…number of people walking away with brand new tablets, which the staff placed into large, reusable Microsoft- and Surface-branded bags.
When I was there earlier today, the following were available:
The 32GB model, without a cover, for CDN$519
The 32GB model, with touch cover (the one with the flat keys), for CDN$619
The 64GB model, with touch cover, for CDN$719
The type cover (the one with the shallow-throw keys), for CDN$139
My first impression of Surface: pretty good. It's …
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…Girls Code . We held a workshop to help kids get exposed to programming using the Microsoft tool called Kodu . The tool teaches kids how to build games with visual programming. We also held workshops to teach kids how to code in HTML and CSS. I fed off the energy of those experiences for months afterwards. I was hooked and knew that having a more prolonged presence in the kids' worlds could only be better.
Last October, I signed up to mentor high school girls in how …
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… these people make about 26% of the U.S. population.
Sure, he sounds delusional, but he's saying what he has to say. If you really want delusional, you have to go back in time to 2010, at the "funeral" held for Android and iOS when Windows Phone went golden master. I was still working at Microsoft at the time — as a Windows Phone Champ, no less — and I was embarrassed.
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"To thrive in today's global marketplace, organizations of all sizes must transform IT from being simply a back office support function to a front office imperative in rapidly delivering goods and services," …
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