CES 2021


There isn't really TOO much excitement, but major announcements from both Intel and AMD will impact the PC industry in 2021.
New PCs, as expected, nothing truly unique.
Intel CEO Swan to be replaced by VMware CEO Gelsinger
Qualcomm buys CPU design firm Nuvia



PCs


The PC market surged in 2020, had its best year since 2015.
Microsoft announced Surface Pro 7+ for businesses and not Surface Pro 8 as expected.
Windows 10 Dev build adds improvements to that new news feed feature



Microsoft


Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson is leaving Microsoft for Qualtrics
Microsoft is finalizing its transition to Azure
Microsoft rolls out its second vertical cloud bundle – for retail



Xbox


Microsoft denies Duracellgate is a thing!
Microsoft Announces Xbox Wireless Controller in Pulse Red



Tips and picks


Tip of the week: Paul's photo management system
App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft increases file upload size for M365
Codename pick of the week: Project Peabody
Beer pick of the week: 3Floyd's Gumballhead

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