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May 6, 2014

Surface joins start-up LeanBox to revolutionize healthy vending

LeanBox co-founder Shea Coakley explains that the Surface gives the customer a nice, clean, easy checkout, while providing the company with the full Windows backbone needed for their robust backend inventory system. Their software utilizes classic Microsoft components such as SQL, .NET and ASP.Net for a dependable consumer platform.

May 6, 2014

Advertisers: Use Bing Ads to reach customers searching for summer travel

Travel sites see a spike in May and June as people start thinking seriously about their summer plans, while searches peak in July as people finalize plans. If you hope to catch that increase in travel searches, your campaigns should be going out at the start of summer.

May 6, 2014

LEGO robotics competition brings technology to playroom

Teams from Amazon, Egencia, Expedia, HTC, Microsoft, Nordstrom and Zulilly each had three weeks to build a solution using an EV3 kit. As you can see from the video here, they showed off their work at the Experience Music Project.

May 6, 2014

Reducing Microsoft’s carbon footprint: ‘We take energy, and we transform that into data’

In a new video, Brian Janous, Microsoft’s director of energy strategy, discusses how the company’s work with datacenters fits into both its energy strategy and its overall environmental sustainability strategy.

May 6, 2014

One day sale! Grab a new Windows 8.1 touchscreen laptop for $199 at Microsoft retail stores

People know a good deal when they see one, so if you’re looking for a new Windows 8.1 touch screen laptop, get to your nearest Microsoft retail store to snap up a $199 ASUS X200-MA. The sale only lasts until midnight (or until stores close or supplies run out). It’s already sold out online.

May 6, 2014

10 new beauties ready to rev in ‘Forza Motorsport 5’ Meguiar’s car pack, now available

Turn 10 Studios has released the Meguiar’s car pack for “Forza Motorsport 5,” available for download. Take the American muscle ’67 Chevy Chevelle for a spin to power past competitors, or throw it all the way back to 1940 in the Ford De Luxe Coupe for a classic vintage run. Looking for both luxury and speed? Try the 2013 BMW M Performance M3 Racing Car, known as one of the fastest cars in “Forza Motorsport 5.”

May 6, 2014

Staff App Pick: Raise your kitchen game with the YumvY apps for Windows and Windows Phone

Each week, we bring you a new app recommendation from our colleagues. This week’s Staff App Pick comes from Sanjay Jain, cloud and mobile evangelist in Developer and Platform Evangelism at Microsoft.

May 6, 2014

Foundbite creator: Windows Phone 8.1 gives devs more control, empowers users

“Undoubtedly, the combination of Windows and Windows Phone into one platform is the best part of the 8.1 release,” London-based developer James Mundy says. “I’ll be able to seamlessly share code and port apps across the two platforms, saving me a lot of development time since I won’t have to rewrite my code.”

May 6, 2014

Q&A: Microsoft’s new Army Director Jim Kelly discusses key IT challenges and more

The U.S. Army is a truly unique organization, and because it’s one of Microsoft’s largest customers, the company needed someone just as unique to help provide strategic counsel and advice on what technology can enable.

May 6, 2014

Partners: Hurry! Save $100 on Worldwide Partner Conference registration May 7-8 only

If you’ve been thinking about registering for the 2014 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference July 13-17 in Washington, D.C., you can save $100 off the $2,095 registration price by registering between Wednesday, May 7, at 12:01 a.m. PT to Thursday, May 8, at 11:59 p.m. PT.