May 1st 2019
Windows Weekly 619
One... Trillion Dollars
Microsoft earnings, PureText, and Windows Server 1903
Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.
This Week's Stories
- Microsoft earnings: Net income of $8.8 Billion on Revenues of $30.6 Billion
- Related: Microsoft was briefly worth $1 trillion
- Related: Microsoft documents product releases in the quarter
- Google just gave Chromium-based Edge a thumbs-up
- Sorry, but crapware is still in Windows 10 version 1903
- Windows 10 Version 1903 Requires at Least 32 GB of Storage
- New 20H1 test build adds Your Phone changes, better dictation - Another new build adds nothing
- Windows 10 version 1809 hits almost 30% usage share
- Microsoft looks ready to add some new Azure regions, while it takes one away
- Microsoft, Dell unveils new Azure-VMware integrations
- Microsoft wants to help business users build customized digital assistants
- Related: Microsoft, an also-ran in the market for digital personal assistants, has issued a report about digital personal assistants.
- Microsoft rebrands Bing Ads as Microsoft Advertising
- Microsoft delays testing of Halo: MCC on PC
- Microsoft and the VA are partnering to provide the Xbox Adaptive Controller to veterans.
- Notch will not be part of Minecraft's 10th anniversary
- Xbox version 1905 has a few neat new features
- PS4 has sold 100 million units
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Microsoft has revealed the Xbox Game Pass games and Games for Gold titles for May!
- App pick of the week: PureText - Also: Simplify for Chrome fixes Gmail
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 1903
- Codename pick of the week: Cosine
- Beer pick of the week: Holy Mountain Brewing Witchfinder
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Links
- Microsoft Q3 FY19: Windows has a surprisingly strong quarter
- Paul Thurrott's Short Takes: Microsoft Earnings Special Edition
- $1 Trillion
- Microsoft Highlights Major Product Releases From FY19 Q3
- Google Gives a Thumbs-Up to Chromium-Based Microsoft Edge
- Windows 10 Version 1903 Requires at Least 32 GB of Storage
- Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18890 Arrives
- Microsoft rolls out a new Windows 10 20H1 test build with broader dictation support
- Windows 10 Version 1809 Hits 29.3 Percent Usage Share
- Microsoft, Dell unveil new Azure-VMware integrations
- Build 2019: Microsoft wants to help business users build customized digital assistants
- Microsoft Issues Digital Personal Assistant Report
- Microsoft rebrands Bing Ads as Microsoft Advertising
- Microsoft Delays Testing of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC
- Microsoft, VA Bring Xbox Adaptive Controller to Veterans
- Microsoft to Exclude Minecraft Creator from Game’s 10th Anniversary
- PlayStation 4 Has Sold Nearly 100 Million Units
- Wolfenstein II, Wargroove, More Coming to Xbox Game Pass
- Games with Gold for May Debuts a Day Early
- PureText
- Pure Text on web
- Google Inbox Co-Founder Fixes Gmail. Again.
- First sneak peek of Windows Server, version 1903 Semi-Annual Channel
- Witchfinder