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August 6, 2014

Update to the Office 365 API Tool for Visual Studio 2013 includes better workflow tools and support for Windows Phone 8.1 projects

In a post on Office Blogs, Chakkaradeep Chandran – a program manager with Visual Studio – goes over the latest update to the Office 365 API Tool for Visual Studio 2013, including support for Windows Phone 8.1 projects, better workflow tools and new features to the Office 365 API client libraries.

August 6, 2014

Microsoft, security researchers focus on creating a safer digital world at Black Hat

This week, Adrienne Hall, general manager of Trustworthy Computing, and a number of her colleagues are attending the Black Hat USA 2014 conference in Las Vegas, where world-class security researchers will exchange insights and collaborate.

August 6, 2014

Windows Phone Store making it easier to charge apps to your phone bill

For many people around the world, it’s easier to download mobile apps and games when the charges can be applied to a phone bill, rather than a credit card. Singapore is the first country to offer operator billing for Windows Phone devices across 100 percent of its mobile networks. About 64 places around the world are adopting this payment system, with more added every day.

August 6, 2014

Why retail businesses need a strategy for the Internet of Things now

In a blog post, Tracy Issel, general manager of Worldwide Retail, Consumer Goods, Hospitality and Travel at Microsoft, shares 10 top reasons retail businesses need a strategy for the Internet of Things now.

August 5, 2014

Free Bing Ads ‘Back-to-School’ e-book can help make clients’ ads stand out

You’ll find out how to increase your client profits, using information on back-to-school market spend and search trends. In 2013, shoppers spent an estimated $72.5 billion during the season. The e-book also has tips on how to connect with back-to-school shoppers and how to write ad copy.

August 5, 2014

Xbox fans: Get savings galore with this week’s Deals with Gold, and big savings, too, on Capcom classics

This is a big week on the Xbox savings front: In addition to this week’s Deals with Gold for Xbox One and Xbox 360, you’ll find a large number of Capcom classics that are between 50 and 75 percent off, now through Aug. 11.

August 5, 2014

Now you can pin folders to your Windows Phone Start screen

With folders, you can group apps, people, websites and OneNote notebooks for convenient access. In the example above, a vacation folder contains a packing list, a Tile for the destination from the Bing Weather app and the airline app for the trip.

August 5, 2014

Will it rain or will it pour? With Windows Phone, you’ll always get the specific weather info you need

With Windows Phone weather apps, including the free Bing Weather, you’ll get the details you need to help you plan as much in advance as the weather folks do. With Bing Weather, you get hourly, daily and a 10-day forecast, and you can keep that forecast front and center by making it a Live Tile so you get constant updates.

August 5, 2014

It’s easy to find and to follow Major Nelson for all the latest Xbox news

You may already be following him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, but he’s also on places like Reddit and on NeoGAF, as well as on Google Plus and SnapChat (he’s snapping as “themajornelson.”) To learn all the places he goes, and you can, too, head over to Major Nelson’s blog.

August 5, 2014

Look for Surface on the sidelines this season, helping NFL teams get faster snapshots

For the upcoming 2014-15 NFL season, teams are being equipped with Surface tablets and Microsoft’s Sideline Viewing System (SVS) App, to make it easier and faster for players and coaches to see pre- and post-snap photos to review what went well and what didn’t in previous possessions, as well as to strategize ways to attack the opposing side.