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Kick off the NFL season with the ESPN Fantasy Football app, now available on Windows Phone
For sports fans, the silver lining to the end of summer is the arrival of Sunday couch time,...
Author: Athima Chansanchai Date: 08/06/2013
Bing now features photography from social photo site 500px
Like many hobbyist photographers, I use social photo site 500px as a go-to source of inspiration and...
Author: Steve Wiens Date: 08/06/2013
Bing on Windows Phone 8 gets new look, features
Windows Phone 8 users will soon see upgrades for Bing that include a streamlined interface, new...
Author: Athima Chansanchai Date: 08/05/2013
Security enhancements in Windows 8.1 help keep your data secure
We shared the Windows security vision and how that vision translates into new security enhancements...
Author: Jennifer J. Chen Date: 08/05/2013
Weekend Reading: Aug. 1st Edition–New enterprise preview allows businesses to take Windows 8.1 out for a test drive
In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories on the new Windows 8.1 Enterprise...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 08/02/2013
Microsoft’s new programs attract ‘bounty hunters’ who help make safer products
As long as people write code, it’s going to be imperfect. That’s where the class of...
Author: Athima Chansanchai Date: 07/31/2013
New enterprise preview lets companies kick the tires on Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview is now available for download so customers can start testing the...
Author: Steve Clarke (Microsoft News Center) Date: 07/30/2013
‘On the Whiteboard’ shows how making 3D objects is as easy as printing a Word doc
In this episode of “On the Whiteboard,” Editor Pamela Woon goes to Makerhaus and its...
Author: Athima Chansanchai Date: 07/30/2013
The Nokia Lumia 1020 with its groundbreaking 41-megapixel camera is now available on AT&T
The Nokia Lumia 1020 – already receiving impressive reviews due to its 41-megapixel camera...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 07/26/2013
‘On the Whiteboard’ goes deep inside Microsoft’s Reliability Lab
In the latest episode of “On the Whiteboard,” Editor Pamela Woon goes inside...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 07/16/2013
Weekend Reading: July 12th Edition—Worldwide Partner Conference focuses on cloud solutions and Windows 8
In this edition of Weekend Reading, we take you to Houston for the Worldwide Partner Conference,...
Author: Athima Chansanchai Date: 07/12/2013
Partners in the cloud for modern business
The following is a post from Satya Nadella, President of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft....
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 07/08/2013
Partners: Want higher profits and faster growth? Sell cloud solutions, new IDC study says
Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, Microsoft released a new study from IDC that...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 07/08/2013
Let’s get the Windows 8.1 party started
The following is a post from Frank X. Shaw, Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications at...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/28/2013
Time Warner Cable headed to Xbox 360 later this summer
Today, Microsoft announced a new partnership with Time Warner Cable that will see the TWC TV app...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/28/2013
Weekend Reading: June 28th Edition—Microsoft showcases developer opportunity for Windows platform at Build 2013
In this edition of Weekend Reading, the Build 2013 conference showed off the Windows 8.1 Preview and...
Author: Athima Chansanchai Date: 06/28/2013
Build 2013 Day Two recap: Windows Azure Mobile Service & Windows Azure Web Sites now available, new Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps and more
At Day Two of the Build 2013 conference in San Francisco, Microsoft showed the thousands of...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/27/2013
Streaming live: Build Day 2 keynote
The Build 2013 keynote begins at 9 a.m. PT today and can be viewed over on Channel 9. Build 2013,...
Author: Deborah Pisano Date: 06/27/2013
Build day one news recap: Windows 8.1 Preview, new Bing apps, Sprint’s new Windows Phone 8 devices and more
Microsoft’s Build conference for developers kicked off in San Francisco today, and this...
Author: Steve Wiens Date: 06/26/2013
3D printing with Windows
The following is a post from Shanen Boettcher, General Manager of the Startup Business Group at...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/26/2013
Get a first-hand look at the Windows 8.1 Preview today!
Today, Microsoft announced at Build 2013 that the Windows 8.1 Preview is here. Some of the new...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/26/2013
Sprint announces two new Windows Phone 8 devices coming this summer: The HTC 8XT and Samsung ATIV S Neo
Sprint customers will finally be able to get their hands on a Windows Phone 8 device later this...
Author: Steve Wiens Date: 06/26/2013
Watch the Build 2013 keynote at 9 a.m. PT today
The Build 2013 keynote will begin at 9 a.m. PT today and can be viewed over on Channel 9. Build...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/26/2013
Microsoft and Yammer: One year in
The following is a post from David Sacks, Corporate Vice President, Yammer. One year ago today,...
Author: Steve Wiens Date: 06/25/2013
TechEd Europe: Big bets and big opportunities
The following is a post from Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President of Windows Server & System...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/24/2013
Partners in the enterprise cloud
The following is a post from Satya Nadella, President of Microsoft’s Server & Tools...
Author: Steve Wiens Date: 06/24/2013
Developers, devices and a world of opportunity
The following is a post from Steve Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President of Developer Platform...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/24/2013
Explore a place where sound goes to die in the second installment of ‘On the Whiteboard’
In the second episode of Microsoft’s new film series “On the Whiteboard,” Editor...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/24/2013
Fear and loathing in Cannes: Why advertisers must stop expecting attention & start earning it
The following is a post from Frank X. Shaw, Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications at...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/21/2013
Xbox team announces major updates to Xbox One connectivity and licensing requirements
The Xbox team announced today that it’s making some big updates to Xbox One in response to...
Author: Steve Wiens Date: 06/19/2013
Tap into your inner creator with Socl and BLINK
Two big pieces of news out of Microsoft Research today. First, FUSE Labs, creator of Socl...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/18/2013
Xbox 360 stays atop the U.S. console market
Xbox 360 maintained its position as the top console in the U.S. last month, selling more units than...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/17/2013
New film series 'On the Whiteboard' explores intersection between technology and culture
Ever wonder where those familiar chimes and beeps that signal you’ve got a new text message or...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/17/2013
Scale matters: Windows Azure, Windows Stores & Xbox One
The following is a post from Frank X. Shaw, Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications at...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/14/2013
Microsoft and Best Buy team up to create the Windows Store only at Best Buy
Looking to purchase a Surface Pro or Windows Phone 8 device, but you want to actually hold it in...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/13/2013
“It’s all about the games” in Xbox's E3 2013 Media Briefing
If you missed Monday’s E3 2013 Xbox Media Briefing, this almost two-minute video will catch...
Author: Athima Chansanchai Date: 06/11/2013
Xbox Live members: Marc Whitten describes broad range of new features coming your way
As Xbox Live begins its next chapter, a quick look back is in order. Since October 2005, members...
Author: Jeffrey Meisner Date: 06/10/2013