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November 8, 2013

Girls share a rare condition – and use Skype to stay BFFs

Sarah and Paige have been best friends since they were 8 years old – despite living 8,000 miles apart. At first, they connected because they had the same rare condition, but forged a close relationship over the years by sharing their lives with each other on Skype.

November 8, 2013

Meet the Toughpad 4K, a 20-inch Windows 8.1 Pro tablet that means business

Panasonic’s new Toughpad 4K tablet, which the company calls the world’s first 20-inch tablet with a 4K resolution display, is meant for road warriors and presentation warriors.

November 8, 2013

Make cooking fun for kids with ‘Dr. Panda’s Restaurant’ on Windows Phone 8

“Dr. Panda’s Restaurant” gives kids a safe and mess-free way to go inside a restaurant kitchen to learn about cooking, time management, recycling and more through fun mini-games. Working from a cookbook of 10 different dishes and drinks, kids can prepare everything from pizza to Chinese stir-fry to fruit smoothies.

November 8, 2013

Unveiled: First wave of TV and entertainment apps coming to Xbox One

Having more entertainment options has always been important to Xbox fans, and we’re stepping it up with Xbox One. In addition to delivering live TV in every market where Xbox One is sold, we’re also bringing premium, voice- and gesture-controlled TV and entertainment apps specifically designed for your living room – apps that have been built from the ground up uniquely for Xbox One to bring media achievements and exclusive Snap experiences.

November 8, 2013

Try out Xbox One at a Microsoft store now and get entered for the ‘Forza Motorsport 5’ Living Room Sweepstakes

Can’t wait to experience Xbox One when it launches Nov. 22? Well, you don’t need to wait that long – Microsoft retail stores will be giving visitors an advance opportunity to dive into the gameplay experience all day, every day, leading up to launch.

November 8, 2013

Xbox One: Your all-in-one games and entertainment system

On Friday, Xbox One showcased the all-in-one capabilities of Xbox One in a video in which Corporate Vice President of Marketing and Strategy Yusuf Mehdi and Chief Product Officer Marc Whitten show off the best of Xbox One.

November 8, 2013

AT&T and the Microsoft Store now taking pre-orders for Nokia Lumia 1520

The new device, first unveiled in October, costs $199.99 with a two-year contract and comes in four colors: matte black, matte yellow, matte white and glossy red. (See the screenshot above.) It will be available exclusively on AT&T’s 4G LTE network starting Nov. 22.

November 8, 2013

Use the Kinect on Xbox One to redeem QR codes in less than seven seconds

Using a Vine clip, Major Nelson (aka Larry Hryb) shows how easily Xbox One players can redeem a product code, such as the one he’s holding for a 14-day Xbox Live Gold trial, using Kinect. All he says is “Xbox, use a code” as he turns to the sensor, holding up the sheet with the QR code, for the system to process it.

November 8, 2013

ChronoZoom challenge: Visualize history and compete for $5,000 and a trip to Moscow

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create visualizations that use ChronoZoom datasets and to provide new functions that educators and students have requested.

November 8, 2013

Watch ‘Experience the Possible’ webcasts to learn more about Office 365 and business

If you’re looking to learn more about how Office 365 can help you in business, tune into a series of webcasts, “Experience the Possible,” that showcase the business value of the Microsoft productivity platform by using common, everyday scenarios.