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June 13, 2013

Today, the Surface team announced a series of updates and improvements for Surface. See a summary.

June 13, 2013

Microsoft today announced the general availability of Windows Embedded Compact 2013. Optimized for building small-footprint industry devices, the new offering includes powerful tools and capabilities — including new support for Visual Studio 2012 — that extend the experience of Windows and help businesses capitalize on the Internet of Things, where physical objects around us are interconnected by a network.

June 13, 2013

If you’re looking for an unusual combination of golf and solitaire, then “Fairway Solitaire” is the game for you. Created by Big Fish Games, the new edition of “Fairway Solitaire” for Windows Phone 8 features more than 350 hand-crafted courses — including 18 new ones you won’t find on any other phone.

June 13, 2013

See the trailer for a glimpse of how “Minecraft: Xbox One Edition” will deliver the Minecraft experience to the new generation of Xbox. Building off the hugely successful “Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition,” the upcoming edition will give players larger maps for bigger adventures, expanded multiplayer features, and enhancements powered by the new platform.

June 13, 2013

Looking to purchase a Surface Pro or Windows Phone 8 device, but you want to actually hold it in your hands before laying down your hard-earned cash? Well, it just got easier to demo one of the many awesome Microsoft devices through a new strategic partnership announced today that will create the Windows Store only at Best Buy, a comprehensive store-within-a-store in 500 Best Buy locations across the United States and more than 100 Best Buy and Future Shop locations in Canada.

June 12, 2013

On Xbox One, with Smart Match and the new social reputation model, Xbox Live gamers will play more enjoyable and meaningful matches than ever before.

June 12, 2013

It has all the makings of a blockbuster sci-fi movie: A laboratory 62 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, bustling with explorers and scientists who swim out the door to work and communicate with those on the surface using high-tech, audio-video calling.

June 12, 2013

Today Microsoft announced Active Authentication – that’s the code name for a new Windows Azure service that will enable enterprises to secure employee, partner and customer access to cloud applications with multi-factor authentication.

June 12, 2013

Buying a car can be a daunting experience and finding the right information about the car for you and your family on the Web isn’t always easy. That’s why MSN and Motor Trend are teaming up to create “an all-new, immersive online automotive experience that will significantly change the way people shop for, look at, and talk about cars – all in one place,” according to Keith Lorizio, vice president of U.S. Sales & Marketing in Microsoft Advertising.

June 12, 2013

Harnessing technologies such as voice and touch interaction, machine learning and big data, the Windows Embedded Automotive team is working toward a solution that can learn drivers’ habits, adjust to their needs automatically, and provide assistance and insight wherever it’s needed — whether helping drivers negotiate tight parking spots or gridlock traffic on the way home.