Feb. 15, 2021

Mon. 02/15 – First Look At xCloud Via Browser

We’ve got our first look at how Microsoft plans to bring xCloud to every device, even iOS. Is Facebook building a smartwatch? Maybe because they’re so pissed at Apple? Is everyone trying to scupper the Nvidia/ARM deal? And why I failed to mention that Paramount+ is the new entrant in the streaming wars.

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Links:Here’s a first look at Microsoft’s xCloud for the web (The Verge)Facebook Plans Smartwatch With Focus on Messaging, Health (The Information)Facebook Meets Apple in Clash of the Tech Titans—‘We Need to Inflict Pain’ (WSJ)Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm Protest Nvidia’s Acquisition of Arm Ltd. (Bloomberg)Microsoft’s Big Win in Quantum Computing Was an ‘Error’ After All (Wired)ViacomCBS Goes ‘All-In’ on Streaming, But Without Many of Its Top Shows (Bloomberg)

We’ve got our first look at how Microsoft plans to bring xCloud to every device, even iOS. Is Facebook building a smartwatch? Maybe because they’re so pissed at Apple? Is everyone trying to scupper the Nvidia/ARM deal? And why I failed to mention that Paramount+ is the new entrant in the streaming wars.

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