A summary of the links we shared throughout the day to our Twitter account @WinObs
- Cops eyeing parody Twitter account in Brooklyn Bridge caper | Ars Technica
- Mediagazer: Amazon misrepresents George Orwell in attempt to argue Hachette is against the future of books (David Streitfeld/New York Times)
- Techmeme: Facebook Messenger Is No. 1 in App Store, Has One-Star Rating (Karissa Bell/Mashable)
- Father of PGP encryption: Telcos need to get out of bed with governments | Ars Technica
- PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Identify Users Without a Photo – Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- Wikipedia starts accepting Bitcoins, receives $140,000 in the first week – Neowin
- Allen Telescope Array, nearly destroyed, survives California wildfire | Ars Technica
- Amazon jabs Hachette in e-books dispute: 'We will never give up' – CNET
- Welcome to My Digital Work Thoughts Blog – My Digital Work Thoughts – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- All you need to know about the 'X-Men' movies in 3 minutes – CNET
- Former Microsoft employee sentenced to 2 years on charges of insider trading | WinBeta
- Why You Should Turn Down a Job Offer From Facebook
- Poll: Will you miss the Charms bar in Windows Threshold? – Neowin
- Move apps between Phone Memory and SD Card: Windows Phone
- Windows Services will not start
- Amazon asks Kindle Direct Publishers to take sides in e-book fight | WindowsObserver.com
- Xbox Music app for Windows Phone improves playback support and more in the latest update | WinBeta
- Microsoft headquarters home to some of America's fastest internet – Neowin
- The best virtual desktop managers for Windows – gHacks Tech News
- Techmeme: Facebook gets backing from civil liberties groups, tech firms including Microsoft and Google in fight against Manhattan DA over bulk warrants on user data (Reed Albergotti/Wall Street Journal)
- Microsoft interns to launch a crowd-controlled balloon to the edge of space tomorrow – Neowin
- @WinObs Tweeted Links for August 8, 2014 | WindowsObserver.com Wiki
- APOD: 2014 August 8 – Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
- Techmeme: Hands-on: New Alienware 13 is Alienware's thinnest gaming laptop yet (Hayden Dingman/PC World)
- Mediagazer: How A Site That Streams People Playing Video Games Became A Billion Dollar Business (Matthew Lynley/BuzzFeed)
- Microsoft may be on a right path in regards to Windows 9 – gHacks Tech News
