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Microsoft Research: ‘Code Space’ Combines Kinect With Display For Sharing (Developers)

November 11, 2011 No Comments

The Microsoft Research team always comes up with the greatest projects and ideas. Their new project ‘Code Space’ doesn’t disappoint as it looks to  connect devices by using Kinects and hand gestures. We present Code Space, a system that contributes touch + air gesture hybrid interactions to support co-located, small group developer meetings by democratizing […]

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Microsoft Research: PocketTouch Enables Device Input Through Fabric (video)

October 17, 2011 No Comments

This is something that I am definitely hyped up for and hopefully arrives in my lifetime. The geniuses over at Microsoft Research have solved the issue of controlling handheld devices through fabric by touch. This is just really amazing and it even works through heavy fabrics and jackets as well. “We didn’t think that a […]

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Mango Apps: TouchDevelop (TouchStudio)

October 8, 2011 No Comments

It hasn’t even been a month since Microsoft Research has updated their TouchDevelop (TouchStudio) app on the Windows Phone Marketplace to Version 2.2.  I am happy to announce that TouchDevelop has just been updated to Version 2.3, which actually makes it a Mango app. Now the app can help you make mango apps right on […]

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Developer: TouchDevelop Gets Updated to 2.2 (TouchStudio)

September 15, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft Research has updated their TouchDevelop (TouchStudio) app on the Windows Phone Marketplace to Version 2.2.  TouchDevelop is a very popular app among developers for allowing you to start creating an app from the app itself. It even has gained some traction among Windows Phone users that are just curious and want to start learning how […]

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TouchStudio is Now TouchDevelop – Updated to V2.0

August 3, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft Research has updated their TouchStudio App on the WP7 Marketplace! Microsoft has included many new features like sharing your scripts with others and taking screenshots. Aside from all these awesome new add ons is the fact that they changed the name from TouchStudio to TouchDevelop. I kind of like the old name better but […]

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Switchboard: Microsoft Research Working on Matchmaking System for Multiplayer Mobile Games

July 5, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft Research is working on a system called Switchboard for mobile devices.  It’s a matchmaking system for multi-player mobile games. The way Switchboard works is as a matchmaker tool, finding potential game players and assigning them to a group most similar for each player’s phone and network connection. Victor Bahl, director of the Mobile Computing Research […]

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Academic Search: Microsoft Research Publishes Another App to the Marketplace

June 30, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft Research again showing us Windows Phone users to a free app. This time the app is called Academic Search and it gives you access to over 27 million academic publications. The layout is very metro centric and the app itself (as always) is very well done. Grab your free app from Microsoft Research App […]

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Developer: Cloud Services SDK for Windows Phone 7 Available Now

June 23, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft Research has made their cloud services software development kit (SDK) for Windows Phone available. Cloud Services SDK for Windows Phone 7 This is a software-development kit (SDK) for the creation of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) applications that leverage research cloud services not yet available to the public. The primary goal of this SDK is […]

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Microsoft’s TouchStudio App Gets Another Update (V1.2)

May 27, 2011 No Comments

Microsoft Research has updated their TouchStudio App on the WP7 Marketplace! We are up to Version 1.2 now and that includes the following new features. Fast game and physics engine for your scripts Pin tiles to TouchStudio home screen Post on your Facebook wall from your script Global variables And many other improvements I am […]

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New WP7 Mango Feature Found: Auto Fix

May 27, 2011 No Comments

In all the promo videos showing off the upcoming Mango update for Windows Phone, something was bound to slip by before it was actually announced. This time it is an auto fix feature for images. At the 6:26 mark in the video below you will see the new feature in line with the rest of […]

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