A summary of the links we shared throughout the day to our Twitter account @WinObs
- AMD (almost) rolls out Mantle, its high performance alternative to Direct3D and OpenGL | Ars Technica
- Report: Microsoft board discussing replacing Bill Gates as chairman – Neowin
- 11 high school students expelled for keylogging teachers’ computers | Ars Technica
- Windows 8.1 update may default to desktop on startup | Microsoft – CNET News
- Techmeme: You Can Now Order Food From Local Restaurants With The Foursquare App (Brent Dirks/App Advice)
- Techmeme: Google's first-ever stock split scheduled for April 2 (Associated Press)
- Chart: Amazon continues hypergrowth, tops 117,000 employees – GeekWire
- Techmeme: Microsoft backpedals: Windows 8.1 update hides tile interface by default (Tom Warren/The Verge)
- Mediagazer: The secret to having a successful paywall around your news is simple — it's about community (Mathew Ingram/Gigaom)
- Xbox Live's Major Nelson » Xbox at Super Bowl XLVIII :
- Seahawks out-tweet Broncos again as Empire State Building lights up green and blue – GeekWire
- Microsoft offers $100 off Xbox One for trading in PlayStation 3 – Neowin
- Partners: Redesigned Microsoft Action Pack subscription debuts Feb. 24 – The Fire Hose – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/mvp/Richard%20A.%20Hay-4027228 – MSDN Blogs
- Take on the world with month-long ‘Kinect Sports Rivals’ Preseason International Champions wake racing contest – The Fire Hose – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- YouthSpark helps build a brighter future for Dallas kids – The Fire Hose – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Tips and Tricks for Developers Using Search and Sharing in Win 8.1 Apps – Partner Technical Services Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Report: Windows 8.1 Update 1 defaults to desktop on startup – Neowin
- Police Are Using Twitter To Find (And Punish) Illegally Parked Cars – AllTwitter
- Techmeme: Box has secretly filed for an IPO (Mark DeCambre/Quartz)
- Apple, the biggest loser in the Google-Motorola-Lenovo deal | Mobile – CNET News
- NASA shows 60 years of climate change in 15 seconds | Crave – CNET
- Doing the Hard Work of Impacting Student Outcomes – Microsoft in Education blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Works with Office 365 identity program now streamlined for vendors – The Fire Hose – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Dallas YouthSpark paints picture of brighter future for local youth – US Metro News – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Coming to a browser near you…the Microsoft Solutions Advisory Board Yammer network! – Solutions Advisory Board – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- 'Learn to code' boot camps may get the boot in California – Puget Sound Business Journal
- Nintendo offers a vague, confusing, unfocused vision for its future | Ars Technica
- Mediagazer: When Super Bowl Advertisers Compete For the Web, Google Wins (Michael Learmonth/AdAge)