Aug 29th 2018
Windows Weekly 584
What's The Vig?
Xbox All Access Is Official
Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
- Xbox All Access is real goes live in the US. What is this thing? It's a subscription-based financing option that points to the future.
- Intel announces "new" 8th-generation Core chips. But only the Wi-Fi is new.
- IFA: PC makers announce new PCs. It's like CES 2.
- Windows 10 Build 17746 puts Your Phone in Release Preview, but no new features.
- Sticky Notes 3 is official, available to Skip Ahead Insiders
- Wish List is coming to the Microsoft Store
- Related: Microsoft is warning users on Windows 10 version 1607 to upgrade
- Related: Why did the HP CEO undermine the entire PC industry?
- Related: The bizarre story of the new zero-day Windows vulnerability
- Microsoft announces OneDrive for Business features, calls it OneDrive and confuses everyone. Again.
- Microsoft Teams picks up "feature parity" with Skype for Business. Just kidding.
- Excel, PowerPoint, and OneDrive all have over 500 million downloads on the Play Store. So does Word.
- Microsoft is reorganizing the Games library screen on Xbox One, again
- Microsoft announces a white Elite controller - but it's the old design, wtf - WHERE IS THE NEW VERSION??? (MJF: "Settle down, Game Boy!")
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: You can use your Xbox One controller on Android now
- App pick of the week: Get the Pixel launcher(ish) on almost any Android handset
- Bonus pick: Modern Warfare 2 is on Xbox One Backward Compatibility.
- Enterprise pick of the week: The end of hybrid Intune support is coming
- Codename pick of the week: TDBN (Tidbin)
- Beer pick of the week: Jack's Abby House Lager
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Links
- Microsoft Announces Xbox All Access
- Microsoft adds a new subscription-based financing offer to its line-up with Xbox All Access
- Intel Announces New 8th-Generation Core Processors
- Acer Introduces World’s Lightest 15-inch Laptop, New Chromebook, More
- Acer Announces Next-gen Modular Windows Mixed Reality Headset
- Dell Bundles Amazon Alexa on New Consumer PCs
- New Redstone 5 Build Heads to Insiders, Your Phone Lands on Release Preview
- Sticky Notes 3 for Windows 10 Launches With Cross-Device Syncing, Dark Theme, More
- Microsoft Appears to be Adding a Wish List to its Online Store
- Microsoft is warning users on Windows 10 version 1709 to upgrade
- HP Results Highlight PC Market Woes
- Microsoft Acknowledges New Windows Zero-Day Flaw
- Excel and PowerPoint Mobile Each Net 500 Million Downloads on Android
- Microsoft To-Do Gets Tagging Support
- Microsoft Now Selling the Cortana-Powered Thermostat
- Xbox’s Ready to Install Screen Is Getting a New Home
- Microsoft Announces New Xbox One Elite Controller…….in White
- Android Now Supports the Xbox One Controller
- Tip: Bring the Pixel Launcher to Your Android Handset
- Microsoft touts more AI-powered OneDrive for Business and SharePoint features due later this year
- Microsoft says it has delivered on its plan to bring Skype for Business features to Teams
- Obsolete Microspeak: TDBN and the six-pack
- Jack's Abby House Lager