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The Discovery News app brings you stories and perspectives from a team of seasoned journalists dedicated to providing informative, interesting and visually rich articles, videos and photos that seek to explain our natural world.

Nine new themes adorn the Windows Personalization Gallery, all of them featuring gorgeous photography from participants in the Open Call project, an ongoing, open invitation to anyone to submit their own images to be considered for the Personalization Gallery.

You know the frustration all too well: You go into a fitting room to try on an item and it’s the wrong size. You schlep back out of the fitting room to check the store shelves to find the same item in the right size. Now, that step can be eliminated. Microsoft and Accenture demonstrated the “Connected Fitting Room” at the National Retail Federation convention in New York City.

New trailer shows what news outlets such as Forbes and Entertainment Weekly are saying about the ultimate all-in-one entertainment system.

If you watched the Golden Globe Awards Sunday night, you were treated to the “beautiful mess” hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, with memorable moments that began on the red carpet and continued until the last award was presented. If you missed any of it, you can catch up through Bing’s Guide to the Awards Season.

Microsoft announces new partners offering solutions for secure online and mobile transactions for retail using Surface. And MQ Retail AB, a top Scandinavian retailer, tells how it uses Surface Pro 2 devices to offer a broader shopping experience.

Nigel Ashton, head of Retail and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods for Microsoft Advertising UK, writes about what’s ahead in 2014 – and how brands can move ahead if they anticipate these trends.

Windows tablets and other devices are being used more and more in retail to help manage employees on the floor, handle customer sales on the spot and even use augmented reality to check store displays for a variety of issues, from safety compliance to stack quality.

In observing how people and their governments are communicating with each other, the Microsoft in Government blog shares four shifts that are driving “e-participation” and preserving and growing democracy.