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May 5, 2014

Trick out your ride and try out new moves in ‘Skateboard Party 2’

Jump on your board, try out more than 40 new tricks and improve your skateboarding skills in “Skateboard Party 2” on Windows Phone, tablets and PCs. You’ll be able to ride in eight locations – including an army base and shopping mall – with friends, too, using the new online multiplayer mode.

May 5, 2014

7 lesser-known Kinect voice commands you should know

Xbox Wire shares seven useful and lesser-known commands. They include: “Xbox, Notifications” to see a rundown of recent notifications, including invites, installations and achievements; “Xbox, Switch,” which switches input focus between your main screen and a snapped app (great for pausing Netflix, for example); and “Xbox, Invite,” to pick from your friend list by number, with online friends listed first.

May 5, 2014

Microsoft Research New York City open house includes presentations, panel discussion

Two years after the founding of Microsoft Research New York City — and nine months since the lab established a permanent home in the Flatiron District — an open house was held Monday to show off its new space.

May 5, 2014

Skype’s got a playbook for connecting with mom on her big day

Give her flowers, but also give her a call using Skype this Sunday for Mother’s Day. A global survey of moms, grandparents and children conducted by Skype shows that 93 percent of mothers would like to spend some of their special day with their children on Skype if they can’t be together in person.

May 5, 2014

Kevin Spacey: From villain in ‘House of Cards’ to villain in ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’

If you like Kevin Spacey’s villainous character in “House of Cards,” you’ll be happy to know he plays a bad guy role again in “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare,” which is due out in November. Spacey stars as Jonathan Irons, one of the most powerful men in the world, who shapes a chilling vision of the future of war.

May 5, 2014

Stream the 2014 NFL Draft live using the NFL app on Xbox One

Hard to believe it’s here already, although for some of us, it couldn’t come soon enough: NFL Draft 2014 starts Thursday, May 8, and if you’re an Xbox Live Gold member, you can stream the event live using the NFL app on Xbox One.

May 5, 2014

Introducing a Windows Embedded all-in-one tablet retailers and restaurants can use to take payments

At Retail Tech Japan 2014, held earlier this spring in Tokyo, Microsoft demonstrated how Windows Embedded and Microsoft Azure provide a platform for point-of-sale, kiosks, vending machines and digital signage for retail. In the video here, you’ll see a tablet that can be used to take payments for retail and restaurants, created by Empathy Co. Ltd. and running on Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry.

May 5, 2014

Mobility first, cloud first is ripe for growth in Asia, Microsoft exec tells Wall Street Journal

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, César Cernuda, president of Microsoft Asia Pacific, says that the Microsoft’s strategy of mobility first, cloud first very much applies to Asia. Vietnam, for example, he says, “has more SIM cards than people … The device world, the mobility piece, it’s booming in this market.”

May 5, 2014

May updates for Xbox One include opt-in setting to help improve voice recognition

Updates coming to Xbox One in May include an opt-in option to help improve speech recognition, a new sound mixer for snapped apps and chat volume controls when using Kinect, reports Larry Hryb, Xbox’s Major Nelson. “The more voice samples we have to input into our algorithms, the better and more responsive Xbox One can be to our fans,” he writes on his blog.

May 5, 2014

The super heroes making ‘Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes’ happen

“Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes,” will be a super-fan’s dream with heroes like The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and Black Widow in on the action. Xbox Wire recently sat down with some of the people behind the game, including executive producer John Vignocchi and Marvel’s vice president of production for games, TQ Jefferson, for a Q-and-A.