Microsoft news from the past two weeks
Microsoft is designing its own ARM chips
Windows 10 version 20H2 is already on 13.6 percent of Windows 10 PCs
Google and Facebook colluded on online ads
Apple's response to Facebook full-page ads is priceless
Microsoft Edge is out for M1-based Macs
Together Mode comes to Skype
Flight Sim is now available in VR
Games with Gold for January


Our 2021 predictions


Five Microsoft technologies to watch in 2021



Windows


Windows 10
Windows 10X
Windows on ARM
Android on Windows 10 (Project Latte)
Cloud PC
Windows Server



Surface


Surface Duo 2
New Surface Pro, ProX, Book
Any 10X devices from Surface in 2021? Rumors say no.



Cloud


M365: Teams, first-line workers, and bears (oh my)
Azure – more regions, more AWS-competitive services, more AI
Universal Search and MetaOS/Fluid Framework



Gaming


Console
Cloud streaming



Consumer


Chredge, Bing, and MSN
Teams consumer v. Skype



Dev


Project Reunion
.NET MAUI
PWAs



Tips and picks


Tip of the week: Lose yourself in a tech podcast
App pick of the year: Affinity Photo
Enterprise picks of the week: Using Microsoft 365 Defender to protect against Solorigate, Azure free account users get 5 more services
Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin Happy New Beer

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