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July 29, 2014

This week’s Deals with Gold: ‘Madden NFL 25’ and ‘FIFA 14’ among discounted games, add-ons

Feeling a case of summer slows, or conversely, pressure to pack up for school? Either way, you’ll want some time to relax, so you won’t want to miss this week’s Deals with Gold games and add-ons, valid now through Aug. 4. They include 50 percent off “Madden NFL 25,” shown above, (normally $49.99) and “FIFA 14” (normally $59.99), for Xbox 360.

July 29, 2014

Register now for free Aug. 8 introduction to the Office 365 development platform

During each live session, the Office 365 Developer Platform engineering team and technical product managers will answer your questions in a live Q&A chat. Sessions include an overview of the platform, as well as getting started with Office 365 APIs and apps for Office and SharePoint.

July 29, 2014

Help Skype help you: Why and how to give them your contact email address

One of the key ways Skype stays connected with you so that you can learn about important developments, or if you need help, say, to reset your password, is via email. To find out how to update your contact email address, follow the steps on the Skype Tips & Tricks blog.

July 29, 2014

With help from Foursquare, Cortana will give you recommendations based on where you are

If you’re in the U.S. and running Windows Phone 8.1, you’ll now be able to get Foursquare recommendations through Cortana. Starting Tuesday, Cortana will show local recommendations based on your location on its home screen.

July 29, 2014

16 beauties, from 1967 Chevy Stingray to 2002 Ferrari Enzo Ferrari, unveiled for ‘Forza Horizon 2’

Last week, Xbox Wire shared the first 100 cars of the more than 200 cars that will be featured in “Forza Horizon 2,” all available with no additional purchase. On Tuesday, another delicious 16 cars were unveiled.

July 29, 2014

Bing Site Safety Page helps you understand why Web pages may be malicious

Bing users now get more details than ever to make better-informed decisions, such as disabling JavaScript and plugins before visiting a site. The BSSP page shows the reason a page is being marked as malicious, the date the infection was first detected and when it was most recently flagged, and how often the URL has been scanned.

July 29, 2014

A monster of a game is coming with ‘Evolve’ for Xbox One

From Turtle Rock Studios, the folks who brought you the “Left 4 Dead” series, “Evolve” is a multiplayer monster-hunting game that pits four hunters against one giant, fearsome monster.

July 29, 2014

Developing on a Mac? Here’s how to get Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 public preview

The Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 public preview will run only on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 64-bit systems. For those of you who develop on Macs, fret not; there are options for you, writes Carmine Sirignano, developer support escalation engineer for Kinect for Windows, in a blog post.

July 29, 2014

Using Azure, Microsoft Research contributes to White House’s Climate Data Initiative through food resilience

Microsoft Research is one of several groups within Microsoft contributing to the Food Resilience theme of the White House’s Climate Data Initiative (CDI) by collecting pertinent data sets in the cloud using Microsoft Azure.

July 29, 2014

Microsoft, Akamai Technologies collaborate on cybersecurity-focused accelerator program

Microsoft and Akamai Technologies, along with venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture Partners, announced Tuesday they are working on a unique accelerator intended to provide startups with mentorship and market expertise that can help them accelerate their business and create breakthroughs in cybersecurity.