Oct 30th 2024
Windows Weekly 905
Regulated Goods Content
Astroturfing, Microsoft FY25 Q1 Earnings, Notion Mail
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Windows 11
- Yes, Windows 11 version 24H2 got its preview update for October too, a few days late as expected
- 24H2 was a surprisingly big platform shift - no enablement updates - faster updates going forward
- Dev and Beta get new builds, minor changes in each
Microsoft 365/AI/dev
- Teams is... getting weird
- Microsoft 365 apps get Handoff support on Apple devices
- Notion Mail - a light alternatives to Google Workspace and M365?
- GitHub Copilot goes multi-LLM
- Apple Intelligence wave one arrives, mostly to indifference. Wave two in December. EU is getting it in the Spring
- New Macs this week with M4. But the big news? 16 GB of RAM, minimum. Finally.
- The Browser Company can’t realize its vision for the future with Arc
Earnings/Corporate
- Microsoft and Google duke it out over Cloud licensing - This one is getting ugly
- Google - $88.3 billion in revenues
- AMD - OK, but dominated by Intel on PCs and NVIDIA in AI/datacenter
Xbox
- More games, more people, more devices, Microsoft says
- Less emphasis on console but what might a next-gen console look like? Arm? Mobile? Third-party hardware makers?
- Cloud Gaming is limited to the most expensive Game Pass tier - that has to change, and what about a standalone tier?
- Mobile app stores are coming - but what about native mobile games?
- Call of Duty Black Ops 6 lands on PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and Cloud Gaming - Paul puts aside his grudge and gives it a shot
- Microsoft previews new Home experience for Xbox app on Windows
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: It might be time to look at the Raspberry Pi again
- App pick of the week: My God, it’s full of web browsers
- RunAs Radio this week: Updating Windows on ARM with Aria Hanson
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Laird of the Fintry Black Label Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
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Links
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 Gets its Optional October Update
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 Delivers Smaller, Faster, and More Efficient Updates
- Microsoft Drops New Windows 11 Builds on the Dev and Beta Channels
- Microsoft Teams Will Soon Let Users Combine Chat and Channels in a Single View
- Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Add Handoff Support on Apple Devices
- Notion Previews Its Mail App
- GitHub Copilot to Support New AI Models From Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI
- Apple Intelligence Arrives in iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1
- Sweet 16 (Premium)
- Microsoft is Previewing New Home Experience on its Xbox App for PC
- Raspberry Pi Launches SSDs and SSD Kits
- Raspberry Pi Now Offers a More Powerful AI Kit
- Google Chrome 130 Arrives with Performance Personalization
- Vivaldi 7 Arrives With Completely Revamped User Experience
- Opera 85 for Android Adds AI Image Understanding, More
- Firefox 132 Arrives with Microsoft PlayReady Support
- Adobe Fresco is Now Completely Free
- Proton VPN Comes to Apple TV
- Fantastical Calendar App is Now Available on Windows
- Updating Windows on ARM with Aria Hanson
- 2024 Laird of Fintry Black Label Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky