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Technologizer: The Flipboard Edition
Back in 2014, when I became technology editor for Fast Company, I said I was keeping Technologizer open and reserved the right to write here if I had anything to say that didn’t fit into Fast Company....
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Microsoft Inches Closer to a Kinect App Store
The most exciting thing about Microsoft’s Kinect is not that you can play a dancing game on the Xbox 360 without a controller, but that dozens of hackers have re-purposed the motion-sensing camera for...
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Hulu Plus is Great on Xbox Live; With Kinect, Not So Much
Hulu Plus comes to Xbox Live on Friday, and Microsoft let me have an early look along with a Kinect loaner unit to check out voice and motion controls. If you’re not familiar with Hulu Plus, it’s an $8...
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Triple the Kinect Games? That’s Weak, Microsoft
Microsoft is making what sounds like a lofty promise for Kinect: By year-end, the number of available games for the Xbox 360 motion sensor will triple. But given that six months after launch, Kinect’s...
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Microsoft’s E3: A Bang for Kinect, a Whimper for Live TV
Good thing Microsoft had a packed line-up of Kinect games to show at its E3 press conference, because last week’s big rumor about live TV on the Xbox 360 turned out to be kind of a dud. Kinect, the...
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Nyko Solves Kinect’s Small Apartment Problem
When Microsoft launched Kinect for Xbox 360 last November, it came with one big gotcha: You need at least six feet of open space between you and the motion-sensing camera, and preferably more. If you...
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Still Missing: A Place to Get Those Crazy Kinect PC Apps
As promised, Microsoft’s making it easy for developers to create Kinect PC apps with a non-commercial Kinect for Windows software development kit. The SDK provides access to raw data from Kinect’s...
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Microsoft’s “NuAds” for Kinect: Hey, Whatever Brings the Content
Microsoft’s got more ideas in store for Kinect, the motion-sensing Xbox 360 camera that launched last fall. This week, the company announced a lofty goal to create interactive advertising powered by...
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Xbox 360 Price Cut: Microsoft Won’t, Walmart Will
When Sony announced a $50 price cut for the Playstation 3, I assumed Microsoft wouldn’t rush to do the same with the Xbox 360. The console is sitting on top of the sales charts in North America right...
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Kinect Made Whole in Xbox 360 Overhaul
I bought a Kinect for Xbox 360 a few months ago, but not so I could flail my arms and legs around looking like a fool in Dance Central (although that, too, is happening). Mostly, I was curious to see...
View ArticleComing Soon to a Laptop Near You: Microsoft Kinect?
OK, now this sounds nifty: Microsoft is experimenting with building its Kinect gesture-input system into notebook computers running Windows 8, says The Daily’s Matt Hickey: A source at Microsoft has...
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Microsoft Inches Closer to a Kinect App Store
The most exciting thing about Microsoft’s Kinect is not that you can play a dancing game on the Xbox 360 without a controller, but that dozens of hackers have re-purposed the motion-sensing camera for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hulu Plus is Great on Xbox Live; With Kinect, Not So Much
Hulu Plus comes to Xbox Live on Friday, and Microsoft let me have an early look along with a Kinect loaner unit to check out voice and motion controls. If you’re not familiar with Hulu Plus, it’s an $8...
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Triple the Kinect Games? That’s Weak, Microsoft
Microsoft is making what sounds like a lofty promise for Kinect: By year-end, the number of available games for the Xbox 360 motion sensor will triple. But given that six months after launch, Kinect’s...
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Microsoft’s E3: A Bang for Kinect, a Whimper for Live TV
Good thing Microsoft had a packed line-up of Kinect games to show at its E3 press conference, because last week’s big rumor about live TV on the Xbox 360 turned out to be kind of a dud. Kinect, the...
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Nyko Solves Kinect’s Small Apartment Problem
When Microsoft launched Kinect for Xbox 360 last November, it came with one big gotcha: You need at least six feet of open space between you and the motion-sensing camera, and preferably more. If you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Still Missing: A Place to Get Those Crazy Kinect PC Apps
As promised, Microsoft’s making it easy for developers to create Kinect PC apps with a non-commercial Kinect for Windows software development kit. The SDK provides access to raw data from Kinect’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Microsoft’s “NuAds” for Kinect: Hey, Whatever Brings the Content
Microsoft’s got more ideas in store for Kinect, the motion-sensing Xbox 360 camera that launched last fall. This week, the company announced a lofty goal to create interactive advertising powered by...
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Xbox 360 Price Cut: Microsoft Won’t, Walmart Will
When Sony announced a $50 price cut for the Playstation 3, I assumed Microsoft wouldn’t rush to do the same with the Xbox 360. The console is sitting on top of the sales charts in North America right...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kinect Made Whole in Xbox 360 Overhaul
I bought a Kinect for Xbox 360 a few months ago, but not so I could flail my arms and legs around looking like a fool in Dance Central (although that, too, is happening). Mostly, I was curious to see...
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