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Tip of the week: Understand what’s happening with Xbox on Windows 10
There are three main app experiences now: Xbox Console Companion, Xbox, and Game Bar. Am wondering about Xbox SmartGlass given the console streaming stuff, but bet that will be part of one of the other apps.
App pick of the week: Xbox (Beta) app for Windows
Surprise, it’s not a Store app. OK, that’s not a surprise.
Also: iCloud is in the Microsoft Store now for some reason – And it uses Files On Demand!
And: Microsoft To-Do is coming to the Mac on June 17
Enterprise pick of the week: Dynamics 365 Wave 2
Microsoft just published its 300-plus plan for the coming set of features for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Wave 2. This is a set of features coming between October and March 2020. Most of them are incremental, but there are a couple worth calling out.
Codename pick of the week: Delphi
Because we haven’t had enough Xbox news this week, the codename of the week is Delphi. Delphi = Xbox Elite v2 controller, says Brad Sams.
Beer pick of the week: Burley Oak Lost
Burley Oak, based in Berlin, Md., is making some excellent beers. I tried their Lost IPA this week in DC and it was quite tasty and easy drinking. Not super bitter. 7.2%. Worth drinking.
Bats
<blockquote><em><a href="#435573">In reply to remc86007:</a></em></blockquote><p>I've been following Thurrott since episode 1 of Windows Weekly. I can tell you this,…YES, he lives in an alternate reality. </p><p><br></p><p>Because of that, he can't (and can never) relate to the average "consumer." In his reality, companies have this IMMENSE trust for Microsoft to which he often states in podcasts as a "theoretical scenario." He doesn't go to a job, he doesn't have co-workers, he doesn't have bosses, and he really doesn't effect anything. He just writes what's in his mind and what makes sense to him. The problem, he doesn't understand what he's trying to understand. That's why he is always WRONG. With that said…</p><p><br></p><p>I know about this issue with caps. I participate in a large and great cord cutting community that often discusses these Comcast data caps, that the company imposes on their customers. It's a real issue. At this point, Thurrott is just volunteering himself to be Microsoft's point man…….AGAIN. He says he's not rich, but yet he tries to upgrade all his tech, when the latest and greatest come out. That's another thing, the average consumer cannot do. </p><p><br></p><p>The bottom line, Thurrott will continue to live in the alternate reality until he actually steps out of his bubble truly live like a consumer OR interact with like-minded tech people outside the Microsoft sphere. Someone like Andew Zarian doesn't count because……………..lol……he's really a lightweight.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Bats
<p>I have a question and it's regards to Leo's comments about Google giving up on Stadia after a few years because (and I paraphrase) "thats what they do."</p><p><br></p><p>Since, when did Google do that? I can't think of a time when they did that.</p><p><br></p><p>Let me refine the question. When was the last time Google gave up or got tired of a PAID SERVICE and abandoned it? </p><p><br></p><p>Unless, someone can answer that…what a stupid remark. It's either stupid or Leo is in the early stages of dementia. Leo Laporte is no longer and authority or a (for the lack of a better word) spiritual leader/evangelist in technology. For me, that goes back about 15-20 years ago, when he predicted that Linux was turning the corner; or when HD-DVD was going to be beat Blu Ray disc; or when poo-poo'd the brown zune, because of the color, to which a few years later he said how much he loved and was going to get the wood-backed Moto X.</p><p><br></p><p>This guy is ridiculously bad.</p>