Windows Weekly 288: Scroogled

The one where Paul and Mary Jo bring Leo up to speed on Steven Sinofsky's departure from Microsoft

This week on Windows Weekly: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss Surface Pro pricing and specs, Surface RT sales, 40 million Windows 8 licenses sold and what that really means, Microsoft's plan to update Windows over time like a web service, Windows Phone 7.8 news, Windows Phone 8 sales, and Microsoft's new anti-Google "Scroogled" campaign.

Running time: 1:37:50

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Picks

Tip of the week: A Phone to Die For
Brian "Mosspuppet" Hogg has written a hilarious detective thriller starring many tech industry bloggers. Some come across better than others, just like in real life. A Phone to Die For is available on the Amazon Kindle for just $3. It's a no-brainer. 
 
Software pick of the week: MetroTwit
This was a previous pick but I'm back to using it regularly and wonder how I got along without it. MetroTwit is the best Twitter client, period.
 
Enterprise pick of the week: WAAD
There were a couple new tidbits about Windows Azure Active Directory from the team this week
 
Codename pick of the week: Apollo Plus
The successor to Apollo? If so, might Microsoft bring VPN to WP8.x devices after all?
 
Beer pick of the week: Hill Farmstead Apollo
(In honor of our codename of the week, a VT brewery gets the shout out) And is anyone out there using the Windows Phone mmm Beer app for Untappd service?

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roncerr
on Dec 2, 2012

The MetroTwit page says: "Of course there's always something brewing so more features to come..."
But upon downloading the Windows 7 version, I found it had the exact same version as the one I downloaded 12 months ago. Of course, that could be good; just wonder why they have to make it sound like there is always something new.

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