Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 125 Show Links:
- TechPodcast Network
- Tweetium 2.4 Released – Adds Push Notifications for Pro Subscribers (WindowsObserver)
- Microsoft Build 2014 streaming and sessions info available (WindowsObserver)
- Spotify Pulls Support for New Apps in its Desktop Clients (The Next Web)
- New job postings show Amazon developing titles for ‘avid video game players’ (GeekWire)
- Malicious apps can hose Android phones, erase data, researchers warn (ARS Technica)
- Hardware: Pebble watch which really does work with Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 (Secret Microsoft Communications)
- Fire hazard forces Lenovo recall of ThinkPad batteries (Computer World)
- Amazon is working on an ad-supported video service for those who don’t want Prime (GeekWire)
- Roku Will Be Your Future TV’s Operating System (ReCode)
- Jury: MP3tunes founder must pay $41 million for copyright violations (ARS Technica)
- Nadella’s Microsoft: Enter the Renaissance Man (Mashable)
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella praised for being ‘confident’ and calmer than Steve Ballmer (WinBeta)
- Microsoft Hits 52-Week High, Set to Crush $50 (The Street)
- Ballmer not sure how long he’ll stay on Microsoft board (GeekWire)
- Microsoft Finally Gave Away MS-DOS. Now It Should Open Source Everything Else (Wired)
- Microsoft steps up its mobile management game with Enterprise Mobility Suite (ARS Technica)
- News: Microsoft buys AR headset patents for $100-150 million (Total Xbox)
- We’re listening: Additional steps to protect your privacy (Microsoft on the Issues)
- Microsoft tightens email privacy policy after taking fire over Hotmail incident (ZD Net)
- Microsoft loses longtime Windows and Office leader Antoine Leblond (Venture Beat)
- Satya Nadella email to employees on tuning our organization (Microsoft News Center)
- Microsoft to highlight its ‘One Windows’ progress at Build 2014 (ZD Net)
- Office for iPad Announcement News – Commentary and Coverage Roundup (WindowsObserver)
- Microsoft’s new CEO announces Office for iPad (WindowsObserver)
- Announcing the Office you love, now on the iPad (Office Blogs)
- Microsoft’s Office for iPad: It’s all about the business users (ZD Net)
- Satya Nadella on Why Office for iPad Took So Long (ReCode)
- Office for iPad: Microsoft’s Nadella assures Windows 8 users that their day will come (GeekWire)
- How Microsoft Started Over and Built Office for iPad (Mashable)
- How to install and use Office for iPad (IDA, Data Protection and More)
- Geek on the Street at Macworld: Here’s what Apple fans think about Office for iPad (GeekWire)
- Microsoft updates OneNote for iPad with new Office design (Neowin)
- Shocker: Office for iPad is a Smash Hit (Windows IT Pro)
- Office for iPad now available with Office 365 Education (The Fire Hose)
- Office for iPad: One of Microsoft’s finest moments (ZD Net)
- You can’t print via Office for iPad – but that could change (Neowin)
- Office for iPad: Word and Excel are major victories, PowerPoint’s disappointing (Cite World)
- What CIOs need to know about Office 365 and Office for iPad (ZD Net)
- Microsoft launches free OneNote for Mac, freemium OneNote for Windows, and OneNote cloud API for apps (The Next Web)
- Microsoft expands cloud services for mobile scenarios (Microsoft News Center)
- Embracing cloud-first, mobile-first communications (Office Blogs)
- The evolution of email (Office Blogs)
- Microsoft Announces Project Lite, Cloud-based Productivity for Team Members (Windows IT Pro)
- Join us April 4: Excel AMA on reddit (Office Blogs)
- Apple, Microsoft CEOs exchange pleasantries on Twitter after Office for iPad debut (GeekWire)
- Webinar: Find out how to make the most of free OneNote for Windows (The Fire Hose)
- Info: Getting Started with Office 365 (Cloudy with a chance of…)
- Upcoming Name Change for Windows Azure (Windows Azure)
- Microsoft Joins Amazon and Google in Cloud Price War (ReCode)
- Cloud wars, episode 3: Microsoft cuts Azure prices following price drops from Amazon, Google (GeekWire)
- Microsoft chops Azure prices to match Amazon’s latest reductions (ZD Net)
- Google slashes cloud prices to draw firms away from AWS (GeekWire)
- Google Reinvents How Cloud Computing Is Priced (Wired)
- Cisco Goes After Cloud Services With $1 Billion Investment (ReCode)
- How Dropbox Knows When You’re Sharing Copyrighted Stuff (Without Actually Looking At Your Stuff) (Techcrunch)
- Google General Counsel to Arrington Allegation: We Don’t Snoop on Gmail to Find Leakers (ReCode)
- Hackonomics: Stolen Twitter accounts ‘more valuable’ than credit cards (ZD Net)
- 6 Ways to Protect Your Social Media Channels from Phishing Attacks (Microsoft for Work)
- United States’ Malware Infection Rate More than Doubles in the First Half of 2013 (Microsoft Security Blog)
- 10 Things I Know to Be True About This Microsoft Hotmail Privacy Case (Time)
- Top 5 Key Security Improvements Found in Windows 8.1 (Canadian IT Professionals)
- Windows 8.1 Deployment: From the ground up – Setup your environment (Canadian IT Professionals)
- Six clicks: Weird tricks that will actually make you happier with Windows 8.1 (ZD Net)
- California’s 4th largest school district chooses Windows 8.1 devices for students (The Fire Hose)
- The countdown is on – only two weeks to XP End of Support (US Metro News)
- Cyber threats to Windows XP and guidance for Small Businesses and Individual Consumers (Microsoft Security Blog)
- Windows XP support ending April 8, 2014 (Ask the Core Team)
- Uprading from Windows XP starts paying you back in 18 months (Microsoft for Work)
- Can I Install Windows 7/8.1 On Windows XP Computer? (Into Windows)
- The end of Windows XP is also the end of everything we thought we knew about computing (ZD Net)
- Windows XP phantom will haunt majority of businesses after deadline (ZD Net)
- After “Microsoft” Azure, should Windows Phone be renamed? (Liveside)
- Store app set for some noticeable improvements in Windows Phone 8.1 (WinBeta)
- Windows Phone 8.1 is already in manufacturers’ hands, new devices due late April (WP Central)
- Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview rumored to launch April 10 (Neowin)
- Stay on top of classes and assignments with myHomework for Windows 8 (Microsoft UK Schools Blog)
- Be a Force to be reckoned with in ‘Star Wars: Assault Team’ for Windows Phone, PCs and tablets (The Fire Hose)
- Get hectic with all-new ‘Hexic’ experience on Windows Phone, PCs and tablets (The Fire Hose)
- Microsoft Pulls Fake Google Apps from Windows Phone Store (The Next Web)
- Tiny Planets PRO (Windows Phone Store)
- Building Apps for Windows (Building Apps for Windows Blog)
- New Entertainment Apps for Xbox One & Xbox 360 (Major Nelson)
- Microsoft cutting Xbox One price (TechFlash)
- Watch out trolls: Microsoft begins sending Xbox One reputation warnings (ARS Technica)
- Xbox Live Gold Members Get Hitman: Absolution and Deadlight Free in April (Major Nelson)
- New Xbox chief: ‘Gaming will be our core as we take Xbox forward’ (The Fire Hose)
- Surface 2 – The most productive tablets for business (Surface Blog)
- Surface makes it Safer and Easier to Share a Single Device (Surface Blog)
- Microsoft quietly discontinues Surface Wireless Keyboard Adapter (ZD Net)
- Buying Surface Accessories Shouldn’t Be Like Rummaging through an Expensive Flea Market (Windows IT Pro)
- Facebook buys virtual reality pioneer Oculus for $2 billion (GeekWire)
- Zuckerberg: Microsoft and Sony are no match for Facebook and Oculus (GeekWire)
- Welcome to the VR social: What to expect from Oculus in the Facebook era (ARS Technica)
- Why Facebook’s $2 Billion Oculus Buy Is a Bet Too Far (Wired)
- Oculus: Fund My Kickstarter Project–But Don’t Get Angry If I Sell to Facebook (Wall Street Journal)
- Oculus Directors Initially Urged it to Remain Independent (The Next Web)
- The Inside Story of How Facebook Got Oculus VR (Time)
- The Other Facebook News: One Billion Mobile Users (ReCode)
- Facebook Hashes It Out With a Brand in Public (ReCode)
- Photos just got more social (Twitter Blog)
- Opt Out of Twitter Photo Tagging (WindowsObserver)
- Twitter Test Swaps Retweet Button For Share Button (The Next Web)
- Lessons for Journalists and Sources from the Microsoft/Blogger Privacy Fiasco (Press Freedom Foundation)
- Hacking for Jesus: Top projects from ‘Code for the Kingdom,’ a faith-based hackathon for spiritual geeks (GeekWire)
- Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public (The Official Microsoft Blog)
- Apple Engineer Offers Inside Look at Creation of the iPhone (The Next Web)
- The Million Dollar Homepage still exists, but 22% of it has rotted away (QZ)
- TV Commercials Vault Games to Top Tier of App Store Rankings (MacRumours)
- Where do all our old gadgets go? (Microsoft on the Issues – Africa)
- Scott Hanselman’s Complete List of Productivity Tips (Scott Hanselman)
- Announcing the Wireless Mobile Mouse 1850 (Windows Blog)
- Elon Musk: ‘I thought Tesla would most likely fail’ (GeekWire)
- T-Mobile says goodbye to monthly corporate discounts (GeekWire)
- Settlement credits start to arrive for past eBook purchases (WindowsObserver)
- John Montgomery – Bluetooth Mouse on Windows 8.1 – Call for Help (Via Facebook)
