Summary: <p>In this 164th episode, AC and CJ tackle the latest news in the cloud world. This includes Twitter slashing jobs to reach profitability, thoughts on the new Apple's MacBook Pros and tons of Microsoft news. We also talk about the GA announcements for Microsoft Flow and PowerApps, but spend a good amount of time talking about a new product from Office: Microsoft Teams, a competitor to Slack.</p><p>Notes:</p><ul> <li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-results-idUSKCN12R1GW">Twitter cuts jobs with eye on 2017 profit; Vine discontinued</a></li> <li>Apple News <ul> <li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/10/apple-new-macbook-pro-price-availability">New Macbooks Are Finally Here, and They Certainly Seem Worth the Wait</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/charged-tech/apple-just-told-the-world-it-has-no-idea-who-the-mac-is-for-722a2438389b">Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Microsoft News: <ul> <li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/31/microsoft-open-sources-its-next-gen-cloud-hardware-design/">Microsoft open sources its next-gen cloud hardware design</a></li> <li><a href="https://connectevent.microsoft.com/">Connect() 2016</a></li> <li><a href="https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-ga/">Microsoft Flow GA</a></li> <li><a href="https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability/">Microsoft PowerApps GA</a></li> <li>Microsoft Teams <ul> <li><a href="https://blogs.office.com/2016/11/02/introducing-microsoft-teams-the-chat-based-workspace-in-office-365/">Office: Introducing Microsoft Teams—the chat-based workspace in Office 365</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.chrisjohnson.io/2016/11/02/microsoft-teams-puts-people-at-the-center/">CJ: Microsoft Teams puts people at the center</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-teams-what-about-guest-support-an-education-version-and-other-questions-answered/">ZDNET: Microsoft Teams - What about guest support, an Education version, and other questions answered</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-teams-7-things-you-need-to-know/">CNET: Microsoft Teams - 7 things you need to know</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>This episode is sponsored by </strong><strong><a href="http://www.valid.nl" target="_blank">Valid.nl</a></strong>, a Microsoft gold partner whose mission is to enable its customers to excel in their business through the innovative use of technology. Valid is always on the lookout for consultants, <g class="gr_ gr_24 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="24">architects</g> and engineers. Do you know Azure, <g class="gr_ gr_26 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="26">BI</g> and <g class="gr_ gr_25 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_run_anim Punctuation multiReplace" id="25"><g class="gr_ gr_27 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_run_anim Punctuation multiReplace" id="27">Analytics, .</g></g>Net, Office365 or SharePoint? Look them up on valid.nl.</p>
