Month: August 2013

August 28, 2013
Bing and SkyDrive bring out the words in photos

Starting Wednesday, when you take photos with your Windows Phone device and auto-upload to your SkyDrive camera roll folder, a new Bing-powered optical character recognition tool (OCR) will run on those photos so you can instantly see the extracted text in those pictures.

August 28, 2013
Follow the yellow brick road to ‘Temple Run: Oz’

Inspired by the Disney film “Oz the Great and Powerful,” the mobile game “Temple Run: Oz” takes you back to that magical land from your childhood. But you don’t have to endure a tornado to get to it – you only need a Windows Phone 8 device and $.99 to start an adventure into the latest installment of the classic runner.

August 28, 2013
Get up close with Xbox One at this weekend’s PAX Prime show in Seattle

For starters, the booth will include 60 stations featuring dynamic and intense driving, fighting and shooting experiences coming with Xbox One. Also, on stage you’ll see demos of “Dead Rising 3,” “Project Spark,” “Kinect Sports Rivals,” “Fable Anniversary” and a 7.1 surround sound “Forza Motorsport 5” racing rig.

August 28, 2013
Another reason to attend PASS Summit 2013: Microsoft Certification testing!

When did the “opportunity” to take a test become good news? The moment it meant you could advance your career – all while networking and building your SQL Server know-how. For the second year in a row, attendees of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Summit will be able to take Microsoft Certification exams at the conference.

August 28, 2013
Foursquare app checks in at the Windows Store

The first-ever Foursquare app designed for large-screen devices is now available exclusively on Windows 8. The popular social app, which has over 35 million users worldwide, lets you find and “check in” at interesting places around you, as well as share photos, reviews and tips about your personal favorite spots.

August 28, 2013
TWC TV comes to Xbox

The TWC TV app launched on Xbox 360 on Tuesday, delivering up to 300 of the most popular TV channels to Xbox Live Gold members in the U.S. who are also TWC subscribers.