Microsoft Event Coverage - 3/27 at 10AM

On Thursday, March 27th at 10AM, please join Mike Elgan and special guests for our live coverage of Microsoft's press event in San Francisco.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to deliver the opening remarks, and it is rumored that the company will unveil Microsoft Office for the iPad.

You can watch and listen at http://live.twit.tv/

Please note: Tech News Today will record an hour earlier that day, at 9AM.

(All times PDT, GMT -7:00)

We've Got Tabs!

You may have noticed that the TWiT homepage now has tabs under the "Latest Posts" heading on our blog. Over the last few months, we’ve greatly expanded the written content on our website, including daily news updates, product reviews, tips and picks from our hosts, how-to articles, and episode transcripts—in addition to our regular Inside TWiT blog.

 

We think that this will make it easier to sort through our written content, and look for even more in the near future.

Tech News 2Night

Tech News 2Night is TWiT’s short, evening news program. Following our main news program six hours later, Tech News 2Night catches you up on the major tech stories that have emerged during the day (in Silicon Valley).

Tech News 2Night is short format--less than 10 minutes--and covers just a few major stories, plus a conversation with a notable expert that puts the events of the day in context.

The show has five rotating anchors, one for each day of the week: 

• Mike Elgan - TWiT’s news director and anchor of Tech News Today
• Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ - Host of This Week in Enterprise Tech, Know How and Coding 101
• Sarah Lane - Host of Tech News Today, The Social Hour, iPad Today, and iFive for the iPhone
• Jason Howell - Producer of Tech News Today and The Giz Wiz, host of All About Android
• Shannon Morse - Producer of Before You Buy, Coding 101, and Know How...

Hard-hitting, fast and thorough, Tech News 2Night will inform and entertain you without taking up a lot of your time.

Keep up on the day’s news every weekday. Watch Tech News 2Night LIVE every weekday at 4pm Pacific. You can check out the first episode and subscribe here.

Changes at TWiT, Part 2

We are pleased to announce that Silicon Valley technology journalist Mike Elgan has joined TWiT as our News Director and the Lead Anchor of our daily news netcast, Tech News Today (starting January 2, 2014).

His hiring is part of a planned 2014 transformation and expansion of TWiT’s News Division, which includes our Breaking News coverage, as well as the launch of our new evening news show Tech News 2Night on January 13, 2014.

Between the late 1990s and 2003, Mike worked as chief editor for a variety of technology publications (including Windows Magazine), most of which he founded, co-founded or launched. For the past 10 years, Mike has written thousands of popular opinion columns that collectively reach millions of readers each month. He has consulted for publishing companies (including Ziff Davis) and Silicon Valley startups on the development of innovative new content and media. Mike has moderated hundreds of technology panels and events; appeared as a guest on BBC, CNN, CNBC, FOX News among others; and has been quoted by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and hundreds of other publications and media organizations—including many TWiT netcasts.

Mike is thrilled to be joining the TWiT team, and we’re excited to have him on board!

Leo

Changes at TWiT, Part 1

I've known Tom Merritt for more than a decade - since the grand old days at TechTV. He's a trusted colleague and I consider him a dear friend. When Tom moved to LA last year we agreed to try having him anchor his shows from Southern California via Skype. We've been mostly happy with the result, but I've always felt that TWiT had lost something by not having Tom's leadership in the studio with us.

After some soul searching, I've decided that we do need an in-studio anchor for Tech News Today, and a News Director who can help us build the kind of organization you can count on for authoritative tech news and information.

So it's with a heavy heart that I'm announcing that we're not going to renew Tom's contract as host of TNT. His last show will be at the end of the month.

We will all miss him. I know he'll continue his brilliant career from LA. As you probably know, Tom and Veronica Belmont will be bringing Sword and Laser, their fantastic sci-fi podcast, to the Boing Boing network.

The superb team Tom has built for TNT, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell, will continue with the show, and you have my commitment that the standard Tom has set for authoritative, informative, and entertaining programming will continue on our network. I am sure you are all as sad about this announcement as I am. We all wish Tom continued success in everything he does.

Leo