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March 13, 2014

Learn how to create heat maps in native Windows Store apps

Heat maps are a type of overlay that use different colors to show data hot spots on a map. Now a member of the Bing Maps team has come up with a solution for creating heat maps in native Windows Store apps.

March 12, 2014

Microsoft pledges continued support for education for teachers, students and school leaders

Microsoft has been dedicated to creating meaningful change in education for more than three decades, with $750 million invested in teacher training and professional development in the last 15 years, and Wednesday, at the 2014 Microsoft in Education Global Forum, the company’s top leaders worldwide pledged their continuing support for teachers as well as students and school leaders who are shaping the future.

March 12, 2014

Protect adorable creatures through ‘Witch Potion’ on Windows Phone

Combine spooky, smelly ingredients like rotten eggs and horseshoes into potions that help Yeti, Ogre, Mermaid, Pegasus and others. There are 120 puzzles and eight different creatures who need your help. The fewer moves you make, the better your score.

March 12, 2014

Take flight with ‘1 Phoenix Force’ on Windows Phone

In the world where “1 Phoenix Force” takes place, the Earth we know is long gone, burned to ashes and taken over by monsters. You take flight as the reborn Phoenix in hopes of restoring life to Earth.

March 12, 2014

Skype Labs celebrates 5 years; stay tuned for innovation showcases in the weeks ahead

Skype Labs, the in-house innovation hub, is celebrating its fifth anniversary of improving the Skype experience for the product’s more than 300 million monthly users, who generate more than 2 billion minutes of Skype audio and video calls every day.

March 12, 2014

Developers: Find out how app-to-app contracts let your users interact with others in their address books

In Windows 8.1, Microsoft introduced new app-to-app contracts that let your users easily interact with people in their address books and integrate events into their calendars. In the first of a two-part series on the Windows App Builder Blog, the Windows App Team walks you through both of these contracts, starting with contact cards that work specifically with people.

March 12, 2014

Imagine Cup’s new prizes and opportunities give students more ways to succeed

This July at the Imagine Cup World Finals in Seattle, the top team from each category – Games, Innovation and World Citizenship – will take home $50,000. Now, thanks to a trio of new partnerships, each of those teams is also going to have a life-changing experience.

March 12, 2014

App of the Week: Stay in touch with your BFFs with Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone

It’s hard to beat Facebook Messenger for getting in touch with your Facebook friends on your Windows Phone device. Not only does the app let you quickly see who’s online for a private or group chat, it also makes it easy for you to send private messages.

March 12, 2014

This week’s Xbox Live deals: Big savings on ‘Soulcalibur V,’ ‘Retro City Rampage’ and more

“Soulcalibur V” and “Retro City Rampage” are among the games on sale this week at the Xbox Games Store, with savings of up to 80 percent. Discounts are good through March 17.

March 12, 2014

Microsoft in education: ‘Student safety and privacy rights come first’

With the increased role of technology and cloud services in the classroom, serious privacy-related questions about the use of student data are being raised worldwide. “Misleading, exploitative, or aggressive marketing practices simply don’t belong in the classroom,” writes Anthony Salcito, Microsoft’s vice president, worldwide education.