Diagonal Shards - Microsoft Account Management, Front Row for Teams, FTC & Microsoft

Microsoft Account Management, Front Row for Teams, FTC & Microsoft

•  Windows 11 Gets a New Feature a Bit Early: Microsoft Account Management
•  Windows 11 users will get several new features in February ahead of its H2 feature update
•  Windows 11 Almost Doubles Usage Share to 16.1 Percent
•  Report: Chromebook Sales Grew 13.5 Percent in 2021

Microsoft 365

•  Microsoft starts rolling out Teams 'Front Row' view for better hybrid meetings
•  Microsoft: Standalone test version of Lists app requires no 365 subscription

Earnings Reports

•  Intel Earnings Beat Expectations
•  Apple Delivers Another Record Quarter
•  Alphabet (Google) Sees Big Net Income, Revenue Gains
•  AMD Reports Record Revenues

Browsers vs. Google

• Brave Says FLoC You to Google’s Topics API
•  Vivaldi: Google is Going Off-Topics Again

Xbox & Gaming

•  Microsoft Falls on Report FTC, and Not DoJ, Will Review Activision Deal
•  DOJ antitrust chief's past work for Microsoft looms over $69B Activision deal
•  Microsoft Agrees to Xbox Subscription Auto-Renew Changes in the UK
•  Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for February
•  Microsoft Announces First Game Pass Titles for February
•  Flight Simulator World Update VII Adds Australia Content
•  PlayStation 5 Sales are Already Slowing
•  Sony to Acquire Bungie for $3.6 Billion
•  Microsoft Supports Epic Games Appeal of Apple Ruling

Mary Jo Foley's DOM Briefing Podcast

• Microsoft's Strategy for 2022: It's All About the Cloud | Directions on Microsoft

Tips and Picks

•  Tip of the week: Stop those annoying Edge popups (at least for a bit)
•  App picks of the week: Get free PC games each week from Epic
•  Enterprise picks of the week: New monthly podcast for Microsoft enterprise nerds
•  Developer pick of the week: February 14: Get sweet on .NET
•  Beer pick of the week: Sofia Electric Brewing Small Steps Giant Leaps

Hosts: Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, Mikah Sargent
Windows Weekly episode 762
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