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October 16, 2013
Let your music flow with Beatphonic for Windows Phone 8

Beatphonic is a new app that lets you create cool beats and craft simple songs right on your Windows Phone. Using your phone’s hand gesture and touch capabilities, you can set a beat and experiment with different instruments, playing styles, tempo and chord patterns.

October 16, 2013
Get a glimpse of what’s possible with Windows 8.1 3D printing

With this week’s launch of Windows 8.1 and its built-in 3D printing feature, it’s going to be easier than ever to turn an idea into a physical object. Realizing that lots of folks are chomping at the bit to get started with the new capability, Gavin Gear on the Extreme Windows Blog published a post on Wednesday about how he used SolidWorks 2014 CAD software to design a part for 3D printing on a project he just completed.

October 16, 2013
It’s a snap! Machinima to launch exclusive experience on Xbox One on Nov. 22

One of Xbox One’s cool new capabilities is the ability for gamers to do two things at once, on the same screen. The feature is called “Snap,” and as announced in a blog post on Wednesday, Machinima will take full advantage of it. With the new Xbox, you can say “Xbox, Snap Machinima” while playing a game and Machinima will launch on the right side of your TV screen, enabling some really powerful things.

October 16, 2013
Spotlight on new features coming in Dynamics CRM 2013

There are loads of new features and capabilities coming with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Fall ’13 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 releases. On Wednesday, the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Blog shone the spotlight on a few that are likely to make users’ “favorite features” list.

October 16, 2013
How Bing built Smart Search for Windows 8.1

One of the coolest and most visible improvements to Windows 8.1 is its improved integration of Bing, and to give you some background on that, Blogging Windows published a guest post on Wednesday by Kieran Snyder, group program manager in the Bing User Experience team.

October 16, 2013
From the PASS Summit: SQL Server 2014 CTP2 now available

On Wednesday at the PASS Summit in Charlotte, N.C., Quentin Clark, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Data Platform Group, announced the availability of the second Community Technology Preview (CTP2) of SQL Server 2014.