A snapshot of links shared on my Twitter account @WinObs for today
- Samsung joins the Linux Foundation Networking Fund
- Alphabet Launches New Company to Hawk Cybersecurity Services
- Google Releases Security Update for Chrome
- All types of Chromebooks for all types of learners
- Bipartisan group of senators introduces the Music Modernization Act, mirroring a House bill, to streamline music licensing on services like Spotify, Pandora (Ted JohnsonVariety)
- Amazon AppStream 2.0 is Available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Asia Pacific (Sydney) Regions.
- Geared Up Podcast The tech behind Amazon Go, Xbox Game Pass ups the ante, and a chance to win an in-car Alexa device
- Tech Moves Amazon hires top doc; Geir Hansen leaves SVB; Acumatica board adds ex-Microsoft Business Solutions chief
- F5 adds four new senior executives and beats Wall Street earnings expectations
- AWS Step Functions Now Available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Canada (Central) Regions
- Amazon ECS and Amazon ECR Are Now Available in AWS GovCloud (US) Region
- Getting Started with Ethereum using Azure Blockchain
- Alphabet launches a cybersecurity company called “Chronicle”
- Windows Desktop Program Offers Devs Software Data Analytics
- Snap's VP of Product Tom Conrad leaving in March after 2 years; director of growth Jacob Andreou steps in at executive level, but no new title assigned to him (Josh ConstineTechCrunch)
- Get started with Microsoft Teams
- AWS Elemental MediaLive Now Available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region
- General availability Azure DNS in Microsoft Azure Government
- Partners An intelligent approach to building your AI practice
- Transformation, momentum and unprecedented opportunity ahead for Microsoft partners
- Rocket Lab launched a secret payload into space last weekend
- YouTube says it will invest $5M in its Creators for Change program in 2018, aimed at YouTubers who counter hate and promote tolerance (Todd SpanglerVariety)
- Microsoft introduces new privacy tools ahead of Data Privacy Day
- Next Mars Lander Spreads Its Solar Wings
- Rocket Lab unveils ‘Humanity Star’ – a shiny satellite you can see in space
- How to Deploy Industrial Internet A Brief Guide
- AWS Acquires Sqrrl for Threat Hunting Capabilities in the Cloud
- UDRP reform is coming. Here’s ICA’s position
- New features on Mac enabled with January 2018 Update for Skype for Business 2015 Server
- UDRP reform is coming. Here’s ICA’s position
- New Python solutions for Web App for Containers
- Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17083 for PC
- Azure Search now supports encryption at rest for all incoming data
- Down on the farm, IoT yields a bumper crop
- BBC News ‘Microsoft boss World needs more computing power’
- Hey developers Got 5 minutes to learn something new Check out Ep. 2 of Channel 9’s new video series
- Meg Whitman takes CEO role at Jeffrey Katzenberg's new startup that produces short-form content aimed at mobile consumption (Andrew WallensteinVariety)
- SpaceX test-fires Falcon Heavy rocket’s 27 engines amid clouds of steam and thunder
- US Government Accountability Office says it will investigate fake net neutrality comments made on FCC website before repeal vote, starting in five months (Jon BrodkinArs Technica)