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Oklahoma City Thunder Gives Customers the Full Court Press with Microsoft Dynamics
The Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team has one of the fiercest fan bases and home court...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/20/2013
Redbox Instant by Verizon App Now Available on Xbox LIVE
Redbox fans will be glad to hear that the Redbox Instant by Verizon app is now available on Xbox...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/19/2013
“Gears of War: Judgment” Unleashed on Xbox 360
The long wait for hordes of “Gears of War” fans is over. “Gears of War:...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/19/2013
Got March Madness? Check Out These Apps for the 2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Selection Sunday for the 2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament is done. Now, it’s time to for you to...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/18/2013
Kinect for Windows SDK 1.7 Unveiled
The Kinect for Windows team unveiled Kinect for Windows SDK 1.7 at the Engadget Expand event this...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/18/2013
Doing Some Good in The Big Easy
Life at Microsoft isn’t just about coming up with the next big technological innovation or...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/15/2013
Weekend Reading: March 15th Edition – Windows Phone 8 Wins PCMag.com’s Readers’ Choice Awards for Smartphone Operating Systems
Well, it’s been one heck of a busy week here at Microsoft! This week, Windows Phone 8 won the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/15/2013
Count ‘Em! Xbox 360 Stays No. 1 Selling Console in the U.S. for 26th Straight Month
Xbox 360 sold 302,000 units in February, marking its 26th consecutive month as the number-one...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/14/2013
The Future of Search Goes Beyond the Search Box
The Verge’s Tom Warren published a story that does a great job of capturing our thinking on...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/14/2013
Crush Your Enemies and Become Supreme Ruler of the Galaxy with “Galactic Reign”
Experience epic battles in a quest to conquer the galaxy in Galactic Reign, a game of tactics and...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/14/2013
Introducing the Twitter App for Windows 8
Twitter for Windows 8 is now available in the Windows Store! Twitter for Windows 8 brings you all...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/13/2013
The Duke of York Visits Yammer’s London Office
Great to visit @yammer and @motherlondon today, fantastic innovation in @techcityuk that we can all...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/13/2013
Video: Internet Explorer & Vyclone Team Up on Touch Video Editing
Just about anyone with a smartphone today can shoot video and share it across multiple social...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/13/2013
Venture into Space with these Windows 8 Apps
Space… The final frontier… These are the voyages of five cool Windows 8 apps that let...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/12/2013
Video: Outlook.com – Modern Email the Way it Should Be
Since last summer, more than 60 million customers have signed up for Outlook.com, Microsoft’s...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/12/2013
Now Available in the Windows Phone Store: Lync 2013 App
The Lync 2013 app for Windows Phone is here! As someone who is always on the go and can’t...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/11/2013
Microsoft Adds Some Zing to Latest Version of Bing Desktop
Boy, they never stop trying to improve over on the Bing team. Today, Microsoft released a new...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/11/2013
College Students: Work Together Without Being Together with Office 365 and SkyDrive
Working on group projects has never been easier. Starting today, college students in the U.S. can...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/11/2013
Weekend Reading: March 8th Edition – Get a Glimpse Into the Future of Technology at TechFest 2013
In this edition of Weekend Reading, we have stories from TechFest 2013, new Windows Phone and...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/08/2013
The Midweek Download: March 6th Edition – TechForum Lifts the Veil on Microsoft’s Vision of the Future of Technology
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on TechForum, TechFest, tips for...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/06/2013
Daily Update, March 4th – Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 Now Available
Attention, developers! In a blog post this morning, S. Somasegar, corporate vice president of the...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/04/2013
Daily Update, March 1st – Microsoft Unveils Reimagined Envisioning Center
Today, Microsoft lifted the veil on its reimagined Envisioning Center, the result of collaboration...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/01/2013
Weekend Reading: March 1st Edition – Nokia Unveils Its New Lumia Phones & Catch the Sunday Premiere Broadcast for Gears of War: Judgment
In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories on the great Windows 8 phones and apps...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 03/01/2013
More Than Words: Bing TEDActive Virtual Collage Tool Is A Natural Next Step In Communication
The following is a post from Matt Wallaert, a behavioral scientist at Bing. Earlier this week,...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/28/2013
Office 365: To the Cloud and Beyond
The following is a post from Kurt DelBene, President, Microsoft Office Division. Today we are...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/27/2013
Midweek Download: Get Hortonworks Data Platform For Windows & Developer News from Mobile World Congress
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on open source Apache Hadoop coming...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/27/2013
Building Apps for Windows 8
Some of the most interesting stories coming out of this week’s Mobile World Congress in...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/26/2013
Bamital Botnet Takedown Is Successful; Cleanup Underway
The following is a post by Richard Domingues Boscovich, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Digital...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/22/2013
Weekend Reading: Excel Goes Hollywood With the Oscars Predictor App & Windows Phone Indie Games Roundup
In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories on making winning Oscar predictions,...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/22/2013
Microsoft Research Predicts This Year’s Oscar Winners
Updated 24 February 11:54 PM: David Rothschild’s predictions were correct in 19 of 24...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/21/2013
The Midweek Download: Feb. 20th Edition – What’s New for ASP.NET, Web Tools 2012.2, Lync & More
In this edition of The Midweek Download, we’ve got stories on Lync, Skype and the future of...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/20/2013
Future of Communications: Rehumanizing the Experience from the Living Room to the Boardroom
The following is a post from Tony Bates, President, Skype Division at Microsoft. I’m excited...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/19/2013
Microsoft Announces the Official Launch of Outlook.com
Today, Microsoft announced that its highly popular email service Outlook.com is ready for prime...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/18/2013
Daily Update, Feb. 18th – Online Comic Book From ‘Walking Dead’ Creator Showcases Power of IE10
Today the Internet Explorer team announced the online debut of ‘Thief of Thieves:...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/18/2013
Everything’s Bigger in Texas: State Adopts Office 365 as Part of a State-Wide IT Modernization Strategy for More Than 100,000 Employees
The following is a post from Michael Donlan, Vice President of U.S. State and Local Government at...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/15/2013
Xbox 360 Keeps Top Console Spot for 25th Straight Month
Xbox 360 started the new year as the number one console in the U.S., marking its 25th consecutive...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/14/2013
Daily Update, Feb. 14th – Falling In Love With Big Data
It’s Valentine’s Day, and to mark the occasion Microsoft and SiSense brought together...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 02/14/2013