Thu. 06/24 – New Windows!

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The new Windows is Windows 11. Google delays the Adpodcalypse. BuzzFeed finally to go public. Comcast is having issues with Peacock. Google and Jio’s cheap smartphone is announced. Is the biggest ever crypto crime story evolving right now in South Africa? And RIP John McAfee. Sponsors: RocketLawyer.com/workconfidently Cybereason.com Links: Microsoft announces Windows 11, with a new design, Start menu, and more (The Verge) Google delays Chrome's cookie-blocking privacy plan by nearly 2 years (Cnet) BuzzFeed announces plans to go public via SPAC, targets $1.5 billion valuation (CNBC) Inside Comcast’s Plan to Become a Streaming Giant (Wall Street Journal) Google and India’s Jio Platforms announce budget Android smartphone JioPhone Next (Tech Crunch) South African Brothers Vanish, and So Does $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin (Bloomberg) John McAfee, Software Pioneer Turned Fugitive, Dies in Spanish Prison (New York Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem right home for Thursday, June 24th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today. The new Windows is here. It's Windows 11.
0:11.0	Google delays the Adpoculips a little bit.
0:15.0	Buzzfeed is finally able to go public.
0:17.5	Comcast is having issues with Peacock.
0:20.0	Google and Geo's cheap smartphone is finally announced and is the biggest ever
0:24.8	crypto crime story evolving right now in South Africa. Here's what you miss today
0:29.2	in the world of tech. Well it was sort of hard to watch because their streaming video had so many hiccups and lags.
0:38.0	I actually had to go to YouTube to watch it effectively, which is weird for a cloud computing leader.
0:44.0	Anyway, Microsoft announced Windows 11 today with a simplified
0:47.6	UI, new Windows Store, new Start menu, etc.
0:51.2	And again, it is officially being called Windows 11. I guess the OS world is finally
0:56.4	ready to move beyond the 10 paradigm, quoting the verge. Windows 11 includes a new start menu and updated start button. the 10X, a project originally planned for dual screen devices that Microsoft eventually
1:14.0	cancelled.
1:15.0	A lot of the UI work that went into Windows 10X is appearing in Windows 11.
1:19.7	The new Start menu drops the live tiles that were originally introduced with Windows 8 and
1:24.2	ops for more of the typical launcher you'd find in Chrome OS or Android.
1:29.0	There are apps, recent documents, and a separate search interface.
1:32.8	Much of the centered appearance is clearly influenced by Mac OS and Chrome OS,
1:37.2	and Windows 11 also includes the rounded corners we've seen in both Android and iOS.
1:43.0	Windows Chief Panos Panay says,
1:45.0	quote, the team has obsessed over every detail, end quote.
1:48.0	Windows 11 will also include updated dark and light modes
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