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May 22, 2014

Red Stripe Deals include big savings on ‘Machinarium,’ Package Tracker, Nextgen Reader and more

This week’s Red Stripe Deals give you big savings on games and weather, RSS reader and package-tracking apps for Windows and Windows Phone, with savings of at least 50 percent off.

May 22, 2014

New Surface Pro 3 pen gets to the point when it comes to accuracy

The new pen for Surface Pro 3 has been human-tested – and robot-tested – for accuracy, something that’s of huge importance to the artists and other creative types who will be using it.

May 22, 2014

Want your website turned into a Live Tile? It’s easy to do using new tools from IE

If you’ve got a website, you can create your own Live Tile using a new tool from Internet Explorer so that users can put your site right beside their favorite apps on Windows and Windows Phone Start Screens.

May 22, 2014

Microsoft UK’s Chief Envisioning Officer tackles how to ‘outsmart the digital deluge’ in his new book

Dave Coplin paints a dire but frightfully realistic picture of workers drowning in the digital deluge in his new book “The Rise of the Humans.” Thankfully, he also explains how we can thrive (and not just survive) in a world where we are always on and always connected.

May 22, 2014

Block it out! ‘Minecraft: Xbox One Edition’ is due out in August

Be sure and “block” out some time in August: “Minecraft” creator Mojang has announced that “Minecraft: Xbox One Edition” is coming to the Xbox Live Marketplace in August – and if you’re a current “Minecraft” player, the Xbox One upgrade will cost you only $4.99.

May 22, 2014

‘Data smart’ strategies for customers are yielding ‘early but impressive returns’

Microsoft recently sponsored an IDC study to look at companies worldwide to better understand what steps by “data smart” manufacturing organizations yielded the best outcomes in terms of growth and efficiency. The result, a whopping $371 billion, is the potential net value of what is referred to as the “data dividend” over a four-year period for the manufacturing sector.

May 22, 2014

How the design of Office for iPad was ‘reimagined from the ground up’

There have been more than 27 million downloads of Office for iPad since its launch nearly two months ago, and today, Office for iPad design manager Han-yi Shaw provides a behind-the-scenes look at the creative journey the design team took as they “reimagined Office from the ground up for iPad.”

May 22, 2014

Take a ride with Aston Martin – all the way to its cloud collaboration with Microsoft

For more than a century, Aston Martin has produced sports cars that have become iconic – this is James Bond’s car, after all – and that have inspired passion in both the people who drive them and the people who make them. Microsoft’s cloud technology, in turn, has inspired Aston Martin to simplify its IT platform, policies and procedures and build a central hub from which to manage its global operation.

May 22, 2014

22tracks site showcases how IE 11 makes music discovery easy across devices

Last month at Build, 22tracks – a completely new, touch-first music discovery experience – was launched to showcase how Internet Explorer 11 adapts naturally across phone, laptop, tablet and large screens alike. Starting today, all music fans can visit 22tracks.com on the Web across browsers and devices.

May 22, 2014

Staff App Pick: Get stylish kids’ clothes at consignment prices with the Moxie Jean app for Windows

Finding the time to clothes shop for fast-growing kids isn’t easy when you have to balance a job and raising a family, which is why the Moxie Jean app for Windows can be a real life saver.