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June 19, 2014

Hey, smarty pants: These trousers are stylish – and they wirelessly recharge your Lumia phone

Using inductive charging, a British designer has created the first-ever pair of wireless charging trousers for Lumia smartphones. The designer used technology from the new Nokia DC-50 wireless charging plate, in collaboration with Microsoft Mobile in the U.K. and Ireland.

June 18, 2014

Save on your next vacation through Expedia, now in the Windows Phone Store

With Expedia, you can use your Windows Phone device to find deals on hotel rooms and flights – and from now until Dec. 31, you can also save $25 on your first hotel stay of $100 or more when you book through the app.

June 18, 2014

‘Night Seizure Monitor’ project uses Kinect for Windows v2 sensor as a sentinel

The Kinect for Windows v2 sensor, being used in the “Night Seizure Monitor” research project by a nonprofit foundation, is proving to be an important sentinel allowing parents of children who experience seizures to get some much-needed rest.

June 18, 2014

Windows Phone 8.1 makes Lumia a better business smartphone

The arrival of Windows Phone 8.1, which will be available as a free upgrade for all Lumia smartphones running Windows Phone 8, helps make the Lumia a better business smartphone. You can see it in action in the video here.

June 18, 2014

New Zealand trip shows bullying, online safety issues aren’t limited by geographical boundaries

Delight Roberts, senior online safety strategist for Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, recently returned from nearly two months in New Zealand working with NetSafe, that country’s “premier Internet safety organization,” essentially a “9-1-1 hotline for all things … Internet-related,” Roberts writes in a blog post.

June 18, 2014

Take down zombies in ‘GunFinger’ on Windows Phone, PCs and tablets

“GunFinger” arms you with you an arsenal of weapons – including shotguns, sniper rifles and grenades – to stay one step ahead of the undead, rescue civilians and complete more than 70 challenging missions.

June 18, 2014

Crowd-sourced Moovit app helps you navigate public transit

With Moovit, new to the Windows Phone Store, commuters help each other with real-time public transit updates.

June 18, 2014

Skype 4.3 for Linux is now available for download

If you use Linux, you’ll be happy to know there’s a new Skype for Linux version 4.3 that includes an updated user interface, new cloud-based Group Chat experience and more reliable file transfer support when you’re using multiple devices at once.

June 18, 2014

Meet the doctor who created the fun, free Clipr photo app for Windows Phone

Venu Kumar is a medical doctor who created his first app – a medical study and quiz guide – to help him prepare for the entrance exam to get into a neurosurgery program. But he also came up with a fun and popular free photo-clipping app, Clipr, that lets you “clip” one part of a photo and add it to another photo by tracing an image with a finger and moving it.

June 18, 2014

Microsoft carbon fee program architect honored with environmental award

Tamara “TJ” DiCaprio, senior director of environmental sustainability at Microsoft, was awarded the 2014 C.K. Prahalad Award from the Corporate Eco Forum for her work as the chief architect and driving force behind Microsoft’s internal carbon fee program.