WW 707: One Telemetry at a Time - Thoughts on CES 2021

Windows Weekly (Video)

CES 2021

• There isn't really TOO much excitement, but major announcements from both Intel and AMD will impact the PC industry in 2021.
• New PCs, as expected, nothing truly unique.
• Intel CEO Swan to be replaced by VMware CEO Gelsinger
• Qualcomm buys CPU design firm Nuvia

PCs

• The PC market surged in 2020, had its best year since 2015.
• Microsoft announced Surface Pro 7+ for businesses and not Surface Pro 8 as expected.
• Windows 10 Dev build adds improvements to that new news feed feature

Microsoft

• Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson is leaving Microsoft for Qualtrics
• Microsoft is finalizing its transition to Azure
• Microsoft rolls out its second vertical cloud bundle – for retail

Xbox

• Microsoft denies Duracellgate is a thing!
• Microsoft Announces Xbox Wireless Controller in Pulse Red

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Paul's photo management system
• App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox
• Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft increases file upload size for M365
• Codename pick of the week: Project Peabody
• Beer pick of the week: 3Floyd's Gumballhead

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