Feb 4, 2014, 2:01 PM Microsoft invests $15 million in Foursquare, looks to boost location services Foursquare is getting a $15 million investment from Microsoft to kick off a strategic partnership between the two companies, according… Read More
Feb 4, 2014, 12:37 PM Video: GeekWire’s take on Microsoft’s big leadership changes It’s a historic day at Microsoft: Satya Nadella is in as CEO, Steve Ballmer is officially retired and Bill Gates… Read More
Feb 4, 2014, 10:56 AM Former Microsoft insiders: What it’s like to work with new CEO Satya Nadella Get ready for something completely different. That’s the word from technology executives who have worked with and for new Microsoft… Read More
Feb 4, 2014, 8:48 AM iPhone gains ground on Android; Windows Phone slips in U.S. market Google’s Android remained the top smartphone platform in the U.S., as measured by subscribers, but Apple’s iPhone closed a noticeable… Read More
Feb 4, 2014, 7:45 AM Wall Street reacts to Satya Nadella’s appointment as CEO of Microsoft Shares of Microsoft inched upward in early morning trading after Satya Nadella was named CEO. The 46-year-old — a 22… Read More
Feb 4, 2014, 7:45 AM BillG is back: Gates will spend a third of time at Microsoft, ‘substantially increasing’ role https://youtu.be/M5BhQVuRcTk We can almost hear it now, echoing through Microsoft’s Redmond campus: “That is the stupidest f-ing thing I’ve ever… Read More
Feb 4, 2014, 7:00 AM Video: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks about new job https://youtu.be/T8JwNZBJ_wI This just in: Satya Nadella does a pretty good walk-and-talk. The new Microsoft CEO, named to the position by… Read More
Feb 4, 2014, 6:41 AM Satya Nadella’s full memo to Microsoft staffers: ‘We need to believe in the impossible and remove the improbable’ Microsoft entered a new era today as Satya Nadella was named CEO, just the third person to hold that title… Read More
Feb 4, 2014, 6:10 AM Microsoft names Satya Nadella CEO; Bill Gates stepping down as chairman to serve as tech adviser Microsoft has named longtime executive Satya Nadella as its new CEO — picking a respected internal candidate to lead the… Read More
Feb 3, 2014, 2:52 PM A new role for Bill Gates: How Microsoft’s co-founder can help the company now It’s looking all but certain now that Satya Nadella will be Microsoft’s next CEO, but another interesting question has popped… Read More
Feb 2, 2014, 11:22 PM Comic: How the Seahawks could help Microsoft It’s a big day for the city of Seattle, with the Seahawks trouncing the Denver Broncos, 43-8, to claim their… Read More
Feb 1, 2014, 7:58 PM Microsoft vs. Boeing: Which company had the better Seahawks stunt? The support for Seattle’s professional football team has been buzzing in the Emerald City this week as the Seahawks prepare… Read More
Jan 31, 2014, 4:35 PM Microsoft to the rescue! How Windows Azure saved the Seahawks’ Fan-o-Meter When the Seahawks faced down the San Francisco 49ers for the NFC Championship, interested fans and observers from around the… Read More
Jan 31, 2014, 3:39 PM Supporting the Seahawks: Microsoft trumps Amazon for 12th Man passion So this might not be as epic as Boeing’s Seahawks-themed 747 jet, but Microsoft put together something of its own… Read More
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
