Recent News

November 5, 2013

In July, the company announced a new Volume Licensing program that allows organizations to access certain versions of Windows Embedded 8. As the Windows Embedded blog reports, Microsoft now extends that program to versions of Windows Embedded 8.1, including Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry.

November 5, 2013

With Windows Phone, Bing introduced a way to include apps within search results. As the Bing Search Blog reports, there are now more than 300 apps that will show up for a given search.

November 5, 2013

Now that Windows 8.1 is out, some developers are wondering once their apps are updated to 8.1 what that means for customers running Windows 8. Ian LeGrow, Windows group program manager, writes on the Windows App Builder Blog to reassure developers “we’ve created a straightforward path for you to continue working on your app targeted at Windows 8.1 while still supporting your Windows 8 customers.”

November 5, 2013

On Tuesday, users got a sneak peek at Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, planned for release in April 2014. As the Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX blog reports, new features and tools available through this release will give businesses the ability “to engage with customers on their terms, run agile operations to exceed your customers’ needs, and expand your business to better serve your customers.”

November 5, 2013

The StubHub app for Windows and Windows Phone makes it easy and fast to find events, find available tickets and get the best seats in the house.

November 5, 2013

On Tuesday, Microsoft Ventures announced a new seed-stage investment in startup Ranku, a discovery engine that helps students and adults looking to further their education navigate the process and find reputable online colleges.

November 5, 2013

The new online hub – which can be found at southafrica.biz4afrika.com – is designed to bring a range of free and highly relevant products and services to small- and medium-sized enterprises in South Africa.

November 5, 2013

At its annual Convergence event in Barcelona on Tuesday, Microsoft announced the broad availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, introduced Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 and heard from a number of customers using Microsoft Dynamics to better engage with their customers.

November 5, 2013

Ready for vengeance on some barbarian bad guys? “The Fall,” the first episode of the “Ryse: Son of Rome” live-action original series, is available for viewing on Machinima, Xbox Wire reports.

November 5, 2013

Microsoft’s vision of itself as one company, unified in design and approach with its devices and services, is being shown to full advantage in a new ad campaign, “One Consumer,” that hit the airwaves and the Web on Monday in the United States. Watch now.