November 11, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Code, Code Space, cross-device interaction, depth camera, developers, development teams, Displays, Laptops, Microsoft Research, mobile devices, Sharing, smartphones, Tablets, TouchNews
October 17, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft Research, phones, PocketTouch, Sensors, Windows PhoneNews
October 8, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Apps, Developer, devs, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, TouchDevelop, TouchStudio, windows phone 7, WP7Apps
September 15, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Apps, Developer, devs, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, TouchDevelop, TouchStudio, windows phone 7, WP7Apps
August 3, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Apps, Developer, devs, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, TouchStudio, windows phone 7, WP7Apps
July 5, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Games, Matchmaking System, Microsoft Research, Multiplayer, Multiplayer Mobile Games, Switchboard, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7Games, News
June 23, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Cloud Services SDK, Microsoft Research, Project Hawaii, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News
May 27, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Apps, Developer, devs, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, TouchStudio, windows phone 7, WP7Apps
May 27, 2011
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 […]
Tags: Auto Fix, Cloud, Leaked, Mango, Mango Features, Microsoft Research, Photo, Photo Editing, Pictures, Windows Phone, WP7News