Feb 14th 2018
Windows Weekly 557
White Chocolate
Build vs Google I/O
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First up: A fan's eye for Windows Family Guy:https://twitter.com/JustinSalvato/status/962839713009819649. Windows Defender ATP is coming to Windows 7, 8.1. Windows Analytics tools for enterprise users now include Spectre/Meltdown patch analyzer. Microsoft is still adding features to Redstone 4, as it closes in on RTM. Related: Apple is scaling back the iOS schedule. Microsoft should pay attention. It's official: Build is coming back to Seattle, May 7-9 - going head-to-head with Google I/O. Registration opens tomorrow, Feb. 15. Microsoft tries to make a case for Surface, but it makes a case for Macs instead. Five years ago this week, Microsoft launched the first Surface Pro. Analyst estimates that Microsoft has sold 35 million Xbox One consoles.
- Tip of the week: You're still going to need an ad blocker
- PLUS: WINKEY + CTRL + c
- App pick of the week: Tweeten
- Also: Amazon Music makes a surprise appearance in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10. Ahead of iTunes.
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft for Startups
- Codename pick of the week: Seville
- Beer pick of the week: The Bruery White Chocolate
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Links
- A fan's eye for Windows Family Guy
- Microsoft to add Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection support for Windows 7 this summer
- Windows Analytics now helps assess Meltdown and Spectre protections
- Windows 10 'Redstone 4' test build adds diagnostics-delete button
- Microsoft, Please Pay Attention to What Apple is Doing with iOS (Premium)
- Microsoft Build 2018 developer conference to return to Seattle May 7 to May 9
- Microsoft Promotes Survey That Shows Big Preference for Macs (Premium)
- 5 Years Later: My Original Surface Pro Review, Annotated
- 5 Years Later: How Microsoft Originally Marketed Surface Pro
- Analyst estimates that Microsoft has sold 3sf5 million Xbox One consoles.
- Google: Ads Don’t Ruin the Web, Site Owners Do
- Tweeten
- Amazon Music Now Available From the Microsoft Store
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft for Startups
- Codename pick of the week: Seville
- Beer pick of the week: The Bruery White Chocolate