AirKast and Cortana: Streaming quality radio content using the Cortana Skills Kit
With the launch of the new Harman Kardon Invoke speaker, consumers now have access to a home speaker that combines premium Harman Kardon audio...
How to Optimize USB Storage for Better Performance on Windows 10
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According to Microsoft, Windows 10 no longer optimizes external storage devices for “better performance” as of the October 2018 Update. Instead, it optimizes...
Cortana Skills now support Adaptive Cards
We are super excited to announce that Cortana Skills Kit now supports Adaptive Cards. Cortana beautifully renders these cards with her own styling (quite...
Microsoft brings Android apps to Windows 10 with new screen mirroring beta
Microsoft is starting to test updates to its Your Phone app for Windows 10 this week, allowing Android users to mirror a...
Microsoft now lets you stream PC games to an Xbox One and use a...
Microsoft is now letting Xbox One owners stream their PC games to the console and use a controller to play them. A...
Getting Started: Personalize your Cortana Skill interactions by leveraging User profile and Context
Welcome to the second blog post of our Getting Started series! Through this series, we aim to help you build great Cortana Skills, that...
Download: Try Microsoft’s New Chromium-Based Edge Browser Today
Microsoft announced last December it would move the Edge over to the Chromium rendering engine. Leaked builds hit the web a few weeks ago,...
Microsoft brings Spotify and useful widgets to its Xbox Game Bar on Windows 10
Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer admitted last year that the software maker had “a ton of work to do on Windows” for...
Microsoft and Xiaomi to collaborate on AI, cloud computing and hardware
After Microsoft signed a deal to test Windows 10 on Xiaomi devices in 2015 and then Xiaomi bought a trove of patents to...
Microsoft demonstrates xCloud game streaming a week before Google’s ‘future of gaming’ event
Microsoft has provided a live demonstration of its upcoming Project xCloud game streaming service. The software maker originally unveiled xCloud last year,...
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