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October 16, 2013

Crank up your creativity with new and updated apps coming with Windows 8.1

New and improved apps are coming with Windows 8.1 on Oct. 18 to help you let your creative side loose. On Tuesday, the Windows Experience Blog provided details, videos and more on the Photos, Camera, Movie Moments, and Fresh Paint apps included in Windows 8.1.

October 16, 2013

Major Nelson goes in depth on the future of Xbox One racing accessories

In the exclusive Xbox Wire video, Nelson and Powell discuss how developers have taken advantage of unique Xbox One features to create new and innovative racing experiences that will make racing on Xbox One more realistic than ever before.

October 16, 2013

Spotlight on new features coming in Dynamics CRM 2013

There are loads of new features and capabilities coming with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Fall ’13 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 releases. On Wednesday, the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Blog shone the spotlight on a few that are likely to make users’ “favorite features” list.

October 16, 2013

How Bing built Smart Search for Windows 8.1

One of the coolest and most visible improvements to Windows 8.1 is its improved integration of Bing, and to give you some background on that, Blogging Windows published a guest post on Wednesday by Kieran Snyder, group program manager in the Bing User Experience team.

October 16, 2013

From the PASS Summit: SQL Server 2014 CTP2 now available

On Wednesday at the PASS Summit in Charlotte, N.C., Quentin Clark, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Data Platform Group, announced the availability of the second Community Technology Preview (CTP2) of SQL Server 2014.

October 16, 2013

Watch the first episode of Channel 9’s new ‘Microsoft Research Luminaries’ video series

The inaugural episode of Channel 9’s new Microsoft Research Luminaries video series features Ivan Tashev, who helped take Xbox One’s audio performance to a whole new level. Watch the full video, then read more about Tashev on Inside Microsoft Research.

October 16, 2013

‘Do lunch’ with HGTV designer David Bromstad via the #BingIt Twitter chat, at noon PT on Oct. 16

A post on the Bing Search Blog describes Bromstad’s designs as being on the cutting edge of commercial and residential trends with a keen and sophisticated eye on color and style. You may have seen him on one of three of television’s hottest design shows including HGTV’s HGTV Star, Design All Stars and The White Room Challenge.

October 15, 2013

Hear ye, Hear ye! Music lovers get a great app update with Windows 8.1

“For Windows 8.1, we’re taking all we’ve learned, adding some new tricks and releasing our best products yet,” says Alex Garden, general manager for Xbox MVR. “Our team has completely re-imagined and rebuilt Xbox Music for Windows 8.1.”

October 15, 2013

SkyDrive and Windows 8.1: The road to smart files and more

The Inside SkyDrive blog recently introduced smart files in Windows 8.1, which allow you to have your files always with you while being unconstrained by storage capacity on your devices. On Tuesday, Blogging Windows followed up with a post by Adam Czeisler, development manager on the SkyDrive team in Windows Services.

October 15, 2013

Thought of these reasons to share your screen in Skype? Find out how

Lots of people make Skype calls with their parents. And lots of people get questions from their parents about how to do one thing or another on their computer. Have you ever thought about sharing your screen over Skype to show them firsthand?