Oct 16, 2013, 2:21 PM Android co-founder Rich Miner: Microsoft stifling innovation inspired me to build an open-source OS SAN FRANCISCO — While Google’s mobile operating system is currently eating Microsoft’s lunch in terms of market share, one of… Read More
Oct 16, 2013, 10:58 AM Seattle VC Tom Huseby: Windows will become a viable third mobile OS in 3 years The Windows mobile operating system still pales in comparison to iOS and Android when you look at overall market share. But… Read More
Oct 16, 2013, 8:23 AM Google to support Chrome browser on Windows XP for an extra year Microsoft is ending all support for Windows XP in April 2014, and doing its best to move users to newer… Read More
Oct 15, 2013, 7:22 AM Microsoft invests in SkyGiraffe mobile enterprise startup Microsoft Ventures is investing SkyGiraffe, a startup whose technology lets companies make their real-time internal business data available to their… Read More
Oct 14, 2013, 12:48 PM Here’s what the Xbox One’s friends list will look like To go with the new look of its console, Microsoft has announced a new, way of interacting with your friends,… Read More
Oct 14, 2013, 10:46 AM Here’s how Microsoft thinks retailers could be using Kinect Thanks to Microsoft, you might be able to have a virtual changing room right in front of you when you’re… Read More
Oct 14, 2013, 7:55 AM Microsoft Windows Phone 8 update adds support for ‘jumbo-sized’ displays, new storage settings Just don’t call it Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft’s new “Update 3” for Windows Phone 8, unveiled this morning, adds support… Read More
Oct 11, 2013, 8:47 AM The billionaire buffer: How Mark Zuckerberg is following Bill Gates’ lead in real estate Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are both Harvard dropouts who climbed to the top of the technology world. And it… Read More
Oct 10, 2013, 12:44 PM How to ditch Microsoft and join a great startup Guest Commentary: The last few months have not been great for Microsoft. First, the Surface turned out to be a… Read More
Oct 10, 2013, 11:17 AM Microsoft plans Windows remote desktop app for iOS If you’re someone who needs to use Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol to get access to a computer from afar, there’s… Read More
Oct 9, 2013, 3:38 PM PC shipments fall 7.6% in third quarter — which qualifies as good news? Worldwide PC shipments totaled 81.6 million units in the third quarter, a decline of 7.6 percent compared to the same… Read More
Oct 9, 2013, 12:25 PM Tech happens: When tablets and schools don’t mix Memo to Microsoft: When it comes to Surface tablets in the classroom, be careful what you wish for. Because you… Read More
Oct 9, 2013, 11:58 AM Xbox One back in stock on Amazon, GameStop The Xbox One has been sold out at most online retailers for a while now — maybe President Obama is… Read More
Oct 9, 2013, 11:30 AM HP’s Meg Whitman: Microsoft turning from partner to rival Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman delivered an upbeat assessment of the company’s prospects during an address to investors and analysts this… Read More
Oct 9, 2013, 11:04 AM These are the 10 Microsoft Stores hosting Surface 2 midnight launch parties If you want to be the first to get your hands on the Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2, Microsoft is… Read More
Oct 9, 2013, 10:27 AM Here’s what Steve Ballmer actually said about Microsoft Office on the iPad Over the years there has been a great deal of speculation and misinterpretation of Microsoft’s plans to bring its core… Read More
Oct 9, 2013, 8:41 AM Microsoft forks over $100,000 bounty to hacker for exposing Windows security flaw Here’s one way to make a quick $100,000: Find security flaws in Microsoft products. That’s how much James Forshaw, a security… Read More
Oct 8, 2013, 1:22 PM Obama uses Xbox to explain his stance in government shutdown Maybe President Barack Obama pre-ordered an Xbox One for his daughters. Or it’s possible that he’s been taking some stress… Read More
Oct 8, 2013, 11:55 AM This slick new Xbox One SmartGlass feature makes playing defense fun on Madden Playing defense on Madden 25 for the Xbox One is about to be way more intense, detailed and creative than… Read More
Oct 8, 2013, 10:46 AM Try again, Twitter: Updated app takes Windows Phone to new levels of frustration Hey, that looks like an interesting story in that random tweet on my Windows Phone lock screen. I’d like to… Read More
Oct 8, 2013, 10:38 AM Nokia’s rewards program for Windows Phone developers uses gamification model Lots of mobile companies offer rewards to developers who make apps on their platforms. But Nokia’s new DVLUP program is… Read More
Oct 8, 2013, 10:08 AM HP unveils new Chromebook 11, as Google takes aim at low-priced Windows PCs The Chromebook army marches on, and it’s headed straight for the low end of Microsoft’s consumer Windows PC business. HP… Read More
Oct 7, 2013, 9:47 PM Town of Nokia, Finland ‘renamed’ Microsoft in prank Ah, those funny Finns. In the wake of Microsoft’s $7.2 billion deal to acquire Nokia’s mobile phone business, someone has… Read More
Oct 7, 2013, 5:15 PM Microsoft rolls over for Google, reverts to web player for YouTube on Windows Phone It’s been a long road for Windows Phone users wanting to watch YouTube videos in a native app on their… Read More
Oct 7, 2013, 4:32 PM No, Microsoft isn’t using the Xbox One Kinect to extract your data for advertisers Microsoft has calmed the Xbox One fires ablaze this weekend after an Ad Age story suggested that the new Kinect… Read More
Oct 7, 2013, 3:20 PM Ballmer’s final Microsoft shareholder letter: The real money is in the enterprise Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been known to drop significant hints about the company’s future in his annual letter to… Read More
Oct 7, 2013, 11:30 AM Fox News debuts enormous Windows 8 touch screens in revamped newsroom Fox News today unveiled a new “News Deck” broadcast newsroom featuring an array of 55-inch touch-screen computers that appear to… Read More
Oct 7, 2013, 10:40 AM No coupon? No problem: Microsoft linking daily deals directly to credit card Microsoft Bing is launching a test program in Seattle this week that aims to overcome one of the challenges of… Read More
Oct 7, 2013, 9:09 AM Microsoft’s Skype apps finally overhauled for Apple’s iOS 7 Apple’s iOS 7 has been accused of taking cues from Microsoft’s Windows Phone and Windows 8, but Microsoft sure took… Read More
Oct 4, 2013, 3:20 PM Q&A: Robert Scoble on ‘Age of Context,’ Google, Microsoft and the ‘freaky factor’ Writer, interviewer and tech evangelist Robert Scoble was back in Seattle this week, with his ever-present Google Glass, to promote the… Read More
