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October 31, 2013
Skype ‘emotipumpkins’ sport a devilish look for Halloween

Skype recently asked its users to vote on their favorite Halloween emoticons, with the most popular being carved into jack-o’-lanterns. Watch the video to see extreme pumpkin carver Tom Nardone go to work creating “devil,” “party” and “puke.”

October 30, 2013
Use your mobile phone…as a 3D scanner

On Oct. 30, during Innovation Day 2013 at Microsoft Research Asia, a demo called 3-D Scanning with Mobile Devices set up an intriguing premise: making 3D printing more accessible to the masses.

October 30, 2013
How to use sensors to develop gotta-have Windows 8.1 tablet apps

The sensors supported by Windows Store apps offer powerful ways for developers to spice up their app’s functionality. This post on the Windows App Builder Blog provides an overview of the sensors and offers guidelines and suggestions for their best use.

October 30, 2013
Here’s what’s next for Bing Ads

On Wednesday, the Bing Ads team gathered a select group of marketers, press and digital advertising agency leaders from around the world to engage them in a conversation about the rapidly changing world of search advertising. The goal was simple: bring these people together to help chart the course for where Bing Ads goes next.

October 30, 2013
Ralf Groene talks about the pingpong of designing and engineering Surface 2

According to Ralf Groene, who leads the industrial and interaction design teams for Surface devices, the creation of Surface 2 was more like a pingpong game, where at each stage of development the engineering team would consult with designers to discuss progress and make sure the emerging product continued to meet the team’s vision.