A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T.

Dirk Strauss

Microsoft Research Tech Predictions

• 17 Tech Predictions from Microsoft Researchers for 2017 via Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Other

• The new ‘Final Fantasy’ game is one of the most beautiful games we’ve ever seen via Business Insider
• AT&T Just Declared War On An Open Internet via Digg Top Stories
• I talked with a real life cyborg, and now I’m convinced ‘cyborgism’ is the future via Business Insider
• This gadget will let you create the best videos you’ve ever made with your smartphone via Business Insider
• Virtual reality will change the way we discover things via Business Insider
• There are a ton of secret settings only Google Chrome power users know about — here’s how you can find the best ones via Business Insider
• IBM is continuing its blockchain push via Business Insider
• We got to see how IBM’s Watson supercomputer could help diagnose a patient via Business Insider
• Top 5 Easy-to-Use Accounting Software for Small Businesses via Lifehack
• 4 Online Courses Which You Can Take Now To Increase Your Income via Lifehack
• There’s a new button in your Google app — here’s what it does via Business Insider
• Google Pledges To Use 100% Renewable Energy In 2017 via Digg Top Stories
• Faith in fake Apple Watch news industry falls 71% via Hacker News
• Apple is finally going to start publishing its AI research via Business Insider

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Even More

• Dropbox now lets paid users download folders for offline use via The Next Web
• Microsoft’s $26B LinkedIn deal wins EU approval, will close ‘in coming days’ via GeekWire
• The Google app will now split your updates into two separate feeds via The Next Web
• 7 Ridiculously Simple Ways To Gain More Time In Your Busy Day! via Lifehack
• How to Use Gmail’s Labels To Keep Your Inbox Neat and Tidy via Gizmodo
• Software and Management Techniques For Your Business via Lifehack
• Apple confirms rumored interest in self-driving cars in letter to regulators via ReadWrite

Podcasts

• Understanding Entity Framework Core with Julie Lerman via .NET Rocks!
• Episode 144 “Don’t Stop Twerking The Business” via Entreprogrammers Podcast
• Bot Memorial with Eugenia Kuyda via Software Engineering Daily
• S2E12: Journalism to Creating Tech Ladies with Allison Esposito via Learn to Code With Me
• SE-Radio Episode 276: Björn Rabenstein on Site Reliability Engineering via Software Engineering Radio – The Podcast for Professional Software Developers

Programming

• Scaling UI Patterns via Telerik Developer Network
• SQL SERVER – Speed Up Performance Without Code Change via SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority
• Podcast: Exploring if Agile is Still Agile via InfoQ
• Disconnecting SQL Server connections after query execution via MSSQLTips – Latest SQL Server Tips
• Entity Framework Core Cookbook – Second Edition via Development With A Dot
• ASP.NET Intersections: Developers Share Their 2017 Platform of Choice via Telerik Developer Network
• Accessibility Whack-A-Mole via A List Apart

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Visual Studio 2015 and Windows 10 Goodness

• Windows 10 courses in MVA, Microsoft Virtual Academy
• Developer for Windows 10
  • What’s New
  • Get Started
  • Design
  • Develop
  • Publish
• Channel 9 – A great online resource for Windows 10 related videos
• Developer Tools Download,Download any Visual Studio sku’s, including VS 2015

For more excellent content, have a look at these great sites

• The week in .NET, Bertrand Le Roy
• Abhijit’s World of .NET,Abhijit Jana
• Kunal Chowdhury’s Technical Blog
• Lock Me Down – Security For The Everyday Developer by Max McCarty
• GeekLift
• James Michael Hare
• Interesting Finds by Jason Haley
• FormatException by Brian Mullen
• Dew Drop by Alvin Ashcraft
• Regular Geek by Robert Diana