Recent News

February 18, 2014
Respawn answers your ‘Titanfall’ questions

Recently, Major Nelson’s team asked what you wanted to know about “Titanfall,” due out March 11, and hundreds of you were at the ready with questions. “We sat down with Respawn Community Manager Abbie Heppe, who graciously provided detailed answers,” writes Jeff Rubenstein on Major Nelson’s blog.

February 18, 2014
Video calling between Skype and Lync is part of next step of universal communications

Skype made video calling between consumers everywhere possible, and Lync delivered cost-effective HD video calling and meetings over the Internet for enterprises. “Today, we’ve taken this a step further by demonstrating video calling between Skype and Lync, making it possible for consumers and businesses everywhere to use video for nearly every conversation,” Gurdeep Singh Pall, corporate vice president for Lync & Skype Engineering, said Tuesday.

February 17, 2014
Sing-alongs via Skype lift spirits of snowed-in third-graders

Harsh snowstorms in the Southeastern U.S. recently forced students and teachers in some cities to spend the night in their classrooms, no fun for anyone. Roger Day, a father of three and an award-winning children’s singer and songwriter, heard about these snowed-in students, and helped them pass the time by singing to them, using Skype, writes Wendy Norman on Skype’s Social Good blog.

February 17, 2014
Next ‘YamJam’ is Feb. 27 to connect with Windows Azure independent software vendors

The next Windows Azure independent software vendors “YamJam” for partners will be held from 10 to 11 a.m., PT Feb. 27 and features Sylvia Vu, Kempton Izuno and Maya Newhagen from New Relic, writes Diane Golshan. The group will showcase their all-in-one Web application performance tool that “lets you see performance for the end user experience, through servers, and down to the line of app code.”

February 17, 2014
Bing helps map lesser-known communities and reduce digital divide

There are still many places that don’t show up on maps – 99 percent of major urban settlements in places like Johannesburg and Rio, where millions of people live in shantytowns and favelas. To help tourists – and locals – find merchants, restaurants and attractions there they might not otherwise find, a Microsoft team in Brazil has begun a project to start building a new mapping infrastructure in the favelas.