An infographic showing how Microsoft Research and product teams work together.

What are the transformational trends in technology and what happens when they collide?

New Bing advert amps up the social features - bring your friends to search.

It seems we're not going to stop people having phone conversations in cars - so can we use tech to help guide them when they should put that call on hold? Microsoft Research thinks so.

Alex Kipman took part in a panel at MIX11 recently and while they covered a lot of ground, it was his discussion on probabilistic programmingthat had me most intrigued. It's making the digital world more analog.