Microsoft unveiled news about Windows 10, Azure, developer tools and other technologies over the past two days at its Build 2017 developer conference in Seattle. Photographer Kevin Lisota captured the scene inside… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — There was a time when Miguel de Icaza couldn’t get Microsoft to give him the time of day, let alone a keynote slot, at its software developers conference.… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Starbucks might seem to be on every corner in some cities, but soon the coffee giant will be in Microsoft Outlook, as well. Gerri Martin-Flickinger, the new Starbucks chief… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s Windows Phone devices and Windows 10 Mobile operating system got barely a mention today at the Build developer conference here, highlighting the company’s struggle to compete against Apple, Google, Samsung… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — The video that closed out Microsoft’s day one keynote at the Build conference today showing a visually impaired Microsoft engineer, Saqib Shaikh, navigating his day with the help of… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Bloomberg Businessweek’s new cover story offers a preview of what will be a major theme of Microsoft’s Build developer conference here this morning: artificial intelligence, and specifically intelligent bots… Read More
Microsoft is making a big move to get existing Android and iOS developers making Windows apps, announcing this morning that code from the rival platforms can be reused to easily build software… Read More
Microsoft is making its pitch for Windows 10 to developers at its Build conference in San Francisco this morning, and the company just set a high bar for the upcoming operating system.… Read More
Microsoft has come to San Francisco’s Moscone West convention center this week to host Build, its annual conference for developers that begins today. The company is kicking things off with… Read More
Microsoft has taken over San Francisco’s Moscone West convention center this week for Build, a three day extravaganza for developers who work on its platforms. The company is kicking it… Read More
When Microsoft announced that it wouldn’t be holding a bunch of different smaller enterprise events earlier this year, it promised a unified event that would take their place. Today, the company announced… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – Open source fans, rejoice: Microsoft has released its new “Roslyn” .NET compiler platform preview as an open source project. That means developers can clone the company’s compiler… Read More
One of the surprises coming out of Microsoft’s Build conference yesterday was the news that the company will offer Windows at no charge for tablets and other devices with screens… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — One of the most interesting sessions this morning at Microsoft’s Build conference was on “Design Differences Between iOS and Windows 8,” led by Bart Claeys, the creative director… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft showed some new stripes and drew repeated cheers from the crowd of third-party developers at the company’s Build conference here this morning, demonstrating new tools meant… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team showed some of the key features of Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 8.1 during an afternoon session here at the Build conference, including… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Windows 8 users who try out the Windows 8.1 preview will notice the return of the Start icon on the traditional desktop, among many other new features,… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — I’m here in (almost) the front row at Microsoft’s Build developer conference. The company is getting ready to kick things off with a keynote address that will… Read More
Microsoft’s Build developer conference starts Wednesday in San Francisco, giving the company a new chance to generate interest in Windows 8 among a key audience — the people who make… Read More
Music video service VEVO already has apps for the iPad and Android, but the company is pointing to its launch today on Microsoft’s Windows 8 as a milestone that opens… Read More
Microsoft this morning confirmed plans for an upcoming wave of product updates known inside the company as “Blue,” and announced plans to hold its next Build developer conference in June,… Read More
No, he didn’t yell “developers, developers, developers” — maybe that’s too old-school at this point — but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had another trick up his sleeve at the Build… Read More
Look out, Harry Potter: Microsoft seems to be serious about its new charms. Showing off Windows 8’s features for the first time last week, Microsoft used the words “charms” to… Read More
Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, in town for the company’s annual meeting with financial analysts this afternoon, is making a surprise appearance right now at the companion Build… Read More
Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft today is announcing a new toolkit to help independent software developers connect Windows 8 apps to services from the company’s Windows Azure cloud computing infrastructure —… Read More
Posting from Anaheim: Following its preview of Windows 8 for hardware and software developers here yesterday, Microsoft last night released a very preliminary version of the new operating system for them to… Read More
Windows 8’s new tile-based interface is getting lots of attention today, but here’s some real eye candy for us computer nerds. Microsoft is overhauling the old-fashioned Windows Task Manager with… Read More
Posting from Anaheim: On stage right now at Microsoft’s Build conference, Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky is previewing Windows 8 and demonstrating how to create apps in Microsoft’s new “Metro”… Read More
Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft isn’t kidding when it says Windows 8 will be the biggest overhaul of its flagship operating system since the landmark Windows 95 release. Application tiles will replace icons,… Read More
Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft’s Build conference doesn’t officially begin until Tuesday morning, but people have started to arrive, and the picture below at the Anaheim Convention Center gives you a… Read More