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June 17, 2013

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity kicked off Sunday, commencing the seven days each year in which the advertising industry gathers to learn from the best and celebrate innovative marketing.

June 17, 2013

Want to say goodnight to your kids while traveling, but you’ll be up in the air or in a distant time zone? Or say “Happy birthday” to someone whose schedule doesn’t jibe with yours? Or share your daughter’s first steps with a grandparent who is away? For all these times and more, a great solution is video messaging, which today came out of preview as a free, full-fledged feature in Skype.

June 17, 2013

Windows Experience Blog writer David S. occasionally checks in with his 13-year-old daughter to get the low down on the coolest apps and games in the Windows Store. His daughter’s list is an eclectic mix of challenging brain teasers, imaginative role-playing games and arcade-style action games such as Samurai vs. Zombies Defense.

June 14, 2013

On June 11 hip-hop legend LL COOL J partnered with Bing to celebrate dads everywhere at the Bing It On Father’s Day Challenge. The father of four helped showcase Bing’s skills at a special event at New York’s Standard Hotel.

June 14, 2013

Do you get a lot of questions about your Surface while you’re out and about, especially clicking in and using a Touch or Type cover? You’re likely to turn even more heads with accessories that personalize your Surface experience via a variety of colors and textures.

June 14, 2013

On Thursday, Microsoft opened the doors to its newest retail store at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu with the help of Seattle-based megastars Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and alternative group Neon Trees.

June 14, 2013

This Sunday is Father’s Day here in the U.S., and the Windows Phone team is marking the occasion with a “Happy Father’s Day” collection of 19 featured apps for dads.

June 14, 2013

Frank Shaw reflects on Microsoft’s new strategic partnership with Best Buy to create Windows Stores within 500 U.S. Best Buys, Office 365 Home Premium hitting the 1 million subscriptions mark in a little more than 100 days, the Xbox One’s online connection that provides for “infinite scalability,” a new ad conveying “Windows Everywhere,” and more.

June 14, 2013

This fall, Mountain Dew and Doritos will give gaming fans an opportunity to get their hands on special commemorative Xbox One consoles through what PepsiCo bills the biggest gaming promotion in brand history. To celebrate the partnership and a new generation of gaming, Xbox Live’s Major Nelson has a couple of deluxe Dew/Doritos/Xbox One commemorative kits, complete with limited edition Dew and Doritos products. To enter, leave a comment on this Major Nelson blog post and tell him which Xbox One game you are most excited about.

June 14, 2013

Today Microsoft released Office Mobile for iPhone, available free of charge from the Apple App Store for Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 ProPlus subscribers. Similar to the free Office Mobile for Windows Phone that ships with every handset, the iPhone app enables great Office content viewing and on-the-go content editing capabilities.