Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 69
Welcome to Episode 69 of Observed Tech. In this show we talk about Consumer Camp; a Windows 8 book giveaway; the Microsoft Surface RT and how it fits in the Microsoft Ecosystem and your home network; launch of the Surface RT Owner Feedback program; 40 million Windows 8 licenses being sold in first month and some other related stats; Microsoft and carriers about to ship out first Over The Air (OTA) update to Windows Phone 8 devices with reboot issue; Xbox 360’s huge numbers on Black Friday; Tweetro+ imminent release; Outlook.com and their 25 million active users; Living With Lumia – how a real tech review should be done; Nokia Lumia 920 vs DSLR in Night Photography challenge; an idea for refunds in all the app stores out there and how the Abominable Snow Monster uses Windows Phone for speed dating! Enjoy and as always thanks for listening!
Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 68
Welcome to Episode 68 of the show. In this episode we cover a wide range of subjects including, but not limited to, Consumer Camp Orlando; HP Windows 8 Chat; Tweetro hitting Twitter’s 100K token limit and the spike of traffic we have seen on WindowsObserver.com since the weekend; Windows Phone 8 launch; getting lucky and purchasing a Nokia Lumia 920 at upgrade pricing after getting the Lumia 900 on day 1 earlier this year; podcasts on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8; a family experiments by getting a Microsoft Surface instead of an iPad; Microsoft Surface surviving not one but two road rash drop tests; Skype and Messengers merger and new program updates on both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8; taking a look at the app infrastructure as you decide what Windows Phone 8 hardware to buy; changes in the Windows Phone Store; lack of podcast support in Windows 8 and just a couple of podcast apps in the Windows Store; flash player updates now being delivered to Windows users on Patch Tuesday; Lenovo becomes biggest maker of portable PC and the post PC era lives on; student pricing on Microsoft software; Windows Personalization Gallery modern makeover; big name apps in the Windows Store; 4 million Windows 8 upgrades sold first weekend; Microsoft Office is coming to iOS and Android and the Xbox Surface gaming tablet is coming. Enjoy and as always thanks for listening!
Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 67 or the Compromised and Confused Product Show
Welcome to Episode 67 and the Compromised and Confused Product Show! This is our special Windows 8 Launch episode of the PODCAST and we bring in all kinds of news items to give you a Windows 8 fix. Today the world gets to see Windows 8 in a much more personal way by upgrading their existing computers or purchasing new ones including the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT. I run over some of the key takeaways from yesterday’s Windows 8 Launch keynote and the Surface Demo session we were presented at NYC’s Pier 57. You can even see pictures from the day in the gallery below. We discuss your upgrade process; how to get Windows Media Center for free; the number of paid app installations you are allowed across multiple machines; keeping up with Windows Store Apps; the support network that is already available for users of Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface RT and a few other tricks and treats. If you are new to Windows 8 and have a question please contact us here or via Twitter (@WinObs) and we will do what we can to get you an answer to your question. Enjoy and as always thanks for listening!
Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 66
Welcome to Episode 66 and another show full of Microsoft news. We talk about the Microsoft Surface pre-orders and how well they have done and all of the updates that are flowing out of Redmond in preparation for this week’s Windows 8 Launch. We also cover a lot of Xbox related news and info about the console update that will be pushed to all Xbox 360 consoles beginning today. We let you know about two pieces of Office 2013 news – the University Edition license and the free upgrade to Office 2013 when you buy Office 2010. We wrap up with a little Windows Phone news about a new handset and next weeks official launch of the new mobile platform. Of course scattered throughout the show are other little tidbits and items for your geek pleasure. Enjoy and as always thanks for listening!
Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 65
Welcome to Episode 65. We start things off talking about two very significant space related events and that is the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with the Dragon capsule on top carrying supplies to the ISS and Felix Baumgartner’s 24 mile jump from the stratosphere where he broke several world records including being the first human being to travel faster than sound without a jet! Very impressive stuff to say the least. The remainder of this episode is all about Microsoft (with all due respect to Mary Jo Foley of course!). Speaking of Mary Jo Foley we talk about Microsoft pop up stores and the one she has been checking out in NYC’s Time Square; the next version of Office hitting the RTM stage about a month earlier than expected; the Xbox 360 console topping the US once again for the 21st month in a row; Windows 8 jumping to the to of Amazon’s Software Best Seller listing in less than a day and why that is significant; the new Xbox Music Service which launches tomorrow; an analysts prediction about Windows 8 plummeting; the popular Words By Post arriving on Windows 8 and in Windows Phone App Flow a look back at some of the best apps on Windows Phone 7 as Windows Phone 8 gets ready to see daylight. We usually wrap up with a look back at the week on WindowsObserver.com however, a change this week is that we integrated those stories into the flow of the podcast where they fit. Enjoy the show.