A snapshot of links shared on my Twitter account @WinObs for today
- Another one bites the dust Cisco discontinues its $1B cloud initiative as AWS, Azure and others expand
- Microsoft organizational customers now can have private internet connections to UK datacenters
- What Can We Expect for Influencer Marketing in 2017
- Exploring Azure Data with Apache Drill, Now Part of the Microsoft Data Science Virtual Machine
- Microsoft to Release Translator App in AI Race Against Google
- The Intune Company Portal app for Android is available for download in China
- How to Generate a Report of Bounced Email Addresses in Gmail
- Commenting platform Disqus lays off 20% of its workforce, or 11 people, as it shifts business models to focus on data services for publishers and advertisers (Ingrid LundenTechCrunch)
- Introducing Change Feed support in Azure DocumentDB
- Ransomware Strikes Arkansas Sheriff’s Office
- Twin zero-day attacks PROMETHIUM and NEODYMIUM target individuals in Europe
- Machine Learning for Developers | Technical Summit 2016 – connecting.technologies.
- Alaska Air makes its takeover of Virgin America official with a blue-red Boeing jet
- AT&T’s DirecTV Now plagued with outages and sports blackouts
- Lost Odyssey And Blue Dragon Are Now Available Digitally + Lost Odyssey Free For Limited Time
- New message routing feature in Azure IoT Hub dramatically simplifies IoT solution development
- Silicon Valley startup innovates using Surface Book
- Surface Hub Design and Development Overview | Design and Develop Apps for Surface Hub
- What else is coming in Windows 10 IoT Core with the Creators Update
- It looks like Alcatel's IDOL 4S with Windows 10 may be coming to more markets
- 150 prominent filmmakers sign an open letter to major camera makers, including Canon, Nikon, Sony, and others, asking for default storage encryption (Andy GreenbergWired)
- The importance of updating your apps at Christmas
- Help prevent user-error security breaches
- Updates to the OneNote Class Notebook add-in—readunread indicators in Review Student Work and more
- December Patch Tuesday Cumulative Update Bumps Windows 10 Current Branch to Build 14393.576
- Unboxing & Hands On Nuvision TM800W610L 8-Inch Windows 10 Tablet
- Latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report includes longer-term trend data on industry vulnerabilities and exploits
- Twitter Adds Live Video to iOS, Android Apps
- Color Variations on Mount Sharp, Mars
- Microsoft Azure Stack is a new hybrid cloud platform product that enables organisations to deliver Azure services from their own datacenter
- Amazon begins Prime Air drone delivery trial in the UK
- Wynn Las Vegas to equip 4,748 hotel rooms with Amazon Echo It’s ‘seamlessly delicious,’ Steve Wynn says
- Powerful Dolby Atmos Sound Coming To Xbox One And Windows 10
- Sources Time Inc. wants to offload xoJane and xoVain which it acquired just over a year ago; founder Jane Pratt is searching for an investor or new publisher (Keith J. KellyNew York Post)
- Neustar (NSR) to go private in $2.9 billion deal
- Microsoft’s HoloLens just got a new video game in Holo Space Invaders
- Twitter adds live video broadcast to its iOS and Android apps; Periscope will continue as a standalone app (Casey NewtonThe Verge)
- Amazon Prime Video Takes On Netflix With Global Expansion
- 7 Ways to Stop Creative Fatigue From Killing Your Facebook Advertising Budget