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October 10, 2013

Windows Store refresh promises simple, stunning experience for Windows 8.1

Revamped Windows Store will give developers an attractive platform and increased merchandising capabilities. For consumers, search and recommendation features will make it easier to find the best apps and games.

October 8, 2013

Microsoft’s New England lab celebrates five years of building a vibrant community of researchers

With all this brain power in close proximity, the lab was able to build upon its greatest asset: its community. They added four of the most renowned social-media researchers in the world, a well-known experimental economist from Harvard University who spearheaded an empirical economics program, and many more high-caliber names in several research fields.

October 8, 2013

Cloud computing gets even better with discounts, private access and dedicated government environments

On Monday, Satya Nadella, executive vice president of Cloud and Enterprise at Microsoft, made some big announcements supporting our Cloud OS vision — including a number of updates specific to Windows Azure.

October 8, 2013

‘FIFA 14’: New ball physics and the power of Xbox One combine to deliver more realistic play than ever

Fuelled by EA SPORTS IGNITE, “FIFA 14” on Xbox One will feel alive. Players think, move and behave like world-class players, and fans will feel the electricity of a living stadium as the emotions of new 3D crowds rise and fall around the stories on the pitch.

October 8, 2013

After implant, boy hears his mother’s voice for the first time over Skype

After Jenri Rivera, 7, got a new cochlear implant in his ear, he did what’s becoming natural these days whenever someone goes through a big event in their life: He went on Skype to share the moment with his loved ones. But in this case the event was extra momentous, because it would be the first time Jenri had ever heard his mother’s voice.

October 8, 2013

Visual Studio 2012 continues to be most downloaded release version with 5.5 million downloads

As we look forward to the Oct. 18 release of Visual Studio 2013, Somasegar’s blog takes a look back at the progress that has been made with Visual Studio 2012, Team Foundation Service and MSDN as developers embrace the cloud.

October 8, 2013

Excel 2013 video tutorials app gives you fast answers directly from your worksheet

These are the same free Excel 2013 video training courses that you can already watch online, except now you can watch them without leaving your worksheet. They cover a wide range of topics, from creating your first worksheet to working with PivotTables.

October 8, 2013

No end to the ways teachers are using Skype to make learning more interesting

How many ways are there to use Skype in a classroom? Probably as many as the teachers who use it. For a sampling, check out the stories reported in the latest Skype Social Good blog post.

October 8, 2013

Trust and transparency remain important to cloud customers – and Microsoft

Adrienne Hall, general manager of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, outlines Microsoft investments in three areas that contribute to trust, transparency and compliance: the development of secure cloud offerings; datacenter security; and incident response – communication to customers if and when the unexpected occurs.

October 8, 2013

Developers: Make sure your Windows 8.1 apps target the correct version of WinJS

Windows 8.1 release is Oct. 18 and savvy developers are busy getting their app code ready for the big day. However, as the Windows App Builder Blog points out, if you’re building apps using HTML and JavaScript, you’ll want to make sure your Windows 8.1 apps are targeting the correct version of WinJS 2.0.