Tag: microsoft
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Apple ponders subscription iPhones, Sony adds Plus tiers to Playstation: Vertical Hold Ep 372
Apple's pondering making you buy your iPhone on subscription terms -- but will that be a good deal for consumers? Speaking of good deals, Sony's finally adding tiers to PlayStation Plus to take on Xbox Gamepass - but why do Aussies miss out on key features? Special guest Age/SMH/Press Any Button's Tim Biggs!
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Chrome OS Flex, Android apps on Windows, EV powering houses: Vertical Hold Ep 366
s Google better off making its own operating systems, or letting Microsoft run Android apps on Windows 11? And what are the benefits -- and drawbacks -- of using an EV as your household power supply? Special guests EFTM's Dan Tyson and Technology Uncorked's Geoff Quattromani!
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Microsoft buys Activision, telcos fight simjacking, EVs conquer the Australian desert: Vertical Hold Ep 362
Microsoft's spending up big to buy Activision Blizzard, but will it get value for money? What are telcos doing -- or should they be doing -- to protect us from Simjacking? And what does chip oil have to do with crossing the Australian outback in an EV? Special guests the Age/SMH's Tim Biggs, Finder Editor in Chief Angus Kidman and BiØfil's Jon Edwards!
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Microsoft unleashes Windows 11 and XCloud, PAX Aus 2021 Preview: Vertical Hold ep 349
Windows 11 is finally here — but should you upgrade? Microsoft’s XCloud gaming also comes to Australia, but can online streamed gaming really work well? Plus a special PAX preview!Special […]
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Afterpay goes retro, Amazon stings on Visa, Microsoft surfaces new tablets
Is it worth using a pay-later scheme that takes your payments back in time? Why is Amazon charging customers more for using a specific credit card? What’s exciting (or not) […]
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Windows 11: The Good, the bad and the ugly: Vertical Hold Ep 334
Microsoft's revealed Windows 11 -- but is it worth getting excited about? We take a dive into the new features, requirements and more with special guest Finder Editor-in-Chief Angus Kidman (@gusworldau)
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E3 2021 Special: Who won and who lost? Vertical Hold Ep 333
E3 2021 saw big reveals from Microsoft, Bethesda, Nintendo, Ubisoft... and not so much Sony. Which games were winners, and which left us wanting more? Special Guests Byteside Editor Seamus Byrne (@seamus) and Byteside/SMH/Age writer Alice Clarke(@AliceDKC)!
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Windows 95 turns 25, but why was it so important? : Vertical Hold ep 293
We look back at 25 years of Windows since Windows 95 to evaluate the changes we've seen in the past quarter century with special guest ABC radio presenter Nic Healey (@dr_nic)
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