Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 124 Show Links:
- TechPodcast Network
- Want mom or dad to get set up on Skype? Here’s how to help them (The Fire Hose)
- The Ultimate Guide to Solving Skype Sign-in Issues (Skype Blog)
- Following Google and Roku, Amazon plans a TV dongle? (cNet)
- US Government Moves to End Governance of the Internet (Windows IT Pro)
- Sony boosts PS4 price by $50 in Canada; no increase for Xbox One (Neowin)
- YouTube for iOS Gets More Playlist and Commenting Features (The Next Web)
- Backlash from Amazon Prime price hike may be worse than Amazon thought, report finds (GeekWire)
- Apple flips the switch on paid chat support, introduces Here to Help program for AppleCare employees (9 to 5 Mac)
- Samsung: iPad’s bad, Surface is a joke, and Kindle’s a swindle (cNet)
- Google Under Fire for Data-Mining Student Email Messages (Daring Fireball)
- Sprint lays off 330 techs, shutters 55 stores as part of broader cuts (cNet)
- Netflix says it will pay “tolls” to more ISPs, not just Comcast (ARS Technica)
- Target Hack to Hit the Big Screen in Sony Movie Deal (Recode)
- Nilay Patel, No Longer Managing Editor of The Verge, Moves to Vox.com (Recode)
- Microsoft neither Scroogled nor violated privacy issues in their search of leakers Hotmail account (WindowsObserver)
- Former Microsoft employee arrested for allegedly stealing Windows 8 trade secrets (ZD Net)
- Former Microsoft software architect arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets (GeekWire)
- Was ‘Canouna’ the unnamed blogger involved in the Windows 8 leak probe? (Neowin)
- Microsoft snooped through blogger’s email to find source of Windows 8 leaks (Neowin)
- Microsoft sniffed blogger’s Hotmail account to trace leak (cNet)
- Receiving leaks from Microsoft? Don’t use Hotmail/Outlook.com! (Liveside)
- Arrest of secret-leaking ex-Microsoftie raises Hotmail privacy concerns (Updated) (ARS Technica)
- Ex-Microsoft employee charged for leaking copies of Windows 8 to a blogger (IBN Live)
- Alleged Windows 8 leaker suspended from his current job (Neowin)
- How Microsoft tracked down a spy who leaked its secrets (ZD Net)
- What’s really behind Microsoft’s investigation into software leaks? (ZD Net)
- Microsoft Says It Will Tighten Policies for Searching Hotmail, Outlook.com (Recode)
- Microsoft defends opening Hotmail account of blogger in espionage case (cNet)
- Did Microsoft Scroogle itself? Some thoughts, and the company response to the Kibkala/Canouna leaks story (Liveside)
- Strengthening our policies for investigations (Microsoft on the Issues)
- Forget the NSA. Tech Companies May Be Reading Your Email Too (Wired)
- Microsoft called ‘stupid’ in Windows 8 leaking case (Techflash)
- Microsoft defends its Hotmail snooping in Windows leak investigation (GeekWire)
- Microsoft just exposed email’s ugliest secret (The Verge)
- 10 Things I Know to Be True About This Microsoft Hotmail Privacy Case (Time)
- Microsoft CEO Nadella to Talk Mobile and Cloud at March 27 Event in San Francisco (Recode)
- Microsoft CEO Nadella may unveil Office on iPad on March 27 (ZD Net)
- Microsoft shares hit 14-year high on Office-iPad news (GeekWire)
- Office for iPad rumors give Microsoft’s stock a boost (cNet)
- On March 27, Microsoft’s Nadella Will Introduce Nadella’s Microsoft (Time)
- Microsoft turns to state attorneys general for help in fighting software piracy (WSJ)
- Microsoft updates its free remote desktop apps for iOS, Mac, Android (ZD Net)
- Lots of future Microsoft Store locations in U.S. revealed on careers site (Neowin)
- Need to Know: Windows 8.1 Update, Future of Office 365 (Windows IT Pro)
- In First Big Exec Confab, New Microsoft CEO Says Company Needs to Be Full of “Challengers” and Not Followers (Recode)
- Microsoft Now Sees Close of Nokia Deal in April (Recode)
- An update on Nokia Devices and Services acquisition (The Official Microsoft Blog)
- Microsoft’s $7.2B Nokia deal is officially delayed until April (GeekWire)
- Xbox One will soon expand its reach into 26 additional markets (WindowsObserver)
- Best Wishes to Marc Whitten as He Departs Xbox (Xbox Wire)
- Titanfall boosts Xbox One sales by 96 per cent in the UK (Eurogamer)
- Xbox Live’s Major Nelson » Xbox One’s Next Wave of Features (Major Nelson)
- ‘Titanfall’ release for Xbox 360 delayed by another 2 weeks (GeekWire)
- Cheaper than the PlayStation 4: Retailers drop Xbox One Titanfall bundle to $450 (GeekWire)
- Microsoft Expects to Close Nokia Deal by End of April (Windows IT Pro)
- 7 reasons why the Nokia Lumia 1520 scores top with gamers (Nokia Conversations)
- Nokia Lumia 1520 gets software update (WindowsObserver)
- Microsoft tweaks algorithms on Windows Phone Store to reward quality apps (Techivian)
- Windows 8.1 Deployment: From the ground up (Canadian IT Professionals)
- The Windows 8.1 Deployment Kit is here! (NZ Education Blog)
- Review: Windows 8.1 Update offers an olive branch for mouse users (Infoworld)
- Microsoft urges Windows XP users to move to Windows 8.1, but other paths might be easier (WSJ)
- Moving forward with Windows 8.1 and those questions answered (Microsoft UK Schools Blog)
- Tips for a smooth transition from Windows XP, Office 2003 to Windows 8.1, Office 365 (The Fire Hose)
- Outdated government computers vulnerable to hackers (Washington Post)
- Farewell Windows XP – 8th April 2014 (FE Blog)
- Windows XP? Don’t become vulnerable to security risks and viruses (FE Blog)
- Microsoft Store now offers $100 off new PCs for trading in a Windows XP machine (Neowin)
- Managing Windows XP After Extended Support Ends (Directions on Microsoft)
- Help! Someone is holding my computer hostage (Security Tips & Talks)
- New research forecasts the staggering cost of cybercrime (Microsoft on the Issues)
- Microsoft publishes whitepaper on Cyber Security focused on Detection, Response and Resilience (WindowsObserver)
- OneNote Free for All (WindowsObserver)
- Introducing OneNote for Mac (Office Blogs)
- Microsoft OneNote becomes top free download for Mac, ousting Apple’s Mavericks (GeekWire)
- OneNote now on Mac, free everywhere, and service powered (Office Blogs)
- OneNote Clipper: Clip the web, right to OneNote (Office Blogs)
- Office Lens: A OneNote scanner for your pocket (Office Blogs)
- Email your notes into OneNote with me@onenote.com (Office Blogs)
- Microsoft’s Free OneNote Hints At Its Larger Strategy (Techcrunch)
- Welcome to the OneNote service API! (OneNote API Blog)
- OneNote and Microsoft’s quiet API revolution (Scott Hanselman)
- Introducing: OneNote + feedly (Office Blogs)
- How To Get Free Microsoft Office 365 Resources, Training, Virtual Courses, and More (Microsoft Sales Excellence Manager Blog)
- Multi-Factor Authentication in Office 365 (Aaron Calloway’s Blog)
- Announcing Surface 2 (AT&T 4G LTE) (Surface Blog)
- With AT&T LTE, Microsoft’s Surface 2 Tablet Just Got a Lot More Interesting (at Least to Me) (Time)
- 10″ LTE for me (Hal’s ImPerfect Vision)
- Surface Power Cover First Impressions and Photos (Windows Supersite)
- 12-Year Old Gives Surface a Fun Challenge (Surface Blog)
- Microsoft Store offering free Touch Cover with any Surface until Saturday (Neowin)
- Dropping Windows: Reported Azure rebranding reflects a new era at Microsoft (GeekWire)
- Microsoft to rebrand ‘Windows Azure’ as ‘Microsoft Azure’ (ZD Net)
- Messaging History Folder will finally be removed from Outlook.com (WindowsObserver)
- After @N hijack, software engineer starts two-factor authentication directory (ARS Technica)
- Hubble Celebrates 24th Anniversary with Infrared Image of Nearby Star Factory (NASA)
- Nokia Lumia 1520 vs the tech of yesteryear (Nokia Conversations)
- Friendster Founder’s Personalized News App, Nuzzel, Launches to Public (Recode)
- New Mac Pro gives Windows 7 the heave-ho, won’t run in Boot Camp (Digital Trends)
- We need better ways of measuring app stores (ZD Net)
- Eric Schmidt says students should use Google Docs over Office ‘because it’s free!’ (GeekWire)
- Microsoft on World’s Most Ethical Companies list 4 years in a row (Microsoft on the Issues)
- Changes in the Microsoft MVP Program – MVPs for Open Source Contributions (Scott Hanselman)
- Windows Store Passed 150000 Apps Mark (McAkins Online)
- Once upon a time, an Apple lover (ZD Net)
- This is no way to buy a Windows PC (ZD Net)
- Buffer Support Continues to Shine on Social Media (WindowsObserver)
