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Microsoft and LEGO Education team up to create small yet powerful robot and other tools that help demonstrate how interesting jobs in technology can be.

BYOD (bring your own device), or the Consumerization of IT, is commonly referred to as a trend, but by now it’s pretty much a reality of business. And it’s top of mind for IT managers. How does an IT department manage this rapidly growing population of smart, cloud-connected devices? The solution might seem obvious.

Because 3.6 million mobile devices and tablets are activated worldwide each day, many of them with access to the Internet, it creates a natural evolution of something called “the Companion Web” – a world where experiences move seamlessly across the multiple screens around us – our tablets, phones, computers, and televisions.

Pillage and plunder and rifle and loot in “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag,” the newest installment of Ubisoft’s popular franchise, coming October 29, 2013, for Xbox 360. Become Edward Kenway, a brash young captain with serious sword skills and a serious disregard for authority, as you join the complete lawlessness of the Caribbean in 1715 and relive the golden age of pirates.

On July 10, Microsoft introduced CityNext – a global initiative that empowers cities, businesses and citizens to re-imagine their futures and cultivate vibrant communities. Here’s how the city of Hamburg, Germany, is using emerging technologies for cloud, mobile, data analytics, and social solutions to put the principles of the CityNext Initiative into practice.

Getting from here to there becomes easier for Windows Phone users with updates to the free HERE suite of map and navigation apps. HERE Maps, HERE Transit, and HERE Drive now have more resources than ever for summer travels. HERE Maps adds transit station details, HERE Transit combines schedules and routes details for buses, trains, subways, and HERE Drive now integrates real-time traffic information and provides estimated travel times.