In a statement today, the company said that the deal would allow it to dedicate more of its resources to creating "beautiful and relevant" in-app ad experiences on Windows 8, Skype, Xbox/Kinect, Windows Phone, Bing, and MSN.
The sweepstakes offers many prizes, including a Microsoft Surface tablet, Xbox 360 with Kinect, Windows Phones and more, just by tweeting. A recent study conducted by Microsoft showed people prefer Bing search results nearly 2-to-1 over Google's...
While the voice commands use the Xbox Kinect interface, users may still opt to use text search with either the Xbox controller or an add-on. Then, using the controller or Kinect voice commands to play and control whatever option you want to watch...
Among other engineers working on the project is Johnny Chung Lee, the creator of MicrosoftKinect. A recent report on Google's "secret lab," known as Google X, shows how far beyond their core business Google will explore: space elevators, web...
The new search feature, which will be released this holiday season, uses the Microsoft TellME voice recognition technology and the Xbox 360 Kinect sensor to allow a search experience that makes the user's body into the controller.
During the Microsoft keynote Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CEO Steve Balmer noted "everyone who is enjoying Kinect knows that today it listens to your voice, and tracks your body, but what about your facial expressions?
During the Microsoft keynote Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CEO Steve Balmer noted "everyone who is enjoying Kinect knows that today it listens to your voice, and tracks your body, but what about your facial expressions?