Jan 31, 2014, 2:12 PM Microsoft’s first national Super Bowl ad might just bring a tear to your eye Former NFL player Steve Gleason never played in the Super Bowl, but he’ll be making an appearance on Sunday’s broadcast,… Read More
Jan 31, 2014, 10:57 AM Kowabunga! GoPro video channels coming to Xbox Live For those of us who can’t get enough first-person videos of crazy people doing extraordinary things, the Xbox is bringing… Read More
Jan 31, 2014, 12:27 AM Who is Satya Nadella? Getting to know Microsoft’s nerdy, charismatic heir apparent This just in: Microsoft employees outside the Redmond Azteca think Satya Nadella would be a pretty good CEO, probably. Yes,… Read More
Jan 30, 2014, 4:57 PM Chart: Amazon continues hypergrowth, tops 117,000 employees Though its total headcount has already blown past Microsoft’s, it doesn’t look like Amazon is planning on slowing down its… Read More
Jan 30, 2014, 2:26 PM Report: Microsoft may replace Gates as chairman, close to naming Nadella as CEO Microsoft is close to naming its top cloud and enterprise executive Satya Nadella its next CEO, and the company may… Read More
Jan 30, 2014, 8:57 AM Microsoft wants to buy your PlayStation 3 for $100 Have an old PS3 or Xbox 360 sitting around? Microsoft wants to take that off your hands. The company is… Read More
Jan 28, 2014, 10:56 AM Recording the media: Seahawks receiver shows up to press conference wearing Google Glass, GoPro Playing in the Super Bowl is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for NFL players. It’s why you often see them holding video… Read More
Jan 27, 2014, 4:08 PM Watch out, Microsoft: Apple says iPad accounts for 90% of enterprise tablet activations Microsoft is aiming to protect its turf inside large businesses with the help of Windows tablets that run Office, but… Read More
Jan 27, 2014, 3:51 PM Microsoft, Google and others can reveal more details about federal intelligence requests Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and other big tech companies have won the right to reveal more details about the number of… Read More
Jan 27, 2014, 12:19 PM A 20-Gigapixel Treasure Hunt: Microsoft Research project highlights Seattle artists When Microsoft Research produced its first gigapixel panorama of Seattle’s skyline in 2006, it was an amazing success in image… Read More
Jan 27, 2014, 10:35 AM Check flight times, book hotels with Bing’s new Travel app for Windows Phone Bing already has Windows Phone apps for topics like News, Sports, Finance and Weather. Now, the search engine has added… Read More
Jan 27, 2014, 10:18 AM Microsoft privacy chief: Tech industry needs to evolve beyond those privacy policies that no one reads Internet users want to know more about the types of data being collected about them, how that data is being… Read More
Jan 27, 2014, 7:44 AM Microsoft acquires ‘Gears of War’ franchise, securing exclusive rights for Xbox One One of the cornerstone games for Microsoft’s Xbox consoles is staying in the family. Microsoft this morning announced that it’s… Read More
Jan 27, 2014, 7:25 AM Microsoft SkyDrive renamed ‘OneDrive’ after trademark dispute Microsoft has unveiled the new name for its SkyDrive cloud storage and file-sharing service, and it is … OneDrive. The… Read More
Jan 26, 2014, 7:44 AM Syrian Electronic Army may have stolen government data requests, Microsoft says All of a sudden, the Syrian Electronic Army’s attacks on Microsoft have become a lot more than just a minor… Read More
Jan 25, 2014, 2:45 PM Commentary: An MBA’s take on Seattle’s tech scene Even before coming to Seattle for the first time on MIT Sloan’s Tech Trek, I had a feeling that I’d… Read More
Jan 25, 2014, 11:30 AM Photos: Microsoft shows love to Seahawks all over Redmond campus Microsoft has a lot of connections to the Seattle Seahawks. For starters, co-founder Paul Allen owns the team. Then there’s… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 5:25 PM Microsoft gives developers more control over Windows Store listings Microsoft announced today that developers are now getting more control over the way that their app shows up on the… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 12:29 PM Cloud Storage Wars: Microsoft’s Azure battles Amazon Web Services on price Microsoft this morning followed through on its promise to match Amazon Web Services’ prices for commodity cloud computing services, saying… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 11:51 AM First big Windows 8.1 update rumored for March 11, with new options for apps The first major update to Windows 8.1 is targeted for release on March 11 – one of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesdays… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 8:46 AM Chart: These 10 tech giants spent millions lobbying in D.C. The tech industry is boosting its spending in Washington D.C., looking to grease the wheels of democracy and promote agendas… Read More
Jan 24, 2014, 7:44 AM Microsoft Surface best guess: Around 1.5M tablets sold So how is Microsoft’s Surface business doing? The company reported yesterday that Surface revenue in the December quarter was $893… Read More
Jan 23, 2014, 2:38 PM Microsoft ships 3.9M Xbox Ones, 3.5M Xbox 360’s In its quarterly earnings report released today, Microsoft announced that it shipped 3.9 million Xbox One consoles to retail channels… Read More
Jan 23, 2014, 2:03 PM Microsoft results show tough realities of company’s expansion into hardware Microsoft this afternoon posted record revenue of $24.5 billion for the December quarter, an increase of 14 percent. And yet… Read More
Jan 23, 2014, 1:17 PM Microsoft posts record revenue of $24.5B, beats earnings expectations in holiday quarter Microsoft just announced revenue of $24.5 billion for the December quarter, up 14 percent from the same quarter a year… Read More
Jan 23, 2014, 7:49 AM Nokia Lumia sales slip to 8.2 million units in Q4 Sales of Nokia Lumia Windows Phone devices slipped to 8.2 million units in the fourth quarter, the company said this… Read More
Jan 22, 2014, 9:48 AM Microsoft wants users to “Rethink” their IE prejudices Microsoft’s browser is on a comeback tour. Today, the company launched Rethink IE, a showcase of what Internet Explorer 11… Read More
Jan 22, 2014, 8:22 AM Hide that MacBook! Bill Gates talks tech and global health with Jimmy Fallon Bill Gates was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon for two segments last night talking about the 2014 Gates Annual… Read More
Jan 21, 2014, 11:35 PM Alibaba on tour: Chinese tech giant draws a crowd in Amazon and Microsoft land A standing-room-only crowd filled a hotel ballroom in Bellevue on Tuesday evening to hear from some of Alibaba’s top executives —… Read More
Jan 21, 2014, 3:23 PM Responding to Obama, Microsoft calls for international pact on digital surveillance President Obama’s speech last week outlining his plan for reforming the NSA left many in the tech industry wanting much… Read More
