A snapshot of links shared on my Twitter account @WinObs for today
- Amazon to close Kindle ‘Write On’ author community, pulling the plug on story lab
- Intune For Education Announced at BETT
- Update to Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate
- Phishers unleash simple but effective social engineering techniques using PDF attachments
- Introducing the Host Compute Service (HCS)
- O365 Migration that completes with warnings due to insufficient rights.
- Working with the General Services Administration to demonstrate Microsoft’s approach to make technology more accessible
- Daily Mail for Windows 10 gets a face lift in version 2.0
- Microsoft has sold “thousands” of HoloLens, says that’s “all we need”
- Bot or not We may never know as robot checks CAPTCHA box and does a ‘mic’ drop
- New Twitter accounts claiming to be from workers at federal agencies might or might not be genuine, thus requiring critical analysis and investigation (Rich McCormickThe Verge)
- Four Tech Trends That Will Actually Be a Thing In 2017
- Recent small moves by Google and Facebook, such as tweaking Trending topics, highlight how hard it is to limit misinformation online (New York Times)
- Second quarter results highlight Microsoft Cloud strength
- To drive or not Google adds new Maps feature to estimate parking difficulty in metro areas
- Alexa Channels the Movie Goundhog Day for Upcoming Event of the Same Name
- Robot Hacker Takes Alexa to Creepy Level 10
- Apple Said to Join Amazon, Google, Facebook in AI Research Group
- What Are the Flexible Spring Tabs on the Side of Computer Cases For
- AOC Announces the AGON AG352UCG 219 Curved Display 35, 3440×1440, 100Hz with G-Sync
- Facebook Revamps Privacy Basics
- Amazon Web Services and Azure expand IPv6 offerings, to add security and handle more devices
- Federal lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to study cyber security in connected cars
- 4 Mistakes That 90 Percent of Native Advertisers Make
- Comcast mobile phone service coming in 2017 with wirelesscable bundles
- Site that sold access to 3.1 billion passwords vanishes after reported raid
- Facebook News Feed Algorithm Percent of a Video Watched By Users Given Weight
- In fight for Americans’ health, Big Soda is winning
- Virtual Reality Arcades Are Catching On Are They Here To Stay
- Intellectual Ventures spinoff Xinova and Aetho join forces on tools for virtual and augmented reality
- Getting started with the Azure Analysis Services Preview
- January 1986 – Voyager 2 Flyby of Miranda
- Apple IPhone Price Under Pressure as Buyers Seek Cheaper Devices
- MSI Trident 3 Announced A Core i7 Console
- Domain company market cap changes in 2016
- Experiencing a Real-World Security Investigation with OMS Security
- Twitter Launches Stickers, Hashtag-Triggered Emoji for Lunar New Year
- Our journey on building the Go SDK for Azure
- Twitter says it's replacing the Moments tab with an Explore tab, which emphasizes trending topics and live video (Casey NewtonThe Verge)
