Microsoft updates Skype for Windows Phone 8, Windows desktop
Microsoft made available for download minor updates for its Skype application for Windows Phone 8, the Windows desktop and its SkyDrive storage cloud service.
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Mary Jo Foley
Mary Jo has covered the tech industry for more than 25 years for a variety of publications and Web sites, and is a frequent guest on radio, TV and podcasts, speaking about all things Microsoft-related. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates era (John Wiley & Sons, 2008).
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Microsoft builds a deep-tech team to attract next-gen developers
As part of its devices and services makeover, Microsoft has a new plan for reaching out to top-tier developers of all sizes to get them to take a look at the new and expanded Microsoft toolbox.
With Windows Blue, Microsoft may (finally) do the right thing
Call it capitulation. Call it listening to customers. But whatever you call it, making Windows 8 more usable with expected coming Blue tweaks is a positive, not a negative.
Are Microsoft 'updates' like Blue really more than service packs?
Are Microsoft's new, more rapidly delivered releases like Windows Blue and the Visual Studio 2012 updates just 'service packs in chunks'? One Microsoft exec explains why they're not.
Microsoft: Missing Wacom drivers coming to Surface Pro 'soon'
Current and potential Microsoft Surface Pro users who've been pining for lacking Wacom driver support for pressure-sensitive applications like Photoshop: Your wait may soon be over.
Should and could Microsoft buy Nook Media for $1 billion?
A report claims Microsoft is considering buying the Barnes & Noble Nook Media venture for $1 billion. Are there any signs indicating this is in the cards?
New Office for Mac update, Embedded 'Blue' and more Microsoft news bits
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Microsoft forges ahead with its 'specialty store' push
Smaller 'specialty stores' are increasingly key to Microsoft's retail strategy.
Microsoft's Office Web Apps moving ahead with 'Gemini' wave
Microsoft is moving ahead with new features in its Office Web Apps -- a key piece of its devices and services corporate makeover -- with its 'Gemini' wave of deliverables.
Microsoft confirms public preview of Windows Blue in late June
Microsoft Windows engineering chief Julie Larson-Green says a public preview of Windows Blue will be out for all Windows 8 users at the end of June.