Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 156 of 234

Aug 14, 2013, 10:28 AM

Gartner: Smartphone sales beat feature phones, rising tide lifts Samsung, Microsoft

For the first time in the history of cell phones, smartphone sales have exceeded those of feature phones, according to… Read More

Aug 14, 2013, 6:13 AM

Microsoft: Windows 8.1 will be released on Oct. 18

Microsoft just announced the official release date for Windows 8.1, saying it will make the finished version of the operating… Read More

Aug 13, 2013, 5:07 PM

YouTube returns to Microsoft’s Windows Phone, with Google’s support this time

Microsoft released a new version of its YouTube app for Windows Phone this afternoon, three months after Google objected to… Read More

Aug 12, 2013, 5:16 PM

Another reversal: Microsoft says Kinect won’t be necessary for operation of Xbox One

Well, it’s time for yet another Xbox One about-face. Microsoft had been saying that the Kinect sensor that comes bundled… Read More

Aug 12, 2013, 8:27 AM

Remembering Bill Henningsgaard, former Microsoft exec who died in plane crash

Authorities in Connecticut confirmed over the weekend that former Microsoft executive Bill Henningsgaard, 54, was killed Friday in a plane crash… Read More

Aug 12, 2013, 7:46 AM

BlackBerry’s ‘strategic alternatives’ include possible sale of company … but who’s buying?

BlackBerry said this morning that a special committee of its board will “explore strategic alternatives,” and anyone who has heard… Read More

Aug 9, 2013, 1:48 PM

Microsoft: You’ll be able to share an Xbox Live Gold subscription on Xbox One

Following yesterday’s revelations that some of the much-touted new features of the Xbox One will only be accessible to paid… Read More

Aug 8, 2013, 5:00 PM

Acer says it’s going to make more Chromebooks, dialing back on Windows

Taiwanese computer manufacturer Acer reported a surprising second quarter loss caused by slowing revenue and increased costs, with quarterly revenue… Read More

Aug 8, 2013, 10:43 AM

3D printing: “MakerBot Experience” rolling out to more Microsoft stores

Following an announcement at Microsoft’s BUILD conference earlier this summer that Windows 8.1 will support 3D printing, Brooklyn-based MakerBot Industries… Read More

Aug 8, 2013, 10:13 AM

Xbox One: Skype, Game DVR and OneGuide will require paid Xbox Live subscription

Watch out, Microsoft: People are getting upset about the Xbox One again. Some of the new console’s most heavily touted… Read More

Aug 7, 2013, 1:34 PM

Windows Phone global shipments up 77%, extending lead over BlackBerry

New stats released today by IDC show shipments of Windows Phone reaching 8.7 million units in the second quarter —… Read More

Aug 7, 2013, 11:15 AM

Microsoft SkyDrive courts former Apple MobileMe users with bonus cloud storage

Former users of Apple’s MobileMe service have started receiving messages reminding them that the complimentary 20GB of storage that they… Read More

Aug 6, 2013, 5:27 PM

Microsoft launches new visual app builder for Windows Phone

Building a Windows Phone app is about to become a drag-and-drop affair, thanks to a new tool created by Microsoft.… Read More

Aug 5, 2013, 10:03 PM

Nokia ad: Every day, more crappy photos taken on iPhone than any other device

Nokia released a new ad today touting the camera on the Nokia Lumia 925 Windows Phone by comparing it to… Read More

Aug 5, 2013, 5:47 PM

Bing for Windows Phone gets new coat of paint, functionality

Windows Phone users rejoice: Microsoft is re-vamping the Bing search functionality for Windows Phone in the image of its work… Read More

Aug 5, 2013, 10:39 AM

Kinect-controlled water fountains? Student contest focuses on fluid interfaces

Next stop, the Bellagio? Computer-controlled water fountains are giving an unusual twist to an annual student contest that explores new… Read More

Aug 5, 2013, 8:36 AM

Obama veto in Apple’s Samsung dispute throws a new twist into patent cases

What will the White House do? That’s the question that many big companies will be asking themselves after the Obama… Read More

Aug 4, 2013, 10:40 AM

Microsoft cuts Surface Pro by $100, now starts at $799

Microsoft, trying to recover from lackluster sales of its Surface tablets, today cut the price of its Surface Pro by… Read More

Aug 3, 2013, 3:00 PM

An open letter to Jeff Bezos; Microsoft Surface revenues; and more top posts from July

Amazon and Microsoft news dominated the pages of GeekWire during the month of July. In fact, every single one of… Read More

Aug 2, 2013, 6:41 PM

Patent filing is latest evidence of Microsoft’s augmented-reality ambitions

It’s easy to brush off patent applications from big companies as pie-in-the-sky ideas that will never see the light of… Read More

Aug 2, 2013, 11:18 AM

Why a longtime Microsoft SharePoint partner made its new app for Dropbox instead

Seattle-area software maker Vizit has a long history on SharePoint, Microsoft’s widely used platform for corporate collaboration and communication. Vizit’s… Read More

Aug 2, 2013, 8:04 AM

Xbox 360 vs. Wii vs. PS3: Who won the console wars?

Sony’s earnings report yesterday provided some of the final pieces of data to answer a question that goes back to… Read More

Aug 1, 2013, 4:26 PM

Geek of the Week: Microsoft researcher David Heckerman is tackling some of the world’s biggest problems

What do spam email and HIV have in common? They’re examples of the range of problems that longtime Microsoft researcher… Read More

Aug 1, 2013, 12:20 PM

UW search expert ‘disappointed’ with Microsoft Bing’s progress

In 2008, Oren Etzioni sold his airfare price predictor startup Farecast to Microsoft. The Redmond software giant took the technology… Read More

Aug 1, 2013, 10:59 AM

Instance is back after Instagram snafu, but Windows Phone still needs to fill app gap

Last week, during the regular technology segment on KUOW-FM’s Weekday program, I mentioned offhandedly that Instagram is one of the… Read More

Aug 1, 2013, 7:57 AM

Feds: ‘Senior guy at Microsoft’ allegedly enabled insider trading on Yahoo deal

Microsoft has put an unidentified employee on administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation related to charges of… Read More

Jul 31, 2013, 3:19 PM

Mystery solved: Why a stretch of ‘Microsoft Way’ has been renamed after an employee

We received the photo above from a curious reader this morning, showing a new “Senanayake Way” street sign on the famed… Read More

Jul 31, 2013, 11:47 AM

BallmerDrive, LiveDrive, MetroDrive: What should Microsoft rename SkyDrive?

Microsoft will be ending its use of the “SkyDrive” brand name as part of a settlement reached today with British Sky… Read More

Jul 31, 2013, 9:41 AM

Microsoft sees big jump in support and consulting jobs, coinciding with Windows 8

Here’s another interesting tidbit from Microsoft’s Form 10-K filing with the SEC: The company reports that its internal ranks of… Read More

Jul 31, 2013, 8:46 AM

Microsoft to rename SkyDrive to settle trademark dispute

In a major change for one of Microsoft’s key online services, the company will rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service… Read More