Feb 2nd 2022
Windows Weekly 762
Diagonal Shards
Microsoft Account Management, Front Row for Teams, FTC & Microsoft
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Microsoft Account Management, Front Row for Teams, FTC & Microsoft
- Windows 11 Gets a New Feature a Bit Early: Microsoft Account Management
- Windows 11 users will get several new features in February ahead of its H2 feature update
- Windows 11 Almost Doubles Usage Share to 16.1 Percent
- Report: Chromebook Sales Grew 13.5 Percent in 2021
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft starts rolling out Teams 'Front Row' view for better hybrid meetings
- Microsoft: Standalone test version of Lists app requires no 365 subscription
Earnings Reports
- Intel Earnings Beat Expectations
- Apple Delivers Another Record Quarter
- Alphabet (Google) Sees Big Net Income, Revenue Gains
- AMD Reports Record Revenues
Browsers vs. Google
- Brave Says FLoC You to Google’s Topics API
- Vivaldi: Google is Going Off-Topics Again
Xbox & Gaming
- Microsoft Falls on Report FTC, and Not DoJ, Will Review Activision Deal
- DOJ antitrust chief's past work for Microsoft looms over $69B Activision deal
- Microsoft Agrees to Xbox Subscription Auto-Renew Changes in the UK
- Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for February
- Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for February
- Flight Simulator World Update VII Adds Australia Content
- PlayStation 5 Sales are Already Slowing
- Sony to Acquire Bungie for $3.6 Billion
- Microsoft Supports Epic Games Appeal of Apple Ruling
Mary Jo Foley's DOM Briefing Podcast
- Microsoft's Strategy for 2022: It's All About the Cloud | Directions on Microsoft
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Stop those annoying Edge popups (at least for a bit)
- App picks of the week: Get free PC games each week from Epic
- Enterprise picks of the week: New monthly podcast for Microsoft enterprise nerds
- Developer pick of the week: February 14: Get sweet on .NET
- Beer pick of the week: Sofia Electric Brewing Small Steps Giant Leaps
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Links
- Windows 11 Gets a New Feature a Bit Early: Microsoft Account Management
- Windows 11 Almost Doubles Usage Share to 16.1 Percent
- Report: Chromebook Sales Grew 13.5 Percent in 2021
- Microsoft starts rolling out Teams 'Front Row' view for better hybrid meetings
- Microsoft: Standalone test version of Lists app requires no 365 subscription
- Intel Earnings Beat Expectations
- Apple Delivers Another Record Quarter
- Alphabet (Google) Sees Big Net Income, Revenue Gains
- AMD Reports Record Revenues
- Brave Says FLoC You to Google’s Topics API
- Vivaldi: Google is Going Off-Topics Again
- Microsoft Falls on Report FTC, and Not DoJ, Will Review Activision Deal
- DOJ antitrust chief’s past work for Microsoft looms over $69B Activision deal
- Microsoft Agrees to Xbox Subscription Auto-Renew Changes in the UK
- Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for February
- Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for February
- Flight Simulator World Update VII Adds Australia Content
- PlayStation 5 Sales are Already Slowing
- Sony to Acquire Bungie for $3.6 Billion
- Microsoft Supports Epic Games Appeal of Apple Ruling
- Tip of the week
- Epic Games Store Looks Back on 2021, Promises More Free Games in 2022
- DAEMON X MACHINA
- Microsoft's Strategy for 2022: It's All About the Cloud
- .NET 20th anniversary broadcast
- Small Steps, Giant Leaps