Tag: Surface 2

Technologies to get excited about in 2014 with Michael Crump – HT150

Michael Crump (@mbcrump) a fellow Microsoft MVP and blogger at http://michaelcrump.net/ join Jim (@jcollison) for show #150 of Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: https://www.patreon.com/theaverageguy Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live or call in your questions or… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Gaining Remote Access to Microsoft’s Surface RT and Surface 2 using Windows Remote Assistance

It’s not easy gaining remote access to the new Surface 2 or even the last generation Surface RT.  There are apps like Team Viewer that make it possible to use the device to remote control other more powerful devices like a Windows 8.1 or Mac, but getting access and control of the device the other way around is still a challenge at the time of this writing.  You can use the Remote Assistance feature built into Windows and Window RT to get screen sharing but NOT remote control.  So not exactly what we are looking for and not drop dead

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First Look at the Surface 2, Xbox Music, Using Windows Azure with Windows Server 2012 Essentials, My Server 2012 Apps, Seagate and Netgear NAS – HT145

Jim (@jcollison) has guests Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler (@Dieharder) and Andrew Morris(@unrealshots) for show #145 of the Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network.  Jim is back from the MVP Summit 2013 on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA and spends some time going over a video review of… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Microsoft MVP John Zajdler, Outlook.com gets IMAP, Using Gmail for Microsoft ID, SkyDrive and Office Web Apps Demo, Dell Venue – HT141

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler (@Dieharder) and Christian Johnson from the NASA Bus!  We talked about the New Surface 2, Outlook.com now has IMAP, using your gmail account as your primary account for Microsoft, Jim looks at using Office Web Apps with SkyDrive and removing Office 2013… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Microsoft Tech Evangelist David Washington, Surface 2, Type and Touch Cover, Lumia 920, Outtake – HT140

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Microsoft Tech Evangelist David Washington (@dwcares) and Christian Johnson for Home Tech 140.  David joins the show for the first 30 minutes to talk about the new Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro, some chat about the new Keyboards, a discussion about pixels on the new Lumia 920… Click for more / Podcast Player>