Description
Is 2022 the year of gaming acquisitions after we’ve seen over $80 billion spent in the first 5 weeks? Or will it be the metaverse burn pit after Meta has already blown through $10 billion & Microsoft cans Hololens creating turmoil in the halls of Redmond? Tune into episode 445 and hear what AC & CJ have to say!
Banter
Andrew Connell’s Website
Black Creek Outfitters
The ‘End of an Era’ for Black Creek Outfitters
Black Creek Outfitters closing after 39 years of helping people explore, enjoy the wild
Black Creek Outfitters on Facebook
News
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Take-Two Interactive to buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7 billion
Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion
YouTube Q2 Ad Revenue Hits Record $7 Billion as Alphabet Trounces Estimates
Meta estimates Apple’s iOS changes will cost it $10B in 2022
Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ business lost more than $10 billion last year, and the losses keep growing
Inside Microsoft’s mixed reality mess, where confusion, rivalries, and canceled projects have roiled the company’s metaverse strategy
Picks
AC’s Pick
Arecibo Observatory Movie - The Biggest Dream TRAILER
CJ’s Pick
North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
It’s true… this is the last Microsoft Cloud Show episode. In this last episode, 450, hear from co-hosts Andrew Connell & Chris Johnson why they’ve decided to wrap the podcast up.
Published 03/15/22
In this episode, AC & CJ sit down to look back at the evolution of Microsoft 365, evaluate the current state of it, predictions, & some hopes for the future of the platform.
Picks
AC’s Pick
Node.js Notebooks (REPL)
CJ’s Pick
SavvyCal
Published 03/08/22