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Tweet Windows 8.1 Update how-to videos for business users A series of short videos designed for business users to learn about basic Windows 8.1 features and capabilities via guided, step-by-step instruction. These videos can be used as self-learning tools for users and facilitate Windows 8.1 adoption.     Windows 8.1 Update Power User Guide for Business (Raw files for printing) This package allows you to produce your own hard copies…

Tweet Microsoft admitted its seven videos mocking the iPhone 5s and 5c were in poor taste, saying they were pulled for being an off-the-mark attempt at poking fun at Apple. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet Microsoft has launched a new ad campaign with seven different videos that attack and exploit Apple’s new iPhones, the 5s and 5c. At the end, Microsoft declares it’s #timetoswitch to Windows Phone. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet In honor of Steve Ballmer’s decision to retire from Microsoft, we look back on some of the zaniest and craziest moments of the Microsoft CEO caught on tape. Ballmer has always been something of an enigma — intense, fervent and enthusiastic to the point of hilarity, he is a sharp contrast to his predecessor, Bill Gates. Enjoy some of Ballmer’s most interesting moments caught on film, starting from before…

Tweet When violence erupted in Cairo this week, Al Jazeera once again became the go-to source for on-the-ground news coverage. The network streamed live from Egypt’s capital, and uploaded dozens of videos to its YouTube channel. However, U.S. visitors to the site found themselves turned away, with an error message on YouTube telling them that “the upload has not made this video available in your country.” The blocking, which began on…