Month: December 2016

Celebrate “Gearsmas” With Unique Content, Special Events and Offers!

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The days are getting colder and the nights are getting longer, which means it’s time for the seasonal signature event for Gears of War – Gearsmas! Beginning today, this year’s holiday spectacular marks the biggest event for Gears of War 4 yet with over 30 pieces of festive content to collect, a special playlist featuring the first ever custom weapon for Gears 4 and a whole lot more. Take a first look at the Gearsmas Celebrations in the trailer above, then read on for all the juicy details. The Festive Collection Gearsmas brings a whole bunch of new festive-themed items to… Continue reading Celebrate “Gearsmas” With Unique Content, Special Events and Offers!→

This Week on Windows: Oculus Rift streaming, Groove holiday music, and more | This Week On Windows

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This Week on Windows:  We show you how to stream your favorite XBOX and Windows 10 game titles to Oculus Rift and we give you one sweet offer on a holiday classic. Other topics covered in this edition:Blizzard Mountain expansionOculus Rift streami… Continue reading This Week on Windows: Oculus Rift streaming, Groove holiday music, and more | This Week On Windows→

Advancing AI on several fronts, building the next world graph with mapping companies and making the perfect match for your new 4K TV — Weekend Reading: Dec. 16 edition

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We’re getting closer to the end of the year, but the news has yet to slow down at Microsoft. In this edition of Weekend Reading, we share big developments in artificial intelligence, a new ecosystem of intelligent location-based services and how compatible Xbox One S is with 4K TV. On Tuesday, Microsoft introduced Zo, the next evolution in chatbots; shared how Cortana, in partnership with Harman Kardon, will be present … Read more »

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micro:bit Christmas Challenge!

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Have a little hardware elf at home? Here’s something to help keep them busy during the Winter Break…

micro:bit Christmas Challenge!

Announcing the micro:bit Christmas Challenge!

How could the micro:bit help Santa deliver his Christmas presents this year?

The Micro:bit Foundation has been contacted by Santa Claus himself. He has heard how amazing the micro:bit is and the wonderful things being created with it and, being a techie chap himself, wondered if anybody out there could design a piece of micro:bit tech that could help him with his deliveries on Christmas Eve.

We said of course that our brilliant young inventors were up for it. What amazing ideas and devices can you come up with to help Santa with his delivery of all those Christmas presents? We will give prizes for the:

  • Best idea
  • Best working device
  • Best instructions

Who can help Santa?

Any person or elf with a useful idea for Santa can participate.

How to enter?

Please send your entry with any attachments to challenge@microbit.org with “Challenge” in the subject line.

What to include?

Entries must arrive to us by Jan 2nd, 2017. The winners will be announced by January 10th, 2017. Judges will include elves from micro:bit and beyond.

  • Describe your idea in a document, scan, video or photo
  • Take photos or a video of your device
  • Include instructions on how an elf could make your creation, including the script plus the hex file

And the winners…

Prizes will include a kit from Kitronic or Tech Will Save Us plus the winning entries will be published on microbit.org and will be on display by the micro:bit team at the BETT show in London on 25-28 January 2017.

Good luck!

PS Santa would love a hint – so when you finish also Tweet about your entry with a description and image plus the tag #microbitchallenge and @microbit_edu in the tweet.

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Introducing Azure Analysis Services | Azure Friday

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Christian Wade stops by Azure Friday to speak with Scott about Azure Analysis Services. Built on the proven analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, Azure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps you transform complex data into actionable insights. And by leveraging the skills, tools and data your team has today, you can get more from the investments you’ve already made.

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Astroneer Launches to Game Preview on Dec. 16 for Xbox One and Windows 10

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Greetings! We are excited, happy, nervous, and about a hundred other emotions as we launch Astroneer into Game Preview for the Xbox One and Windows Store! Delivering on these platforms in a very short time with our very small team has been a hugely ambitious feat for us. I often can scarcely believe we’ve reached this point, and it’s with a sense of relief and of eager anticipation for the next year of development that I’m writing this. Let me tell you a bit about the game we’re releasing on December 16. Astroneer is a game about independent space explorers… Continue reading Astroneer Launches to Game Preview on Dec. 16 for Xbox One and Windows 10→