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Microsoft Research User eXperience Technologies group’s What Dog

Microsoft Research User eXperience Technologies group’s What Dog

“What Dog recognizes dogs and classifies them by their breed.”
“Microsoft released a new site called What-Dog.Net that analyzes your face and tells you what kind of dog you look like.”
Microsoft Research User eXperience Technologies group
Cambridge, UK

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/profiles/what-dog/

Microsoft was very pround of their shitty app ideas and “AI”.
Source: https://twitter.com/sophiasharp/status/698025404594917376
2026-02-21
How-Old.Net Microsoft Edge Introduction.

How-Old.Net Microsoft Edge Introduction.

Microsoft’s new revolutionary age recognition technology. It did not work. Microsoft still used it to show how amazing Microsoft Edge is (because it used Google’s Chromium).

More about this: https://old.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/35n53u/how_did_the_whole_howoldnet_thing_get_so_popular/
2026-02-20
Classsic Windows Update

Classsic Windows Update

Here’s an update for our Update so you can update your Update that will install updates.

“Windows Update
Install new Windows Update software
To check for updates, you must first install an update for Windows Update. Your automatic updating settings will not change.
To install the update, Windows Update will automatically close and re-open.
Install now.”
2026-02-19