blogs.msdn.com - 9/8/2008
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If you were on the East coast this morning or just up real early on the West coast you might have seen Microsoft Surface in action on TV. But this isn’t just another news story about Surface, this morning a unit was deployed on the MSNBC set for regular use by Chuck Todd, NBC News political ...
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Video: Surface has an election app too
CrunchGear —
... I wrote up a couple days ago? Looks like Microsoft Research has been thinking along the same lines and in honor of the voting season has unleashed some election-orientated applications for the Surface. And because of the “M” in “MSNBC,” they got a pretty extensive little segment, seen above, demonstrating some of the little widgets they’ve put together. ...
Surface gets Political: MultiTouch Table stars on MSNBC
SlashGear —
... and waded into the US presidential elections. MSNBC have included a customized Surface unit to graphically explain the current political dramas, complete with an electronically tagged Obama and McCain that the touchscreen device can recognize. ...
Screen Grabs: Microsoft Surface plots out the election on MSNBC
Engadget —
... CNN's John King might have that sick multitouch electoral map, but MSNBC's not going down without a fight -- as dozens of you noticed, the network started using a Surface table yesterday as part of its election coverage. NBC News political director Chuck Todd ...
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Gadgetell —
... from previous predictions or to identify up-to-the minute changes.
Battleground States –This application will allow Todd to visually demonstrate the impact of various potential voting outcomes in key states and the effect they have on the number of electoral votes needed to win the election. This will be a great tool for Todd to lay out various electoral scenarios.
Continue on to check out a video of the new apps in action…
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Microsoft Surface on MSNBC - Video
D' Technology Weblog —
... will likely use other unique applications and features to further highlight the candidates, the issues, polls and relevant political news.
I thought I’d drill down into each app briefly and give you a sense for what Todd has available at his fingertips…
And here’s a video of one of today’s segments…
Here's another segment shown on Monday. Meanwhile, stay tuned to MSNBC for new apps and more Surface goodness.
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