Microsoft reportedly wants to launch a Surface computer that fits in your pocket, but that sounds like a bad idea | latest News

Over the past few years, Microsoft has launched a new version of "Project Andromeda" to work on a new "Surface-branded" computer that can fit your pocket. According to the recent emails provided by The Verge, this is a "new and fatal" category, and the "pocketable Surface" is "a truly personal and versatile computing experience".

I hope Microsoft has a few tricks.

Since the launch of Microsoft in 2007, the iPhone has not been important in the mobile industry. Although Microsoft has attempted to compete with changes on Windows Mobile for the first time and has not ended with the release of Windows Phone, Windows Phone for Phones 10. These initiatives will allow Nokia to keep track of the latest work on mobile phones in 2013 the Nokia mobile phone, which has swallowed it dead.

The company has done a great job with other devices, such as the Surface computer running the Windows 10 operating system. Revenues from this segment have increased by 32 percent during the third quarter, and can lead to branding with consumers.

Reference Link : https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/microsofts-pocketable-surface-sounds-like-a-bad-idea.html

Microsoft and Razer team up for Xbox One keyboard and mouse, report says - Latest News

Microsoft spoke to developers earlier this year about keyboard and mouse support for its Xbox One family of consoles, and details have recently emerged about what that support may look like -- heavily highlighting products by gaming "lifestyle" company Razer. That means Chroma everywhere. Light it up!

The presentation fell into the hands of Windows Central, detailing what the programming interface (API) for the support looks like and potential concerns -- particularly the potential to change gameplay balance between keyboard-and-mouse and controller users in multiplayer games and ways to counter it. The recommended solution is matchmaking only between similar controls and monitoring it throughout the game.

The API -- which is the much same as the mouse API on Windows 10 -- only supports USB and dongle-wireless mice, not those which connect by Bluetooth or use custom drivers. A Bluetooth mouse makes no sense in this case, anyway. 

Both Microsoft and Razer declined to comment.

Microsoft initially announced its plans to bring a keyboard and mouse to the Xbox in 2015, and clearly we haven't seen it yet. But Microsoft didn't begin merging Windows 10 into the Xbox One until 2016, which was probably a necessary strategic first step in that direction. 

The company recently ate its words about bringing VR and mixed reality to the Xbox One, despite promising another generation in the console family in 2020. But I wouldn't be surprised if that console doubled as a PC, which could be one reason for the sudden reappearance of the keyboard and mouse support. And if that's true, it would support VR and MR by default.

Reference Link : https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-and-razer-working-on-keyboard-and-mouse-for-xbox-one-reportedly/

In luminous color: How glassybaby helps people heal with handblown glass | Latest News

Lee Rhodes was a mother of three toddlers when she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1998. During that grueling, years-long time of her life, she often lit a candle in a handmade glass cup at night – a small gesture that provided enormous hope.

“It changed how I felt at the end of every day, having this colorful, bright, dancing light,” Rhodes says.

In 2001, the experience inspired her to start glassybaby, a Seattle-based company that makes and sells beautiful, handblown votive holders and gives 10 percent of all sales to charities. While undergoing chemotherapy, Rhodes had noticed that some patients missed appointments because they couldn’t find childcare, or didn’t have money for parking or bus fare. She knew she wanted her company to give hope to others.

“The power of giving at glassybaby is the heart and soul of who we are and what we do,” Rhodes says. “The way we measure how well we do every year is by how much money we give away. That is our absolute motivation.”

At the same time, we have to stay in business. My CEO is constantly saying, ‘OK, that’s great, but remember we need to pay the bills and keep the lights on,” she says with a warm laugh.

Twenty years after Rhodes first lit candles as a cancer patient, glassybaby’s lights are definitely on. The company that began in her garage now has four stores in Washington, three in California and one in Oregon and is closing in on a lifetime total of $9 million in charitable giving.

Its formula for success combines the centuries-old craft of glassblowing with a modern workplace of new technologies for firstline workers – all infused with purpose and compassion.

“Being able to help people with our mission is what drove me,” Rhodes says. “It is the silliest business model in the world! I mean, giving away 10 percent of revenue. But the one thing we’ve never done at glassybaby is change lanes. It’s kept us authentic and real.”

Reference Link : https://news.microsoft.com/transform/glassybaby-handblown-glass-helps-people-heal/?ocid=internalshare