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April 15, 2014

New CEO Nadella pushes data culture at Microsoft

April 15, 2014

Cortana: Is Microsoft’s voice assistant better than Siri?

April 15, 2014

Microsoft Office 365 Personal now available (for iPad users, too)

April 15, 2014

Missed PAX East 2014 in Boston? Catch up with Major Nelson’s podcast

Larry Hryb, Xbox’s Major Nelson, is joined by several folks, including Xbox Wire’s Jeff Rubenstein, to talk about the news and events from the game conference held last weekend in Boston.

April 15, 2014

Microsoft delivers data platform for the era of ambient intelligence

Announces Internet of Things cloud service, announces “big data in a box” appliance and showcases real-time performance throughout the platform.

April 14, 2014

Fend off monsters in ‘LEGO Hero Factory: Invasion from Below’ – new to the Windows Store

Digging a new tunnel under Antropolis uncovers a danger lurking underground: an army of mechanical monsters ready to wreak havoc on the city. It’s your job as a Hero to jump into a Battle Machine to fend them off and protect the city.

April 14, 2014

Microsoft Research Asia helps scientists turn big data into big discoveries

The Microsoft Research Connections Blog goes into depth about five examples of MSR’s collaborative efforts to harness the power of the cloud for scientific research in diverse disciplines such as the environment, data modeling, biological computing, climate change and urban computing.

April 14, 2014

Travel the world with Bing’s new Windows themes for your desktop

Bing shares stunning photographs every day on its home page, and now you can have some of them on your Windows desktop with the new “Best of Bing 2013” theme collection. It’s one of nine new Windows themes that can take you around the world without leaving your chair.

April 14, 2014

Smile for your Kinect on Xbox One for your Skype profile pic

With the release of version 1.3 of the Skype app for Xbox One next week, you’ll be able to take a Skype profile picture using Kinect on your Xbox One. Or, if you prefer your Xbox One gamer pic, you’ll be able to use that in your Skype profile, writes Karen Tong on the Skype Garage & Updates blog.

April 14, 2014

Surface Pro 2 is ‘mobile drawing studio’ for Penny Arcade co-founder

Penny Arcade co-founder and illustrator Mike Krahulik calls his Surface Pro 2 his “mobile drawing studio,” saying it’s got “all the software that creative people need to do their jobs.”