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Windows 10 is getting tight Xbox integration

Jan21
by on January 21, 2015 at 6:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

At Microsoft’s Windows 10 event today, the company unveiled big news for fans of the company’s Xbox console. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox at Microsoft showed off a number of new features to bring Xbox to Windows. The new Xbox app will allow you to check your messages, activity feed and other information right from your PC. With the new app, you can use voice and text chat with friends from your PC. Windows 10 users will be able to game together with Xbox One owners from their PCs, bringing cross-platform gaming for the first time. Fable Legends will be the…

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This is Spartan, Microsoft’s new browser to challenge Google Chrome

Jan21
by on January 21, 2015 at 6:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

At Microsoft’s Windows 10 event today, the company unveiled its all new browser that will be alongside Internet Explorer in the next OS: Spartan. Spartan is based on Microsoft’s Trident rendering engine, which is also found in Internet Explorer. The browser allows you to collaborate with others by marking up with drawing on the page directly. You’ll also be able to click anywhere on the page and comment. The browser features a reading mode that automatically downloads articles for offline reading later, which is useful if you’re catching a flight without internet. Cortana is coming to the browser and can…

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Transform your Instagram photos into mini tattoos and pocket printed albums

Jan21
by on January 21, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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Are you addicted to Instagram and want to wear your favorite photos on your sleeve — ok, maybe on your arm or hand —INK361 has a way to do that. Founded as a company that lives and breathes Instagram, INK361 today released Picattoo, a service that lets you create temporary tats from the photos in your Instagram account. Available worldwide, the service offers another way for people to have fun with their pictures. The move also signals a shift in the company’s focus toward the US market. It’s easy to obtain temporary image transfers that make up the tattoos. Log into Instagram through picattoo.com, select 12…

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Windows 10 apps are now the same on desktop and mobile

Jan21
by on January 21, 2015 at 5:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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At Microsoft’s Windows 10 event today, the company announced that all of its apps for Windows 10 are now “universal,” meaning that they work across both desktop and mobile. For example, Microsoft’s Office apps now work across mobile and desktop. Outlook, for example, now shares the same code but customize the display for each screen size. This also means that a full version of Outlook is coming to mobile users for the first time. You’ll be able to manage your full email and calendar, just like you would expect. The company demoed the photos app, which shares the exact same code on…

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Skype is now Microsoft’s iMessage competitor

Jan21
by on January 21, 2015 at 5:47 pm
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Microsoft unveiled at its Windows 10 event today that Skype will be deeply integrated into Windows 10 and for mobile devices. Joe Belfiore, Corporate Vice President of Operating Systems at Microsoft said that the Skype messaging will automatically detect when users have a Skype account and transition to sending messages on that service instead. Microsoft is getting serious about competing with Apple on the mobile messaging front and deeply integrating Skype like this means that it’ll work across mobile and desktop upon release. ➤ Windows 10 liveblog

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