Recent News

July 9, 2013

At long last, the wait is nearly over for Sprint customers who want to get their hands on a Windows Phone 8 device. On July 19, Sprint will make the HTC 8XT available for $99.99 “with a new line or eligible upgrade, two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate via reward card,” according to a blog post from Sprint today.

July 8, 2013

As Microsoft looks to the next major release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, it wants to give online customers the ability to choose the license that is right for them. Microsoft today announced plans to offer three new online licenses and give customers the ability to mix and match amongst the three.

July 8, 2013

Summer of Arcade, the annual event on Xbox Live Arcade, kicks off Aug. 7. Major Nelson announced the schedule, pricing, and details for the summertime gaming extravaganza. New games launch each week during Summer of Arcade including titles like “Charlie Murder” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,” and the games can be purchased for between 800 and 1,200 points.

July 8, 2013

At Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston, Texas, executives discussed the company’s approach to services and devices. Tami Reller, Windows chief marketing officer and chief financial officer, announced that Windows 8.1 release to manufacturing (RTM) will be available for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners in late August, so they can prepare Windows 8.1 devices just in time for the holidays.

July 8, 2013

Today, at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced a new offering: Power BI for Office 365 – a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) solution that enables customers to easily gain insights from their data, working within Excel to analyze and visualize the data in a self-service way.

July 8, 2013

At Day 1 of the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft made several announcements that highlight new ways for our partners and customers to embrace cloud computing using the Windows Azure platform.

July 8, 2013

It’s summertime, which usually means that if you haven’t spent winter and spring getting in shape, then all the swimsuit-wearing physiques are probably enough of a motivation to get back into fighting form. The MSN Blog introduces another tool to help you achieve your healthy goals with “Find Your Fitness,” a series of short videos that feature Olympic multi-medalist-winning swimmer Summer Sanders as your guide.

July 8, 2013

Today the Office and SharePoint Store becomes even more global. It will now support an additional 22 markets with localized store fronts – as well as French, German, Spanish and Japanese language apps.

July 8, 2013

The “Halo 4” Champions bundle — the fourth major expansion in the “Halo” Infinity Multiplayer experience — launches on Aug. 20 for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. Developed by 343 Industries in collaboration with Certain Affinity, the Champions bundle delivers three Download Center (DLC) packs and bonus content, which includes more than 18 new, in-game items that are exclusive to the bundle and only available for a limited time.

July 8, 2013

From the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston, Texas, Microsoft President of Server and Tools Business Satya Nadella announced new programs and services that are designed to help Microsoft partners and customers embrace the challenges and opportunities associated with cloud computing and big data. One such program, Cloud OS Accelerate, brings together Microsoft and key partners – Cisco, NetApp, Hitachi Data Systems, HP and Dell – who will invest more than $100 million to help put thousands of new private and hybrid cloud solutions into the hands of customers.