A summary of the links we shared throughout the day to our Twitter account @WinObs
- Mediagazer: The Albuquerque Journal website taken down for several hours to investigate ISIS propaganda post; no data compromised says the newspaper (Regina Ruiz/KOAT.com)
- Techmeme: Withings Activit review: too expensive for mass market at $450, but will appeal to watch enthusiasts (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch)
- Grinches steal Christmas for Xbox Live, PlayStation Network users | Ars Technica
- Trading in a gift card: Naughty or nice? – CNET
- Skype Translator Puts Machine Learning to the Test – Machine Learning – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
- IRS fights Ballmer and other former Microsoft execs over testimony in corporate tax probe – GeekWire
- Tweetium App for Windows & Windows Phone gets official 3.0 release for Christmas | WindowsObserver.com
- Office 365 Developer Podcast: Episode 027 update from developer marketing team – Office Blogs
- $1000 Gaming PC build shows 4k gaming is more affordable than you think – Neowin
- Merry Christmas from Microsoft; Xbox Live goes down (Sony too) – Neowin
- Xbox Live goes down during Christmas and hacker group 'Lizard Squad' is taking full credit for it
- Mediagazer: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki encourages experimenting with professional content and new business models, like subscription-based Music Key, to grow revenues (Jonathan Mahler/New York Times)
- The Best Shots of Earth NASA Took From Space in 2014 | WIRED
- Got a Roku in Your Stocking? Here's How to Make the Most of It | WIRED
- Study concludes that reading on a screen before bed is harmful
- APOD: 2014 December 24 – IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula
- @WinObs Tweeted Links for December 24, 2014 | WindowsObserver.com Wiki
- Microsoft's Windows Phone outsells Apple's iPhone in Brazil according to IDC
- Techmeme: Judge denies Facebook's request to dismiss class action lawsuit over private message scanning to target ads (John Timmer/Ars Technica)
- Countdown to 2015 Daily Deal – Day 10 – Xbox Live's Major Nelson