Get ready to explore the world of “Minecraft” through virtual reality in a fully immersive demo experience available exclusively at select Microsoft Stores now, and at all Microsoft Stores in North America starting Oct. 3. Team Minecraft at Mojang and Microsoft have been working with their partners at Oculus to … Read more »
Wage an epic battle in an alternate Soviet-dominated reality in the A-Force table, featuring an all-new storyline where you keep Cosmic Cube balls alive by controlling Black Widow and Madame Masque. In the Champions table, fight to defeat Bombshell with Ms. Marvel, following a daring bank robbery – also an … Read more »
Carlos Amesquita, chief information officer at The Hershey Company, says he’s found something he loves even more than chocolate: leading his progressive company through a digital transformation, where technology is playing a key role in driving the business forward. “Hershey is a highly collaborative company, and we sought out a … Read more »
Gameloft develops some of the most engaging and innovative titles in the Windows Store, and now they’ve updated three favorites. Fans of first-person shooter “Modern Combat 5: Blackout” can look forward to the debut of its most strategic game mode so far: Conquest and Kill, a best-of-five rounds, attack/defend game … Read more »
Cybersecurity is a significant concern for businesses, governments and society — but it’s still a field that has far fewer women than men. Angela McKay, director of Cybersecurity Policy at Microsoft, says diversity matters for both practical and business reasons, and teams that include people of different expertise, backgrounds, genders, … Read more »
“Comfortable stilettoes” don’t seem like two words that go together. But Bing Cai, who has worked in high-profile roles for Macy’s, Guess Watches and Nike, believes differently. Her company, Alouit New York, is in the business of empowering women to look beautiful, feel confident and be empowered by creating comfortable … Read more »
Skype 6.25 for iPhone and iPad is now available, taking the best new features of iOS 10 and integrating them into the Skype experience, including SiriKit. With iOS 10 and SiriKit, calling someone on Skype is as simple as using the same voice commands you’re already using. For example, say … Read more »
Salesforce users can significantly reduce the turnaround time on sales tasks and customer queries with the new Skype for Salesforce. The feature uses the capabilities of Skype for Business Online directly within Salesforce to let sellers communicate with colleagues in real-time, straight from the Salesforce Lightning Experience. … Read more »
This weekend at TwitchCon in San Diego, Xbox is partnering with EA to broadcast hours of action-packed “Battlefield 1” and “Titanfall 2” multiplayer gameplay from the expo floor. Xbox will be joined by some of your favorite Twitch and YouTube personalities. You’re invited to watch via livestream on twitch.tv/xbox as … Read more »
Storage Service Encryption for data at rest in Azure Government storage accounts is now generally available. Storage Service Encryption enables customers to meet a comprehensive set of security and compliance requirements meeting government organizational needs. With the feature, Azure Storage automatically encrypts your data prior to it persisting to storage … Read more »
The future of home improvement envisioned by Lowe’s and HoloLens. The audience at Microsoft Ignite got a preview of the home renovation app Lowe’s developed with Microsoft HoloLens.
