“Shy User Interface” is Microsoft’s answer to 3D Touch

Interaction layers are a mighty headache for developers who know them from the back of their hands. We regular folk only can grade how good of a job their interface maximizes use of those features by achieving or failing to do what we want to do with them. If an app has a ton of features available, you’d probably not want to see all of them in list form — you’d want a cleaner, simpler look that you can put your fingers on and manipulate properly.Apple has tried adding feature access using

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“Shy User Interface” is Microsoft’s answer to 3D Touch

Interaction layers are a mighty headache for developers who know them from the back of their hands. We regular folk only can grade how good of a job their interface maximizes use of those features by achieving or failing to do what we want to do with them. If an app has a ton of features available, you’d probably not want to see all of them in list form — you’d want a cleaner, simpler look that you can put your fingers on and manipulate properly.Apple has tried adding feature access using

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Microsoft said to buy Swiftkey, but will the company take full advantage? [UPDATE: confirmed]

The Financial Times is sourcing “people familiar” to report that Microsoft will acquire TouchType, the company that makes algorithm-assisted keyboard app Swiftkey, for $250 million.This is the Microsoft’s first acquisition of a mobile-centric services provider in 2016. It acquired the developers of the Accompli, Sunrise Calendar,

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Microsoft Research demos next-gen video calls: life-size user projection

How many of you take advantage of your smartphone’s ability to place video calls? Whether you’re using FaceTime, Google Hangouts, or any of a number of third-party services, modern apps give us tons of ways to feel a slightly closer connection to the friend or family ...

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Microsoft working on transparent smart cover for Surface tablets

Even though tablet sales are stagnant at the moment, we all have the impression that we’re really only seeing the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the potential of this technology. Microsoft Research has been doing some amazing working in bringing ...

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Microsoft researching how to make you feel what’s on your screen

Capacitive displays have become mainstream ever since Apple launched the first-generation iPhone in 2007. Apple did prove a point that having hardware buttons poised a challenge to smartphone makers since you can’t really change these buttons when another cool idea emerges years later. Sadly, the biggest challenge with a glass display is that you can’t really operate it without looking at it, so things like gaming can leave you with a cumbersome experience; something that Microsoft wants to fix.Microsoft Research is currently working on a new technology that brings haptic ...

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Microsoft Research builds new Special Projects Group to innovate

Microsoft research has existed from quite some time. Twelve years ago, back at the time when we dreamed about video calling through our Pocket PCs, the Microsoft Research group built an app that was never released called Microsoft Portrait, which did just that. Today the company is facing new times and new competition, and as such, Microsoft has a new strategy up its sleeve. According to Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Research has reportedly built a new ...

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