We are trying something new. Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, will review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe even a few jokes about the most important developments in the industry.
Farhad: So, big week in tech. Microsoft released Windows 10, its long-awaited sequel to Windows 8, to mainly positive reviews. Facebook announced another stellar quarterly earnings report; among other things, almost 1.5 billion people now log on to the site monthly, which is almost as many as read this newsletter.