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August 23, 2013

Compare Bing’s improved image search results vs. Google

The Search Quality Insights Blog reports on some of its various techniques that zero in on what people are really looking for, which will hopefully save them time in finding what they want. And to make it more interesting, the blog post shows those techniques at work against Google results.

August 23, 2013

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

Board of directors initiates succession process; Ballmer remains CEO until successor is named.

August 23, 2013

Moving forward

Text of an internal email from Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer to employees regarding his plan to retire.

August 22, 2013

Thanks to Skype, it’s an even smaller world, after all

Skype lets users stay in touch with family and friends across the world with little more than a click of the mouse. To make this point, Comedian Mark Malkoff decided to see if he could talk to people in 162 countries around the world using Skype. Take a look at the video to see how he did it.

August 22, 2013

Deloitte, Cloud Security Alliance validate Windows Azure security measures

Microsoft takes its customers’ security seriously across all of our products. That is particularly true of our cloud services, so it’s always good to get validation from our industry partners and third-party organizations where security is concerned.

August 22, 2013

You can now see Xbox One in person at Microsoft retail stores

Xbox One won’t go on sale for a few months, but in the meantime you can now lay eyes on one at Microsoft retail stores across the U.S.

August 22, 2013

Four ways teamwork can make the dream work

Focusing on employees can make a world of difference to the success and reputation of the company, which is why Cindy Bates, vice president of Microsoft’s U.S. Small-and-Midsized Business (SMB) group, has shared four ways to invest in employees on the SMB Blog.

August 22, 2013

Developers: Check out new resources for writing code across Windows and Windows Phone

We’ve talked with the developer community about being able to leverage the same code to deliver similar applications on Windows Phone and Windows. To that end, we wanted to highlight some great work the .NET team has done with the release of a new, portable class library version of HttpClient.

August 22, 2013

Do you sell tech to small and mid-sized businesses? Check out Microsoft’s new US SMB Champions Club

At this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft introduced the U.S. SMB Champions Club, designed for partners who serve small and medium-sized businesses. On Tuesday the Microsoft U.S. Partner Team blog provided details about the offering.

August 22, 2013

See what ‘Kinect Sports Rivals’ can do with your digital DNA

Check out the video of the Rare team discussing and demoing the amazing upcoming “Kinect Sports Rivals” title for Xbox One. You’ll see how you will be able to create your own virtual in-game athlete, or champion, to play in sports like tennis, wake racing and rock climbing.