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
• 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

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