Tag Archives: Xbox

Windows Azure Media Services OR Intel & Microsoft going together in the consumer space (again)?

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Nacsa Sándor

With Intel Media: 10-20 year leap in television this year [Feb 16, 2013] and Microsoft entertainment as an affordable premium offering to be built on the basis of the Xbox console and Xbox LIVE services [Feb 13, 2013] this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, Cloud SW engineering, consumer computing, consumer devices, TVs | Tagged Client Ecosystem for Windows Azure Media Services, consumer space, dynamic packaging, EDD, Entertainment and Devices Division, H.265, HEVC, IIS Media Services, Intel, Intel Media, IPTV, live streaming, Mediaroom, Microsoft, Microsoft Media Platform, MPEG-DASH, on-demand streaming, streaming platform, streaming server, Windows 8, Windows Azure Media Services, Windows Media Center, Windows Media Services, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE | 2 Comments

The cloud experience vision of .NET by Microsoft 12 years ago and its delivery now with Windows Azure, Windows 8/RT, Windows Phone, iOS and Android among others

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Take also a Food for thought: Cloud experience development: the new essence [this same ‘Experiencing the Cloud’ blog, Sept 7, 2012] Update as of Sept 20, 2012: Take note as well that CVP Jason Zander, who was up to now … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, Cloud SW engineering, consumer computing | Tagged (MVVM), .NET 4.5, .NET API profiles, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Developer Platform, .NET for Metro style apps, .NET for Windows Store apps, .NET Framework, .NET Framework 4.5, .NET languages, .NET Micro Framework, .NET My Services, .NET platform, .NET Strategy, .NET. .NET vision, Android, Android client, Android SDK, API Controller, APIs, ARM based Windows 8, ASP.NET, ASP.NET 4.5 Web optimization, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, ASP.NET Web Forms, async, Async language feature, await, Azure, Azure VM role, Bill Gates, Blend, Bob Muglia, C Sharp, C#, C# code, C# code Android, C# code on iOS, C++11, C++11 standard, chief software architect, cloud, Cloud Application Platform, cloud experience, cloud experience vision, cloud service, cloud services, cloud-based applications, CLR, CocoaTouch SDK, Code First, Common Language Runtime, connected client Apps, connected devices, connected devices & continuous services, connected devices and services, connected PC, continuous services, CSS3, data-binding, datacenter, David Chappel, Desktop Client, Developer & Platform Evangelism Group, DirectX app, DPE, embedded applications, Entity Framework, Entity Framework 5, Eric Rudder, F# 3.0, garbage collection, Hadoop, HailStorm, healthcare, HTML 5 applications, HTML apps, HTML clients, HTML5, HTTP services, hybrid applications, identity, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 10, iOS, iOS client, ISV, Jason Zander, Java, JavaScript, JIT compilation, Joseph Hill, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, JSON, JSON-based ODATA format, lean startups, LightSwitch, LightSwitch for Visual Studio 2012, managed code, management API, manycore, Metro style apps, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft .NET Compact Framework, Microsoft .NET platform, Microsoft account, Microsoft Blend, Microsoft Passport, Microsoft Silverlight, Miguel de Icaza, mobile cross platform, mobile Service, Mobile Services for Xamarin, Mobile Services Managed SDK, mobility, Model-View-ViewModel pattern, modern apps, modern client experiences, modern mobile apps, modern platforms, MongoDB, Mono, Mono for Android, Mono.Android.dll, MonoDevelop, MonoTouch, MonoTouch.dll, multi-targeting, multicore, multiple platforms, MySQL, Nat Friedman, native APIs, native UIs, Next Generation Internet, Node.js, notification, OData, OData client, OData data source, on-premises, OpenID, Passport, Paul Maritz, PHP, platform strategy and evangelism, portable class libraries, Portable Class Library, Post-PC, pre-built REST helper methods, private cloud, public cloud, Python, RAD, rapid development, raw REST, Ray Ozzie, resource bundling, resource minification, REST, REST APIs, REST helper, RESTful services, SaaS, Sanjay Parthasarathy, Satya Nadella, Scott Guthrie, services in the cloud, SharePoint, Silverlight, Silverlight 4.0 profile, Silverlight 5, smart clients, smart devices, Software-plus-Services, Software-plus-Services Vision, spatial data types, SQL Azure, SQL Server 2012, Steve Ballmer, Steve Masters video, structured data storage, Tablets, Task Parallel Library, The Internet Services Disruption, the originial .NET vision, tools, TPL, TV, UI metaphors, UI stack, unified application services, unstructured data storage, UX, VB, virtual machine, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio 2012 Express, Visual Studio 2012 Launch, Visual Studio.NET, Walid Abu-Hadba, WCF, WCF 4.5, Web API, Web API controller, web applications, web developers, web services, Web Sockets, Web Sockets API, WebSockets, WF, WF 4.5, WF4.5, WIF, Windows 8, Windows 8 client, Windows 8 PC clients, Windows 8/RT, Windows Azure, Windows Azure cloud service, Windows Azure Cloud Services, Windows Azure Mobile Services, Windows Azure mobile toolkits, Windows Azure portal, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows desktop, Windows Embedded Compact, Windows Live ID, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.1, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone SDK 8.0, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows RT, Windows Runtime, Windows Runtime APIs, Windows Server 2012, Windows Store, Windows Store apps, Windows Workflow, Windows Workflow Foundation, WPF, WPF 4.5, Xamarin, Xamarin Android drag-and-drop UI designer, Xamarin Mobile profile, Xamarin.Mobile library, XAML, XAML markup, XAML UI framework, XAML Windows Store apps, Xbox, Xcode Interface Builder, XML, XML-based .NET | 6 Comments

Marvell SoCs to win both Microsoft and Nokia for Windows Phone and Windows 8 platforms (after the Kinect success)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Update: – Marvell licenses VeriSilicon DSP cores [Feb 13, 2012] SAN FRANCISCO—Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has signed a licensing agreement for VeriSilicon Holdings Co. Ltd.’s ZSP G3 intellectual property cores, including the dual-MAC ZSP800M and ZSP880M synthesizable DSP cores, VeriSilicon … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC, tablets | Tagged 28nm, ARMADA, China, cloud client, Jack Kang, Kinect, Lumia, Marvell, Microsoft, Nokia, Nokia Lumia, notebooks, smartphones, SoC, Tablets, TD-SCDMA, TSMC, Windows 8, Windows Phone 7, Xbox | 2 Comments

Best practice industrial and user experience design – Nokia and Microsoft

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Major updates: Marko Ahtisaari: smartphone evolution is only just beginning [The Guardian, Jan 31, 2012] … “There’s a point of view about design that all innovation in the interaction with the phone has been done,” Ahtisaari says. “Nothing could be … Continue reading →

Posted in design, smartphones, tablets | Tagged Albert Shum, Axel Meyer, cloud client, design, IDEA, IDSA, Industrial Designers Society of America, International Design Excellence Awards, Kinect, live tiles, Lumia, Lumia 800, Marko Ahtisaari, MeeGo, Metro, Metro design language, Metro UI, Microsoft, N9, Nokia, Oscar, Steve Kaneko, UI, User Experience, user interface, UX, UX design pattern, Windows 8, Windows Live, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Xbox | 6 Comments

The future of TV via a new Metro-styled Xbox 360 dashboard plus a plethora of new content partners

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Amazing New Entertainment from Xbox LIVE Partners [XboxViewTV, Dec 5, 2011] See the televisual wonders coming to Xbox 360 in Xbox TV with the winter 2011 dashboard update, launching December 6th. More coming in 2012 from other Xbox LIVE partners … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, design | Tagged beacons, Bing, Bing search, dashboard, entertainment, EPIX, ESPN, Hulu Plus, Kinect, Mediaroom, Metro style, Metro UI, Netflix, next generation, TV, TV entertainment, Windows Phone, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Companion, Xbox dashboard, Xbox LIVE | 5 Comments

Windows 8: the first 12 hours headlines and reports

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

After A too early assesment of the emerging ‘Windows 8’ dev & UX functionality [June 24, 2011] we came to an as full disclosure as possible by the keynote of the BUILD conference. Here are the very first (12 hours) … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, Cloud SW engineering, tablets | Tagged 3.9G, BUILD, cloud client, Computers and Internet, HTML5, Intel, JavaScript, Kal-El, LTE, Metro, Metro design language, Microsoft, Near Field Communication, NFC, NVIDIA, NXP Semiconductors, Plane Line Switching, PLS, Qualcomm, SaaS, Samsung, slates, Snapdragon, SoC, Super PLS, Tablets, Tegra, Ultrabook, UX, Windows 8, Windows Live, Windows Store, WinRT, Xbox | 9 Comments

Qualcomm’s new partnership with Nokia

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Follow-up: Nokia Lumia (Windows Phone 7) value proposition [Oct 26, 2011] Note: The “affordable” Nokia Lumia 710 is the one produced by Compal (the 800 is by Nokia itself). Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 @ 1.4GHz is used in both models. From being … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones, SoC | Tagged CDMA, CDMA 2000 EV-DO, China Telecom, China Unicom, cloud client, ecosystem, Microsoft, Nokia, Qualcomm, SoC, ST-Ericsson, Tablets, Windows Phone 7, Xbox | 4 Comments

Microsoft Tellme cloud service for WP7 ‘Mango’ and other systems

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Microsoft Tellme Vision for Future Interactions [Aug 9, 2011] Four Reasons We’ll Love Talking to Our TVs [Zig Serafin, General Manager, Microsoft Tellme, Aug 9, 2011] Microsoft is making big bets on speech NUI. Microsoft Tellme is driving that forward, … Continue reading →

Posted in SaaS, smartphones | Tagged cloud client, Windows Phone 7, Xbox, Kinect, speech recognition, NUI, Natural User Interfaces, Mango, Tellme, Ford SYNC, MyFord Touch, Nuance, KIa UVO, Toyota, Voice-to-text, Voice-to-dial, Voice search | 3 Comments

Nokia Windows Phone to debut on August 17 at the huge gamescom 2011 event

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Follow-up: Nokia Lumia (Windows Phone 7) value proposition [Oct 26, 2011] Note: the “affordable” Nokia Lumia 710 is the one produced by Compal (the 800 is by Nokia itself) Update: – DroidUser999 says: … What happened to Nokia-MS Party on Aug … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones | Tagged entertainment, Games Hub, gamescom 2011, gaming, Mango, Microsoft, Music + Videos Hub, Nokia, Windows Phone 7, Xbox | 1 Comment

A too early assesment of the emerging ‘Windows 8’ dev & UX functionality

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Update on the recent craze in mass media to call the new era “post-PC” by Frank X. Shaw Microsoft Corporation [19 Aug 2011 3:37 PM]: Where the PC is headed: Plus is the New “Post” In the past year, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, HTML5 et al, smartphones, tablets | Tagged cloud client, Computers and Internet, HTML5, Intel, Metro design language, Microsoft, Silverlight, Windows 8, Windows Phone 7, XAML, Xbox | 9 Comments

Tag Archives: Xbox

Windows Azure Media Services OR Intel & Microsoft going together in the consumer space (again)?

The future of TV via a new Metro-styled Xbox 360 dashboard plus a plethora of new content partners

Nokia Windows Phone to debut on August 17 at the huge gamescom 2011 event

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