44 - Welcome to 2016

Happy New Year everyone!

David returns as his long hours at work are starting to even out and the holiday period has passed. We kick the show off talking about how we celebrated the holidays then move into talking about some of the latest news to come from a somewhat slower period at Microsoft due to the holidays.

Also on tap, our personal picks of the week along with David chastising Vernon for failing to yet see the number one grossing movie in United States film history. Yes, Star Wars Episode VII: Force Awakens has passed Avatars US total, and quite quickly for that matter.

 

 

Hosts

David V. Kimball
Vernon EL Smith

 

 

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Tip of the episode

Cortana's "Flip a coin" and Music search

 

 

News Discussed

Lumia 550 available in the US
Acer's Liquid Jade Primo
Minecraft is the best selling game in the Windows Store
Bing is now powering AOL Search

 

 

Personal Picks

App Picks

David - Path
Vernon - Battery, by Enless Soft (suggested by Rick Casteel)

Music Picks

David - Yuang Chen - Smash Bros. Legacy theme
Vernon - Deadmau5

Podcast and/or other Picks

David - Star Wars Episode IIV: Force Awakens, see it
Vernon - Making a Murderer on Netflix

 

 

Twitter Tip

Do not just abandon a Twitter account because you are just abandoning your followers.

 

 

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