March 2014 - Stories

March 31, 2014

Park it! ‘Forza Motorsport 5’ update lets you add DLC cars to garage for free

Starting immediately, players who have purchased downloadable content cars in “Forza Motorsport 5” can add those cars to their Forza 5 garages for free, writes Dan Greenawalt, Turn 10 Studios creative director.

March 31, 2014

You’ve got game on the PC, tablet and Xbox Live with these Microsoft Studios offerings

For the geometrically inclined, there’s “HEIXC” for hexagon matching. For the ice-breaker in you, there’s “Glacier Blast.” And for the castle builders among you, there’s “Throne Together.”

March 31, 2014

Developers: Create customer-ranked auto suggest using Bing Maps and Azure Mobile Services

Over on the Bing Dev Center Team blog, Bing Maps technology specialist Ricky Brundritt walks developers through the steps needed to create a customer-ranked auto suggest service with their maps by using Bing Maps and Azure Mobile Services.

March 31, 2014

Windows Embedded Compact 2013 update release now generally available

The release provides access to the new Visual Studio 2013, with an updated platform builder and application builder.

March 31, 2014

Free ZEDGE Ringtones & Wallpapers app for Windows Phone is fresh in store

With spring beckoning change, it’s a perfect time to freshen up your Windows Phone wallpapers and ringtones with a new, free app from ZEDGE, whose apps are used by more than 80 million people worldwide.

March 31, 2014

New Xbox chief: ‘Gaming will be our core as we take Xbox forward’

Phil Spencer, whose new role leading the Xbox, Xbox Live and creative teams including Xbox Music, Xbox Video and Microsoft Studios, was announced Monday by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, says combining the teams will “strengthen the connection between some of the world’s most innovative creators and those building the Xbox itself.”

March 31, 2014

New to Office 365, email that is more social, relevant, collaborative

Microsoft is announcing three features coming to the Outlook Web App later this year that will improve the enterprise email experience as part of the Microsoft Exchange Conference in Austin, Texas, this week.

March 31, 2014

Outlook Web App for Android phones is announced at Microsoft Exchange Conference

An Outlook Web App for Android phones was announced Monday at the Microsoft Exchange Conference in Austin, Texas, as well as a preview of new features – including an email decluttering tool — coming to the Outlook Web App in Office 365 later this year.

March 31, 2014

California’s 4th largest school district chooses Windows 8.1 devices for students

Fresno Unified School District, the fourth largest district in California with 72,000 students, is rolling out 15,000 Asus Transformer T100 Windows 8.1 devices to students in the 3rd through 8th grades, and to 11thgraders.

March 31, 2014

Scott Guthrie