Windows 10, Good-bye Ello, and Apple Pay: Tech podcast

SAN FRANCISCO — Why did Microsoft leapfrog 9 when naming its Windows 10 operating system? And is new social media network Ello all it's cracked up to be?

USA Today's tech team discusses the latest news from Microsoft — and the theories behind its decision to jump from 8 to 10 — as well as other news from the week in tech in this podcast on SoundCloud.

Editor Nancy Blair attended the Microsoft unveiling in downtown San Francisco and has been following the early response to the new operating system.

Bureau chief Jon Swartz describes what it was like to take part in Ello, a minimalist, invite-only social network. The downside to minimalism is that it's kind of boring.

The tech podcast welcomes a visitor — Hugo van Offel — a French reporter for Canal +, who is in San Francisco shooting a documentary about Silicon Valley. It sounds like the controversy about the Google buses made it all the way to Paris.

Tech editors tee up what's coming in the weeks ahead. That includes Apple Pay, Apple's recently announced mobile payments service that promises to be a truly safe way to exchange money. Seems like we've heard that somewhere before...

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