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June 26, 2013

Last night, the “Games Critic’s Awards: Best of E3” nominations were announced and Xbox continued to be highlighted as a winning platform, with Xbox One and Xbox 360 leading all platform nominations. Xbox One and Microsoft’s exclusive titles received 11 nominations, the most of any game console. In addition to Xbox One being nominated for top console of the show, the Xbox exclusive game “Titanfall” became the most nominated game in E3 Games Critic’s Awards history.

June 26, 2013

Adding to the news coming out of Build today is Internet Explorer 11 Preview, which is included when you install the Windows 8.1 Preview. The IEBlog provides an overview of new features in this latest touch-centric update, including side-by-side browsing, 100 tabs per window, Live Tiles on the Windows 8.1 Start Screen that display data from websites, and the ability to watch your favorite movies and TV shows using HTML5 without installing extra plugins.

June 26, 2013

Looking to expand your Twitter footprint? Now it’ll be a snap, thanks to new built-in language translation (powered by Microsoft Translator) that released today. Tweets in a language other than your default language are automatically translated and available in the detailed Tweet view.

June 26, 2013

Hopefully attendees at the Build 2013 conference in San Francisco have extra room in their luggage, because they’ll be taking home some free devices, courtesy of Microsoft and Intel. To go along with the keynote announcement about the Windows 8.1 Preview, developers were told they’re getting the first 8-inch Windows tablet – the Intel AtomTM Z2760 processor-based Acer Iconia W3 and a Microsoft Surface Pro.

June 26, 2013

As part of his keynote at Build 2013 in San Francisco today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that Facebook, Flipboard and NFL apps are coming to Windows. These marquee apps, along with other apps announced as part of the Windows 8.1 update, are testament to the steady momentum of app development for the Windows platform.

June 26, 2013

There’s a lot going on at the Build 2013 conference today, but of note is the immediate availability of a toolset that helps build apps for Windows 8.1 –Visual Studio 2013 and .NET 4.5.1 Previews. For developers, Visual Studio 2013 makes it easier and faster for them to create apps and services. And .NET 4.5.1 enables developers to build next generation apps for devices and services.

June 26, 2013

You can see Bing at work across many of Microsoft’s devices and services. New search capabilities in Windows 8.1. Windows Phone features like Local Scout, the Translator app, and voice recognition. Xbox One’s gesture integration, the Bing Apps for Office 2013, Skype … the list goes on.

June 26, 2013

Here are two more reasons to download the new Windows 8.1 Preview. Bing has cooked up a pair of stunning new apps – Bing Food & Drink and Bing Health & Fitness – and they’re both included in the preview.

June 26, 2013

Remember when we said there’d be a PC on every desktop? How about this: A factory on every desktop! Today, we announced that the Windows 8.1 update will have built-in support for 3D printing. Making a 3D object on your PC will be as easy as writing a document in Word and sending it to print.

June 26, 2013

Today at the Build 2013 conference in San Francisco, more details emerged on the new generation Kinect for Windows that was announced in May. Starting today, developers can apply for a place in an upcoming developer kit program, which gives participants exclusive early access to everything they need to start building applications for the new generation Kinect for Windows sensor, including a pre-release version of the new sensor hardware and SDK in November.