Neowin News Feed for: Straw

Windows Store Weekly: Xbox Store and Windows Store will be One, HERE is fleeing, and more

Adrian Potoroaca — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 09:10:01 +0000

The Xbox Store and Windows Store are on the way to convergence, HERE ditches Windows users, Twitter changes looks on mobile, and we rounded up several new and updated apps and games. Read more...

Straw polling app gets 3D Touch support on iOS, improvements on Windows Phone and Android

Andy Weir — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:34:01 +0000

Straw - the polling app created by a team of Microsoft employees - has been updated, introducing 3D Touch support on iPhones, and a range of improvements across iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Read more...

Straw polling app can now notify you when a poll is available on the topics of your choice

Andy Weir — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:02:31 +0000

Straw - the polling app created by a team of Microsoft employees for Windows Phone, iOS and Android - now includes notifications to alert you when new polls are posted on topics that you care about. Read more...

Straw polling app gets new 'custom topics' feature on web, iOS, Android and Windows Phone

Andy Weir — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:28:01 +0000

Straw, the polling app created by a team of Microsoft employees, has picked up a new feature today - albeit as a beta for now - and additional refinements and more functionality are on the way. Read more...

Straw polling app gets custom URLs on Windows Phone and Android, plus update for iOS 9

Andy Weir — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:03:46 +0000

Straw, the polling app created by a team of Microsoft employees, has been updated with better support for iOS 9, while Windows Phone and Android users get a new strw.pl/customURL feature in beta. Read more...

Polling app Straw gets integrated Bing image search

Andy Weir — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:42:01 +0000

Developed by a group of Microsoft employees, including 'Ben the PC Guy', Straw has reached its 2.2 release with a new integrated Bing image search feature, to help boost poll engagement by up to 68%. Read more...

Polling app Straw makes gathering opinions even easier with new web interface

Andy Weir — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:28:01 +0000

Straw - the polling app developed by a bunch of Microsoft employees - has launched a new web interface that works on any device with a modern browser, including Internet Explorer on Xbox consoles. Read more...

Polling app Straw goes global with 2.0 release (and we chat about it with @BenThePCGuy)

Andy Weir — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:00:10 +0000

Developed by Microsoft employees, including Ben Rudolph (aka @BenThePCGuy), Straw 2.0 introduces a range of new features, including Strawcast, which lets you poll people around the world on any issue. Read more...