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December 4, 2013

Shop with the fervor of Marius Titus: Tips and tricks to finding Xbox One this holiday season

If you’re searching to find Xbox One, Major Nelson has some tips that can help you find the new console as soon as possible.

December 4, 2013

Mint.com app on Windows Phone and Windows helps you get your finances in order

Mint.com – an app that sets budgets, tracks accounts and gives tips on how to do more with your money – is now available from both the Windows Store and Window Phone Store.

December 4, 2013

Imagine Cup awards $100,000 for a Windows Phone app that helps hearing-impaired

The grand prize winner of the $100,000 Imagine Cup Grant program is Team OHS, Taiwan. As you can see from the video, they created a Windows Phone mobile app for the hearing impaired that gives them customized settings to help them hear through any headset (such as a Bluetooth device).

December 4, 2013

Office 365 makes the grade with Canada’s second-largest public school system

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that Canada’s second-largest public school board – the Peel District School Board – has deployed Microsoft Office 365 to more than 150,000 students, administrators and staff members.

December 4, 2013

Holiday gifts to brighten and lighten globe-trotters’ travels

Have friends or family members who are seemingly always on the go? These items will help make their trips a lot easier, whether traveling for business or pleasure.

December 4, 2013

Recorded calls and meetings work more smoothly with additional changes to Lync 2013

Based on analysis and customer feedback, the Lync team has calculated a new set of recording resolutions, frame rates and bitrate ranges to make recordings go even more smoothly.

December 3, 2013

Xbox One so far: 3 billion zombies killed, 90 million miles driven and more than 415 million Gamerscore points achieved

Since Xbox One’s release just 11 days ago, people worldwide have spent more than 50 million hours with games and entertainment using the console, Xbox Wire reports. Check out some you-don’t-need-to-know-but-these-are-sure-fun stats about Xbox One’s young life so far.

December 3, 2013

Project Spark global beta begins now on Windows 8.1

Starting Dec. 3 exclusively on Windows 8.1 and available to fans on Xbox One early next year, registered beta participants can join a dynamic community where players create and creators play.

December 3, 2013

Fashion designer Victoria Beckham to lead off new Skype Collaboration Project

The Skype Collaboration Project will provide a “front row seat” to fashion designer Victoria Beckham’s preparations for New York Fashion Week, writes Angie Hill on Skype’s Big Blog. The new program brings fashion innovators, experts and insiders face-to-face with students and fashion fans by using Skype.

December 3, 2013

Working out of the office? Skype helps keep you connected

New blog post makes some recommendations, including call forwarding, free voicemail, changing your mood message, ongoing group chats (incredibly useful for teams when everyone’s not available at the same time, so absent team members can catch up when they log back on) and recording free video messages when a professional contact is unavailable.