Windows Weekly 608

•  Latest Windows 10 19H1 build brings underlying gaming improvements, free game to play
•  Paul's top 5 new features in Windows 10 19H1 - inspired by last week's big list, I made a smaller list.
• Microsoft to modify Office ProPlus by end of April in response to Dutch ministry's privacy concerns
• Skype picks up background blur - but only on desktop (Not Windows 10 version)
• Teams is going to get a background video replacement option (along with blurring)
•  LinkedIn Live, a new video-streaming service, is coming.
•  Microsoft is bringing Surface Pro 6, Laptop 2, and Studio 2 to 20 new (but unnamed) markets. And it's bringing Surface Headphones to 8 new markets.
•  In just one week, Apex Legends is already bigger than Fortnite. Yikes! And this is a big deal: eSports will be a $1 billion THIS year.
•  Let's speculate about Chredge. Edgromium?
•  Special guest Richard Campbell of .NET Rocks and Run As Radio joins us!

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Personalize Chrome with new Google themes
•  Also: You can now buy Google Fi SIMs at Best Buy
•  App pick of the week: Postbox
•  Enterprise pick of the week: Office Home Use Program
•  Codename pick of the week: Shimla
•  Beer pick of the week: Perennial Abraxus

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Links

• Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18334 Arrives with Gaming Improvements
• Here are the Best Improvements in Windows 10 Version 1903
• Announcing Windows Server vNext Insider Preview Build 18334
• Microsoft to modify Office ProPlus by end of April in response to Dutch ministry's privacy concerns
• Skype Now Lets You Blur the Background in Your Video Calls
• Microsoft Teams Will Soon Let you Replace Backgrounds, Instead of Blurring
• Microsoft's LinkedIn to launch its own live-streaming video platform
• Surface Pro 6, Laptop 2, Studio 2 Land on 20 New Markets
• Surface Headphones Coming to Eight New Markets Next Month
• Microsoft Rolls Out Xbox One Version 1902 Update
• Apex Legends Quickly Surpasses Fortnite
• Global esports revenues to top $1 billion in 2019: report
• Microsoft's Edge to morph into a Chromium-based, cross-platform browser
• Tip: Personalize Chrome with Google’s Colorful New Themes
• You Can Buy Google Fi SIM Cards at Best Buy Now
• The Power Email App
• Microsoft is revamping its Office Home Use Program to feature discounted Office 365 subscriptions
• Microsoft is readying a 'Pro' version of its Forms survey product
• Abraxas | Perennial Artisan Ales