Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 130 Show Links:
- TechPodcast Network
- The 5 most common questions I heard in April
- Windows 8.1 is now usable without touch | ZDNet
- http://blogs.office.com/
- Google Glass Parts Estimated to Cost Less Than $80
- Google to stop scanning Google Apps for Business, Government email accounts for ads – Neowin
- Google Now notifies shoppers when nearby stores selling recently searched items
- Career training college to provide more than 5,800 Surface 2 devices to students this year – The Fire Hose – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Baltimore County Public Schools choose 150,000 Windows devices to transform teaching and learning – The Official Microsoft Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Apple’s iPad Business Is Collapsing
- Dropping tablet sales: Blame Apple | ZDNet
- Guest Blog: Six Ways to Save your Business Time and Money – Small Business Blog from Microsoft – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Jury Finds Samsung Phones Infringe on Several Apple Patents, Awards $119.6 Million
- Antivirus pioneer Symantec declares AV “dead” and “doomed to failure”
- Ballmer Passes Gates as Microsoft’s Biggest Individual Shareholder – Digits – WSJ
- Ballmer calls Microsoft and Apple ‘two-trick’ ponies in first speech since leaving CEO role – GeekWire
- Steve Ballmer’s math on Apple innovation doesn’t add up | ZDNet
- Six clicks: What we know about Microsoft’s Internet of Things strategy | ZDNet
- Microsoft selects its two new ad agency partners | ZDNet
- Nadella’s Microsoft: New ad agencies likely to bring a new voice to Redmond – Puget Sound Business Journal
- Elop’s Nokia golden parachute swells to $33 million
- Microsoft to open new R&D center in Vancouver, B.C., hire up to 400 – GeekWire
- First U.S.-based Microsoft Innovation Center to debut in Miami
- Bill Gates: New CEO pushes Microsoft to move faster
- Gates says he would support Xbox, but not Bing, spinoff
- Microsoft Research Peter Lee talks about Windows 9, making companies productive and smarter | WinBeta
- Improvements to Bing’s Smart Search makes Windows even easier to use – The Fire Hose – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Cortana is already knocking on Win8 door!
- Windows 8 Finally Overtakes Windows XP in Australia
- Windows XP share drops while Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 see a combined share of 12.24% | WinBeta
- Report: Microsoft Windows 8.1 defies expectations, skyrockets in growth
- Disable “you have new apps that can open this type of file” in Windows 8 | gHacks Technology News
- How to project from a computer to a TV – Matt Harrington – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
- 158,475 total apps in the Windows Store and the top Windows 8.1 apps as of May 4th | WinBeta
- Everything You Need to Know About Signing Into Windows 8.1
- Nokia Lumia 520 repells bullet, saves a Brazilian police officer’s life | WinBeta
- 7 reasons why now is the time to buy a Windows Phone
- Joe Belfiore’s Reddit AMA – Says Windows Phone 8.1 feature gap is almost closed | WindowsObserver.com
- Microsoft reportedly to roll out Windows Phone 8.1 update in June | WinBeta
- Deep dive into Windows Phone 8.1 Start screen backgrounds – Conversations
- My first fortnight with Windows Phone – The UK Higher Education Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
- Give Microsoft your feedback and suggestions for Windows Phone 8.1 and Cortana | WinBeta
- Cortana Feedback on UserVoice
- Microsoft commits to a file manager app for Windows Phone 8.1 | ZDNet
- The top five free, paid, and trending Windows Phone apps as of May 4th | WinBeta
- IE11 Passes IE10 and IE9, Chrome Up, Firefox Down
- Microsoft buys XboxAb.com and XboxAb.net domain names – Neowin
- Xbox Live’s Major Nelson » Coming Soon: New Audio Controls and Opt-In Setting to Help Improve Voice Recognition :
- Xbox One update shows Microsoft is listening
- The Man with a Million Gamerscore: An Interview with Stallion83
- Titanfall sold 925K units in March; EA signs new agreement with Respawn – GeekWire
- Microsoft kicks off Office Mix customer preview | ZDNet
- Outlook Web App provides more efficient calendar delegation and management than Gmail | Office Blogs
- Connecting the dots with Project Lite: From time tracking and collaboration to business growth | Office Blogs
- Microsoft updates OneNote for iPhone, Mac | ZDNet
- Microsoft Office at Work and at Home Using Microsoft’s Home Use Program
- Updating OneDrive: Five New Features You Asked For | OneDrive Blog
- OneDrive for Business Update: How do we Help Customers Migrate? – Welcome to the US SMB&D TS2 Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- What’s really going on in OneDrive for Business | ZDNet
- Microsoft buys cloud-computing vendor GreenButton | ZDNet
- Big Compute for Microsoft Azure – Announcing the Acquisition of GreenButton – Windows Azure – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
- Forrester Consulting study finds cost, business continuity benefits from cloud backup and disaster recovery – SQL Server Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- ‘Sign in with Google’ may replace Google+ button – CNET
- Build Some Ears on Your App and then Listen! – Canadian Developer Connection – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
- Reading List and Movie Moments Apps from Microsoft Go Mobile | WindowsObserver.com
- Movie Moments now available for Windows Phone 8.1
- Reading List now available for Windows Phone 8.1
- Concept: Xbox Music Hub For WP 8.1 Redesigned – Geek on Gadgets
- Microsoft delivers 2014 Windows desktop optimization pack update | ZDNet
- ‘Snap Attack’ builds on popular Microsoft game ‘Wordament’
- Surface Mini? Microsoft holding event on May 20 for ‘small gathering’ – GeekWire
- Microsoft CEO Nadella expected to preside over New York City Surface Mini rollout | ZDNet
- Microsoft to Launch Surface Mini on May 20
- Surface Mini: 8in, ARM, pen support and coming in June – Neowin
- Microsoft Said to Use Qualcomm Chips in Smaller Surface
- The world’s largest PC maker now wants to sell you a Chromebook
- Microsoft Research unveils mechanical keyboard with gesture and touch support | WinBeta
- Do you abuse your keyboard and mouse when stressed? Microsoft researcher says you aren’t alone
- Updated MacBook Air triggers price slashing to $799 on 2013 models – CNET
- It’s Clearer Than Ever: Tablets Are Neither a Fad Nor a Distinct Product Category
- Microsoft Internet Safety and Security Center
- Out-of-Band Release to Address Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983 – MSRC – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Microsoft patches recent IE vulnerability for all users and includes Windows XP systems | WindowsObserver.com
- Defense, energy, banks hit by Internet Explorer bug
- Windows XP: Microsoft can’t wash its hands of the security problem so easily | ZDNet
- Microsoft had to patch Windows XP | ZDNet
- Microsoft’s decision to patch Windows XP is a mistake
- No Need to Point Fingers in the Wake of XP Fix
- Major exploit found in OAuth and OpenID login tools – Neowin
- LastPass’ Joe Siegrist: Protecting The Digital World, One Password At A Time
- Twitter CEO: People know what Twitter is, we just need to convince them to use it – GeekWire
- Twitter Experiments With Muting Accounts in iOS
- Twitter Is Not Dying. It’s on the Cusp of Getting Much Bigger.
- A Eulogy for Twitter
- Meet Swarm: Foursquare’s ambitious plan to split its app in two
- A look into the future of Foursquare, including a new app called Swarm
- Vine Launches A Six-Second YouTube | TechCrunch
- Facebook Announces Two-Year Stability Guarantee for Core APIs
- F8: Facebook gives users more control over third-party apps – GeekWire
- Facebook Launches FbStart for App Developers
- Facebook Beefs Up Privacy for App Logins–and Lets You Go Anonymous
- Everything Facebook Announced at F8
- Why Facebook’s New ‘Anonymous Login’ Matters
- Amazon Launches #AmazonCart to Shop Using Twitter
- Facebook To Give Page owners Detailed Video Metrics and Analytics
- 5 Tips for Staying Safe On Twitter
- Surprise! That Wild Rumor About Apple EarPods With Biometrics Sensors Was A Fake | TechCrunch
- Reimagine Teaching and Learning with Windows 8.1 – Get New Teacher Training Resources – Microsoft in Education blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Microsoft files for ‘Delve’ trademark under ‘Software as a Service’ – Neowin
- Google will now remind you about products at nearby retail stores based on past search queries – GeekWire
- On average, Americans get 189 cable TV channels and only watch 17
- Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal
- Sony follows Microsoft and Samsung, will open ‘Experience’ shops inside Best Buy retail stores
- Don’t fall for tech support scammers offering costly PC cleanup ‘solutions’ – The Official Microsoft Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Oreo, Windows, MLB and Others Bring the Force for ‘Star Wars’ Day
- 2048 game for Windows Phone
- Wave to flush: Kohler kit makes toilets touchless – CNET
- Thoughts on Surface Mini and small tablet productivity | WindowsObserver.com
