Windows Weekly 650

Windows 10: The year in review

• The year in Windows 10
• Microsoft changed Windows 10 development in major ways in 2019, and some changes are likely permanent, while others may not be
• Two feature updates, one real (that failed) and one fake (that succeeded)
• 20H1 completed much earlier than expected by non-tea-leaf readers
• What does this all mean for 2020?

Chredging at the Edge

• Microsoft improves Edge tracking protection. But will it ever rival Brave or Safari?
• Related: Microsoft shouldn't be adding consumer features to the new Edge (and Edge mobile)

Amazon re: Invent and how it's key to understanding Azure (and Ignite)

• re:Invent – 60K attendees and a gazillion announcements
• Ignite – 30K attendees and almost a gazillion announcements. Microsoft wants Ignite to become re:Invent

Mobile + Dev

• Microsoft Remote Desktop gets a major update on iOS
• Microsoft releases a Chinese language learning app on Android
• Seeing AI for iOS comes to 5 new languages
• Microsoft ships .NET Core 3.1

Xbox

• Halo: Reach comes to PC. And you can get it on Steam! What's next?
• Related: Hands-On with Halo: Reach for PC
• PS5 dev kit leaked
• Plus: Scarlett/Lockhart rumors resurface

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Help Mary Jo get the Notepad she deserves
• App pick of the week: Firefox 71
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Dedicated Hosts
• Codename pick of the week: Verona
• Beer pick of the week: Sonoma Sour Stout

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Links

• Microsoft's M365 subscription for consumers now looking like a spring 2020 thing
• Here's the real reason Microsoft is already testing publicly next spring's Windows 10 release
• Microsoft Edge to Feature Improved Tracking Protection
• Microsoft Still Doesn’t Get Consumers (Premium)
• Closing Windows, opening ML and AI-powered coding: Orgy of announcements in marathon AWS keynote
• AWS Graviton2: What it means for Arm in the data center, cloud, enterprise, AWS
• Microsoft Remote Desktop App Gets Major Update After More Than a Year
• Microsoft’s Dedicated App for Learning Chinese Launches on Android
• Microsoft Expands Seeing AI to 5 New Languages
• Microsoft Ships .NET Core 3.1
• Halo: Reach is Now Available on the PC
• Hands-On with Halo: Reach for PC
• Sony’s PS5 Dev Kit Spotted in the Wild
• Firefox 71 Brings Picture-in-Picture Capabilities
• Azure Dedicated Hosts
• Verona
• Sonoma Sour Stout