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Body: When I published my first blog post on SkyDrive Pro, you guys asked me a lot of questions. Some of them I even knew the answer to! When I wrote that article the only way I knew of to get the SkyDrive Pro client was with the Office 2013 installation. One of my astute readers asked if there was a way to get the SkyDrive Pro client if you didn’t have Office 2013. At the time there wasn’t. I’m happy to report that those dark days are behind us. This week Microsoft released a standalone SkyDrive Pro client installer. Our prayers have been answered. This can be installed along side Office 2007 or Office 2010, and it can be used to sync with SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, and Office 365. Is there anything this can’t do? So get on out there and install that SkyDrive Pro client and start syncing with your SharePoint libraries. All the cool kids are doing it. tk ShortURL: http://www.toddklindt.com/DownloadSkyDrivePro2013 Category: SharePoint 2010; SharePoint 2013 Published: 5/21/2013 10:02 PM

HTC CEO Peter Chou The Verge has learned that HTC's Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week. Kodera was responsible for HTC's overall product strategy, which makes the departure especially notable on the heels of the global launch of the make-or-break One. It's not just Kodera. In the past three-odd months, HTC has lost a number of employees in rapid succession — most recently Jason Gordon, the company's vice president of global communications. Other fresh departures include global retail marketing manager Rebecca Rowland, director of digital marketing John Starkweather, and product strategy manager Eric Lin. It's not a coordinated poaching effort that's draining HTC's Seattle-based North American operations.... Continue reading…

Along with the Xbox One, Microsoft also announced a new Kinect today — and it appears the updated motion-tracking system will be coming to Windows PCs just like its predecessor. Shacknews reports that Scott Evans, Microsoft's Kinect program manager, confirmed that the device will be coming to PCs. While no date was provided, Evans did state that "We will have more information soon." The new Kinect features an array of improvements over the original, including the ability to detect a player's heart rate. The trickle-down from the Xbox to PCs shouldn't come as a complete surprise. After first making its debut as an Xbox 360 peripheral, Kinect for Windows landed in early 2012. Kinect has been at the forefront of many Windows demos and... Continue reading…

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Microsoft finally unveiled its next-generation Xbox One console today. Amongst the fanfare of entertainment features, an improved controller, and the centerpiece of Kinect, the company revealed details on the architecture that powers its next console. More importantly, Microsoft says it's running Windows. The company told press that it's marrying its Windows Phone and Windows 8 user interface to the Xbox more closely than ever before, and that in fact the new Xbox is running three operating systems in total. What does that even mean, though? "Three operating systems in one." "The soul of the new system is the Xbox One architecture. Three operating systems in one," says Whitten. It sounds like an impressive software achievement, but... Continue reading…

The Xbox One console is nice, but what really matters is the controller: after all, it's the thing you hold in your hands the whole time you're using the console, and if Microsoft has its way that's going to happen a lot. We had a chance to spend a few minutes using the new controller, and while we can't say our minds are blown, Microsoft's definitely thinking in new ways about the new Xbox. The controller's design is mostly the same as the Xbox 360. It's a little smaller, since the company was able to retract the removable battery into the device itself, so there's no bump on the back. It's also a little more refined, with black buttons instead of colored ones, and Microsoft says it's also improved the analog sticks and triggers. (Reps... Continue reading…

"It's what's on the inside that counts" is something of an unofficial mantra of Microsoft's new Xbox One. The Kinect is perhaps the best example: externally, it's more or less unchanged from its predecessor, but it's actually a very different device. It's been upgraded in a huge way, but the end result is simple: the Kinect just sees more. (And hears more, but that's another matter.) It has an ultra-wide 1080p camera (which should mean the Xbox One doesn't require such a large room), which easily picked up all of the dozen or so people sitting in the "living room" testing lab on Microsoft's campus. Kinect can even see in the dark, thanks to an infrared sensor that engages when the primary camera can't see anything. Along with... Continue reading…

We think of video game consoles as being principally about, well, the games. But when the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 went head-to-head in 2006, it wasn't games that truly determined the victor. What eventually drove the Xbox 360 to first place was the underlying vision — a place where your friends could connect, chat, and compete — as well as additions that no one saw coming, including Microsoft's Kinect and Netflix. Based on what we now know about the next Xbox and PlayStation, we can expect a fairly similar scenario this time around. As far as games are concerned, the hardware sounds quite similar out of the box. Both consoles promise to track your motions, power on instantly, and seamlessly update themselves in the background,... Continue reading…

"For the first time, you and your TV will have a relationship." That's how Microsoft began the introduction of its new Xbox One today — a presentation that focused less on games and more on the new console as a complete living room device. "The ultimate all-in-one entertainment system," said Microsoft's Don Mattrick. And since no ultimate entertainment system is complete without television, the event segued neatly into a demonstration of the new Xbox's Live TV feature. Just say the name of a channel and it'll switch; say the name of a show and the Xbox will find it. Jumping from TV to game to the built-in Internet Explorer browser is instant, we were told. Watching an NBA basketball game? Say "fantasy" and you'll see stats and... Continue reading…

In Episode 80 of the SharePoint Pod Show, Rob, Nick and Brett catch up with SharePoint MCM Bill Ayres to talk about the SharePoint MCM certification, SharePoint 2013 Apps and Javascript and client side development. Click here to download the show!