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By encouraging employees to spend time follow their ideas and concepts for apps and services Microsoft is daily looking for the next great thing.



From SuperSite for Windows:
The first example relates to the Microsoft Band updates that were released this past Monday.

Although there were several additions made including the release of an API for developers and a cycling exercise tile it was the new integrated reply options that were built up by Microsoft researchers.

Working in conjunction with the Microsoft Band team they developed a virtual keyboard which fit on an 11 x 33 millimeter screen and utilized the same technologies seen on Windows Phone 8.1’s typing keyboard including text prediction.
  Microsoft builds concepts and ideas into features and functionality