A snapshot of links shared on my Twitter account @WinObs for today
- Planning a Migration From Avaya to Skype for Business
- GeekWire opens search for ‘GeekWire HQ2’ in quest to find next great North American tech city
- Google Home Mini review—A gateway drug for the Google Assistant
- Medium's latest pivot to letting all writers choose to go behind paywall prompts skepticism from some publishers burned by the platform's unpredictability (Davey AlbaBuzzFeed)
- CTA’s 2017 Holiday Tech Trends Here Are All the Stats You Need to Know
- Apollo 7 Launches on October 11, 1968
- Facebook lets users bring their own photos and videos into its VR hangout app Spaces, where they can now create 3D objects and share them to News Feed (Nick StattThe Verge)
- Tech companies are provoking more ire by moving out of the suburbs and into cities, says urban history expert
- Using Containers Look for the OCI Seal of Approval
- Making video calling easier on your Android phone
- You can now double tap AirPods to summon Google Assistant on Android
- Facebook debuts $900 Oculus for Business with Rift, Touch controllers, three room sensors, Oculus remote, three Rift Fits, expanded warranty, commercial license (Nick StattThe Verge)
- Security at the Site-Collection Level in SharePoint Online
- What Googlers were up to at GHC ‘17
- Oculus Rift sees permanent price drop $399 with Touch controllers
- What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella learned from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer about being a leader
- Hurricane Irma drove spike in domain registrations last month
- Zuckerberg announces $199 Oculus Go as “sweet spot” standalone headset
- Nissan modified this GT-R to be driven with a PS4 controller
- EKWB Releases 140 and 280mm CoolStream Slim Radiators
- Bing adds new and trending content for Netflix, Amazon Prime
- Amazon’s second headquarters won’t be in the Pacific Northwest, says top exec Jeff Wilke
- Entertainment experiences and saved content highlight new Bing features in October
- Announcing Microsoft MakeCode for Minecraft Windows 10
- Amazon Debuts Waterproof Kindle for Better Reading in the Bath
- Introducing four new Xbox One S Bundles
- Shiny is now available for Xbox One
- Windows 10 tip Customize and rearrange the Quick Actions buttons
- Exchange, Cluster, and Network Thresholds
- Microsoft debuts four new Xbox One S bundles
- Amazon now lets teens aged 13-17 shop with their own account, after parents' approval; teens can also be assigned preset spending limits per order (Sarah PerezTechCrunch)
- Mozilla Releases Security Update
- Snapchat says it's opening a secluded R&D lab 30 miles south of Salt Lake City in Lehi, Utah (Josh ConstineTechCrunch)
- End user domain name sales up to $60,000
- Food rescue Tech donors team with non-profits to keep thousands of meals from going to waste
- Wednesday launch attempt could validate SpaceX’s “flight proven” rockets
- Quantum Computing at Future Decoded
- FAQs Converting Title Case, Tunneling in App Services, Admin Accounts for Azure Stack Dev Kit
- Snapchat debuts context cards to let you hail rides, book tables, and more by swiping up on some Snaps; partners include Foursquare, OpenTable, and Lyft (Jessi HempelWired)