Show Notes for Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 291 #OTP:

• New breakthroughs in combatting tech support scams – Microsoft on the Issues
• AdDuplex: Less than 3% of Windows 10 users are currently running the October 2018 Update | On MSFT
• As Expected, Windows 10 1809 Re-Release is Heading Out More Slowly – Thurrott.com
• Microsoft releases Windows 10 build 17763.167 to Insiders with a ton of 1809 fixes
• Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18290 – Windows Experience Blog
• Heads Up Windows Insiders – Update to Latest Build Now | WindowsObserver.com
• Resuming the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update – Windows Experience Blog
• Windows 10 update history – Windows Help
• Save money and time with Microsoft Shopping Assistant – Windows Experience Blog
• Keeping you updated on Windows Hello – Windows Experience Blog
• Windows 10 Tip: Five ways filling out forms online just got easier in Microsoft Edge – Windows Experience Blog
• Windows Template Studio 2.5 released! – Windows Developer Blog
• Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18282 available now! – Windows Developer Blog
• Getting Started with Windows Machine Learning – Windows Developer Blog
• Microsoft holds annual shareholders meeting – Stories
• Microsoft execs field questions on diversity, Windows 7 holdouts, and offbeat campus plan at annual Q&A session
• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on fuelling ‘tech intensity’ in the UK
• The Shiproom: Episode 1 – Fruit of the Loom – YouTube
• Redesigning the Office app icons to embrace a new world of work
• Microsoft’s new Office icons are part of a bigger design overhaul
• Microsoft Office has pretty new icons but they have a fatal flaw
• Goodbye TechNet, Hello docs.microsoft.com
• Microsoft Graph documentation has a fresh new look – Office 365 Developer Blog
• LTSC: What is it, and when should it be used?
• Microsoft starts move from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams today – IT Showcase Blog
• OneDrive Message Center Update November 1st to November 31st
• New to Microsoft 365 in November—tools to keep you in your workflow and fine-tune content – Microsoft 365 Blog
• Finally, a Way to Sketch 360 Degree VR Scenes – Microsoft Garage
• Get Sketch 360 – Microsoft Store
• TIDAL music streaming brings 60 million high-quality songs to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 – Windows Experience Blog
• Skype calling now available on Amazon Alexa devices | Skype Blogs
• Setting Up Skype Calling on Amazon Alexa Devices | WindowsObserver.com
• Microsoft Launcher Receives Huge Ecosystem Integrations | WindowsObserver.com
• Passwordless Sign In for Microsoft Services Now Available | WindowsObserver.com
• Microsoft Tests File Explorer Tweaks in Windows 10 19H1 | WindowsObserver.com
• New feature on SwiftKey for Android gives you the fastest way to share anything from the web – SwiftKey Blog
• Introduction of Windows Modern Drivers for Intel Products
• Intel Releases Its First Universal Windows Drivers – Thurrott.com
• Microsoft to Make 100,000 Specialized HoloLens Devices for the U.S Army – Thurrott.com
• Microsoft Surface roadmap revealed in new book — including mysterious ‘Andromeda’ device
• Here’s what Surface is Planning to Release in 2019 – Thurrott.com
• Microsoft will reportedly release a Surface Studio monitor in 2020
• Review: New book goes inside Microsoft’s Surface business, as an emblem of tech giant’s rebound
• Microsoft patent hints at redesigned Surface Pro with a thinner keyboard
• Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 Review – Thurrott.com
• Apple MacBook Air (2018) Review – Thurrott.com
• Say hello to Surface Go ! Part 1
• Microsoft Surface Go Part 2 – out in the field
• Microsoft stops selling the base model Surface Book 2, once again starts at $1,499
• New Preview Alpha Skip Ahead 19H1.04 Build – 11/25/18 – Xbox Wire
• New Preview Alpha Ring 1811 Update – 11/25/18 – Xbox Wire
• New Preview Alpha,Beta, Delta and Omega Rings 1811 Update – 11/26/18 – Xbox Wire
• New Games with Gold for December 2018 – Xbox Wire
• Xbox Game Pass: The Gardens Between, Mutant Year Zero, And Strange Brigade Coming Soon
• Set Sail for Shrouded Spoils, the Next Free Sea of Thieves Update – Xbox Wire
• Microsoft begins hiring for work on the next Xbox console | On MSFT
• Apple Finally Speaks About iPhone Sales Woes – Thurrott.com
• Facebook Watch Party is Available For Everyone (This Is Huge)
• Logitech is reportedly offering $2.2 billion to bring Plantronics headsets into its hardware empire
• That Logitech and Plantronics deal is now dead
• Bringing Google Fi to more people on Android and iOS
• Google’s Project Fi service is finally iPhone friendly
• A Quick Look at What You Will-And Won’t-Get with Google Fi – Thurrott.com
• Google Assistant will now be nicer if you say “Please” and “Thank you”
• Google Classroom is coming to all G Suite customers as a teaching tool for employers
• We’re welcoming more than 100 new partners to our SaaS program, offering support as they build world class enterprise applications. | Google Cloud Blog
• Hangouts executive rebuts rumors of 2020 shut down, users will be transitioned to Hangouts Chat and Meet
• Best Android apps in 2018
• Amazon sets new holiday shopping records over a long Thanksgiving weekend and Cyber Monday
• Amazon Confirms Monday was its Biggest Day Ever – Thurrott.com
• Amazon debuts new self-driving racing league with tiny machine learning-powered race cars
• Amazon Web Services will sell hardware to hybrid cloud customers to run in their own data centers
• “Alexa, play Bebe Rexha on Apple Music”
• Amazon Launches Online Tool to Check Compatibility of PC Hardware
• You Know What? Go Ahead and Use the Hotel Wi-Fi
• Landing on Mars is harder than you think. Here’s how NASA prepares.
• Destructive 2018 Atlantic hurricane season draws to an end | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Rethinking the Cloud After Recent Microsoft Azure Outages
• Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic
• WordPress 5.0 RC2
• Nielsen: Americans are streaming 8 billion hours of content per month on connected TVs
• What Was the Windows Briefcase Used For, Anyway?
• NASA Announces New Partnerships for Commercial Lunar Payload Delivery
• Poo found on every McDonald’s touchscreen tested
• Industry collaboration leads to takedown of the “3ve” ad fraud operation
• FBI dismantles gigantic ad fraud scheme operating across over one million IPs | ZDNet
• Hackers Breach Dunkin’ Donuts Accounts in Credential Stuffing Attack
• Congratulations Michael West, soon to be Microsoft intern | On MSFT