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Remastered Skype for iPhone is coming, touted as the ‘biggest change ever’

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Skype is getting a brand new iPhone app, redesigned from the ground up to create a “consistent look and feel with the Windows Phone and Android apps,” the Microsoft-owned company announced earlier today. The app isn’t live yet, and it seems the company is revealing the news today to create anticipation ahead of the launch, which will happen in “about a week.” However, it does promise it will be more than five times faster than the current version, will feature smoother scrolling and transitioning, and have synchronized notifications across all platforms – so if you read a message on your…

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Microsoft will launch Halo: The Master Chief Collection for Xbox One on November 11

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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With Halo 5: Guardians coming in 2015, Microsoft is appealing to Master Chief fans with a new, high-definition compilation for Xbox One featuring prior games in the franchise. The collection includes four titles on a single disc with a fresh, unified menu system. Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 4 have made the cut – these are the titles that featured Master Chief, after all – while Xbox 360 spin-offs Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach remain sidelined. The $59.99 retail copy – out on November 11 – will include every stage, cut-scene and multiplayer map found in…

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DinnerTime app forces your kids from their phones and asks them to eat with the rest of the family

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 5:03 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Your job as a parent isn’t to be popular with your kids. Your job is to teach them respect and responsibility, which often requires you to firmly lay down the laws of the house. And DinnerTime should make this task slightly easier. Picture the scene: You’re serving the last of the peas to the plate, your previous requests for Junior to get his butt downstairs to the dinner table have fallen on deaf ears. Or, perhaps they are sitting at the dinner table, but they’re rather involved in a game of Angry Birds. With DinnerTime, you can tap a button,…

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Live from Microsoft’s E3 event: Can the Xbox One triple down on games, games, games?

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 4:53 pm
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Microsoft has had a tough time since last year’s E3. The company has spent the past 12 months correcting a series of missteps ranging from its used game policy, Kinect bundling and Xbox Live requirement for its entertainment apps. Sony has taken an early lead in console sales this console generation. After originally billing the Xbox One as an all-in-one entertainment system, new Microsoft head Phil Spencer has promised to refocus the console on gaming. We’ll see if he can deliver this year when the show kicks off at 9:30am PDT. …and so it begins! 9:35: Call of Duty: Advanced…

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GitHub redesigns its Windows app to put your work front and center, adds emoji and gif support

Jun09
by on June 9, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev

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GitHub today released version 2.0 of its Windows app, which it markets as “the easiest way to use Git and GitHub on Windows.” The new version features a more streamlined design, new GitHub local features, and some general speed improvements. You can grab the new version now directly form windows.github.com (if you already have GitHub for Windows, it will update automatically). GitHub released its Windows app back in May 2012, and has made improvements in three minor releases since. Today’s major 2.0 release comes more than two years after the app’s debut, and aims to inject new life into the…

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