Episode Summary

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0:00 – Intro – new theme music by Rob at the Failed Musicians Podcast.

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0:30 – Word of the week – Surprise!

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3:00 – News and Rumors

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• Microsoft announced 75 million activations of Windows 10.

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• Windows 10 Insider Build 10532 release.

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• Microsoft Hello can tell the difference between identical twins.  Call out to Surface Nation – are there any Ottawa area Identical twins who would join our podcast to test the Hello Camera!

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• Rumors swirl about a Microsoft keyboard with a built-in e-ink display.

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• Is the big Microsoft event schedule for October 19th?

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• Shortage of Skylake processors– Is SP4 causing this shortage or will it be delayed by this shortage?

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13:00 – Stephen Hawking’s (our former intern) theorizes that you can from a black hole? In related Microsoft news can Microsoft dig out of the Black Hole that is their phone business?

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15:00 – Is the Insider Program for Phones Ending? – No the current beta will stop working at the end of September.

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18:00 – Matt wonders if he will have to pay for his Windows 10 after the “free year” as passed?  It is free for the foreseeable future.

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21:00 – New Surface Application – Less features, bad user interface and doesn’t fix the ability to customize the pen-top button.  Check Colin’s Blog next week for information on a script that will return some of this functionality.

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26:00 – Touch Me Gesture Studio lets you … “create, edit, and export a customized gesture file and that’s it! This app does not and never will contain the gesture engine that actually brings those gestures to life.”

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27:00 – Product Review – Guest Review Kyran Mountain reviews the “BESTRUNNER 16GB USB 2.0 OTG Flash Drive Memory Stick for OTG Phone PC Tablet Micro USB Pen U-disk 1Pcs”.  Follow Kyran on Twitter @Kyran.

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33:00 – Call for contributors – This is a community podcast so please contact us if you’d like to contribute like @Kyran did!

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36:00 – Contest – Twitter based contest for accessories has limitations as Colin and David are having trouble tracking re-tweets.  Please follow us @SurfaceSmiths and re-tweet us!

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40:00 –  Outro – Call for your help with the podcast, please…

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1. Follow and Re-tweet, @SurfaceSmiths

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2. Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com

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3. Email Podcast@SurfaceSmitsh.com

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4. Purchase Amazon A Store 

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40:30 – Whiskey of the Week is a gin.  Ungava Canadian Premium Gin.

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