Microsoft looking to integrate Xbox Live with Android and iOS games

A recent job posting from Microsoft reveals the company’s plans to develop the cross-platform capabilities of its Xbox Live service. Xbox Live currently works with Microsoft consoles and Windows/Windows Phone games to keep track of achievements, friends’ lists, and game matchmaking. According to The Verge, Microsoft wants to “win back” game developers from its competitors through easier integration with games and apps. Microsoft plans to lessen the restrictions and improve tools for game developers to integrate Xbox Live into their titles.

Microsoft ushers in the end of the Windows XP era, what you need to know

Microsoft has supported Windows XP for a decade, that's a monumental task for the software giant and while Windows XP was a formidable and right for its time but is time to move on. No, really, here's what you need to know.

A lot has changed in the past decade since Microsoft launched Windows XP and Office 2003. Hardware is less expensive, devices are smaller, operating systems are faster and mobile phones are smarter than ever. In addition, the way we work has changed as well – we’re more mobile and more social in the workplace today than ever before. However, despite all of these advances, according to Stat Counter, nearly 21 percent of computers worldwide are still using Windows XP.

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Microsoft's Cortana assistant screens leak

She's not only inspired by the voluptous AI from Halo, Cortana is Microsoft's take on the personal mobile assistant and their answer to Siri and Google Now. The Verge showed off some screens from the upcoming feature which will be omniscient and tightly integrated to the Windows Phone UX. Cortana is expected to be a learning assistant, it will note user patterns, pull contextual data as well as location-based information. Cortana is expected to be unvelied to developers in the upcoming Microsoft Build conference.

Source: The Verge

Review: Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4

 

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung’s  Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 is a business and enterprise-focused tablet that gives us a more premium look and feel and a simplified user experience that does away with Samsung’s earlier touchy-feely nature-focused paradigm into a refreshingly sober Magazine UX.

At first glance, the white Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 can be easily confused with any of the Samsung Galaxy Tabs from the years past. But once you get a closer look, you realize the shiny plastic and rounded edges has been redone to reflect the faux stitched leather look that Samsung has used on its more premium devices like the Note 3.

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