The document discusses new features in ASP.NET and Visual Studio 2013, including CodeLens for method return value inspection, a new unified approach to ASP.NET projects allowing use of Web Forms, MVC, and Web API frameworks together, and social login and Bootstrap template support. Key release dates are noted, with ASP.NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012 in September 2012 and ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 in February 2013, leading up to the release of Visual Studio 2013 in June 2013.