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June 17, 2014

Advertising creatives and their clients chat about what they expect from Cannes Lions 2014

When you gather a group of advertising creatives to brainstorm about what makes ideas great, what multi-screen means and what they expect from Cannes Lions 2104, you get the video here.

June 17, 2014

Fitz and the Tantrums, Chromeo musicians talk Bonnaroo, games with Xbox Wire

Xbox Wire sat down with some of the performers at last weekend’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival to get their takes on both real and virtual favorite pastimes. Among those interviewed: Joe Karnes, bassist for Fitz and the Tantrums, and Dave 1 (aka David Macklovitch), guitarist and lead vocalist for Chromeo.

June 17, 2014

Nebraska’s Lincoln Electric System moves to the cloud with Orbit, based on Azure

Lincoln Electric System (LES), a utility company that serves more than 114,000 residential customers and 15,000 commercial and industrial customers in Nebraska, has selected Microsoft partner Schneider Electric for field-based asset inspection and management using Orbit as a solution.

June 16, 2014

Holy new Batmobile! This baby switches from driving to combat in ‘Batman: Arkham Knight’

A new villain, the Arkham Knight, is waging war on Gotham, and only the Caped Crusader can put a stop to it in “Batman: Arkham Knight.” Fortunately, Batman’s Batmobile is all new, designed specifically for this game, and you’ll be using it a lot.

June 16, 2014

Spell W-I-N-N-E-R with rebuilt ‘Words With Friends’ on Windows Phone

The game is deceptively simple: Choose from your randomly selected tiles to create words and build more words connected to those words, or those made by your opponent. While you can certainly flex your massive vocab, I’ve also found you can earn even more points through savvy placement, especially over triple word and triple letter spots.

June 16, 2014

Madefire Motion Books app brings digital comics to life on Windows 8

The Madefire Motion Books app – now available for Windows PCs and tablets – takes standard digital comics and transforms them into interactive experiences by adding motion, sound and depth.

June 16, 2014

Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities uses Microsoft Dynamics CRM to support work in 18 counties

Head over to the Microsoft in Government blog to find out more about how CRM is not just a sales tool but a service delivery platform.

June 16, 2014

‘Destiny,’ coming in September from Bungie, is a ‘smarter shooter than most’

The world of “Destiny” is a gorgeous and breathtaking landscape of both desolation and life, from Bungie, the team that also created “Halo.” In “Destiny,” players are tough, plated in armor, with recharging shields and “ridiculously high jumping abilities,” writes Xbox Wire.

June 16, 2014

Microsoft brings multi-screen storytelling to life at Cannes Lions with Activision, Emirates Airline, Ford, Lexus and O2 Telefonica

Monday at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Stephen Kim revealed six new advertising experiences. In each, a fictional character shows how the solution at hand can engage a typical consumer in the moments that make up an average day.

June 16, 2014

Yup, there’s a half-bug, half-woman who spits acid in ‘Mortal Kombat X’

Gameplay in “Mortal Kombat X” from NetherRealm falls somewhere between its previous “Mortal Kombat” and the developer’s more recent fighting endeavor, “Injustice: Gods Among Us” – it’s gross and gruesome, giving fighters an internal view of the damage they do to their opponents, writes Xbox Wire.