- For the gamer who has everything: Harrods selling gold-plated Xbox One for $9,774 – Neowin
- IBM faces shareholder lawsuit over cooperation with NSA | Business Tech – CNET News
- Only a true techie has a Christmas tree like this | Technically Incorrect – CNET News
- Mediagazer: Secrets revealed: How we won CES with Avatar Journalism (Charlie White)
- Microsoft to launch first original series for Xbox One, Xbox 360 early next year – GeekWire
- Raising the CDC 6500 from the dead: Paul Allen's engineers attempt toughest computer restoration yet – GeekWire
- Techmeme: Leaked Windows Phone 8.1 screenshot reveals new on-screen buttons (Tom Warren/The Verge)
- NeoBytes :) Christmas dinner in a can for the gamer too busy to cook – Neowin
- Update to Windows Update, WSUS Coming This Week – Microsoft Update Product Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Amazon Pushes Installment Plan Payments for Kindle Fire HDX Tablets – Peter Kafka – Mobile – AllThingsD
- Developers are too Late to the Messaging App Party
- This Week On Twitter: How To Get More Retweets, 4 Things To Never Tweet, Get More Twitter Followers – AllTwitter
- 7 Entrepreneurs Discuss Location Independent Working
- Techmeme: A profile of Google Maps, an integral part of the company's future location-aware products (Adam Fisher/New York Times)
- Wired Space Photo of the Day – Wired Science
- Forza Motorsport 5 – Accolades Trailer – Console Monster – Dedicated to the 'Core