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January 8, 2014

The right tech tools for helping you be your best creative self in 2014

Is one of your resolutions to exercise the right side of your brain more in 2014? Check out our slideshow of devices and apps that help you be creative at work or at play, wherever you are.

January 8, 2014

Five 2014 predictions about sustainability include advances in green energy and smart buildings

On the Microsoft Green Blog, Robert Bernard, chief environmental strategist at Microsoft, takes a look at where the company’s partners and customers are investing in sustainability in 2014 and put together five top themes “that are likely to dramatically transform the role of ICT [information and communications technology] in sustainability.”

January 8, 2014

Heading to a tradeshow floor? Be ready to do business

Your customers (or you) may be out on show floors, but they still need to be able to connect and conduct business, so helping them choose strong mobile solutions can let them take their offices with them wherever they are. Here we present a few great choices.

January 7, 2014

Bing Health and Fitness app for Windows 8.1 can help you stick to New Year’s resolutions

The Bing Health & Fitness app for Windows 8.1 has nutritional information for more than 200,000 foods. It also has a food journal, so you can monitor your daily meals and progress.

January 7, 2014

Behind Skype’s pursuit of the perfect video call

In the two years since Microsoft acquired Skype, Microsoft has created cross-platform software that enables you to make Skype video calls in high definition on a broad set of hardware, all with a consistent audio and visual experience.

January 7, 2014

Find what you need through the Craigslist Classifieds app in the Windows Store

This app, which is available for Windows PCs and tablets, makes it a breeze to browse ads, set up locations, map results and filter searches by category.

January 7, 2014

ORIGIN PC announces customizable case for GENESIS, MILLENNIUM desktops

“What makes these new cases newsworthy is the combination of striking industrial design, customizability and extensibility,” writes Gavin Gear on the Extreme Windows Blog.

January 7, 2014

Get your kicks through the Fun Runners collection at the Windows Phone Store

With the Fun Runners collection, you can get your heart rate pumping through nearly two dozen endless-runner games. As an added bonus, more than half of them are free.

January 7, 2014

Windows Azure whitepaper gives customers insights on security features

Windows Azure networking provides the infrastructure to securely connect customers’ virtual machines to one another, as well as being the bridge between the cloud and customers’ on-premises data centers. A new whitepaper gives customers insights on how they can take advantage of Windows Azure’s features to best protect their information assets.

January 7, 2014

Staff App Pick: Thumbs Up WineFinder

Whether you’re a sommelier or just enjoy the occasional glass of wine with your friends, Thumbs Up WineFinder is the perfect tool to find the perfect bottle of wine for every occasion, at a price you can afford.