Photo albums are full of precious moments that we tend to relive over and over again. As more visual representations of our lives become the norm, the experience of living through images and photographs is lost on those that cannot see. Live Science says that this is just one reason that Microsoft Research and their colleagues have begun developing photo-based storytelling.

The strings of sentences and descriptions were constructed by Amason’s Mechanical Turk. Researchers engaged the crowdsourcing marketplace to write descriptions of over 65,000 images for the project, according to Live Science. After all the sentences were gathered, scientists put together approximately 8,100 images to create a storyline for the artificial intelligence project. As LiveScience explains:

As LiveScience explains:

“This is a picture of a family; this is a picture of a cake; this is a picture of a dog; this is a picture of a beach,” the storytelling program might take those same images and say, “The family got together for a cookout; they had a lot of delicious food; the dog was happy to be there; they had a great time on the beach; they even had a swim in the water.”

During their tests, scientists found that the storytelling artificial intelligence produced computer-generated stories faster than human storytellers, as well as matching human judgment through the sentence structures. Unfortunately, the photo-based storyteller needs a bit more work. The project experienced little hiccups such as the artificial intelligence writing in objects or scenes that weren’t actually in the images themselves. These ‘hallucinations’ were due to the computer program not being able to clearly explain what it is seeing.

Nevertheless, Margaret Mitchell from Microsoft Research hopes computerized storytelling will be useful for social media in the future.

“You’d help people share their experiences while reducing nitty-gritty work that some people find quite tedious,” she said. Computerized storytelling “can also help people who are visually impaired, to open up images for people who can’t see them.”

Eventually, she sees the project developing into a stepping stone for video. “For instance, for security cameras, you might just want a summary of anything noteworthy, or you could automatically live tweet events,” Mitchell said.

Later this month, Microsoft Research will be presenting the results of the storytelling computer program at the North American Chapter of Association for Computational Linguistics in San Diego. Let us know in the comments if you think computer-generated storytelling will have an impact.

On May 24, 2016, Seattle broadcaster KING 5 used the Surface Hub with Microsoft’s Power BI data visualization tool to show local voters real-time election results for the Washington state presidential primary election. Peter O’Connell, executive producer for special projects at KING 5, has yearned to use this type of technology for a while, moving up from the early days of relying on just graphs and charts to show election results:

“This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, but it’s never been possible before at the local level, only for the networks, who’ve spent gobs of money on custom software packages that are well beyond local TV capabilities. Today’s technology “has the ‘cool’ factor, yes, but it’s the information that I care about – giving viewers a much better picture of what’s going on in an election and letting them see for themselves, in real-time, the same county returns that we’ve always had internal.”

Marco Lowe, campaign and elections professor at Seattle University, and KING 5 political expert, believes that the broadcast was “a total game-changer.” During the broadcast, KING 5 reporter Natalie Brand and Lowe were able to use the Surface Hub to touch and show viewers the real-time election results going between the Washington county and state map.

In addition to election results, Lowe sees the potential for Power BI to be used in other KING 5 broadcasts on other election segments.

“The visualization of data is an essential and necessary tool to explain these complex and fluid campaigns. The human eye is attracted to color and movement, so if you’re able to provide data that way, viewers will be able to take in the information at a much faster rate, and you’re providing them with a more compelling story. Standing there with that map filling in the counties as we talked was a very different experience, and now I just don’t even know how you’d tell the story without it.”

For a more in-depth look at how KING 5 used the Surface Hub and Power BI in their Washington state presidential primary election broadcast, visit Microsoft’s Transform blog.

While Microsoft has all but seemingly given up on providing Android developers a porting bridge to Windows 10 by shuttering its Project Astoria tools, the company seems poised to continue full steam head with courting iOS developers.

The Windows team announced today that the Windows Bridge for iOS (Author’s note: I still personally prefer Project Islandwood as a title) is receiving a healthy dose of updates, new features and new samples for developers to play around with.

This week, the Windows Bridge for iOS is gaining a number of new features—including improved support for several widely-used iOS layout APIs—and integrating with the official CoreFoundation framework. Additionally, we’re launching a new repo of open-source sample apps and example code designed to address common app scenarios and demonstrate integrating Universal Windows Platform (UWP) features into your app. To recap, the Windows Bridge for iOS is an open-source project that allows you to create UWP apps that can run on Windows 10 devices using iOS APIs and Objective-C code.”

The update to the iOS porting tools comes at a pivotal time in the on-going story that is Windows 10. With a just a little under two months until the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the Windows team appears set to round all of the rough edges that remain around Windows 10 and the app story, perhaps, remains the harshest. Getting developers to create, port, and transition apps to the Universal Windows Platform seem crucial for the Windows team as it continues to try and sell its App Store as a viable alternative to those on competing platforms.

The appearance of iOS ported apps are spotty at best right now, but with the additions brought in this update, developers might find a reason to try using the tools in more regular fashion. Visit Microsoft’s Building for Windows developer blog for more details and examples on its iOS porting tools.

Microsoft’s Office 365 just got a bit more productive, as if that were even possible. The Office 365 team has announced today that its organizational planning tool, Microsoft Planner, will be rolling out to all eligible Office 365 customers across the world.

What is Microsoft Planner?

Microsoft Planner is a standalone app that accompanies the suite of productivity apps that make up Office 365 for business and educational customers. With Microsoft Planner, “teams can create new plans; organize, assign and collaborate on tasks; set due dates; update statuses and share files, while visual dashboards and email notifications keep everyone informed on progress.”

How to get it?

There is nothing to it, literally. According to the Office 365 team, customers with eligible subscription plans will just see a new icon or tile appear in their Office 365 launcher upon start up. Admins or IT Pros can rest easy on the Microsoft Planner upgrade as it seems to be a hands-off update done over the air (OTA), however, setting up workloads, notifications, tasks, and due dates are still dependent on the user.

When can I start to use it?

The roll out of Microsoft Planner is scheduled to take place “over the next several weeks” according to the Office 365 team. As of the announcement, some customers will begin to see the addition of Microsoft Planner as early as today.

Who can use it?

Unfortunately, for the average consumer looking to organize small meetings with friends or business associates or a would be a self-starter, Microsoft Planner appears to be only for larger business and educational purposes. Eligible customers include Office 365 Enterprise E1-E5, Business Essentials, Premium and Education subscription customers.

If you happen to meet the criteria, check your Office 365 launcher for the update today.

A new report out by ComputerWorld is showing that hackers have bypassed Microsoft’s EMET exploit blocker to infect Silverlight and Flash apps.

In a blog post about the issue, the security Firm FireEye also notes that this is the first time that this Angler EK exploit has appeared in the wild, and that this issue was only affected systems running Windows 7. FireEye also notes that the hack uses complex multi-layered code obfuscation and leverages multiple exploits, making it, “one of the more sophisticated exploit kits in use at this time.”

As CompterWorld reports, the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET for short) was first released in 2009. EMET was designed to enforce modern exploit mitigation mechanisms for third-party applications that were built without them. Ultimately, this makes it much harder for attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in those programs.

FireEye notes that a robust vulnerability management program for end user systems, which includes the installation of security updates for third party software is a good mitigation for this threat. FireEye also recommends disabling browser plugins for Flash or Silverlight to reduce the risk of attack.

Microsoft is investing in Apache Spark to help power its data and analytic services like Azure, Cortana Intelligence Suite, Power BI, and Microsoft R Server.

Here are the ways Apache Spark will help improve Microsoft’s wide array of services:

• Spark for Azure HDInsight General Availability, previously announced as public preview, Spark for Azure HDInsight generally available today, and introducing a fully managed Spark service from Hortonworks that has been hardened for the enterprise and made simpler for you to use. You can also rely on the industry’s highest availability service level agreement for Spark at 99.9%. You can get value out of Spark immediately with out-of-the-box integration with Jupyter, the most popular open source notebook for data scientists.
• R Server for HDInsight in the cloud powered by Spark, previously announced as public preview, R Server for HDInsight will be generally available in the summer making the Spark integration available both on-premises and in the cloud. This makes it easy to move code and projects to the cloud with a few clicks and within a few minutes without buying hardware or hiring specialized operations teams typically associated with big data infrastructure.
• R Server for Hadoop on-premises now powered by Spark, as the leading solution in the world to run R at scale, R Server for Hadoop will support both Microsoft R and native Spark execution frameworks available in June. Combining R Server with Spark gives users the ability to run R functions over thousands of Spark nodes letting you train your models on data 1000x larger and 100x faster than was possible with open source R and nearly 2x faster than Spark’s own MLLib.
• Power BI support for Spark Streaming, previously announced with Power BI General Availability, Spark support in Power BI is now expanded with new support for Spark Streaming scenarios. This allows you to publish real-time events from Spark Streaming directly into one of the fastest growing visualization tools in the market today.

Joseph Sirosh, corporate vice president at Microsoft, will be making his keynote at this year’s Spark Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Sirosh will go into more details in his Spark Summit keynote about how Apache Spark will be integrated into Microsoft software and services.

Earlier today we reported on the fact that a new blog post from Major Nelson finally revealed all the features that will soon be introduced on Microsoft’s Xbox One gaming console. While the post originally mentioned the fact that “new features will roll out to the Preview audience in waves,” we have just learned that the initial Preview build will out to the first wave of people at 6 PM PDT today (June 6th), that is if the PST in the tweet is just a typo

The initial Preview build will go out to the initial wave of people ~6PM PST today. #Xbox

— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) June 6, 2016

As seen above, the announcement about the build roll out was made by Mike Ybarra on Twitter. It is worth noting, though, that to currently receive this initial Preview build you need to already be a part of the Xbox Preview program, which an invite only program.

As we reported previously, the preview build is expected to be a doozy. Over time, it is promising to bring Cortana to Xbox One, a new Game Collection Interface, a unified Xbox and Windows Store, a more personal activity feed, and much more.  Additionally, Major Nelson also confirmed that Microsoft will be merging the Windows Insider Program with the Xbox One Preview Program to “streamline feedback and updates.” An opt-in program will also let fans choose how they want to participate and help the Xbox team gather feedback those new features before the public release later in the summer.

While there are currently over 669,000 apps in the Windows Store, Microsoft has just taken to their firehose blog to feature one of the newest apps to the Windows Store family.

The new UWP app, Univision Deportes for Windows, offers you live streaming of soccer games and UDN TV, news and video coverage in Spanish of the NFL, NBA, Formula 1, MLB, boxing and more. Microsoft even notes that you will be able to get video highlights from streamed games, real-time results, states, lineups and photos from within the app.

The app also features Twitter feeds from your favorite teams and notifications for match starts. Additionally, Microsoft notes that Soccer fans can even live stream LIga MX, MLS, US and Mexican Men’s National team games  along with UDN TV, just by signing in with their paid TV provider from the app. Copa Américe Centranario soccer games are also included in the app, with the first game just occurring last Friday at 6:30 PM.

So, if you’re interested in this app, be sure to check out the download link below! Once you do check it out, be sure to drop us a comment with your thoughts on how the app experience is going!

While we’ve already covered the latest project from Microsoft Research, the Microsoft Research team is still very busy and hard at work developing new technology. The team has just published a new video to the Microsoft Research page, showing off a new FlashBack VR technology.

Seen above, the video details how the new FlashBack technology will provide better immersion in virtual reality than existing state-of-the-art solutions. Overall, FlashBack takes advantage of the storage on a mobile device by pre-generating all possible player views of a virtual environment, and storing them on a frame cache on the device’s storage. FlashBack also captures the color map of both eyes at every reachable position in the environment and then combines them into a mega frame.

Ultimately, then, as the player moved around the environment, FlashBack selects the closest matching mega frame and then warps it to match the player’s field of view. As per Microsoft Research, this technique allows even weaker mobile devices to quickly render the scene without any costly real time rendering.

To end the video, Microsoft Research offers up some comparisons to rendering on a mobile device. The team ultimately notes that FlashBack obtains 15 times lower latency, 100 times better energy efficiency, and 8 times the frame rate without compromising the digital quality. These statistics can be seen as pretty impressive, and can also be seen as a big step forward in the promise of full sensory immersion in a virtual environment, so we would love to hear your thoughts on this FlashBack technology. Be sure to drop us a comment below on what you think FlashBack means for the future of HoloLens, or even Virtual Reality in general.

A few days after Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra teased a new Xbox One preview build for the members of the Xbox One Preview program, today a new blog post from Xbox Live’s Major Nelson finally reveals all the features that will soon be introduced on Microsoft’s gaming console. The preview build is expected to be available this week to Xbox Preview members, but Major Nelson explains that “new features will rollout to the Preview audience in waves.” Furthermore, an opt-in program will let fans choose how they want to participate and help the Xbox team gather feedback those new features before the public release later in the summer.

This preview update will finally bring Cortana to the Xbox One as well as a redesigned game collection, an improved Windows Store, a more personal activity feed with a better sharing feature and an easier way to add friends from Facebook. Please find all the details below.

Cortana on Xbox One

Cortana is coming to Preview in the U.S., U.K., France, Italy, Germany and Spain first, and gamers can expect the familiar Cortana experience found on other Windows 10 devices. Cortana voice commands on Xbox One will work with both headsets and Kinect. You’ll be able to use Cortana to find great new games, see what your friends are up to, start a party, accomplish common tasks, turn on your Xbox One if you’re using Kinect, and more. We’ll continue to build Cortana features over time and our vision is to use Cortana to help elevate your experience as your personal digital assistant for gaming. Just say “Hey Cortana” or launch the app to get started!

New Game Collection

We’re updating the Game Collection interface to make it faster and easier to find and launch the games you’re looking for. Now you’ll be able to see more of your Game Collection, quickly access your own ‘Ready to Install’ tab, and get more information about titles in your queue.

Facebook Friend Finder on Xbox One:

Facebook Friend Finder is expanding from the Xbox app to Xbox One and is a great way to find and add your Facebook friends on Xbox. As more gamers link their Facebook and Xbox Live accounts, you’ll start seeing more suggestions for Facebook friends to add and game with on Xbox Live.

Improved sharing on Xbox One

We’ve made it easier to share your screenshots, GameDVR clips, and achievements on Xbox One. Gamers can now share their most epic clips and captures with the community in fewer steps.

Xbox and Windows Store convergence:

We’re starting to combine the best of the Xbox Store and Windows Store to give gamers a single cohesive experience across their devices. On Xbox One, we’ve streamlined the shopping experience to help you find the games you love faster and at the best prices. You’ll be able to filter, browse and search results by genre, read reviews written by fellow gamers – including those voted “most helpful” by the Xbox Live community, easily recognize what titles are on sale with strikethrough pricing in lists, and more. We’ve also added several new channels to help you discover the content you love even faster. On the Windows Store, we’re adding support so gamers can browse and purchase bundles, episodic games, season passes, virtual currency and other game add-ons and DLC.

More personal Activity Feed:

Being able to choose what’s posted to your Activity Feed across Xbox One and the Xbox app is a big fan-requested feature. With the new settings, you can now decide what will get automatically shared to your feed. You can now also craft the perfect Activity Feed posts. At the top of your Activity Feed, easily access and choose from recently unlocked achievements and captures, preview what your post would look like, and then share your greatest gaming moments.

Additionally, Major Nelson has confirmed today that Microsoft will be merging the the Windows Insider program with the Xbox One Preview program “to streamline feedback and updates.” The Xbox exec adds that “in just this past year, we’ve released more than 200 new features inspired by fan feedback on Xbox One through our regular updates and the New Xbox One Experience”, and it’s definitely great to see the company iterating so fast on the Xbox system software. 

Ever since Microsoft launched the free Windows 10 upgrade, we’ve been covering the various options available for you to install the latest and greatest Windows operating system. It turns out that more than a few people are not very happy about Microsoft’s practices in regards to getting Windows users to upgrade. Todd Kleinpaste is one of these users, and is the founding signature on a new change.org petition to get a digital rights group called Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to investigate Microsoft for ‘malicious’ Windows 10 upgrade practices.

The petition, which has 483 of the required 500 signatures, states that people were forced or tricked into the upgrade from their current and preferred Windows version. It also states:

“Microsoft’s practices with their newest operating system, named Windows 10, has been ignorantly unethical at best and malicious at worst.”

Todd’s petition also cites “increasing” instances of where users were forced into the upgrade.  It also calls out Microsoft for putting unblockable tracking mechanisms into Windows 10 and Windows 7 and 8.  Additionally, and in line with this, the petition points out that:

“Windows 10 is uninstalling software from users computers on its own, without requesting it from the user, even software that is compatible with Windows 10.”

Other interesting notes in the petition include the fact that it claims, “Microsoft has stated that they intend to stop allowing software to be installed through any means other than their store.” However, while we’ve already covered the many UWP games available for download, the petition cites the UWP as:

 ..[Giving] Microsoft a cut of every game sold for their platform, a situation unprecedented in the Windows platform and severely hindering the abilities of independent game developers.

With the deadline approaching for the free Windows 10 Upgrade, the petition is nonetheless very interesting and draws attention towards Microsoft’s practices.  Despite the petition, It is worth noting that after the July 29th, all instances of “get Windows 10” will be disabled and eventually removed from PCs worldwide. How do you feel about this petition? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

We’ve been expecting Bank of America to release an app for the Windows 10 Universal Platform soon. At first, we were expecting the app on March 28, 2016, and when that date didn’t pan out we learned that Bank of America was planning for a summer release. Well, we’re approaching summer, and right on cue, we’ve managed to get early access to the app and give it a try.

The app only installs on Windows 10 PCs at this point, but we know a Windows 10 Mobile app is in the works. Sideloading the app was painless, and it seems to run reliably on my desktop and Surface Pro 4 where I’ve given it a try.

The app is fairly straightforward and provides the same functionality as the iOS and Android versions. You can do all of your banking via the app, from accessing your accounts, transferring funds, and depositing funds via your camera.

First, you log into your Bank of America account by entering your usual credentials.

Then, you can see the typical account overview information. You can drill into the account to access the usual activity information search transactions, and access routing information.

Complete bill pay support is baked in, allowing you to manage payments, access your preset bills, view scheduled payments, and more.

Transferring funds via the app is as straightforward as via the website, letting you easily select to and from accounts, set the amount, and schedule transactions.

One of the functions that makes banking on a smartphone (or device with camera) so convenient is depositing checks by snapping images of the check’s front and back. The app works just like it does on other supported platforms–just snap a picture of the front and back of the check, select where to deposit the funds, and enter the amount. If the app can verify that all of the required information is included in the images, then the account is processed as quickly as if it was deposited at the bank via teller or ATM.

Other information is also available via the app, such as a location-aware location finder and access to reward program deals.

In short, the app works exactly as expected, and that’s a good thing. Once the app is supported on Windows 10 Mobile, then the platform will finally have one small part of the app gap covered. Let us know in the comments if you’re looking forward to the official release, and what other apps you hope to see brought to the Universal Windows Platform soon. At the time of this post, the app is not available for the public just yet.

Contextual awareness is one of the big things that’s separating Windows 10 Mobile from the competition, and it’s arguably one of the more interesting features that the OS has going for it. For those who don’t know, contextual awareness is the system by which Windows 10 Mobile is able to draw conclusions about you and your routine using sensors. Using the tech behind contextual awareness, the phone can tell if it’s in the car, in your pocket, or wherever else you’re taking it – and it can decide to do shut down/initiate processes based on that context.

As we move closer to the Windows 10 Anniversary update and start being introduced to more and more new features, developers are getting a chance to get at this contextual sensing (or Lumia SensorCore) SDK, as it’s “gradually being merged into the Windows 10 APIs.” This essentially means that developers are getting a chance to dig into the development of apps that use this technology, starting out with Activity Detection and Pedometer features that are now available as “a part of Windows.”

While Microsoft is merging the contextual sensing technology into the Windows 10 API, it’s also important to note that not everything is being actively supported going into the future. It was also announced that Activity Monitor and Step Counter API’s are being “deprecated” – meaning they’re no longer going to be supported by Microsoft going forward.

You can check Microsoft’s blog page to get the whole story on this, complete with all sorts of development tips for people who want to take advantage of the SDK. Assuming developers take advantage of the full potential of Lumia SensorCore technology, we could end up seeing some truly fantastic apps coming out of it. The availability of this sort of contextual information to developers (which can, of course, be opted out of by privacy-conscious users) could mean a whole lot to Windows 10 Mobile users.

 

Windows Store is slowly, but surely, getting the apps it deserves. This week, a number of popular apps for Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile made their way into the app store, increasing the app count — which matters for some people. Several useful apps and games were added this week, and here’s a brief summary of the most popular ones added this week.

First in the list is one of the most popular weather apps which needs no introduction: AccuWeather. It’s by far one of the best weather apps I’ve used when it comes to finding out about the weather conditions in your area. It doesn’t only tell you the temperature and other weather metrics, but it provides users with weather forecasts — hourly, weekly, monthly — along with Live Tiles support to show you the weather conditions in your favorite locations. Best of all, you can grab the premium ad-free version of the app for just $1.99 instead of $3.99 until June 6th. So, go grab it if you’re looking for a good weather app for your Windows device.

Next in line is the new Univision Deportes app. It offers users coverage of NFL, NBA, Formula 1, MLB, and boxing in Spanish, as well as live streaming of soccer matches, and much more. The app is available for free in the Windows Store.

Last but not the least, the popular game Finding Dory: Just Keep Swimming  is also available in the Windows Store for users who want to have a little fun and pass their time. As a player, your task is to help Dory find her family. There are several challenging levels and different worlds which you can to complete. As you move on with the game, you collect different items, meet Dory’s friends and much more. The game is available in the Windows Store for $3.99.

Head over to the Windows Store using the links below to download the above-mentioned apps and games.

If you wanted to sit down and watch some Windows-related content this afternoon, or just wanted to have some background noise as you go through your routine, Microsoft’s Channel 9 has uploaded the COMPUTEX 2016 Microsoft Keynote in full. The keynote isn’t breaking all that much ground, but it shows off some new devices from OEM partners, which might appeal to the technophiles among us who want to keep an eye on all of the latest hardware that Windows 10 has made its way onto.

Here’s how Microsoft describes the keynote:

Microsoft talks about opening Windows Holographic to partners for a new era of mixed reality. Join key Microsoft executives as they reveal new devices, innovations and trends coming to the Windows ecosystem during the Microsoft keynote at COMPUTEX 2016. You will see new devices from OEM partners including 2-in-1s, all-in-ones, new gaming devices and how Microsoft is enabling the Internet of Things (IoT).

On top of showing off some new hardware from Microsoft OEM’s, the keynote also goes over a few features included in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. These are, however, mostly things that we’ve already seen – for example, handwriting on sticky notes being recognized as valid data. Regardless of whether or not it’s all new info, it’s still an interesting keynote, and some Windows fans might enjoy the chance to sit down and watch some of the cool technology behind the Windows 10 Anniversary Update at work. A lot of the features coming in this update seem to be small tweaks that are going to be adding interesting novelties, whether it be the sticky notes or something else; they all tend to be features that are just impressive to watch in action.

HP’s upcoming Elite X3 flagship Windows 10 Mobile device has been getting more attention lately, from new information releasing at Computex to a video highlighting some of its capabilities for business customers. Now, HP has released even more videos, and again they’re focusing on how well the Elite X3 helps business users be more productive (via Windows Central).

First up is focus on mobility in the workplace:

Next up is an overview of how the Elite X3 was “build from the ground up for the needs of commercial business users” and how the smartphone can transition from a phone into a “next-gen computing device”:

Finally, this video covers the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 at the heart of the Elite X3:

So, while the HP Elite X3 remains focused on business customers and its suitability for consumers has so far been downplayed by HP, the smartphone looks like a winner. We’re very much looking forward to seeing this device in the wild, and remain impressed with the design and capabilities that HP is bringing to Windows 10 Mobile.

Some people really like to cook, to spend hours and hours in the kitchen putting together complicated, sometimes healthy meals for themselves, friends, and family. For those people, knowing the details of a recipe can be important, and everyone is different in their approaches to food preparation. With that in mind, the Windows Blog gave Yummly Head of Mobile Yuri Yuryev an opportunity to talk about their app that’s now available for Windows 10.

Check out the video below for a quick introduction to the Yummly app:

Yummly includes over a million recipes, which should be enough to get most people started, and learns your taste preferences to make personalized recommendations. In addition, Yummly supports Cortana, meaning you can talk to Yummly in order to help get started on a meal.

Here’s an overview of a few particularly interesting Yummly features:

• Live tile updates on the Start menu. When you pin the Yummly app to your Start menu, the Live Tile will display a recipe that is the most relevant to you. So if you are looking on a Saturday or Sunday morning you will get tons of amazing brunch recipe recommendations- a feast for your eyes.
• Cortana commands: Need to find a recipe fast? Just say, “Hey Cortana, find brunch recipes without eggs on Yummly” or “Hey Cortana, find pescatarian appetizers without peanuts” and instantly get recipes that are tailored to you.
• Sharing Integration: With a quick click of a button you can send a recipe to anyone via email or post it to your favorite social sites like Facebook or Twitter.
• Drag & Drop: Simply drag a recipe and drop it into Word or email and it instantly pulls the recipe title, source, ingredients and directions- perfect for making a personalized cookbook or printing out your favorite brunch recipe!

The Yummly app is free and available today. You can download it from the link below, and let us know in the comments if you think Yummly will help you prepare some excellent meals.