Welcome to Episode 33 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. We are now one third of the way to our 100th Episode which we should reach in about mid 2014!
In our show today we discuss 20 Free Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Updates; cNet Editor Harry McCracken thinking Windows Phone 7 is terrific; useful Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts; Outlook Add-In to prevent Reply All; AT&T now throttling top 5% of mobile data users; Google funded research says Chrome is best browser; how to fix crashing Xbox apps; the latest social network Hycku only allows 7 words per post; Microsoft learning Suite free software; 6 tips to customize your Windows Phone 7 out of the box; Twitter now introduces Brand Pages; PC World lists Windows Phone as one of its top 10 in Tech for 2011; PC Pitstop’s latest Newsletter for December 2011; Windows 8 is not irrelevant yet and tweeters in your local theater a possibility.
As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com
Links to all the stories and sources are in the show notes below.
Enjoy and as always thanks for listening!
Show Links:
- 20 best free Windows Phone 7.5 Mango apps (Tech Radar)
- CNet’s McCracken: "Microsoft’s mobile software is terrific" (WP Central)
- 10 most useful Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts that you should know (The Windows Club)
- An Outlook Add-In that Prevents ‘Reply All’ (Techie Buzz)
- AT&T starts throttling high data users down to 2G speeds (Digital Trends)
- Google Funded Browser Research Claims Chrome is Most Secure, Firefox is Least! (Techie Buzz)
- Fix crashed Zune Xbox app when using XBOX Companion on Windows Phone (Hector Calvarro, MSDN Blog)
- Think 140 characters is short- Try 7 words with nanoblogging service Hycku (The Next Web)
- Microsoft Learning Suite – free download now available! (UK Schools, MSDN Blog)
- Out of the Box- 6 tricks for personalizing your Windows Phone (Windows Phone Blog)
- Twitter Introduces Brand Pages (Mashable)
- PC World puts Windows Phone in ’10 Tech Wins of 2011′ (WP Central)
- PC Pitstop Newsletter – December 2011 (PC Pitstop)
- Don’t call Windows 8 ‘largely irrelevant’ until you actually use it (Digital Trends)
- Special Seats for Tweeting At Theaters- Annoyance or Enhancement- [POLL] (Mashable)
WindowsObserver.com Week in Review:
- Rest in Peace TweetDeck on Adobe AIR
- NASA Launches Third Rock Radio – America’s Space Station
- Spike Video Game Awards 2011 List
- Microsoft Windows Defender Offline Beta Released
- Microsoft Silverlight 5 Just Released
- NPD- The Xbox 360 Has Another Amazing Record Breaking Month
- Meet Windows Phone 7 Developers Neuralnet Systems
- Microsoft Launches Online Answer Desk
- Advance Noticed Given for December 2011 Patch Tuesday Updates
- Nokia rolls out first update for Lumia 800 Including 3D Maps
- Countdown to Christmas Windows Phone 7 Apps
- A New Netflix Experience Comes To Xbox Live
- Five Gifts For Your Favorite Xbox 360 Gamer
- Microsoft Announces An Xbox App For iOS
- Windows Phone App Flow- The News is Next
- Fever Pitched Episode 3- This Weeks Hottest Stories for 07 December 2011
- Windows Phone Xbox Companion App Released
- Windows Store and Developers
- Microsoft Confirms Windows 8 Beta in February 2012
- Community Sourced Themepack and Background Art
Date Produced: 12 December 2011
Length: 51:09
Format: MP3, 128KBPS
Size: 46.8MB
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