Aug 17th 2022
Windows Weekly 790
Chub-Smuggling
Live animated widget notifications, Pixel 6a, Dev Box Preview
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Live animated widget notifications, Pixel 6a, Dev Box Preview
Windows 11
- Windows 11 version 22H2 arrives in September
- Windows 11 is getting widget notifications
- Camera app goes native on Arm, gets privacy shutter support
- Microsoft shuts down Windows Insider enterprise test bed
Microsoft 365
- Outlook for Windows moves the cheese. Predictably, no one is happy
- About those ads in Outlook Mobile...
Dev
- Microsoft makes Dev Box available in preview
- Microsoft, Canonical bring native .NET to Ubuntu Linux
- Microsoft launches a Markdown language server
Mobile
- Android 13 arrives a month early. Any other surprises?
- Paul reviews the Pixel 6a - It’s terrific.
Xbox
- Microsoft only sold ~50 million Xbox Ones. Thanks, Kinect!
- Here is the second round of Game Pass titles for August
- Sony complains about Microsoft AB acquisition - but there’s a simple fix for Sony’s Microsoft/COD concerns
- Sony to make an even bigger push on PC gaming
- Google lets you launch cloud-streaming games from search results
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- App pick of the week: Brave for iOS
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft still won’t say what’s happening with S4BS
- Codename pick of the week: LaTTe: Language Trajectory Transformer
- Beer pick of the week: Transmitter Brewing W4 Dry Hopped Gose
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Links
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 May Arrive in September
- Microsoft starts pushing Windows 11 widget notifications on the taskbar
- Microsoft Ships New Windows 11 Build and App Updates to Insiders
- Microsoft is shutting down its 'Olympia Corp.' Windows Insider enterprise test bed
- Outlook for Windows to Move Mail, Calendar, and Other App Shortcuts
- Microsoft makes Dev Box virtual workstation available to testers
- Microsoft Partners with Canonical to Bring .NET 6 to Ubuntu Linux
- Microsoft Launches a Markdown Language Server
- Surprise! Android 13 is Here
- Google Pixel 6a Review
- Microsoft Probably Sold 50-55 Million Xbox One Consoles
- Sony Could Be Working On Its Own PC Games Launcher
- Google Test Lets Users Launch Cloud Games From Search Results
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Preorders Get Campaign Early
- Brave Improves Privacy for iPhone Users
- Skype for Business Server support, Skype for Business App SDK, & migrating users to Microsoft Teams
- Just say the magic word: using language to program robots
- Making robots more helpful with language
- W4 Dry Hopped Gose