Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 109 of 234

Apr 14, 2015, 2:28 PM

Microsoft’s Brad Smith on Seattle’s tech boom, working for Satya Nadella, legal battles, and more

Our guest on this week’s GeekWire radio show was Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel and executive vice president of legal… Read More

Apr 14, 2015, 9:13 AM

Microsoft enhances business intelligence offerings with acquisition of Datazen

Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Datazen Software, an Ontario, Canada-based company that makes mobile and desktop business intelligence… Read More

Apr 13, 2015, 11:34 AM

Watch out, Microsoft: SMART kapp connected whiteboard sees ‘tremendous’ response

You’ve just sketched out a brilliant idea on a whiteboard, but now you need to preserve it and share your… Read More

Apr 13, 2015, 9:21 AM

Longtime exec Kurt DelBene returns to Microsoft, reporting to CEO Satya Nadella

Kurt DelBene, the former Microsoft Office Division president, is returning to the Redmond company. Microsoft just announced the news. DelBene will… Read More

Apr 13, 2015, 9:13 AM

KUKA and Microsoft team up on internet-connected manufacturing robots

Microsoft and industrial robot maker Kuka are bringing the robot apocalypse ever closer with a new collaboration that combines one… Read More

Apr 13, 2015, 7:59 AM

Microsoft ‘Selawik’ is a new alternative to a key Windows font — and it’s open-source

“Selawik” is a new Microsoft font. But it’s actually more intriguing than that. If you’re just tuning in: Last week, we noticed that… Read More

Apr 10, 2015, 12:53 PM

New Windows 10 phone preview includes Project Spartan, other new apps

Lumia phone owners who want to try out the future of Microsoft’s mobile operating system ambitions have a new build… Read More

Apr 10, 2015, 10:08 AM

First quarter PC sales estimated to drop more than 5 percent worldwide

Sales of PCs took a significant hit during the first quarter of 2015, according to new reports from Gartner and… Read More

Apr 9, 2015, 11:03 AM

Microsoft’s top lawyer, fighting U.S. over customer email, calls for reform of ‘outdated’ electronic privacy laws

Microsoft filed a reply brief overnight in its ongoing legal fight against a U.S. search warrant that seeks access to customer email stored on a… Read More

Apr 9, 2015, 9:54 AM

Dropbox and Microsoft deepen integration, expanding Office Online partnership

Dropbox and Microsoft Office announced a series of new integrations this morning — including the ability to edit Word, PowerPoint… Read More

Apr 8, 2015, 3:03 PM

Microsoft and Google battle over former Motorola patents in S.F. courtroom

SAN FRANCISCO – Attorneys for Microsoft and Google faced off in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today over a… Read More

Apr 8, 2015, 9:15 AM

Microsoft now supports over-the-air TV for Xbox One in U.S. and Canada

Microsoft announced today that Xbox One owners in the U.S. and Canada will be able to use their console to… Read More

Apr 7, 2015, 4:41 PM

Apple sides with Microsoft in closely watched patent dispute with Google

Lawyers for Microsoft and Google will appear Wednesday morning at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a long-running dispute… Read More

Apr 7, 2015, 9:41 AM

Microsoft and Getty Images end dispute over Bing photo tool, ink new partnership

Getty Images and Microsoft are done fighting over photos. The two Seattle-area companies have ended a dispute over how Microsoft… Read More

Apr 6, 2015, 4:38 PM

Regulatory approval shows Microsoft gearing up to offer its own mobile payment service

Not content to cede the realm of NFC-powered mobile payments to Apple and Google, Microsoft is in the midst of… Read More

Apr 6, 2015, 2:30 PM

New Microsoft trademark filings: InkBack, TouchBack, Continuum … and Selawik?

We’ve been keeping an even closer eye than usual on Microsoft’s trademark filings, in part because the company may be… Read More

Apr 6, 2015, 9:18 AM

Microsoft seals acquisition of Revolution Analytics, boosting big data chops

Microsoft announced today that it has closed its acquisition of Revolution Analytics, the leading provider of commercial tools for the… Read More

Apr 6, 2015, 8:42 AM

Microsoft: Latest layoffs will be ‘last of the broad cuts’ from restructuring

The layoffs quietly made by Microsoft last week will be the “last of the anticipated broad cuts” from the restructuring… Read More

Apr 4, 2015, 11:50 AM

Microsoft quietly cut hundreds of jobs this week

Microsoft made another round of layoffs this past week, GeekWire has learned. A company representative confirmed the job cuts in… Read More

Apr 4, 2015, 9:08 AM

Microsoft at 40: How the company has changed, and stayed the same

Forty years ago today, on April 4, 1975, two friends from Seattle formed a partnership called “Micro-soft.” In an email to Microsoft employees… Read More

Apr 3, 2015, 10:58 AM

Microsoft will not enable Do Not Track by default in its new Project Spartan browser

Microsoft was hailed by privacy advocates and derided by advertisers when it decided to enable the “Do Not Track” setting… Read More

Apr 2, 2015, 10:38 AM

Microsoft brings Office Lens scanner app to iPhone and Android for the first time

Microsoft is continuing the cross-platform push with its mobile apps, bringing its Office Lens scanner app to the iPhone and… Read More

Apr 1, 2015, 10:56 AM

Field Test: Microsoft’s new Seattle Center WiFi is robust and reliable, but not blazing fast

I’m sitting here on the roof of Fisher Pavilion, in the shadow of the Space Needle — or at least… Read More

Apr 1, 2015, 7:58 AM

This easy Xbox One fix could save a lot of energy

If you have an Xbox One in your home, you might want to check out its energy output. Last year… Read More

Mar 31, 2015, 7:30 AM

Microsoft’s new Surface 3 tablet runs an Intel chip and full Windows

Microsoft just unveiled the latest version of its baseline Surface tablet, the Surface 3 — switching to an Intel Atom processor, and… Read More

Mar 30, 2015, 3:59 PM

Internet Explorer’s successor, Project Spartan, makes public debut in new Windows 10 build

Microsoft rolled out its new Project Spartan web browser for the first time publicly today, offering members of the Windows Insider Program early… Read More

Mar 30, 2015, 3:46 PM

Microsoft rolls out ‘Wi-Fi on steroids’ in shadow of Space Needle: Seattle Center gets upgraded free network

Bumbershoot attendees, festival lovers or those who just like to splash around the International Fountain are about to get a… Read More

Mar 30, 2015, 2:18 PM

Former Twitter developer relations head Jeff Sandquist returning to Microsoft as a GM

Jeff Sandquist, who recently left his job as Twitter’s head of developer relations, is returning to Microsoft, where he will… Read More

Mar 30, 2015, 8:01 AM

Microsoft adds mobile device management to Office 365

Microsoft announced today that businesses using Office 365 can now tap into the productivity suite for managing their employees’ mobile… Read More

Mar 29, 2015, 10:51 PM

Microsoft reveals Halo 5 release date, teases plot in new live-action trailer

Halo 5 is coming Oct. 27. Microsoft unveiled a release date for the much-anticipated Halo 5: Guardians game in two new trailers that… Read More