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January 6, 2014

Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Xbox strategy and marketing, thanked customers for an “epic 2013,” in an Xbox Wire post on Monday. “2013 was an incredible year for gamers, entertainment fans, our industry and Xbox,” Mehdi said.

January 6, 2014

Facebook and Microsoft partner on hackathon

“A number of our engineers, along with Facebook’s engineers, will be there working with everyone to show how you can easily get deep integration across Windows and Windows Phone apps,” writes Steve Guggenheimer in a blog post. “We’ll be offering 1:1 assistance along with some great speakers that will help jumpstart any app efforts you have.”

January 6, 2014

New Bing Knowledge widget enhances your website using entity data

You might be familiar with Bing’s “snapshots” – the modules that intelligently serve up information about key “entities” (like people, places, TV shows) while you search. Now you can augment your own website or blog with that same entity data using the new Bing Knowledge widget.

January 6, 2014

Amongst Grammy nominees, one surefire winner emerges: the Surface 2, its official tablet

The Grammy Awards are a great place to show how technology can bring fans closer to their favorite musicians. This year, Surface 2 is the official tablet for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards and it powered the Recording Academy’s social feeds to give fans an all-access pass, including behind-the-scenes pictures from the recent nominations show hosted by LL Cool J.

January 6, 2014

With more than 200 million smart meters expected in 2014, find out why they’re good for business

Smart meters look a lot like the ones you’re used to seeing on the side of your house, but they have digital displays and sends electricity consumption data and other information back to the utility. Smart meters are already being credited for improved efficiency and reliability, environmental benefits, improved customer service and customer engagement, energy theft reduction and increasing energy market competition.

January 6, 2014

Lenovo announces new Windows devices at CES 2014

This week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Lenovo is announcing several new Windows devices – ranging from new tablets and ThinkPads to new all-in-one PCs.

January 6, 2014

Bob Stutz

January 6, 2014

No Skype customer information compromised in recent attack; Skype blog restored

On Jan. 1, 2014, we became aware of a targeted cyber-attack that led to access to Skype’s social media properties on Facebook, Twitter and this blog. We quickly reset the credentials used to manage these properties. No user information was compromised, and Skype’s service was not affected.

January 6, 2014

Halo for Xbox One definitely coming this year

January 6, 2014

Kick off a healthy New Year