Microsoft announces Groove, the new face of Xbox Music

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

The coming arrival of Windows 10 is a force of change across Microsoft’s ecosystem, and beyond introducing the latest incarnation of the company’s operating systems, it’s leading to shifts in the other software and services Microsoft provides. Earlier this year, Microsoft shared word of one such change in the pipeline, dropping its Xbox branding from the new Music and Video apps for Windows 10. But for Music, at least, it turns out that Microsoft has even grander ambitions, and today reveals the next phase of this re-branding as it announces Groove.Groove is ...

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Xbox Video for Windows Phone gets new features in update

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Xbox Video continues to be Microsoft’s way to provide Windows Phone users video and movie offerings. Surely there are other competitors like Netflix already running on Windows Phone, but Microsoft’s offering balances the difference between owning and streaming in a smarter way. Microsoft has pushed update version 2.6.370.0 to Windows Phone users, and there are some decent things to look out for.Microsoft hasn’t been specific as to what this update brings, but according to some users, the new update brings new playback controls for the service, even though the previous ...

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Xbox Video for Windows Phone 8 walkthrough (Video)

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Yesterday, at long last, Microsoft released an application it promised to Windows Phone users months ago: Xbox Video. Xbox Video functionality was present in Windows Phone 7, as a standard feature. But said feature disappeared in Windows Phone 8. Now, aside from the Music + Video Hub, Xbox Video and Xbox Music exist as standalone applications, available only for Windows Phone 8. The application itself is pretty straightforward ...

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2K display Smartphone announced, Pebble App Store, Microsoft CEO News & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Vivo’s new Xplay 3S, and its 2K-resolution display. Meizu follows as the company has just announced that its officially going to launch products in the US. Then we talk about Microsoft and the fact that Xbox Video as finally arrived to Windows Phone 8. Then the news about Microsoft continues as we cover the company’s plan for a new CEO. We end today’s show talking about the Pebble App Store, and what this could mean to the platform. All this and more after the break. Stories: -

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