Microsoft has announced a new upcoming service that will be offered by its strongest brands Xbox and Windows. Xbox Music will offer users about 30 million songs from a global catalog for free listening on computers and tablets running the latest version of its Windows software, as well as on the Xbox console.
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Skype is taking its “Skype in the Classroom” initiative further by introducing more online lessons, based on partnerships with international organizations from various fields to educate kids around the globe on important issues. As part of celebrating World Teacher’s Day last Friday, the VoIP service launched several new classes by NASA and British Council—to join in, users are just asked to click of the class plus click on the “Sign up to take part” button.
Skype, which enables people communicate with each other without any borders, has also made a lot to foster spreading of the best education practices across the globe. In 2010, the VoIP giant teamed up with the Peace One Day organization dedicated to promoting non-violence in all its forms to create the Global Education Resource for teachers. Now, the company is calling global community to contribute to the project via the Skype for Peace crowd-funding campaign. “All funds raised through this initiative will be used to get the Peace One Day Global Education Resource in the hands of more teachers around the world,” says the brand in its blogpost.
Soon after revealing of the Office 15, Microsoft has published a preview of the new Outlook app, which now looks and feels more modern and convenient to use. In addition to a desktop application and a service for businesses, Microsoft is offering Outlook as a personal email service at Outlook.com. This service is to replace its popular Hotmail.
Microsoft has introduced its Office 15, which will complement the new redesigned Windows 8 later this year. The necessary for all Win users suite also has a sleek Metro look and designed to make life and work easier. The updated suite includes Word 2013, InfoPath Designer 2013, Publisher 2013, OneNote 2013, InfoPath Filler 2013, Excel 2013, Outlook 2013, PowerPoint 2013, Lync 2013, and Access 2013.