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October 29, 2013

Heart-pounding ‘Ryse: Son of Rome’ TV trailer now out

A TV trailer for “Ryse: Son of Rome” was released Monday, and it’s one trailer where a viewer’s interest is not going to trail off. This snapshot look at the game is heart-pounding, drama-to-the-hilt good.

October 29, 2013

Try ‘Kinect Sports Rivals’ free starting Nov. 22

If you want a chance to check out the power of the new Kinect, there’s no better game than “Kinect Sports Rivals,” the wake racing game that tracks players’ movements and expressions with incredible accuracy.

October 29, 2013

Don’t miss any scary sightings: Bring these Windows Phone apps on your Halloween route

This time of year seems to be especially bountiful for opportunities to capture crazy (and cute) costumes, pumpkin patch visits and party scenes. We’ve got some new and updated photo apps from the Windows Phone Store that we think will come in handy as you memorialize the spooky and the surreal.

October 28, 2013

Inside Surface: Steve Bathiche demonstrates advances in Touch Cover 2

Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 have been getting a lot of attention in the press since their Oct. 21 launch. To give you more detail on what went into making the most productive tablets on the planet, each day this week the Surface Blog is posting a video from the Sept. 23 Surface 2 announce event in New York City.

October 28, 2013

Developers: Take the 11% for IE11 challenge, build a faster Web experience (and get pizza)

The Internet Explorer team has issued a call to developers that’s hard to resist, especially when free pizza and other goodies are involved. While IE11 for Windows 8.1 is our fastest browser yet, developers can write code for their own sites to create an even faster Web experience.

October 28, 2013

Microsoft Research scientist lifts TouchDevelop to the cloud

TouchDevelop provides a cross-platform programming environment where developers can write scripts by tapping on the screen. Cloud sessions – an available feature in TouchDevelop – provide a simple way to save data in the cloud and to share data between different devices, automatically synchronizing the shared data between participants of the same session.

October 28, 2013

Feed those demanding Web surfers with new performance scanning tools on modern.IE

On Monday, Microsoft released improvements to the modern.IE code scanner that will help developers improve website performance, benefiting both their users and their business. The modern.IE code scanner detects common coding practices that could cause compatibility problems or prevent users from getting the best possible experience on a Web page.

October 28, 2013

Two key dates Microsoft partners won’t want to miss this week

If you or your company sells Microsoft products or services as part of your business, you’ll want to know about two dates this week that were covered in Friday’s Microsoft U.S. Partner Team blog post.

October 28, 2013

September results shared for Microsoft malware protection, performance

Hundreds of millions of customers share real-world data about Microsoft’s protection performance and capabilities with the company, so that information can ultimately be shared with everyone. The latest report, for September, is now out.

October 28, 2013

Yammer kicks off the Working Social Tour in San Francisco

Yammer kicked off the Working Social Tour in San Francisco on Oct. 15 – hundreds of Yammer users and industry experts contributed their experiences and discussed ways to transform their workplace into a collaborative social environment.