David and Colin are joined by "That Canadian Guy", Glen Foster for this trailer for the reboot of the Technology Distilled podcast after an eighteen month hiatus ..read more

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 107 – Hybrid Episode Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Autonomous" Microsoft Moment Microsoft is now releasing Windows 10 19H2. What to expect from Windows 10 November 2019 Update: A pleasant surprise      Discussion - Cars Convergence of Ride Sharing, Electric Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles Volvo unveils its first electric car, the XC40 Recharge Volvo will launch a new electric vehicle every year through 2025 Volvo clarifies electrification plan, aims for 50% of sales ..read more

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 106 - The Last Episode Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "New" News of the Week Dona Sarkar is leaving Microsoft Insider Program. She will be joining the Microsoft Developer Relations team to lead advocacy for Citizen Developers, especially how they use the Power Platform (Microsoft Flow, PowerApps and Power BI). Surface Event Recap Surface X Keyboard not compatible $999 US + Keyboard and Pen Almost $1,600 CDN with keyboard, pen 8/128 - too $$$ Surface Duo Surface Neo Surface Laptop $1,19 ..read more

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 105 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Event" News of the Week Windows Insider Program - 5 years old Windows 7 Extended Support - widely available Surface Event Predictions No Phone Folding Device Colin No David Yes ARM Based Surface Tablet Usb C New Hub New Studio New Surfacebook Announcements Surface Laptop 3 AMD and Intel 15 and 13" USB C 999 & 1199 starting prices (US$) Surface Pro 7 USB C Starts at $749 (US$) Surface Earbuds 24 hours of battery life Latter this year St ..read more

Introduction Featuring guest host Ian Dixon from the Digital Lifestyle Podcast Word of the week is “Device” Feature of the Week This week we discuss three free Apps that rock the Surface CollaBoard is a collaboration workspace that takes advantage of Ink and Touch Xodo PDF Reader & Editor is a simple PDF reader that supports ink markup Bamboo Paper is the closest thing to actual paper for the Surface News of the Week The Windows 10 May 2019 Update is now available Microsoft has started rolling out its new option for controlling feature updates. Microsoft releases a Windows XP Security ..read more

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 103 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Build" News of the Week Microsoft Build 2019: Microsoft launches election security service, SDK Cosmos DB, Azure Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse all see significant updates. Build Keynote - Four platform Opportunities Azure - Intelligent Cloud/Edge 54 DC Regions 90 Compliance certifications 95% Fortune 500 penetration AI Speech Service Virtual Assistants BOT Framework Mixed Reality Autonomous Systems IOT Dynamics 365 & Power Platform ..read more

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 102 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Fatigued" Discussion of the Week What should you do with your Windows 2008 Servers / Windows 7 that you won't upgrade by the deadline? Windows 2008 Scenarios Not enough time to upgrade all our apps Application only runs on Windows 2008 Windows 7 Don't have the budget for new laptops Management was hoping Microsoft would extend support Application only runs on Windows 2008 Feature of the Week Windows 10 May 2019 Update: The new features that matt ..read more

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 101 Today we have a studio audience – I'd put in their twitter accounts, but they are millennials …   Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Edge" Feature of the Week Microsoft changes how Windows 10 disconnects USB storage devices News of the Week   Microsoft Edge Windows 10's new Edge with Chromium browser preview builds drop today Chromium-based Microsoft Edge will be able to stream videos in 4K Will Windows 10 users flock to Chromium Edge for its exclusive 4K Netflix streaming? Mic ..read more

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 100 With special guests…. Dona Sarkar @donasarkar Jeremiah Marble @jeremiahmarble … and about 50 Windows Insiders @WindowsInsiders at the Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond This is the second time we had Dona and Jeremiah on our podcast. Listen to our interview witht hem in 2016 from our archive: Surface Smiths - Episode 42 Surface Smiths – Episode 43 Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Summit" News of the Week Now Windows 10 users can set up a call with Microsoft to chat directly with its ..read more

Introduction Universal Windows Podcast – Episode 99 – Gretzky – The Great One With special guests…. Joel Rushworth @gwydionjhr Richard Hay @WinObs Eric Leonard @erleonard   Word of the Week Enjoy a sip of your favourite beverage each time any of us says "Space"   News of the Week Microsoft announce HoloLense 2   Samsung and Huawei announce folding phones at MWC Folding phone Stop using IE - please! Windows for robots: Microsoft reveals new Windows Server IoT 2019   Cool Things MVPs Do Richard – Space Program Joel – Photography Eric – Family and Azure MVP Summit ..read more