Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Leo Laporte

Feb 7th 2018

Windows Weekly 556

90% Cacao, 10% PWA

S Mode, PWA vs UWP

Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.
Category: News

2018: A transition year for Windows 10. SKUmorphic: Windows 10 line-up changes coming. Windows 10 S becomes Windows 10 S Mode. New Home Advanced edition coming. Here come Progressive Web Apps for Windows 10. Support changes coming for Windows 10, Office users. Office 365 ProPlus will only work on Windows 10 starting in 2020 - and Office 2019, too. Q2 FY 2018 Earnings Recap. Surface business up only one percent - and that is a serious problem. MS brass still bullish about Cortana - and they are delusional. Build 2018: Microsoft hasn't announced this yet for some reason, but we know the date and place. An Xbox One S PUGB bundle is coming. Does this mean that the game is about to exit beta? The long-awaited new Xbox Wireless Adapter is now available.

  • Tip of the week: Two ways to get Cortana on your Android device's lock screen
  • App pick of the week: Opera 51
  • Enterprise pick of the week: OneDrive for Business switch offer
  • Codename pick of the week: The other "Polaris"
  • Beer pick of the week: Boulder Shake Chocolate Porter

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