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November 19, 2013

Tweets from Last Night: Tim McGraw helps celebrate grand opening of Microsoft Store in Oklahoma City

On Sunday, Microsoft celebrated the grand opening of its 50th full-line retail store at Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with more than 1,160 customers and a special performance by hit country recording artist Tim McGraw.

November 19, 2013

Enter ‘Killer Instinct’ fighter tournament, win an Ultimate Xbox One Gaming House

If you think you’ve got a killer instinct when it comes to gaming, you might want to enter the “Killer Instinct” Ultra Fighter Tournament in select Microsoft retail stores on Xbox One launch night, Nov. 21.

November 19, 2013

Marketing and storytelling: You can use Skype for it, even if you think you can’t

The most innovative marketing today has two elements in common: Great old-fashioned storytelling coupled with modern technology to help create, tell and share the story. The Skype marketing team takes these storytelling principles to heart, and just released a white paper to share what they’ve learned so they can help others.

November 19, 2013

The new world of work: How mobile technology is transforming the way small businesses do business

In a guest post, Microsoft Vice President of SMB Worldwide Thomas Hansen writes about how mobility is changing the way people work like never before, and how small companies are seeing the benefits.

November 18, 2013

Windows Phone shipments in Latin America up 20 percent in third quarter

Windows Phone shipments increased 20 percent in the third quarter of this year over last year, and Windows Phone remains in second place in Latin America, according to a new report from IDC’s Mobile Phone Tracker.

November 18, 2013

Surface’s power, portability convinced tech blogger to make it his constant companion

Tech blogger Lane Freeze was used to dragging around a “huge laptop that definitely had power, but it was just too big.” The laptop essentially became a desktop to him: it wound up staying home, on the top of his desk. Not good for someone constantly on the go, who needs portability and power. He got them both in the Surface.

November 18, 2013

Watch Bill Gates envision the future of computing in this video from 1995

The classic video is worth a look in its own right, but as Microsoft’s Jon C. Arnold notes, “There’s a lot in common between Bill’s speech” and what attendees are likely to hear at next week’s OpenText conference. Watch the video, then read Arnold’s post to learn more about what’s in store for next week.

November 18, 2013

Developers: Unity 4.3 makes it even easier to publish apps on Windows platforms

There are now more than 1,000 Unity apps. And Unity, which makes it easy to go cross-platform with its tools, is continuing to provide improved support for Windows platforms with the latest version, Unity 4.3.

November 18, 2013

Use Snap View and pin favorites in recently updated Hulu Plus app for Windows 8.1

Whether Hulu Plus fulfills your TV and movie fix or just supplements your other entertainment sources, it’s now better than ever with a Windows 8.1 update that includes Snap View (split screen) support, searches using the Charms bar, and the ability to pin favorites to your Start screen for instant access.

November 18, 2013

Wave your geek flag on Twitter for a chance to win a Surface Pro 2

If you’ve personalized, configured and integrated your Surface tablet into the way you work, now is your chance to share that great experience for a chance to win a new Surface Pro 2.