Windows Weekly 709: Master of Soft Numbers

Microsoft Q2 Earnings Report

Microsoft reported a net income of $15.5 billion on revenues of $43.1 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2020.
Pre-COVID spending levels are coming back, leading to Azure, Windows growth
Xbox had a huge quarter
Surface was pretty flat, Windows was mixed
Related: New Surface ad is a bit disingenuous
Related: Intel had a huge quarter

It happens in threes

Kurt DelBene is retiring from Microsoft.
Plus: Rich Turner is joining Project Reunion.

Windows

Windows Insider Program shows off a second Feature Experience Pack.
You can install that leaked Windows 10X build on a Surface Pro 7 if you're daring and technical enough
Another new Dev Channel build today with not much in it (besides some touch keyboard tweaks)

Web browsers

Edge 88: This is the big one, 'Lizabeth. One year later, Edge is finally "complete" and mature.
Chrome 88 is out with password improvements, and Chrome OS 88 is out with sign-in, lock screen improvements
Microsoft Edge now supports profiles in PWAs
And Google Calendar gets basic offline support (again)
YouTube is now a PWA
Mozilla is killing the Firefox PWA feature

Xbox

Microsoft Backtracks, Xbox Live Gold Pricing Won't Change
5 more titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Get your free audiobooks on Spotify
App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge & Brave Browser
Enterprise pick of the week: New Dynamics 365 and Power Platform feature plans are available now
Enterprise pick of the week: IT Ops: All Things Hybrid
Beer pick of the week: S'mores Bourbon Barrel-Aged Framinghammer

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