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Microsoft announces plans to bring universal Windows apps to Xbox, let them run in a window on the desktop

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 5:34 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Gadgets

At its Build 2014 conference today, Microsoft announced plans to bring its just-announced universal Windows apps to the Xbox. This means developers will not only be able to build cross-platform Windows apps for PCs, phones, and tablets, but also for the company’s console. Microsoft also plans to let these apps run in a window on Windows 8.1 for the desktop. This is clearly yet another move to appease mouse-and-keyboard users. Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s EVP of Operating Systems Group, revealed that the Xbox is actively used in 80 million televisions in living rooms around the world and that the average Xbox…

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Boxes be gone, Twitter.com now supports emoji characters

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

Sometimes it’s the small things in life that make a difference. Along those lines, Twitter has begun showing emoji characters — the small, cartoon-like figures most often used when typing on a mobile device — on its main Twitter.com website. That’s a nice little development for those of us who use Twitter on the Web on a regular basis. It means you’ll see fewer squares like this: And more characters like this: One small thing though. It appears that emojis aren’t supported in tweets that are embedded on websites. Could this mean that Twitter one day offers stickers like every…

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Boxes be gone, Twitter.com now supports emoji characters

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

Sometimes it’s the small things in life that make a difference. Along those lines, Twitter has begun showing emoji characters — the small, cartoon-like figures most often used when typing on a mobile device — on its main Twitter.com website. That’s a nice little development for those of us who use Twitter on the Web on a regular basis. It means you’ll see fewer squares like this: And more characters like this: One small thing though. It appears that emojis aren’t supported in tweets that are embedded on websites. Could this mean that Twitter one day offers stickers like every…

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Microsoft previews its new touch-focused Office apps for Windows devices

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 5:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Microsoft today previewed a “work in progress” version of its new Office apps, designed for touchscreen devices. The presentation centered on a new version of Powerpoint, which Kirk Koenigsbauer, CVP for Microsoft Office, said was “early user experience” code. Taking inspiration from the existing Office apps built on Win32, he showed a preview of the “backstage” area where users can open recent documents, files stored in OneDrive, or create new projects based on a template. While the overall design looked similar to the current Powerpoint app for Windows 8, it’s clearly been tweaked for touch input. Headers and tool icons are…

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Microsoft previews its new touch-focused Office apps for Windows devices

Apr02
by on April 2, 2014 at 5:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

GERMANY-COMPANY-STORE-MICROSOFT
Microsoft today previewed a “work in progress” version of its new Office apps, designed for touchscreen devices. The presentation centered on a new version of Powerpoint, which Kirk Koenigsbauer, CVP for Microsoft Office, said was “early user experience” code. Taking inspiration from the existing Office apps built on Win32, he showed a preview of the “backstage” area where users can open recent documents, files stored in OneDrive, or create new projects based on a template. While the overall design looked similar to the current Powerpoint app for Windows 8, it’s clearly been tweaked for touch input. Headers and tool icons are…

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