Leo, Mary Jo, and Paul discuss Windows 10, Chromium-based Edge, Microsoft Band, USB, Xbox, and much more.
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Tip of the week: Surface Pro 6 + Type Cover Bundle
Microsoft is selling its Surface Pro 6 + Type Cover Bundle for $160 off, at $899. (Core i5, 8 GB, 128 GB). (It was $260 off very briefly last week.) Be sure to build your own bundle!
App pick of the week: Pocket Casts
Pocket Casts v7 is now available on Android, bringing an entirely new user experience.
Plus: Grammarly Keyboard for iOS adds Dark theme, more.
Enterprise pick of the week: Excel (mobile) can turn photos of table data into working spreadsheets
Microsoft announced plans for the “Insert Data from Pictures” feature at Ignite last year. Now it’s starting to roll out beginning with Android phones. You need O365 and the Excel mobile app for this.
Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft opens its first datacenters in Africa
Finally, the first two African Azure regions are open in Johannesburg and Capetown.
Beer pick of the week: Jack’s Abby Barrel Aged Framinghammer
Framingham, MA Jack’s Abby does a lot of variants of its Framinghammer Baltic porter beer. The barrel aged version isn’t too boozy (even though it’s 10%)and is really smooth and drinkable. Chocolatey and lightly bourbony.