Merge pull request #796 from WindowsAzure/master

Leftover stuff that didn't get merged into dev.
Merge branch 'dev' into release-0.7.6
Update changelog
Update version number
Update readme.md
Merge pull request #799 from WindowsAzure/release-0.7.6

Release 0.7.6
Merge pull request #811 from WindowsAzure/master

Merge master back to dev