This Week's Stories:
Panos Is Wumped (Windows plus Pumped)- Panos is running a new combined Windows and Devices team.- JoeB is going to OXO- What will PC OEMs do?- Key takeaway: This is good for Windows and for Microsoft- Related: More reorg news of the day. Teper is going to run Teams. And Jeff Weiner is out as CEO of LinkedIn.Microsoft controversies of the week!
#1 Surface Hub 2X: What's happening- After a leak claimed that Microsoft was delaying or even canceling Surface Hub 2X, Microsoft revised its plans (again, remember this is the second major delay/issue).- What the heck is going on with Surface?#2 Microsoft Store/UWP on the decline- Another nail in the coffin: Microsoft is shutting down the ad-based monetization of UWP apps in the Store.- But which coffin? This probably says more about Microsoft Store than UWP.#3 BingJacked: The sequel?- Windows Search is down for many this morning. It's back now (but you probably need a reboot or 3)Microsoft at MWC- Microsoft will show off some stuff at MWC, but nothing like last year. Looks like Paul is staying home.Microsoft earnings- We're a week late and a dollar short, but let's talk about Microsoft's earnings.- Microsoft earned $11.6 billion on revenues of $36.9 billion in the quarter ending December 31.- Windows had a larger than expected contribution- Paul's business-by-business analysisXbox- There's a new System Update (2002, of course) coming in February- Microsoft launches a new Xbox Bounty ProgramPicks of the Week- Tip of the week: Give Game Pass for PC a shot- App pick of the week: Outlook ... on mobile, not the PC- Enterprise pick of the week: System Center 2019 Update Rollup 1 is out- Codename pick of the week: Aruba- Beer pick of the week: Allagash Tripel
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