Microsoft is further cutting back its MSN team amid a controversial shift to automation and AI for content decisions previously left to human editors. After previously eliminating dozens of MSN… Read More
Microsoft is tweaking how it delivers news after more than two decades of experience. Newly named Microsoft News will be the backbone powering a redesigned app for Android and iOS… Read More
Microsoft will sell its MSN China portal to Xicuhuang Technology, a Chinese entity led by a former MSN China general manager. The company confirmed the news on the Microsoft China blog earlier… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is moving the company’s MSN group to the Windows division, creating a tighter connection between Microsoft’s online portal and its flagship operating system as the company gears… Read More
It might be easy to dismiss Microsoft’s MSN as a relic of the dial-up Internet era, but with 425 million monthly users, the portal remains a major destination on the web and a… Read More
MSN.com is getting a makeover. Microsoft’s new-look news hub, which you can check out in beta mode at preview.msn.com, was built “from the ground up for a mobile-first, cloud-first world”… Read More
Microsoft’s new msnNOW portal combines data from social networks and search, along with some editorial judgment, to provide a view of the stories and topics generating the most buzz in… Read More
Microsoft’s MSN is launching a new site called msnNOW, serving up the latest buzzworthy stories using technology that analyzes Twitter, Facebook, Bing and BreakingNews.com to identify trending topics by the… Read More
Microsoft’s MSN has already targeted the dudes with a “men’s lifestyle” app, debuting “Onit” for Windows Phone, iPad and iPhone earlier this year. Now, there’s one for the ladies. The company this… Read More
Scott Moore, the executive producer who headed up Microsoft’s MSN portal in the U.S., is leaving the company to join Yell Group as chief digital officer. Yell, an online directories… Read More
Microsoft’s MSN is looking to tap into some starpower to spark new interest in the Internet portal. X-Men star Hugh Jackman, whose robot-fighting movie Real Steel opens today, is serving as… Read More
MSN China has signed an agreement with the social networking site Renren in China to connect features across the two sites. The deal was announced this morning. It’s the latest… Read More
Microsoft this morning continued its steady pace of app development for Apple’s iOS, as the company’s MSN unit released a version of its “Onit” men’s lifestyle app for iPad and… Read More
