Windows Weekly 707: One Telemetry at a Time
CES 2021
- There isn't really TOO much excitement, but major announcements from both Intel and AMD will impact the PC industry in 2021.
- New PCs, as expected, nothing truly unique.
- Intel CEO Swan to be replaced by VMware CEO Gelsinger
- Qualcomm buys CPU design firm Nuvia
PCs
- The PC market surged in 2020, had its best year since 2015.
- Microsoft announced Surface Pro 7+ for businesses and not Surface Pro 8 as expected.
- Windows 10 Dev build adds improvements to that new news feed feature
Microsoft
- Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson is leaving Microsoft for Qualtrics
- Microsoft is finalizing its transition to Azure
- Microsoft rolls out its second vertical cloud bundle – for retail
Xbox
- Microsoft denies Duracellgate is a thing!
- Microsoft Announces Xbox Wireless Controller in Pulse Red
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Paul's photo management system
- App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft increases file upload size for M365
- Codename pick of the week: Project Peabody
- Beer pick of the week: 3Floyd's Gumballhead
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