April 2014 - Stories

April 30, 2014

Turn video clips into short movies with Movie Moments app for Windows Phone, PCs and tablets

Just pick your favorite 60 seconds from a video – trim from the beginning, middle or end – then add captions, music and effects. Once you’ve edited your mini-movie, share it via OneDrive or Facebook right from the app.

April 30, 2014

Improvements to Bing’s Smart Search makes Windows even easier to use

Have you ever tried to get something done on your device but weren’t exactly sure what you were looking for? Based on the most common tasks people perform on Windows 8, Smart Search delivers results based on natural language understanding.

April 30, 2014

Learn about enhancing online file sharing and storage using OneDrive for Business

In the latest video from “The Garage Series for Office 365,” Jeremy Chapman and lead OneDrive engineer Michael Connolly explain recent changes and announcements for OneDrive for Business, including the new increased storage limit of 1 terabyte per user, up from 25 gigabytes per user.

April 30, 2014

Lavishly rendered ‘Child of Light’ now available on Xbox One and Xbox 360

“Child of Light,” from Ubisoft, takes you to 1895 Austria where Aurora, a young princess with a pure heart, is on a quest to recapture the Sun, Moon and Stars-all stolen by the Black Queen. The game’s “character animation truly is a sight to behold,” writes Jeff Rubenstein on Major Nelson’s blog.

April 30, 2014

Use the Windows Reading List app to track and manage articles and videos

Add bookmarks from Internet Explorer or other apps, and whatever you save is kept in chronological order for future reference. And since it’s available on all Windows 8.1 devices, you can read or watch your saved list on your Windows Phone device, PC or tablet.

April 30, 2014

Biggest threats in ‘Watch Dogs’ come from your own real-life friends

Ubisoft’s “Watch Dogs” puts you in a world of dangerous criminals out to take advantage of you in an alternate-reality Chicago. But some of the biggest threats that protagonist Aiden Pearce faces aren’t from within city streets, but from your own-real life friends.

April 30, 2014

Collaboration Workshop conference explores role of software in reproducible research

April 30, 2014

Wrestling maniacs: WWE Network now on Xbox One with 24-7 streaming

The subscription-based service, which can be accessed on PCs, tablets and game consoles, offers live programming, a comprehensive video on-demand library, original programming such as “Legends’ House,” and access to all of WWE’s live pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania.

April 30, 2014

One-on-one with Jonathan Chinn, executive producer of ‘Atari: Game Over’ documentary

“Atari” is the first installment in a six-film documentary series, “Signal to Noise,” (working title) by two-time Academy Award-winning producer Simon Chinn and Emmy-winning producer Jonathan Chinn, through their multi-platform media company, Lightbox.