• 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

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott
Windows Weekly episode 705
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