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April 18, 2014

Windows Store sale includes ‘Chuggington Puzzle Stations,’ ‘Success Story!’ and glƏƏk!

Six new Red Stripe Deals means savings of at least 50 percent on apps like glƏƏk! and games such as “Success Story!” and “Chuggington Puzzle Stations.”

April 18, 2014

Microsoft partners with university for data centre energy efficiency

April 18, 2014

Microsoft’s Windows Phone App Review Policy Puts Spotlight on Apple

April 18, 2014

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Vice President, Hosting Service Providers Business

April 17, 2014

NPD numbers: ‘Titanfall’ for Xbox One was No. 1 selling game in March

In a blog post Thursday, Yusuf Mehdi, Xbox corporate vice president of marketing, strategy and business, wrote that more than 5 million Xbox One consoles have been shipped to retailers since the console’s launch on Nov. 22, 2013, with fans spending an average of five hours a day on Xbox One.

April 17, 2014

Silicon Valley TechFair reveals Microsoft Research’s inner workings

Thursday, the Microsoft Research Silicon Valley lab hosts the Silicon Valley TechFair, an open-door event for customers, academia, and partners to learn more about the inner workings of Microsoft Research.

April 17, 2014

Get crackin’! Win an Xbox One and Surface Pro 2 in the Great Skype Easter Egg Hunt

The Easter Bunny has visited Skype’s social profiles and hidden five “eggmoticons,” eggs with cute faces. They’re scattered around Skype’s Facebook, @Skype Twitter, @SkypeMoments Twitter, Instagram and YouTube pages. For a chance to win prizes, you need to find all five eggmoticons on those social channels.

April 17, 2014

Microsoft Research: Cortana is the start of personal assistants that naturally anticipate your needs

Most of us can only dream of having the perfect personal assistant, one who is always there when needed, anticipating every request and unobtrusively organizing our lives. Cortana, the new digital personal assistant that comes with Windows Phone 8.1, brings users closer to that dream.

April 17, 2014

Go behind-the-scenes with ‘The Final Hours of Titanfall’ documentary on Windows tablets and PCs

In “The Final Hours of Titanfall,” journalist Geoff Keighley takes you on a four-year, behind-the-scenes journey through the offices of Respawn Entertainment as it creates the hit game “Titanfall.” This virtual documentary chronicles the twists and turns of the game’s development and includes exclusive concept art, never-before-seen videos, interviews with more than 80 people and images by acclaimed photographer Art Streiber.

April 17, 2014

Go on a new medieval adventure through China in ‘Where’s My Water? XYY’

XYY, a clever little sheep, needs your help in the new “Where’s My Water? XYY” – available on Windows Phone, tablets and PCs. His friends are trapped underground in a medieval city, and your skills at diverting water and new elements like fire and oil are vital to their rescue.