Ever since switching from an Apple MacBook to a Windows 10-powered Lenovo ThinkPad last year, I’ve kept using my iPhone. I’ve struggled without the seamless connection between smartphone and laptop,… Read More
Microsoft marked a major shift in its business with a subtle but significant change in the way it describes one of its most important goals. The company’s 2019 Form 10-K… Read More
Terry Myerson, the longtime Microsoft executive who most recently led the Windows and Devices Group, is joining Madrona Venture Group as a venture partner and The Carlyle Group as an… Read More
In 20 years at Microsoft, Abolade Gbadegesin has seen his share of major transitions. He’s worked under all three of its CEOs — Bill Gates, briefly; then Steve Ballmer; and… Read More
Terry Myerson, the Windows chief who worked to bring Microsoft’s operating system into a new era of cloud computing and devices, will be leaving as part of a major engineering… Read More
Microsoft’s Harini Gokul is eager for women to excel in their careers and in charitable work, finding the places where they can have the greatest impact. But she also doesn’t want… Read More
When he was 29 years old, Satya Nadella was looking forward to the birth of his first child. Like many parents, the Microsoft CEO looks back on that time and… Read More
On May 12, 2017, an extremely powerful new variant of ransomware called WCry 2.0 (WannaCry, Wanna Cryptor, etc.) spread to many organizations around the globe, affecting nearly 100,000 victims in… Read More
A global cyberattack using ransomware, malicious code that locks down computers and files until users pay a ransom, that began Friday morning is now up to 75,000 attacks in 99 countries,… Read More
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
Apple’s iTunes software will be coming to the Windows Store, as Microsoft pushes to increase the popular software titles through its preferred distribution channel for apps. iTunes is coming to the Windows… Read More
Microsoft Windows still runs the vast majority of desktop and notebook computers around the world, but the trends in U.S. education are very different. Google’s Chrome OS commanded 58 percent of the… Read More
Microsoft this afternoon posted revenue of $23.6 billion, up 6 percent, and earnings of 73 cents a share, an increase of 16 percent, beating Wall Street’s profit expectations for the… Read More
The company that brought you Patch Tuesday is now going to release Windows and Office 365 updates together on a regular schedule. Microsoft’s Bernardo Caldas announced the move in a… Read More
April 11 will be a life and death experience for users of Microsoft Windows and Office. It is the day that Microsoft rolls out the much-anticipated Windows 10 Creators Update,… Read More
Pam Edstrom, the sharp-witted communications pro who shaped the world’s impression of Microsoft for more than three decades as its first public relations director and then as a leader of… Read More
No, the image above isn’t from a Microsoft event. That’s the Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco this morning, where Google Cloud announced a new partner program designed to help… Read More
With two full-time jobs and a toddler, Gabe Frost knows a thing or two about the importance of time management. But he doesn’t necessarily think about “work-life” balance in traditional… Read More
Envelop VR, a virtual reality startup out of Bellevue, Wash., has ceased operations, according to the company’s website. The startup, which specialized in VR apps for businesses, was backed by… Read More
For many years, Apple’s OS X (now macOS) met Windows in various dual-boot options that usually swapped out the Apple OS by running or sharing the Intel chip at the… Read More
Microsoft’s Office team knows a few things about toolbars that show different buttons depending on what the user is doing at any given moment. That’s the core idea behind the Office ribbon, the feature that replaced… Read More
Microsoft today unveiled new game streaming technology that puts it in direct competition with Amazon and shows the fruits of an acquisition the company made earlier this year. At a Windows… Read More
David Treadwell, the veteran Microsoft engineering executive who made his mark on Windows, Xbox and many other key products, is leaving to join Amazon after 27 years at the Redmond company, GeekWire… Read More
A Seattle startup thinks there is a better way to manage email. Founded in 2013 by two former Microsoft employees, TouchMail is a mobile and visual-focused app for Windows 8.1… Read More
Note: Post updated the clarify the tools used to create the new apps and which apps in the Windows Store work on multiple devices. Microsoft today announced the online availability of Windows… Read More
This is not your beige box under the desk. HP is moving its PC business into the smart home speaker market with the Windows 10-powered HP Pavilion Wave tabletop computer — promising high-quality audio for music,… Read More
Amazon today made it cheaper, or at least more flexible, for companies to let their workers access WorkSpaces, a secure Windows desktop computing service that runs in the Amazon Web Services… Read More
Interacting with “flat” screens to get work done, check email, surf social media, shop online, and watch YouTube videos may be a thing of the past if one Seattle-area startup has… Read More
Coffee-loving Windows 10 Mobile users just got a shot of good news, as the long-awaited new Windows version of the Starbucks app came out Wednesday. The app lets users pay for drinks and… Read More
FreeBSD, a popular open-source Unix operating system with roots stretching back to the 1970s, is now available through the Azure Marketplace as a virtual-machine image for Azure, according to an Azure blog post. Making version… Read More