Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 131 Show Links:
- TechPodcast Network
- Windows Store receives a refresh in today’s Patch Tuesday updates | WindowsObserver.com
- Tracour Locks Up $335K To Help Uncover The Best Financial Analysts | TechCrunch
- Windows XP PCs No Longer Receiving Updates
- Canalys: PC Shipments Up 5% in Q1 2014, Apple Still First
- Kaspersky CEO rubbishes Symantec claim that “antivirus is dead”
- Router company Mediabridge banned from Amazon after harassing customer – Neowin
- IDC believes Microsoft will unbundle Kinect from Xbox One console in 2015 – Neowin
- Feds: Sailor hacked Navy network while aboard nuclear aircraft carrier
- Some sellers sour on Amazon selling fakes and knockoffs – Puget Sound Business Journal
- YouTube shuts down public RSS feeds of user subscriptions
- Google Launches Glass Open Beta in the US
- TechEd 2014: Moving customers forward in a mobile-first, cloud-first world – The Official Microsoft Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Microsoft helps enterprises embrace mobile-first, cloud-first world
- Azure RemoteApp beta preview: Cloud-hosted desktop apps for multiple platforms | ZDNet
- Visual Studio goes cross platform with Cordova integration from Microsoft
- Enterprise-grade cloud services: a high bar required for security, compliance, and privacy | Office Blogs
- ‘Everything as a service’: A key piece of Microsoft’s push to get IT to the cloud | ZDNet
- Windows 7 and 8.1 now usable in Azure virtual machines, but for developers only | ZDNet
- Who changed Microsoft?
- Microsoft’s COO likely on Target’s shortlist for next CEO – Neowin
- Free ebooks from Microsoft Press
- Using wireless technology innovation to enable cloud-connected experiences in Ghana and beyond – Microsoft on the Issues – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Microsoft TechEd: Adams, Fort Knox, Project K and more codenames to know | ZDNet
- Microsoft Engineering Stories – How We Build Software at Microsoft – Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
- The Windows Unplugged Tour
- Windows 8.1 users get extension to install Windows 8.1 Update | WindowsObserver.com
- Windows 8.1 Update Requirement Extended
- Windows Store refresh makes it easier to find apps
- Microsoft releases many non-security updates | ZDNet
- What’s new in Internet Explorer 11 for Windows Phone – IEBlog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
- Nokia Software Recovery Tool 1.3.1 released, supports Windows Phone 8.1 | WinBeta
- Microsoft to Support Windows Phone 8.1 for 36 Months, Life Cycle Starts June 24
- Leaked image reveals LG’s first Windows Phone 8.1 device, the Uni8 – Neowin
- Office on iPad downloaded ~27 million times since launch – Neowin
- Office 365 Trust Center – cloud computing security
- Office 365 users: Surface Pros now qualify as PCs or tablets | ZDNet
- Office 365 to Get Encrypted Storage in July
- March of Dimes Saves $600,000 with Move to Office 365* | Office Blogs
- Global food leader savors new ideas and cuts costs with Office 365 | Office Blogs
- Office Mix Preview
- Microsoft report: Downloaded malware exploded in late 2013 | ZDNet
- Microsoft: Deceptive downloads and ransomware on the rise – Neowin
- No Windows XP, Office 2003 patches in May Patch Tuesday | ZDNet
- Microsoft Safety Scanner – Free Virus Scan with the Microsoft Safety Scanner
- The May 2014 Security Updates – MSRC – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- General Electric and User-Centric IT
- Apple and the cloud: A magnificent missed opportunity | ZDNet
- Microsoft readying locker service for Xbox Music
- Microsoft Updates OneDrive for Business with New Design, Features
- May 2014 Internet Explorer Updates – IEBlog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
- The end of Exchange? Probably…. – Exchange and Collaboration (and Stuff) – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Microsoft’s ‘Mohoro’ Windows-as-a-service released as a public preview | ZDNet
- Microsoft takes aim at Google with Xbox Music cloud locker — report – CNET
- Outlook.com introduces the most sophisticated rules in webmail | Office Blogs
- Windows App Studio Beta adds support for Instagram Search, Microsoft Advertising and more
- Microsoft Smart Watch Patent Revealed
- Microsoft has more up its sleeve than the Surface mini – Neowin
- Microsoft and Intel moving ahead with Surface tablet – CNET
- Microsoft Needs to Go Full Force With Surface Mini, and Not Look Back
- With the Surface mini announcement a week away, here’s what we know – Neowin
- Microsoft does not offer Surface firmware updates for second straight month – Neowin
- Microsoft updates ‘Metro-Style’ Skype for better mouse, keyboard usage | ZDNet
- Alaska Airlines app flies into the Windows Phone Store
- Official Thai Airways app makes its way to the Windows Phone Store | WinBeta
- Kinectimals Unleashed: More furry friends to play with and places to explore!
- I want my MTV Shows on Windows Phone, PCs and tablets: Now you got ‘em! – The Fire Hose – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- ‘Spider-Man 2’ swings into the Windows Phone Store – The Fire Hose – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- In App Purchases Really Work for Developers and Users – Canadian Developer Connection – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
- Amazon rebrands its Windows Phone app, adding new functionality
- Spotify update brings Discover and Browse to Windows Phone
- Unfolding the pages of Createbook – Ch 1 How to start up Createbook – The UK Higher Education Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
- Delivering More Choices for Fans
- Head of Xbox says plans to decouple Kinect from Xbox One began in April
- Microsoft Had No Choice but to Yank Kinect From Xbox One | Game|Life | WIRED
- There are 34M ‘core gamers’ in the U.S. who play video games for 22 hours per week – GeekWire
- Twitter adds SMS password reset option and suspicious logins notification | ZDNet
- Twitter’s New Mute Button Doesn’t Solve the Noise Problem
- Twitter, Facebook, Google, AOL Team Up To Create TrustInAds.org – AllTwitter
- Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours
- Microsoft supposedly working on Windows 365 alongside Windows 9 and Office 2015 | WinBeta
- OnePass: Could Microsoft offer a convenient all-in-one subscription to all it’s services? | WinBeta
- Can a Lumia 1520 Replace a Tablet?
- 159,818 total apps in the Windows Store and the top Windows 8.1 apps as of May 11th | WinBeta
- The top five free, paid, and trending Windows Phone apps as of May 11th | WinBeta
- Apple plans to match Microsoft Surface with split-screen iPad multitasking in iOS 8
- Four Shuttle veterans selected to drive SLS uphill on maiden flight | NASASpaceFlight.com