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August 22, 2013

App of the Week: Lights … camera … Disney Infinity: Action!

In the new, free Windows 8 app Disney Infinity: Action!, you can be both the director and the star of your own original movie, with central casting bringing in characters from “The Incredibles,” “Monsters University,” and the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise.

August 22, 2013

Whooly turns Twitter into real-time community connector

Researchers with FUSE Labs at Microsoft Research have created Whooly (HOO-lee), a Twitter aggregator that lets people know what’s happening in their neighborhood. The beta released today is focused on King County, Wash., which includes Seattle.

August 22, 2013

Delta Air Lines soars with more than 19,000 new Windows Phone 8 and Microsoft Dynamics for Retail devices

Flight attendants have started using Nokia Lumia 820 handsets powered by Windows Phone 8 to interact with customers. The devices leverage the Microsoft Dynamics for Retail mobile point-of-sale platform.

August 22, 2013

Lights! Camera! Disney Infinity: Action!

Make and share movies with a Disney superhero, monster and pirate – you can even be the star!

August 21, 2013

Two-day tweet contest now under way: Winner lands a ‘Halo: Spartan Assault’-skinned Surface Pro

The Surface team posted a question on the @Surface Twitter page at 10 a.m. PT on Aug. 21, and will be taking responses until 11:59 p.m. PT on Aug. 22. Winners will be announced on or before Aug. 30, 2013 on Twitter via @Surface.

August 21, 2013

Click on this link and you’ll never do anything productive again

Hey, do you like fun? Then head over to the Windows Phone Store pronto to check out these 17 top-notch game titles from Gameloft.

August 21, 2013

‘Doodle Jump’ returns to Windows Phone more ‘insanely addictive’ than ever

The secret sauce to the awesomeness that is “Doodle Jump” is its simplicity: Tilt to move left or right, tap the screen to shoot and before you know it, you’re jumping from one platform to the next, picking up jet packs, avoiding black holes and blasting bad guys.

August 21, 2013

Big data goes to the dogs

There’s a human side of big data, and a canine one as well. Wednesday on the Windows Embedded blog, Valerie Olague relates how big data led to a new immunotherapy treatment that stands to keep her dog Charlie Brown around for years to come.

August 21, 2013

When society collapses, your mission begins in ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ on Xbox One

At gamescom on Wednesday, Xbox and Ubisoft presented “Tom Clancy’s The Division” and announced that the game will have exclusive content on Xbox One.

August 21, 2013

Here’s what’s new in the latest Windows Phone 8 update

In an effort to answer some common questions about the latest update seen in the Twittersphere, Windows Phone Blog Editor Michael Stroh has put together an in-depth breakdown of some of the new features Windows Phone 8 device owners will see in the update.