Five essential things you might have missed last week:

• Satya Nadella sent a big memo round Microsoft. Change is in the air. But maybe he could do with a little editing…
• While on the subject of the heads of big tech companies, there’s a revealing interview with the founders of Google. Well worth investing the 40 minutes to watch the whole thing.
• Another great thinker in tech? Umm… Taylor Swift? She certainly has some insightful things to say about how social media has reshaped the relationship with the audience.
• Is the app world slowly rebuilding the linking infrastructure of the web? Taylor Davidson makes the argument for deep linking.
• Lastly, the UK government is close to pushing through some pretty worrying legislation for anyone concerned about online privacy.

And congratulations to the German football team, who had a rather good night last night…