Recent News

July 26, 2013
Skype goes to gym class and gets kids dancing

A lot of students feel left out or bored in physical education classes, and one P.E. teacher is doing something about it. Jon Tait, assistant head teacher at Woodham Academy in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham (U.K.), has pioneered using Skype to challenge his students in new ways — both academically and physically.

July 26, 2013
‘Sad Hipster’ filter? Nokia Imaging SDK opens up the cookie jar for Windows Phone developers

The Nokia Imaging SDK provides 52 easy-to-use mobile imaging filters, including standard filters like grayscale, cartoon and auto-levels, as well as filters to crop, rotate, add custom frames and combine multiple images. The kit makes it a breeze for developers to take their apps to a new level by applying some really cool filters, for example, “Sad Hipster,” “Car Show,” or even “80s Pop Music” effects.

July 25, 2013
Xbox One to support self-publishing

Big news: You (and you and you, too) will be able to create games and experiences for Xbox One and Xbox Live. So says Marc Whitten, chief product officer of Xbox.

July 25, 2013
Royal revelers flock to Skype

The arrival of little George Alexander Louis (otherwise known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge) made headlines all over the world, but it also inspired many royal revelers to take to Skype. Skype reported a king-sized 55 percent increase in global Skype-to-Skype minutes yesterday over the same Monday last year.

July 25, 2013
Public-private partnerships prove essential to fighting cybercrime

On Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Microsoft’s Assistant General Counsel Richard Domingues Boscovich participated in a discussion exploring how public-private partnerships can play an important role in fighting cybercrime. In a blog post today Boscovich goes into detail about how Microsoft has teamed up with various public-sector agencies and organizations in an effort to stymie botnets.