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Microsoft

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Oct 14, 2014, 1:44 PM

Microsoft debuts Vine app for Xbox One

Xbox One owners can officially watch an endless amount of 7-second looping video clips, as Microsoft today debuted the Vine app… Read More

Oct 14, 2014, 9:24 AM

Skype launches Qik, an app that lets friends talk with videos

If there’s one thing the mobile app industry has right now, it’s a glut of messaging apps. Now, Microsoft has… Read More

Oct 14, 2014, 9:18 AM

Video game analyst: Xbox One finally passes PS4 in monthly U.S. sales

Update: Official NPD numbers show the PS4 still on top for the month of September. See our followup story. Giving away… Read More

Oct 13, 2014, 3:35 PM

Google’s Eric Schmidt: Our biggest search competitor is Amazon — not Microsoft or Yahoo

When it comes to competition for search engine traffic, Google isn’t most worried about Microsoft Bing or Yahoo as a threat… Read More

Oct 13, 2014, 2:04 PM

Microsoft Bing launches new election portal with predictions, personalized ballots

As November approaches quickly, Microsoft Bing today launched a new election portal that aims to help inform citizens of issues and… Read More

Oct 13, 2014, 1:01 PM

1 million people have signed up to test the next version of Windows

Two weeks ago, Microsoft launched the Windows Insider Program, a program that allows users to download and install Windows 10,… Read More

Oct 13, 2014, 10:48 AM

Women coders respond to Microsoft CEO’s controversial comments on asking for a raise

Satya Nadella set off a firestorm last week after advising women to not explicitly ask for a raise, but rather rely on “good… Read More

Oct 10, 2014, 8:48 AM

eBay, HP and Symantec: Is it time for Microsoft to join the breakup bandwagon?

eBay is doing it, so is HP. And just yesterday Symantec — a security software and storage company that was… Read More

Oct 9, 2014, 7:41 PM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella apologizes for women pay comment after backlash

Just hours after his comments about women asking for raises, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has issued an apology. During an… Read More

Oct 9, 2014, 4:09 PM

Microsoft CEO under fire for saying women should trust HR systems to deliver pay raises

Update, 6:15 p.m. — Nadella wrote an email to Microsoft employees after the interview noting that he “answered that question… Read More

Oct 9, 2014, 10:48 AM

How Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella keeps up his work-life balance

Heading up a company is a tough job, and one that can easily become all-consuming. When asked about his approach… Read More

Oct 9, 2014, 8:38 AM

Microsoft tells businesses: We’re committed to the Surface Pro 3

We are committed to the Surface Pro 3. That’s the vibe from Microsoft’s blog post today directed at businesses who may… Read More

Oct 8, 2014, 5:49 PM

Surprise! Apple now one of the world’s top 5 PC makers

Back in the 90s, anyone who said that Apple would one day be among the top five personal computer manufacturers in… Read More

Oct 8, 2014, 10:56 AM

Microsoft debuts Xim, an app that lets you easily share photos to other phones

Microsoft today debuted Xim, a free app that makes it easier for folks to share images on their smartphone with… Read More

Oct 8, 2014, 1:06 AM

Ballmer, Gates and Nadella: Vanity Fair’s epic exposé digs deep on the future of Microsoft

Hope. That was the word that stuck with me after reading Bethany McLean’s excellent exposé on the future of Microsoft, a… Read More

Oct 7, 2014, 8:22 PM

Microsoft pledges to keep students’ data private

Microsoft announced today that it is one of the first companies to sign a new pledge designed to protect students’… Read More

News Brief
Oct 7, 2014, 4:30 PM

Israeli text-analysis company reportedly Microsoft’s next acquisition target

Equivio, an Israeli company that handles text analysis, is in line to be acquired by Microsoft, according to reports from… Read More

Oct 7, 2014, 3:50 PM

Chart: BlackBerry may have finally hit rock bottom in U.S. market share

Watching BlackBerry’s share of smartphone subscribers in the U.S. has been like watching a very slowly deflating balloon. It seems… Read More

Oct 7, 2014, 11:45 AM

New OneNote tool lets teachers manage Microsoft’s note taking software in the classroom

Thanks to a new offering through its OneNote note-taking product, Microsoft could make “my dog ate my homework” a thing… Read More

Oct 7, 2014, 10:57 AM

Samsung seeks arbitration in Hong Kong against Microsoft in patent royalty lawsuit

Samsung Electronics is seeking arbitration in Hong Kong to resolve issues that have sprung up in a 2011 patent agreement with… Read More

By Jeremy Keith (Flickr: Cuddling with multiple devices) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Oct 7, 2014, 10:33 AM

Google, Apple, Microsoft: Propelled, and trapped, by their brands

Thought experiment: You have developed a groundbreaking computing device, a worthy hardware challenger to every laptop, tablet, phablet, and phone… Read More

News Brief
Oct 7, 2014, 10:23 AM

Microsoft to hold cloud event on Oct. 20

Microsoft announced today that it plans to hold an event for media and analysts on Oct. 20 in San Francisco… Read More

Oct 6, 2014, 3:36 PM

Interview: Why Windows UX leader Jensen Harris is leaving Microsoft to co-found the startup Textio

What if recruiters could know, before posting a job listing, if the specific language in the job description will actually attract the types… Read More

Oct 6, 2014, 10:57 AM

Microsoft’s new augmented reality project turns a whole living room into a screen (and a controller)

  Growing up, I always wanted a holodeck. Heck, I still want a holodeck. If a new project is any indication,… Read More

Oct 5, 2014, 10:17 PM

What happened when we asked geeky kids, ‘Who’s better: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, or Google?’

A few weeks ago, GeekWire put out a casting call on the site for geeky kids, inviting their parents to… Read More

Oct 3, 2014, 8:27 PM

Samsung paid Microsoft $1B under Android patent deal last year, filings reveal

Windows Phone may be floundering, but Android’s success has been a fiscal boon to Microsoft. The company made $1 billion… Read More

Oct 1, 2014, 2:51 PM

New Xbox ads feature Seahawks star Marshawn Lynch holding a raccoon, eating Skittles

Microsoft is out with a handful of new wacky ads featuring some of the nation’s top football players and touting the NFL on… Read More

Oct 1, 2014, 11:07 AM

Want a taste of Windows 10? Microsoft’s preview program is now open

People who want to get their hands on the first preview build of Windows 10 can now sign up for… Read More

Oct 1, 2014, 9:04 AM

Microsoft launches Sway, a new tool for composing and presenting ideas

Have a killer idea? Microsoft wants to make it easy to turn it into a presentation. The company unveiled a… Read More

Sep 30, 2014, 3:13 PM

Video: Watch Microsoft unveil Windows 10

People who weren’t in the room to see Microsoft announce Windows 10 today can now see the full presentation of… Read More

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