Comparing Microsoft earnings to other big tech companies
- Windows 10
- Microsoft Edge picks up a better roadmap for future features
- Windows 10 "in cloud" configurations are now available
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft 365/Teams saw big education success but struggle against Chromebooks
- Related: It's not just PCs, 2020 Was the Best Year Ever for Chromebook
- Microsoft to highlight improvements to the 'employee experience' in Feb. 4 event
- Microsoft to add new voice command, video, and other features to Office mobile apps
- Microsoft Announces a Slew of Mobile App Updates
- Office Lens is Renamed to Microsoft Lens
- Xbox
- Game Pass titles for the first half of February
- Now Xbox Series X|S supplies will be constrained through mid-2021
- Sony shipped 4.5 million PS5 units in Q4, less than the 6 million expected, but Sony's best quarter ever
- And Nintendo has now shipped 80 million Switches
- Google kills internal games dev at Stadia
- More earnings
- Microsoft - $43.1 billion in revenues
- Amazon - $126 billion
- Apple - $111.4 billion
- Google - $56.9 billion
- Samsung - $55.3 billion
- Microsoft underperformed all of those companies last quarter
- Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Use some common sense when it comes to game streaming services
- App pick of the week: iCloud Passwords
- Also: Vivaldi adds a second tab row for tab groups.
- Enterprise pick of the week: Roadmapwatch.com
- Codename pick of the week: JET Blue
- Beer pick of the week: The Bruery: Bakery: Coconut Macaroons
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
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