Introduction

• Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 82 – Unhinged.
• Recording 6 weeks-in-row – a record for 2018 for us!

Word of the Week

• Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time either of us say "Petard"
  • a case containing an explosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall
  • a firework that explodes with a loud report

Feature of the Week

• Windows 10 Calculator now has new functions including Date and Currency Converters

  

News of the Week

• Microsoft confirms it will ditch Windows 10 S for an S Mode in 2019
• Microsoft to replace for free Surface Pro 4s with screen-flicker problems
• We have heard your feedback and after careful examination, have determined that a small percentage of Surface Pro 4 devices are exhibiting a screen flicker that cannot be addressed with a firmware or driver update. To support customers affected by this issue, we will replace eligible Surface Pro 4 devices for up to three years from the date of purchase, free of charge."
• HP made an all-in-one PC with Alexa built-in
• HP's new EliteBook x360 is even smaller and now offers LTE
• Lenovo has some new IdeaPads for every budget
• Google overtakes Amazon in smart speaker market in Q1 2018

What is Microsoft….

• Rebooted Windows - striped it down and started from scratch?
• Understanding Windows Core OS and Microsoft's 'Polaris' for modern PCs

Rumours

• New Windows 10 Phone?
• https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-andromeda-everything-we-know-so-far
• https://www.windowscentral.com/even-more-folding-surface-phone-renders-appear-patent-filings
• https://thewincentral.com/top-surface-phonemobile-andromeda-features-size-specs-microsoft-working-surfacephone-98945/
• https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-figures-out-hinge-gestures-andromeda
• https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/12/17108958/microsoft-windows-future-c-shell-andromeda-polaris
• https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/18/16790956/microsoft-surface-phone-notepad-rumors-concept-patents
• https://www.windowscentral.com/why-a-folding-surface
• Microsoft making it's own smart speaker?

Outro

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Whiskey of the Week

• Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select