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October 18, 2013

‘Happy Wars’ happy news: Celebrate first year of free Xbox Live game with ‘Season 2’

“Happy Wars” has reached 6 million players in its first year. And what’s not to like here? You’ve got cuddly, comical characters immersed in a variety of battles in settings ranging from grasslands to the ocean floor.

October 18, 2013

Peace One Day uses Skype to help young people share their ideas about peace

In the Netherlands, a nonprofit organization founded by Jeremy Gilley of the U.K. held an event at The Peace Palace in The Hague. Attendees shared what peace meant to them in the Skype Video Messaging Booth.

October 18, 2013

Windows Azure support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and price cuts announced

On Friday, Microsoft announced a series of significant updates to Windows Azure, plus reductions in prices of up to 22 percent on our memory-intensive VM instances (specifically our A5, A6 and A7 instances) that apply to both Windows and Linux VM instances, as well as for Cloud Service-based applications.

October 18, 2013

Get to know the great apps and services you get built in with Windows 8.1

Microsoft is continuing on its mission to deliver one experience across all the devices in your life. At the center of that experience are the more than 20 new and improved Microsoft apps and services that come right from (the) Start on your new Windows device, which rolled out to the world with Thursday’s release of Windows 8.1.

October 18, 2013

What IT pros need to know about Windows 8.1

Microsoft is encouraging IT professionals to download the Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation and start planning for deployment. The free 90-day evaluation software is designed to help you test your apps and hardware with the final release of Windows 8.1 Enterprise, and to help you explore how the new features described in What’s New in Windows 8.1 can benefit your organization.

October 18, 2013

Games with Gold becomes an ongoing benefit for Xbox Live Gold members on Xbox 360

From blockbuster AAA to popular arcade titles, Games with Gold continues to offer a diverse mix of games with two free Xbox 360 titles a month – yours to keep and at no additional cost.

October 18, 2013

Neat to integrate SkyDrive into NeatConnect, industry’s first direct-to-cloud scanner

Leader in digital filing systems for small businesses and consumers announced on Tuesday a partnership with SkyDrive that will result in users being able to scan documents directly to SkyDrive without needing a computer.

October 18, 2013

‘Ryse: Son of Rome’ story trailer and Damocles cinematic set the stage for an epic tale of revenge

Microsoft Studios and Crytek on Friday released a story trailer and cinematic that share new plot details about “Ryse: Son of Rome,” the action-packed Xbox One exclusive launching with the console on Nov. 22.

October 18, 2013

See Microsoft Advertising’s new in-app ad offerings for Windows 8.1

With the launch of Windows 8.1, the Microsoft Advertising team has enhanced its in-app ad offerings with more audience insights, additional targeting options and ad formats that incorporate new video and touch functionality.

October 18, 2013

Making the UN Guiding Principles real for corporate lawyers

Guest post from John G. Ruggie, chair of Shift, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, and Affiliated Professor in International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School.