Jun 3, 2014, 2:21 PM Free games for Xbox One owners: Max: The Curse of Brotherhood; Halo: Spartan Assault Xbox One owners that have an Xbox Live Gold membership can download two free games starting today: Max: The Curse… Read More
Jun 3, 2014, 1:59 PM Smartphone market share: Android stays ahead of Apple, Microsoft widens lead over Blackberry comScore is out with its latest monthly U.S. smartphone market share stats, and Android continues to stay ahead of the pack… Read More
Jun 3, 2014, 10:57 AM Survey: Xbox 360 owners still hesitant to purchase Xbox One, even with $100 price cut While some stores are seeing increased interest for the Xbox One following the console’s $100 price drop, a recent survey shows… Read More
Jun 3, 2014, 10:32 AM Microsoft OneDrive adds feature to print digital photos at Walgreens Microsoft today debuted new functionality that allows OneDrive users to have their digital photos printed at Walgreens. Part of a handful… Read More
Jun 3, 2014, 9:52 AM Windows 7 tops 50% of desktop PC usage for first time Windows 7 is making a mid-life comeback. Five years after its release, the Microsoft operating system surpassed 50 percent market… Read More
Jun 2, 2014, 5:08 PM Confirmed: Microsoft Bing will be default for Apple’s new Mac OS X Spotlight Apple is further distancing itself from Google and expanding its relationship with Microsoft Bing in the next version of Mac… Read More
Jun 2, 2014, 12:53 PM Mozilla’s Mitchell Baker: Firefox OS targets all of humanity, not just Apple iOS users While Apple was busy in San Francisco announcing a new set of features that will wow its fan boys, Mozilla’s… Read More
Jun 2, 2014, 10:28 AM Fun with numbers: Apple’s Tim Cook digs at Windows with a statistical stretch Hey, it wouldn’t be an Apple conference without a fun jab at Microsoft to kick things off! Apple CEO Tim Cook… Read More
Jun 2, 2014, 8:00 AM Xbox One to launch ‘Brazil Now’ app for World Cup, debuts original soccer TV series Soccer fans who own an Xbox One will have plenty of content to play around with this month as the FIFA… Read More
Jun 2, 2014, 7:47 AM Microsoft hires its own chief economist, from Google Microsoft this morning announced a new position of chief economist inside the company, and named Preston McAfee — most recently… Read More
Jun 1, 2014, 9:12 AM Microsoft, ESPN team up for slick World Cup website Microsoft is getting in the World Cup spirit. Soccer — er, fútbol — fans will like a slick new website… Read More
May 30, 2014, 10:26 AM What type of NBA owner will Steve Ballmer be? Four clues from his Microsoft career After watching and covering Steve Ballmer for the past decade at Microsoft, it has been fun to see him emerge as… Read More
May 29, 2014, 1:28 PM Once bitter rivals, Microsoft and Salesforce.com confirm wide-ranging partnership How’s this for patching things up? Microsoft and Salesforce, longtime tech industry rivals, just confirmed that they have reached a… Read More
May 29, 2014, 10:21 AM Microsoft and Salesforce may join together in the cloud Microsoft Azure could become more attractive to businesses that rely on Salesforce’s cloud-based customer management programs. The two companies are… Read More
May 29, 2014, 9:26 AM How Microsoft plans to get companies to stop buying iPads Why lug around an iPad and a laptop? That was Microsoft’s pitch as it unveiled its new Surface Pro 3 last week,… Read More
May 28, 2014, 10:02 AM Microsoft partners with Yelp, TripAdvisor for Bing Maps integration Microsoft has partnered with Yelp and TripAdvisor to embed restaurant reviews directly within the Windows 8 Bing Maps App. The new… Read More
May 28, 2014, 8:48 AM Xamarin update helps Windows developers create iOS and Android apps Programmers who use Microsoft’s C# programming language now have an easier way to build mobile apps for iOS and Android devices. Xamarin… Read More
May 28, 2014, 7:30 AM Microsoft buys Paris startup Capptain to better analyze mobile app usage Microsoft is buying Capptain, a small Paris-based startup that helps mobile developers get a better sense of how people are using… Read More
May 27, 2014, 11:18 PM Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s tweet storm makes case for ‘more personal computing era’ Marc Andreessen isn’t the only geek sending out multiple tweets at once to explain himself — now Microsoft CEO Satya… Read More
May 27, 2014, 3:27 PM Microsoft details Surface 4K display support, hints at Thunderbolt connection People who plan to add the Surface Pro 3 to an existing set of external displays will be happy to… Read More
May 27, 2014, 2:41 PM What should Microsoft buy? 10 companies for Satya Nadella’s shopping list The market for tech mergers and acquisitions is strong right now. Facebook is acquiring Oculus. Comcast is buying Time Warner Cable,… Read More
May 27, 2014, 10:58 AM The next battleground for Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google: Artificial Intelligence Digital personal assistants today can help you send messages, place phone calls, schedule meetings or find answers from the… Read More
May 27, 2014, 7:59 AM Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella still ‘defining and tuning’ strategy, chairman John Thompson says It might seem from the outside like Satya Nadella has already made made changes inside Microsoft — embracing a “mobile first, cloud… Read More
May 25, 2014, 5:52 PM Report: Steve Ballmer meets with Donald Sterling’s wife to discuss sale of NBA team It appears Steve Ballmer is seriously interested in purchasing the Los Angeles Clippers. TMZ reported this afternoon that the former… Read More
May 25, 2014, 4:08 PM Coding exposure: 900 students develop their first programs at App Day Inside the gymnasium on Friday at Rainier Beach High School was a scene best described as organized chaos. While DJ Midnight Mike… Read More
May 24, 2014, 10:09 AM GeekWire Radio: This 15-year-old iPhone stethoscope inventor is just getting started It’s been a big month for Suman Mulumudi, 15-year-old inventor of the Steth IO smartphone-enabled stethoscope — with an appearance on The… Read More
May 23, 2014, 2:03 PM Microsoft launches lower-cost Windows 8.1 with Bing as default search engine Microsoft announced today that it’s launching Windows 8.1 with Bing, a new variation on its current operating system. The new… Read More
May 23, 2014, 10:56 AM Xbox One $100 price cut already generating more demand for console At least in some stores, Microsoft’s decision to offer a cheaper version of the Xbox One is producing strong demand. Last… Read More
May 23, 2014, 10:51 AM Chart: The top 25 companies for pay and benefits People looking for high pay and good benefits are finding that working in the tech industry comes with plenty of… Read More
May 23, 2014, 8:24 AM Full text: Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offers life, career advice to USC grads Steve Ballmer may no longer be CEO at Microsoft, but the energy he brought on stage during his 34 years at… Read More
