2013-12-13

Welcome to Episode 115.  This week it is an early morning recording session on Friday the 13th, by the way nothing went wrong during recording, to bring you a snapshot of this past weeks tech news.

I kick things off reminding you about the TechPodcast Networks CES 2014 coverage next month in Las Vegas.  Each year TPN has a group of partner shows on the ground out there to bring you interviews with product teams and additional product demos to show you the new tech heading our way.

I will have a dedicated page setup for CES 2014 coverage including TPN’s live stream so keep an eye out for that in January as well.

This weeks other topics of discussion include:

Tech companies rally together about surveillance reform

Microsoft Account activity history

AT&T offering gigabit Internet for your web history

Swipe Down in Windows 8.1 to close apps

50 best tech products of 2013

Angry Birds Go!

Office 365 Admin App goes cross platform

Instagram Direct

Buffer for Business

Nokia’s 8 inch tablet

A week with Surface 2

A 3 Surface family in Seattle

Remove Kindle Ads

Clarification on Windows 7 retail sales deadline

Windows XP end getting closer

Windows 8.1 Preview license expiration

Making Windows 8 a free upgrade

More Windows 8.1 tutorial videos from Scott Hanselman

Changes coming to Windows 8.2/Threshold

Microsoft Stores and the PC market

Photosynth App update

Surface firmware updates

Surface Pro 2 firmware install issue

Dell Venue 8 Pro post Patch Tuesday Wi-Fi issue

Focus on Steve Ballmer as he prepares to leave Microsoft

Bill Gates resigning as Chairman of Microsoft

Xbox One gets first post release update

November gaming console sales numbers

Predicting who wins December between Xbox One and PS4

Steve Sinofsky pokes at Windows in jest

Twitter steps back from blocking change

Until next time enjoy the show and thanks for listening.

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Date Produced: 13 December 2013

Length: 43:49

Format: MP3, 128KBPS

Size: 42.4MB

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