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Re: Microsoft Xim

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

tdicola wrote: post #36
JoblessWonder wrote: post #7

Once again Microsoft being pretty low-key with the fact that this is a Microsoft product just like they did with Sway. [1] * No mention in the title bar or above the fold. * First mention of Microsoft is in the footer. * iOS App Store and Google Play links are before the Window Phone Store. * Mockups include iOS looking device and Androidy Device (however the largest one might be a Windows Phone?) [1] https://www.swa…

This is from FUSE labs which is a little team inside MS who do research on new experiences and such. They don't really produce 'products' like Office, OneDrive, etc. They make neat demos and if they get enough traction try to influence the bigger products to adopt them.

Kodu was more than a demo.

Re: Microsoft Xim

#52

Post by johnhenry »

I'm not sure if I'll get much use out of this, but at least Microsoft is starting to release their software simultaneously on all three platforms. Hopefully others will follow suit.

Re: Microsoft Xim

#54

Post by kevinchau »

This has Zune written all over it.

“wirelessly transfer a song you want to share to your zune friends, they can play it just a little bit"

Then Steve Jobs said something like:

“if you’re on the subway and want to share a song with someone cool, why fuck around with sending a demo song, just take off 1 earbud and listen to the music together"

Edit: "Just put it(the earbud) in her ear" http://gizmodo.com/207754/steve-jobs-on-zune-wifi-getting-yo...

Re: Microsoft Xim

#55

Post by chc »

jordanpg wrote: post #32
chc wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's by Microsoft Research. Not everything they make is meant to be a direct revenue driver.

Keyword being "direct". Publicly no doubt they have mission statements that read like they're trying to save the planet. Privately, they are tasked with exploring the margins of new paths to revenue. (NOTE: pure speculation.)

I don't feel like you are very familiar with Microsoft Research. While I'm sure Microsoft ultimately expects to benefit from their work, it's pretty far out there to suggest that their mission is discovering revenue streams or anything like that. Like, do you really believe Microsoft intends to monetize Haskell?

Re: Microsoft Xim

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Post by jimueller »

Unlike many in the comments, I don't think this is a useless app. I don't particularly enjoy passing my phone around, and sometimes it's a nice way of showing everyone photos at the same time.

At first I thought this was Nokia Photobeamer v2 [1], but it appears to be a completely separate app.

[1]https://photobeamer.com/

Re: Microsoft Xim

#57

Post by teh_klev »

kevinchau wrote: post #54

This has Zune written all over it. “wirelessly transfer a song you want to share to your zune friends, they can play it just a little bit" Then Steve Jobs said something like: “if you’re on the subway and want to share a song with someone cool, why fuck around with sending a demo song, just take off 1 earbud and listen to the music together" Edit: "Just put it(the earbud) in her ear" http://gizmodo.com/207754/steve-j…

>"Just put it(the earbud) in her ear"

There's a whole sharing earwax and hygiene thing I'm just not comfortable with there.

Re: Microsoft Xim

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

chc wrote: post #55
jordanpg wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keyword being "direct". Publicly no doubt they have mission statements that read like they're trying to save the planet. Privately, they are tasked with exploring the margins of new paths to revenue. (NOTE: pure speculation.)

I don't feel like you are very familiar with Microsoft Research. While I'm sure Microsoft ultimately expects to benefit from their work, it's pretty far out there to suggest that their mission is discovering revenue streams or anything like that. Like, do you really believe Microsoft intends to monetize Haskell?

Well. To be fair, facebook did.

Re: Microsoft Xim

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Post by DigitalSea »

I think this app is actually pretty cool, especially in situations where you want to show family at a table photos from your latest trip or weekend adventures.

It is such a shame that the scroll performance on this site is so horrible (performance wise), scroll up and down and you will see this behaviour first-hand.

Re: Microsoft Xim

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Post by chc »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #58
chc wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't feel like you are very familiar with Microsoft Research. While I'm sure Microsoft ultimately expects to benefit from their work, it's pretty far out there to suggest that their mission is discovering revenue streams or anything like that. Like, do you really believe Microsoft intends to monetize Haskell?

Well. To be fair, facebook did.

Facebook uses Haskell as a revenue stream? I was not at all aware of that (and still am not really, after some Googling).
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