Windows Weekly (Audio)

Microsoft Q2 Earnings Report

• Microsoft reported a net income of $15.5 billion on revenues of $43.1 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2020.
• Pre-COVID spending levels are coming back, leading to Azure, Windows growth
• Xbox had a huge quarter
• Surface was pretty flat, Windows was mixed
• Related: New Surface ad is a bit disingenuous
• Related: Intel had a huge quarter

It happens in threes

• Kurt DelBene is retiring from Microsoft.
• Plus: Rich Turner is joining Project Reunion.

Windows

• Windows Insider Program shows off a second Feature Experience Pack.
• You can install that leaked Windows 10X build on a Surface Pro 7 if you're daring and technical enough
• Another new Dev Channel build today with not much in it (besides some touch keyboard tweaks)

Web browsers

• Edge 88: This is the big one, 'Lizabeth. One year later, Edge is finally "complete" and mature.
• Chrome 88 is out with password improvements, and Chrome OS 88 is out with sign-in, lock screen improvements
• Microsoft Edge now supports profiles in PWAs
• And Google Calendar gets basic offline support (again)
• YouTube is now a PWA
• Mozilla is killing the Firefox PWA feature

Xbox

• Microsoft Backtracks, Xbox Live Gold Pricing Won't Change
• 5 more titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Get your free audiobooks on Spotify
• App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge & Brave Browser
• Enterprise pick of the week: New Dynamics 365 and Power Platform feature plans are available now
• Enterprise pick of the week: IT Ops: All Things Hybrid
• Beer pick of the week: S'mores Bourbon Barrel-Aged Framinghammer

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