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June 17, 2014

Free Nokia Pocket Magnifier lets you turn your Lumia smartphone into a magnifying glass

Using the magnifier, you can pinch or slide to zoom in, and tap to focus an image. You can also freeze a viewfinder to improve viewing, save images, use a flashlight and add filters.

June 17, 2014

Book your next room with Hotel Tonight, now in the Windows Store

Already available on Windows Phone, the Hotel Tonight app has now checked into the Windows Store so you can use your PC or tablet to book last-minute hotel rooms – up to five nights at more than 150 destinations across the globe. And now, you can get $40 off your first booking using Windows devices.

June 17, 2014

You can now upload videos using Facebook Beta for Windows Phone

With a new update, you can upload videos directly from the app, which has refined its user experience, making it faster and more reliable, with support for more languages.

June 17, 2014

CRM technology helps small businesses get big results

With only 20 employees, HealthStatRX, a specialty pharmacy that manages medication and therapeutic monitoring for patients with chronic conditions, is just one of many small businesses that has used customer relationship management technology to build innovative services.

June 17, 2014

Partners: Learn how to capitalize on public sector adoption of cloud and mobile tech at WPC 2014

With government agencies, health care providers and academia moving quickly to adopt cloud computing and mobile technologies to enhance their connections with their citizens, patients, and students and educators, a rich agenda for Microsoft in the public sector has been prepared for the Worldwide Partner Conference 2014 to talk about these issues.

June 17, 2014

You will submit to playing ‘EA SPORTS UFC,’ now available for Xbox One

The next-generation of fighting is in fine form in “EA SPORTS UFC,” in which your opponent feels every strike, takedown and submission. The game, now available on Xbox One, is from the creators of the critically acclaimed “Fight Night” franchise.

June 17, 2014

Tomb time: ‘Lara Croft and The Temple of Osiris’ uses gauntlet-style gameplay

In “Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris,” previewed at E3 2014, the game can “be pretty tough, but so long as one player is still alive, their teammates will respawn – which is nice given that we died a number of times in our short demo,” writes Xbox Wire.

June 17, 2014

Microsoft’s top Cannes infographics include social media use, the importance of inspiration in Pinterest

At the ongoing Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Microsoft unveiled several infographics Monday that revealed social media and mobile Internet use, the importance of inspiration amongst Pinterest users and what consumers expect when they share personal data.

June 17, 2014

Hurry for huge savings on this week’s Deals with Gold, including ‘Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition’ for Xbox One

You’ll save big-time with this week’s Deals with Gold games and add-on deals, with discounts valid now through June 23. For Xbox One, there’s a 50 percent savings off “Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition,” (regularly $59.99) and off “Strider” (regularly $14.99).

June 17, 2014

Register for Bing Webmaster Tools and Inc. Magazine Roadshow’s last three dates before they sell out

The Bing Webmaster Tools and Inc. Magazine Roadshow scheduled for Thursday in Chicago has officially sold out, but you can still register for the Atlanta, Boston and Houston events in July and August.