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November 21, 2013

Waze app for Windows Phone steers you in the right direction with crowd-sourced traffic

Sometimes, your best sources for the most up-to-date traffic and road reports can be other drivers ahead of you – and the free Waze app now available for Windows Phone 8 devices can deliver their advice exactly when you need it.

November 21, 2013

Video: Learn how to use Power BI in less than 20 minutes

Need to create an amazing-looking 3D display of your geographic data? Use Power BI’s Power Map feature.

November 21, 2013

Let us know what you think about Visual Studio 2013

Now that you’ve had a month to use Visual Studio 2013, the Visual Studio team would like to hear what you think about it and invites you to take the Visual Studio 2013 RTM survey.

November 21, 2013

Bing home page mesmerizes with video of lava from Hawaiian volcano pouring into the ocean

If campfire mesmerizes you, the Bing home page takes that fascination to the next level with a continuous video loop of lava pouring into the Pacific Ocean’s crashing waves, off the shores of Kalapana, Hawaii.

November 21, 2013

My SharePoint Sites app lets users jump quickly from site to site

An app called My SharePoint Sites adds quick navigation to all sites in a given SharePoint collection, and users can jump quickly from site to site from the suite bar, writes Dorrene Brown, a program manager on the Office Developer Platform team.

November 21, 2013

Developers: New XAML flexibility, DirectX improvements now in Windows 8.1

In Windows 8, the high-level user interface capabilities of XAML and the low-level rendering power of Direct X were combined within the same app. Now, even more improvements have been added to Windows 8.1, writes Jesse Bishop, Windows User Interface Platform senior program manager, on the Windows App Builder Blog.

November 20, 2013

Every Wednesday, Developer Awwwards – yes, Awwwards – recognize innovative design and quality coding

Every Wednesday starting Nov. 20, you’ll see a winner of the weekly Developer Awwward, launched by Internet Explorer as a new way to honor websites that achieve the balance between innovative design and quality code.

November 20, 2013

German hospital uses Microsoft technologies to create an intelligent operating room

Physicians from all over Europe come to Siloah St. Trudpert Klinikum in Pforzheim, Germany, to learn a special procedure for kidney-stone removal from the man who pioneered it in the late 1990s. In 2010, the hospital upgraded the operating room system to one that uses Microsoft Windows Embedded. The new system enables higher-quality image transmission and integrated control of surgical equipment.

November 20, 2013

Wave your hands to control content on Redbox Instant by Verizon for Xbox One

It couldn’t get any easier to find a movie using the new Redbox Instant by Verizon app for Xbox One: just use your voice to search for movies, and wave your hand to control the content, writes Brad Bowers, senior product manager, Redbox Instant by Verizon, on Xbox Wire.

November 20, 2013

New Walgreens app for Windows 8 makes prescription refills and photo printing easy

Try the new Walgreens app for Windows 8 for a convenient way to refill prescriptions, upload photos from your device to make prints and keep track of your Balance Rewards points.