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On Tuesday the Bing team added video to the type of results it will return in the Bing for Windows 8 app. The Bing Search blog describes the experience and if it’s anything like the News app then it’s sure to be a winner. There’s a team within Bing that develops all of the group...

Too good not to share.

When I bought a Kindle Fire earlier this year there were two main applications I wanted for it – a good feed reader (ideally something like Flipboard ) and The Economist application. I got the former with Feedly and sort of got the latter with a hack that allowed me to use the Android app on the...

I’m excited to announce the availability of the Next at Microsoft app in the Windows Store . From day one on Next (over 2 years ago) my intention has been to bring you stories from across Microsoft and get behind the scenes of trends such as Natural User Interface and Big Data as well as profile...

I don’t own a Samsung printer but I’m tempted to go find one to try out this new Samsung Printer Experience app for Windows 8. Who would have thought a humble printer app could look so elegant? Per the details in the Windows Store, the app allows you to manage and control Samsung printers...

Just in time for my holiday shopping the Amazon app has arrived in the Windows Store . It’s a pretty clean, elegant app that enables you to quickly make purchases, search, compare prices, read reviews, and share products. Though there is a search box right at the top of the app, it also...

Going to the hospital is hardly ever fun. It’s a sterile environment full of needles and institutional décor that’s the furthest thing from making you feel comfortable. A children’s clinic in Miami set out to change all that by using technology to put patients at ease and Kinect...

Seeking to make your Windows 8 dual screen experience more beautiful? A new set of Panoramic themes are now available for free download and compatible with Windows 8 and Windows RT. My personal favorite is the Bridges Panoramic for Windows 8 and Windows RT as shown above. The shot of the Golden Gate...

  A few weeks ago I got the chance to chat with Ira Snyder, General Manager of Fresh Paint . If you've not yet had the chance to try Fresh Paint, the new painting app for Windows 8, it’s available for free in the Windows Store and has over a 4 star rating...

I’m digging this new Facebook cover photo creator . It’s a new Facebook app from the Windows team that connects to your social stream to create a new Cover Photo. It’s fast and easy and has a degree of customization so you can pick and choose which photos and apps appear in certain...

A fun ad to end the week with.

A great addition to the Windows Store last week – the official Khan Academy app . For those not familiar with the Khan Academy, it’s an online phenomena that enables you to learn almost anything. For free. It's the focus on a story on Forbes.com titled One Man, One Computer, 10 Million Students...

One of the first apps I looked for when I started playing with Windows 8 was a feed reader app – something that could pull all my RSS feeds in from Google Reader and display them in a manner that would suit a tablet style device. I’ve tried a few but when Next Gen Reader landed in my lap...

The Lync client for Windows 8 just popped up in the Windows Store . As the backbone of my inter and intra-office communications it’s a welcome addition to my Windows 8 desktop and my incoming Surface with Windows RT. As you can see in the screenshots below, it makes great use of Microsoft design...

Okay…now I wish I was in New York. The Windows launch took over the screens in the square, lines formed at our store in the same location and when the curtain dropped to open the store it was mobbed with customers eager to see and buy Surface and Windows 8. The photos below, culled from folks...

The world welcomes Windows 8 .

My man Brandon has all the details and notes that “this is just a sample of the Windows 8 stories and experiences you’ll see come to life in this campaign”. Oh, and if you’re in NYC this week, get to Times Square where Windows 8 will be featured on over 39 digital boards in the...

  Come experience Windows 8 and Surface through the eyes of notable New Yorkers - The Microtropolis . Read more on Kristina Libby's post on the Windows blog . Oct 26-Nov 3 Hudson River Park's Pier 57 Public walk-in hours Oct 27: 12pm-6pm Nov 1–3: 10am-6pm

  There are great new apps arriving every day in to the Windows Store but few have been anticipated as much as Skype. Though the app will not be available until October 26th, the team showed today just how beautiful it is. In a post on the Skype Big Blog Mark Gillett shares what...

I often tell people I’ve got one of the best jobs at Microsoft; I get the opportunity to meet and talk with the people here who brew the special sauce that is Microsoft. Last week I got to meet and talk with the guy who first created the sauce. Following a Microsoft event to celebrate 30 years...

I’ve been waiting for a FourSquare app on Windows 8 to join the splendid 4th and Mayor on Windows Phone and now it’s here – in the form of 4th & Square from Microsoft's Brandon Paddock . The app does everything you’d expect and has some great features that take advantage of...

I do like a good bit of street art. Surface .

I was just thinking this morning, wouldn’t it be nice to have a Netflix app on my Windows 8 tablet…and my Windows 8 PC at work. Lo and behold, the official Netflix app just landed in the Windows Store. And from a quick first play, it looks sweet, fast and of course, fluid. If...

During the Cannes Lions Festival earlier this year I got a glimpse of some of the work our advertising team was working on with clients to bring new ad formats to life in Windows 8. Last Monday, some of that work broke cover at Advertising Week in New York. Stephen Kim covered the work in detail in a...