Recent News

June 26, 2013

Today, Microsoft announced at Build 2013 that the Windows 8.1 Preview is here. New features include two new tile sizes (large and small) and the ability to sync customizations, apps and files across all your Windows 8.1 devices. In other words, if you change your Start screen, install new apps, pin new apps to your Start screen on one PC – all those changes are synced to your other PCs. Also, the Windows Store has been redesigned to make it easier to find the apps you want.

June 26, 2013

Sprint customers will finally be able to get their hands on a Windows Phone 8 device later this summer. The carrier announced today that the HTC 8XT and Samsung ATIV S Neo will be the first two Windows Phone 8 models available on its 4G LTE network.

June 25, 2013

Yammer is expanding its network of colleagues. With the addition of a handful of new partners, including Klout, Yammer is now a way to connect with favorite apps as well as with coworkers. In fact, Yammer has doubled its number of partner integrations (now at 60) since launching the Yammer App Directory in October.

June 25, 2013

In Windows Phone 8, companies can bypass the Windows Phone Store and deploy line-of-business (LOB) apps directly to employee phones. One of the key components of this process is a Company Hub – an app that shows employees what company apps are available to them, so they can then install or launch the apps.

June 25, 2013

Foodies in your life who have a Windows Phone 8 or 7.5 will probably appreciate the latest update of the Epicurious.com mobile app. Peruse more than 30,000 professionally created recipes from Bon Appetit, Gourmet, SELF, and renowned chefs and cookbooks. In this release, you can pin your favorite recipes to the home screen for easy access, use voice commands to control the app and find new recipes, and also find support for Windows 8 live tiles that will display a photo of the recipe of the day.

June 25, 2013

Meeting with people while on the go? Check out some of the useful new features in the Lync app now available in the Windows Store. New and updated features include a new Meetings screen, snapped view, take over as presenter, improved high-contrast support, and the ability to join meetings anonymously if you don’t have a Lync account.

June 25, 2013

Enterprise social network Yammer has grown to nearly 8 million registered users since it was acquired by Microsoft one year ago today, Yammer co-founder and exec David Sacks said in a blog post this morning.

June 25, 2013

A recent anti-malware platform update has introduced network real-time inspection (NRI) to behavior monitoring (BM), which has been pivotal in finding new threats through telemetry and sample collection processes.

June 25, 2013

Cable favorites Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet each have their own new app in the Windows Phone Store today. The suite of new apps from parent company Discovery feature full episodes and clips from shows like “Deadliest Catch” (Discovery Channel), “Cake Boss” (TLC) and “Finding Bigfoot” (Animal Planet).

June 25, 2013

At TechEd Europe today, Brad Anderson shared several major developments that will have major impact on the cloud-first landscape, including the availability of Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 previews.