Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 39

Welcome to Episode 39 of the Observed Tech PODCAST.

In this show we talk about a million comments on Facebook; over a million Nokia Windows Phone sales; Bill Gates last visit with Steve Jobs; encrypted hard drives and the law; Hotmail on a lot of mobile devices; move from Gmail to Hotmail in three easy steps; Google and its new privacy policies; Facebook Timeline is here ready or not and sensors and mobile networks in Windows 8.

As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com

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Show Links:

• This woman got over 1 million comments on a Facebook post. But not for the reasons you think (The Next Web)
• Analysts Estimate Nokia Sold Around 1.3 Million Lumia Phones (Mashable)
• Video: Bill Gates on his last visit with Steve Jobs (Geek Wire)
• Hotmail, already powering over 15 million phones and growing, comes to Kindle Fire (Inside Windows Live Blog)
• Turn over a new leaf and switch from Gmail to Hotmail in 3 easy steps (Inside Windows Live)
• Updating our privacy policies and terms of service (Google)
• Ready or Not, You’re Getting Facebook Timeline (Mashable)
• Supporting sensors in Windows 8 (Building Windows 8 Blog)
• Engineering Windows 8 for mobile networks (Building Windows 8 Blog)
• Windows 8: Why the coming beta is likely to be labeled the “consumer preview” (All About Microsoft)
• Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops (cNet)

WindowsObserver.com Week in Review:

• Day 44- Life From A Touch Perspective With Windows 8
• Get Even More From Skype … With #SkypeTips
• Modern Warfare 3 Update Eight Hits Xbox 360
• Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 Demo For Xbox 360 Kinect (video)
• Rumor Has It A Move to Windows Phone Is Possible
• Dell Unveils The Alienware X51 Gaming PC
• Hotmail App Now Available for Kindle Fire
• Vimeo Unveils New Website
• Resistance is Futile- Ready or Not New Facebook Timeline Is Arriving Worldwide
• Project Yosemite- Awesome Yosemite National Park HD Timelapse
• Tour SpaceX Dragon Capsule in Cargo Configuration
• TSA- Can A Good Social Media and Outreach Strategy Change Perceptions
• Fever Pitched- The Past Weeks Hottest Stories for 23 January 2012
• Windows Phone Marketplace Zips Past 60,000 Apps
• Theme- Space Shuttle Endeavour Final Mission
• The Internet Now Has 2.1 Billion Active Users Worldwide
• Beware Of Fake Halo 4 Beta Codes Circulating The Web

Date Produced: 27 January 2012

Length: 33:18

Format: MP3, 128KBPS

Size: 30.5MB

This PODCAST is a member of the TechPodcast Network.

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Richard Hay  (3392 Posts)

Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.