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Microsoft account logo. A Microsoft account or MSA [1] (previously known as Microsoft Passport, [2].NET Passport, and Windows Live ID) is a single sign-on personal user account for Microsoft customers to log in to consumer [3] [4] Microsoft services (like Outlook.com), devices running on one of Microsoft's current operating systems (e.g. Microsoft Windows computers and tablets, Xbox consoles ...
Xbox (app) The Xbox app is an app for Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Android, iOS and Tizen. It acts as a companion app for Xbox video game consoles, providing access to Xbox network community features, remote control, as well as second screen functionality (formerly branded as SmartGlass) with selected games, applications, and content.
The app comes bundled with Microsoft Windows and is available for macOS, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S. In addition, Microsoft 365 apps directly integrate with OneDrive.
The development of Cortana started in 2009 in the Microsoft Speech products team with general manager Zig Serafin and Chief Scientist Larry Heck. Heck and Serafin established the vision, mission, and long-range plan for Microsoft's digital personal assistant and they built a team with the expertise to create the initial prototypes for Cortana. [16]
Prior to October 2010, the free service was known as Xbox Live Silver. [40] It was announced on June 10, 2011, that the service is going to be fully integrated into Microsoft's Windows 8. [41] In October 2011, Microsoft announced live streaming cable television with various providers. [42] The third Xbox Live logo, used from 2013 until 2021
The Xbox system software is the operating system developed exclusively for Microsoft 's Xbox home video game consoles. [ 1] Across the four generations of Xbox consoles, the software has been based on a version of Microsoft Windows and incorporating DirectX features optimized for the home consoles. The user interface, the Xbox Dashboard ...
List of Xbox 360 applications. Xbox 360 applications are non-game software applications designed to run on the Xbox 360 platform. Xbox 360 applications can either be stored on the console's hard disk drive or on a USB flash drive. Often, an Xbox Live Gold membership is also required to access some applications, as well as subscriptions ...
Windows Live is a discontinued brand name for a set of web services and software products developed by Microsoft as part of its software-as-a-service platform. Chief components under the brand name included web services (all of which were exposed through corresponding web applications), several computer programs that interact with the services, and specialized web services for mobile devices.