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March 20, 2014

Imagine a school without walls, textbooks or teachers …

What happens when you give children across the world access to the Internet and big questions to answer? They learn. What’s better? They teach each other.

March 20, 2014

Microsoft’s Blink Windows Phone app gets a redesign, lots of new features

March 20, 2014

‘Doctor Who’s’ David Tennant voices new Xbox One sports game

March 20, 2014

Microsoft’s game exec Phil Harrison explains how Xbox One will catch the PlayStation 4 (interview)

March 20, 2014

Microsoft Research launches Climate Data award program

Microsoft Research has launched a Climate Data award program, which includes 12 months of free Windows Azure cloud computing resources. The grants will go to 40 recipients selected from proposals submitted by June 15. Each award provides up to 180,000 hours of cloud-computing time and 20 terabytes of cloud storage.

March 19, 2014

Skype 4.7 for Android is a battery sipper, not a guzzler

Imagine being able to leave Skype running on your phone all day without having to worry about your battery life. Now, with Skype 4.7 for Android that battery-sipping technology is available.

March 19, 2014

Yammer tour advice to businesses: Work like a social network

For the third consecutive year, the Working Social Tour arrived in Amsterdam and gave pointers to more than 600 customers on how to transform their workplaces through open communication, experimentation and how to work like a social network.

March 19, 2014

Compact email message header feature added to Outlook 2013

Customer feedback has led to a compact version of the email message header in Outlook 2013. The new message header gives you control over the header information you see, so that you can concentrate on the content of the message.

March 19, 2014

Through new partnership, Microsoft provides technology training to National Board-certified teachers

Microsoft will provide the tools and professional development training to help the teachers integrate Microsoft technologies into their work. This partnership includes online and in-person training, entry into the Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) program and certificates of learning.

March 19, 2014

Microsoft Payment Solutions offers flexible payment structures for businesses looking to move to the cloud

For some businesses, a gradual transition to the cloud is the way to go for their production and budget cycles. But for others, it’s better to make a full transition — if they can overcome price concerns.