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December 23, 2013

Latest update to official Facebook app for Windows Phone gives better notifications, new Live Tiles

Now you’ve got new chat notifications, support for 50 languages (more than twice what it was before), and for the first time, you can pin Facebook chat, events, groups, pages and photo albums to your Start screen.

December 23, 2013

‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ season pass includes four downloadable content packs, new goodies

The official “Call of Duty: Ghosts Season Pass” trailer is out, and gives you a preview of the four downloadable packs you get with it: Onslaught, Devastation, Invasion and Nemesis, as well as new multiplayer maps, bonus weapons and a four-part episodic Extinction experience.

December 23, 2013

Prize-winning travel blogger includes Skype as one of her must-haves

Shivya Nath has become a top-rated blogger, and this year she won “Best Indian Travel Blog” honors from IndiBlogger. Nath says she couldn’t do what she does without the help of some essentials tools, and a Skype Unlimited World subscription is one of them.

December 23, 2013

Kids can earn rewards for completing to-do lists through ChoreMonster, now on Windows

Make to-do’s fun with ChoreMonster, a free Windows app that schedules, monitors and awards “monster” points for tasks well done.

December 23, 2013

These apps and games travel well wherever you go

As you settle into some much-needed downtime over the holidays, you might be juggling several devices with family members – but whatever you’ve got in your hands, you should be able to get back to what you were doing. To help you make the most of that grab-and-go experience, we’ve gathered some apps and games that help you pick up where you left off – so you’re not tethered to any one device.

December 23, 2013

What our customers are saying: Top enterprise trends of 2014

With the New Year upon us, what trends should your business anticipate? Here are a few that will play a role in defining the year to come.

December 21, 2013

In the ‘Nick’ of time: Skype, your holiday elf, is here

Think of Skype as your holiday elf. If you can’t travel to see relatives, consider sending a Skype video message to them, or doing a Skype video call, writes Nicol Addison on Skype’s Big Blog.

December 21, 2013

Microsoft names Jim DuBois chief information officer

Twenty-year Microsoft veteran Jim DuBois was named corporate vice president and chief information officer on Dec. 20. DuBois, interim CIO for the past six months, will be responsible for delivering a broad range of IT initiatives in support of the company’s billions of customers and more than 90,000 employees in 190 countries worldwide.

December 21, 2013

Escape from a bigger monkey and race along new paths in ‘Temple Run 2’ for Windows Phone 8

Hit the ground running with “Temple Run 2” the sequel to the smash hit, “Temple Run,” now available at the Windows Phone Store.

December 20, 2013

Microsoft names Jim DuBois new chief information officer

Twenty-year Microsoft veteran has held several key leadership positions in IT.