Windows Weekly 760: The Activision Acquisition
All TWiT.tv Shows (Video)
English - January 19, 2022 21:52 - 2 hours - 2.02 GB Video - ★★★★ - 43 ratingsTech News News Technology twit this week in tech leo laporte technology tech news tech podcasts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard, the makers of WoW, CoD, Overwatch, and Candy Crush, among other gaming hits.
Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition is the biggest in the company's history.
Sony shares stumble as the firm cedes $20 billion in value overnight
Windows 11 SE devices are rolling out for the education market, starting as cheap as $219.
Surface Laptop SE is now available for schools to purchase.
PC sales, in a third consecutive year of growth, increased 16% in 2021.
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22538 announced and released to the Dev channel.
New updates roll out for Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones.
Game Pass titles for January include Death's Door and Nobody Saves the World
Tips & Picks:
Tip of the week: Programming Windows articles and projects
App pick of the week: .NETpad
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft fixes yet another botched Patch Tuesday update
Codename pick of the week: Nickel
Beer pick of the week: Shacksbury The Vermonter Cider
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
hackerrank.com/WW
CDW.com/IntelClient