A snapshot of links shared on my Twitter account @WinObs for today
- Microsoft Data Insights Summit highlights growth of Power BI
- Developers Learn how easy it is to host your web app in Azure
- IJR asks all staffers to sign noncompete clause barring work at any news organization for six months after leaving (Oliver DarcyCNNMoney)
- WindowsObserver and WinObs Go Secure!
- An oversupply of content and a lack of diversification contribute to increased media layoffs (D.B. HebbardTalking New Media)
- Supported Employment
- The Podcast Industry Just Saw a Tectonic Shift in Analytics
- Doing What You Have to Do This #Insiders4Good Fellow is determined to solve preventable maternal mortality in Nigeria
- R&D services company LabConnect announces $24.5M Series A funding round
- In March, wind and solar generated a record 10% of US electricity
- Vocativ lays off editorial staff and says in a statement it will focus exclusively on video distributed via social media and other platforms (Daniel FunkePoynter)
- Cryptocurrency domains were hot in May
- Now you can invite guest users to Azure Analysis Services with Azure Active Directory B2B
- Now available Storage Service Encryption for Azure Managed Disks
- Not just for business How one educator is using Power BI to teach students to play music
- The Intercept is conducting an internal review after the publication of an NSA doc may have led to the government contractor who leaked it being identified (Kelsey SuttonMic)
- Waka waka waka wow! Microsoft researchers use AI to gobble up record score on Ms. Pac Man
- Microsoft joins Cloud Foundry Foundation
- Facebook begins testing a tool for reviewing where on- and off-platform ads run, with option to opt-out of some publishers, rolling out over the year (Allison SchiffAdExchanger)
- Apple Declines to Comment on Growing Malware Threats
- Sony continues to lock PS4 players out of cross-console play
- Microsoft Ventures A look at Redmond's latest 13 investments
- Don’t miss the Blockbuster Movie Sale in the Windows Store, now through June 19
- The rise of the IT leader
- Unboxing and first impressions of Apple's new 10.5-inch iPad Pro
- 39 HuffPost layoffs, per our unionpic.twitter.comthN5fs4oWF (Michael Calderone@mlcalderone)
- Navy chief It may be time to bring back retired warships
- 7 Practices That Drive Away Talented Employees
- Layoffs hit HuffPost today in NYC and DC offices. Lot of really good journalists now on the market. Will let them announce as they see fit. (Michael Calderone@mlcalderone)
- How to Assign Temporary Group Membership to AD Users in Windows Server 2016
- HPE Unveils Software Defined OT for Edgeline Services Platform, Apps
- Report IoT Security Breach Costs Smaller Firms 13 Percent of Annual Revenue
- Three numbers explain why the tech boom doesn’t make Seattle’s new tunnel a good investment
- Deep web news site Vocativ has laid off its editorial staff (Cale-Guthrie WeissmanFast Company)
- Domain name registry Donuts agrees to buy Rightside for $213M in cash
- Microsoft Explanimators Straightforward Introductory Level Explanations on Technology
- Associated Press to pilot Microsoft’s Power BI for data analysis and visualization
- The Associated Press takes its data storytelling to the next level with Microsoft Power BI
- Questions to Ask on Infrastructure for Your Windows 10 Deployment
