Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 121 Show Links:
- TechPodcast Network
- Giveaway – Western Digital TV Live Media Player (WindowsObserver)
- Report: Windows 8.1 Update 1 to be released April 8th; MSDN gets it April 2nd (Neowin)
- Join in the upcoming #WinPhan Scavenger Hunt for chance to win a Nokia Lumia 1020 or 1520 (WindowsObserver)
- Supposedly Touch Centric Windows 8.1 has nearly 600 keyboard shortcuts built in (WindowsObserver)
- Mail App in Windows 8.1 has over 60 Keyboard Shortcuts (WindowsObserver)
- Get yourself ready to transition from Windows XP to Windows 8.1 (WindowsObserver)
- Support for Windows XP and Office 2003 ends April 8, 2014 — what’s next? (The Fire Hose)
- Microsoft warns of ‘serious problems’ for businesses that stick with Windows XP (GeekWire)
- The business benefits of saying ‘goodbye’ to Windows XP and ‘hello’ to Windows 8.1 (The Fire Hose)
- Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 1 in 5 Macs vulnerable to attacks (ComputerWorld)
- Windows XP Ends After 12 Years, Apple Snow Leopard After 4 (Windows IT Pro)
- The Direction of Microsoft Windows (WindowsObserver)
- WinZip Moves To The Cloud With Launch Of ZipShare, A Way To Zip, Manage & Share All Your Online Files (TechCrunch)
- Microsoft devices chief Julie Larson-Green takes on new role, will be replaced by Nokia’s Stephen Elop (GeekWire)
- Inside one of Microsoft’s biggest and most mysterious teams, the Applications and Services Group (ZD Net)
- Microsoft’s Larson-Green on Windows 8: There are ‘things I would think about doing differently’ (Neowin)
- Ten Questions With Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft’s New Chief Experience Officer (ReCode)
- 10 amazingly stupid things the ‘experts’ will try to tell you about Microsoft (ZD Net)
- Bing Rewards Members Get OneDrive 100 GB Special Offer (Bing)
- OneDrive for Business apps released for iOS and Windows 8.1 (Neowin)
- Introducing OneDrive for Business for iOS v1.2 (Office Blogs)
- Nokia Announces Android Phone Lineup – A News Roundup (WindowsObserver)
- Why Microsoft may keep, not kill, Nokia’s new Android phones (ZD Net)
- Nokia Announces Android-Powered Smart Phones (Windows IT Pro)
- Nokia X Preview (Windows Supersite)
- Not just a pretty face – the UI of the X family (Nokia Conversations)
- First look at the Nokia XL, an Android phone inspired by Lumia (WP Central)
- Nokia X phones: Not long for this world (ZD Net)
- Why Microsoft should welcome Nokia’s new Android phones (ZD Net)
- Why Microsoft Won’t Immediately Kill The Nokia X Android Smartphone (ReadWrite)
- Skype on Nokia X: the details (Nokia Conversations)
- Microsoft customized Skype just for the Nokia X platform (WindowsObserver)
- Nokia Provides a Few Crumbs for Windows, Windows Phone Users (Windows Supersite)
- Breaking apps news from MWC 2014 (Nokia Conversations)
- Independent UK-based developer surpasses 3.5 million downloads on Windows devices in less than one year (Windows App Builder Blog)
- Nokia wins big at Global Mobile Awards (Nokia Conversations)
- IE 11 on Windows Phone 8.1 shown off on video; shows new Reading View and tweaked UI (Neowin)
- Microsoft sends out mixed messages about Nokia Lumia brand (cNet)
- Samsung’s new Windows Phone gets a name (Neowin)
- IDC: Smartphone annual growth to hit single digits by 2017; Windows Phone well equipped for the future (Neowin)
- IBM: IT likes Windows Phone (WM Power User)
- Windows Phone 8.1 Features (WP Central)
- Windows Phone 8.1 custom images for Live Tiles on the Start screen revealed (WP Central)
- HP announces new Pavilion x360 convertible PC, new business tablets (Windows Blog)
- Meet Microsoft’s newest Surface spokesman: Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson (GeekWire)
- How teams utilized Microsoft’s Surface at the NFL Scouting Combine (GeekWire)
- Xbox
- Xbox One Named a 2014 “Product of the Year” Winner (The Wire)
- Xbox One to get Twitch game streaming on March 11, just in time for Titanfall (The Next Web)
- Introducing a Truly Next-Gen Twitch Experience on Xbox One (The Wire)
- Microsoft drops Xbox One price to £399.99 in UK (Neowin)
- Facebook updates its policy to ensure deceased users’ privacy settings will remain unchanged (The Next Web)
- The Great Facebook Email Experiment Is Over (ReCode)
- Facebook Messenger for Windows will Shut Down on March 3 (The Next Web)
- Tweetium App for Windows updated to version 2.1 (WindowsObserver)
- Microsoft officially acknowledges Windows 8.1 ‘spring’ update (ZD Net)
- Windows and the Race to the Bottom (Windows IT Pro)
- Embracing the Low-Cost PC (Windows Supersite)
- Microsoft’s monetization dilemma: Bundling’s not all it’s cracked up to be (ZD Net)
- Microsoft to add a standalone Windows Enterprise version to its business line-up (ZD Net)
- Xbox Music App for Windows 8.1 gets Drag and Drop support (WindowsObserver)
- More U.S. utilities are opting for Office 365 (The Fire Hose)
- Los Angeles Unified School District chooses Office 365 for faculty and staff (Official Microsoft Blog)
- Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 Now Available (WindowsObserver)
- Glympse makes deal with Samsung – Puget Sound Business Journal (TechFlash)
- BlackBerry World adds security badges to show users which apps pass safety testing (The Next Web)
- Why did an open source guy pick Microsoft? (Microsoft Jobs Blog)
- Mobile Messaging Clients Compared (TechSpot)
- The perils of passwords – and how to avoid them (We Live Security)
- Everything you wanted to know about the security-focused Blackphone (ARS Technica)
- TiVo co-founders launch $49 video streamer (cNet)
- Top 100 Education Apps on Windows 8 (MSDN NZ Education Blog)
- The Case for the Offline Backup (Full of I.T. MSDN Blog)
- Amazon considering new streaming music service for Prime subscribers (GeekWire)
