This week a brand new Windows Insider MVP Simon Allison joins Richard, Garry and I to talk about being a Windows Insider MVP. We talk about Windows 10 in education, the new Redstone 5 builds and the potential for Surface Go and lots more.

• Microsoft Surface Go is now available for pre-order from £379.99
• Microsoft announces the new lower cost Surface Go
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17711
• Microsoft releases Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17711 for Windows Insiders
• twitter.com/simonallisonuk

Welcome to this week’s podcast where Jason, Richard and I catch up on the Microsoft news. We ask where Redstone 4? Discus Redstone 5 and sets. Talk HoloLens, Windows Mixed Reality, Microsoft Linux and lots more.

·       New video claims Microsoft have sold 50 thousand HoloLens so far

·       Tubecast launches VR YouTube app for Windows Mixed Reality

·       Windows 10 Redstone 4 to be called “April Update”?

·       Windows 10 Redstone 4 build 17134 hits the Slow and Release Preview ring

·       Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17650

·       Microsoft releases Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17650 for Skip Ahead

·       Redstone 4 for HoloLens updated to build 17134

·       Windows 10 Redstone 4 build 17134 is rolling out for Windows Insiders

·       Surface Pro 4 update adds supports for on screen Surface Dial

·       Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17643 including Sets with Microsoft Office

·       Microsoft release Windows 10 Redstone 5 build 17643 for Skip Ahead

·       HoloLens Redstone 4 Preview updated

Welcome to this week’s podcast where we talk Redstone 5 and the potential delay with the rollout. We talk about the new features in Windows Mixed Reality, Leap Motions proposal for AR headsets, my Windows Mixed Reality chatbot and lots more.

Links for this week's show:

·       Video: Pinning photos in Windows Mixed Reality and HoloLens with Redstone 4

·       Microsoft pushed out a cumulative update for Redstone 4 while remaining quiet on a public release

·       What’s new in Windows 10 Update: 1803 Feature Update / Windows 10 Spring Creators Update / Redstone 4

·       Video: A tour of the new Skyloft in Windows Mixed Reality

·       How to get the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update (1803) now

·       Windows 10 Redstone 4 is done, build 17133 hits Release Preview ring

·       Microsoft releases Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17639 for Skip Ahead

·       Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 5 build 17639

Welcome to this week's podcast where despite some technical challenges Jason, Garry and I here to talk about Windows 10 Redstone 4, Redstone 5 and wonder what is next. We talk D-Link smart plugs, updates to Amazon Alexa and Sea of thieves.

Due to the technical issues this week's show is a little shorter than normal, we should be back to normal next week.

• Video: Unboxing, Setup and Review of the D-Link DSP-W115 Smart Plug
• Video: Hands on with Window 10 Redstone 5 build 17634
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17634 for Skip Ahead
• Video: HoloLens running Redstone 4 Preview
• Windows 10 Redstone 4 Build 17127 ISO available
• Windows Mixed Reality and HoloLens chat bot

This week on the show we have a special guest joining us. Nick Madge the developer behind Controlicz a system for using Amazon Alexa or Google Home to control Domoticz Home Automation Systems. It is a great way of setting up your smart home and Nick has done an amazon job buiding the voice control system.

Garry, Jason and I also talk about Redstone 4 hitting the HoloLens, Redstone 4 RTM, smart home plugs and more.

·       https://www.controlicz.com/

·       Video: Hands on with Window 10 Redstone 4 Build 17133

·       Microsoft releases Windows 10 Redstone 4 Build 17133 for Windows Insiders

·       Microsoft release HoloLens Redstone 4 Preview, here is how to install it

·       Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 4 build 17128

·       Microsoft release Windows 10 Redstone 4 build 17127 to the slow ring

·       Microsoft announce Windows 10 Redstone 10 build 17128 for Windows Insiders (no watermark this time!)

·       New Windows Mixed Reality app coming with Sir David Attenborough giving behind-the-scenes tours of the Natural History Museum

·       How to install Windows Mixed Reality on enterprise PCs

·       Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 5 build 17627

Welcome to this week's show. Jason, Garry, Richard and I are here to talk ARM Windows laptops, HoloLens in Ready Player One, Windows Insider builds, smart home tech and lots more.

Links:

• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 4 build 17127
  
• Microsoft announce Windows 10 Redstone 4 build 17127 for Windows Insiders
  
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 5 build 17623
  
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 4 build 17123
  
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17623
  
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Redstone 4 build 17123 for Fast Ring
  
• New more powerful Raspberry Pi 3B+ launched
  
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/garry-chocolate-factory-jeremiah-marble/
  
• http://ooui.mecha.parts/Samples/Run/Xamarin.Forms%20XAML%20Editor

Links from this week's show:

• Taking a look at the Oculus Rift, the granddaddy of PC-based VR
• Minecraft is now available on Windows Mixed Reality
• Introducing Smart Buttons, our new Windows app for IFTTT
• Blink XT Home Security Camera
• Video: Hands on with Window 10 Redstone 4 Build 17040
• Microsoft releases Windows 10 Redstone 4 Build 17040 for PC
• How to use StreamVR in Windows Mixed Reality
• Microsoft release Windows Server Insider Preview Build 17035

• Microsoft Surface Dial now available to pre-order in the UK
  
• Here are the new Surface Pro specs
  
• Microsoft announce an new Surface Pro
  
• Microsoft teases new Surface Pro Type Covers
  
• Hands on with the Avegant Glyph Video Headset
  
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile 15215
  
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 3 / Fall Creators Update Build 16199
  
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Build 16199 & 15215 for Mobile
  
• Windows 10 Philips Hue app hueDynamic adds photo ambiences

• Windows 10 Philips Hue app hueDynamic adds photo ambiences
• macOS 10.12.5 update adds support for Windows 10 Creators Update in Boot Camp
• Groove Music updated for Windows Insiders
• A quick look at Story Remix in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
• Window 10 Redstone 3 / Fall Creators Update Build 16193 ISO available for download
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Build 15213
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 3 / Fall Creators Update Build 16193
• Microsoft release Window 10 Redstone 3 (Fall Creators Update) Build 16193 and 15213 for mobile
• iTunes coming to the Windows Store
• Microsoft announce OneDrive On-Demand Storage, Windows Timeline and Cloud Clipboard
• Microsoft announce the next update of Windows 10 to be Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

• Groove Music
• Cortana powered Harman Kardon Invoke coming to the US later this year
• Video: Project NEON in Windows 10 Redstone 3
• Groove for Android picks up the latest UI changes
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 3 Build 16188
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Build 15210
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Redstone 3 Build 16188 for PC and Build 15210 for Mobile
• How to fix Windows 10 update issues

• Surface Laptop now available to pre-order in the UK starting at £979
• Microsoft announce a new Surface laptop with Window 10 S
• Microsoft announce new streamlined version of Windows: Windows 10 S
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile 15208
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Redstone 3 Build 16184
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Redstone 3 16184 for PC & Build 15208 for Mobile
• Update to Microsoft Groove rolling out with music videos and Project NEON design

• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15058
• Microsoft release ISO files for Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15048
• Windows 10 Creators Update build 15058 released
• Nexdock – Cutting the Cable
  
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update Build 15051 to the slow ring
  
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update Build 15055
  
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15055 for PC
  
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update build 15055 for PC and Mobile
  
• Cortana for iPhone finally arrives in the UK
  
• Plex Cloud out of beta and available for all Plex Pass subscribers
  
• Windows 10 Creators Update build 15048 released to the slow ring
  
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update Build 15051
  
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update Build 15051

• Video: Controlling a router from Amazon Alexa
• Smart Home for the rest of us – Part 4: Smart Home Apps and services
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update Build 15047
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15048
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15048 for PC and Build 15047 for Mobile
• Microsoft release Window 10 Mobile Creators Update Build 15043 to the slow ring
• Hands on with the Acer Spin 7 Covertable Laptop
• You can now add Cortana to your Android lock screen with the latest update
• Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15042 ISO downloads available
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15046
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15046 for Windows Insiders

• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15046
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15046 for Windows Insiders
• Microsoft update Movies & TV with support for 360° videos and wider range of video formats
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update 15042
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update 15043
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15042 for PC and Build 15043 for Mobile
• Acer Predator 21X Hands On

·         You can now control your Netgear Routers from Amazon Alexa

·         Video: NETGEAR GS108E-300UKS 8 Port Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch Review

·         Microsoft updates Cortana for Android

·         Video: Hands on with De.Light WiFi hotspot smart lights

·         Dell XPS 13 Long Term Test – 3 Months

·         Smart Home for the rest of us – Part 3: Hive Smart Heating

• Smart Home for the rest of us – Part 3: Hive Smart Heating
  
• You can now check your Microsoft calendar with Amazon Alexa
  
• Video: Testing an OLALA 64GB USB 3.0 Lighting/USB Drive
  
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update build 15031
  
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creator Update build 15031 for Mobile
  
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15031
  
• Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15031 released for PC
  
• Setting up a Smart Home for the rest of us: Part 2 – Lights

Links from this week's show

• Setting up a Smart Home for the rest of us: Part 2 – Lights
• Video: Acer Switch Alpha 12 Review
• Kodi Media Center 17.0 released
• Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15025 ISO available
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update Build 15025
• Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update Build 15025 for released for Windows Insiders
• You can now control Plex with Amazon Alexa
• BBC to shut down Windows Phone iPlayer app in April
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15025
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15025 for Windows Insiders

Links from this week's show:

• Dropbox Announces SmartSync (aka Placeholders Strike Back)
• Parallels Toolbox for Mac 1.5 Review
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15019
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15019 for PC
• Setting up a Smart Homes for the rest of us (Part 1)
• Microsoft to introduce new gaming features in Windows 10
• Pure Jongo A2 Wireless Hi-Fi Adapter with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - Black

Links from this week's show:

• The Fall and Rise of the iPhone 6 Battery
• Xbox Creator Update Preview arriving for Xbox Insiders
• Andoer V1 360 Camera Review
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update build 15014 for PC
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update build 15014
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update Build 15014 for PC ad Mobile
• Here are the details of yesterday's Surface Pro 4 firmware updates
• Pure Jongo A2 Wireless Hi-Fi Adapter with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Links:

Windows 10 Creators Update build 15002 ISO available for download

• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update build 15007
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update build 15007
• Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update build 15007 for PC and Mobile
• Video: Hands on with the accidentally released Windows 10 Mobile build 14998
• Microsoft accidentally releases a new Windows 10 Mobile to the fast ring?
• Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update build 15002

Welcome to this week’s podcast. Richard Speed joins Jason and I to talk through the news including the new Windows 10 build for Insiders which includes a lot of new features so we dive in to talk about our favourites. We also talk about Cortana making her way to cars, Amazon Alexa in the home and some of the CES new.

·         Video: Hands on with Windows 10 Creators Update build 15002

·         Microsoft release Windows 10 Creators Update build 15002 for PC

·         How to control your Amazon Echo or Amazon Dot from Windows 10

·         More Cortana news as Nissan and BMW bring Microsoft’s assistant to cars

·         Video: Setting up and review of Netgear’s Orbi Tri-Band Mesh WiFi System

·         Mattel to release a Cortana powered kid’s smart hub