Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 171 of 234

Mar 21, 2013, 1:07 PM

Bing adds LinkedIn, social media information to Snapshot sidebar

Bing is beefing up its search results. Today the search engine announced new additions to its Snapshot feature, which now includes… Read More

Mar 21, 2013, 8:24 AM

Windows Phone 8 finally gets Pandora — ad-free for 2013

At long last, Pandora released its Windows Phone 8 app this morning. Microsoft says the free app will come without… Read More

Mar 20, 2013, 3:11 PM

Microsoft Bing Fund to target autism at weekend hackathon

Microsoft’s Bing Fund startup incubator is holding a hackathon this weekend in Seattle — bringing together developers, designers and other… Read More

Mar 19, 2013, 5:59 PM

Microsoft pokes at Samsung Galaxy S3 in high-profile Windows Phone ad

Microsoft is getting more aggressive in its attempt to drum up attention for Windows Phone. The company announced today that… Read More

Mar 19, 2013, 2:55 PM

Microsoft to developers: Here’s $100 to make a Windows 8 app

Is this really enough to entice developers to consider Microsoft? Looking to jumpstart its Windows 8 app ecosystem for the… Read More

Mar 19, 2013, 12:46 PM

Microsoft, Expedia, others file complaint over Google’s domain name ‘land grab’

Fairsearch.org, a lobbying group whose backers include Microsoft, Expedia, TripAdvisor and Nokia, has filed objections over Google’s attempts to take… Read More

Mar 19, 2013, 10:54 AM

Report: U.S. investigating Microsoft over alleged bribery by partners overseas

Microsoft is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission over the company’s relationship with business… Read More

Mar 19, 2013, 10:30 AM

Skype update: People Hub integration, HD video now enabled for Windows Phone

Windows Phone users who chat with Skype should enjoy better quality video and People Hub integration with the app’s latest… Read More

Mar 18, 2013, 10:50 AM

Microsoft releases new Kinect interactions and 3D modeling for Windows

Microsoft this morning released a new version of its Kinect for Windows software development kit, adding features including 3D modeling… Read More

Mar 18, 2013, 9:08 AM

New era: Big office project to give Microsoft new neighbors

There was a time when Microsoft was the inevitable occupant of virtually any available piece of commercial real estate in… Read More

Mar 18, 2013, 7:38 AM

‘Google Keep’ note-taking tool means new competition for Evernote, Microsoft

Microsoft has made its OneNote note-taking application a key part of its larger cloud strategy for Microsoft Office, attempting to… Read More

Mar 15, 2013, 9:32 AM

Samsung mobile chief: ‘Lackluster’ demand for Windows tablets, phones

It has been a rough week for Microsoft’s tablet and devices businesses. First, IDC questioned the company’s tablet strategy and… Read More

Mar 15, 2013, 8:52 AM

Microsoft research: 4 habits of the multi-screen viewer

Nowadays, with all the gadgets available to us, multi-tasking with multiple devices has become a regularity. While watching the game… Read More

Mar 15, 2013, 5:00 AM

Zuckerberg leads list of most-liked CEOs; Bezos’ approval rating soars and Ballmer is a no-show in top 50

Do you like the job your boss is doing? If you work at Facebook, Amazon.com, Salesforce.com, EMC, SAP, Apple or… Read More

Mar 14, 2013, 5:08 PM

Report: Microsoft has sold just 1.5M Surface tablets

Microsoft has sold a grand total of 1.5 million Surface tablets so far — counting both the Surface RT and… Read More

Mar 14, 2013, 4:02 PM

Bill Gates addresses cybersecurity threats, then gets hacked

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stopped by the Washington Post today and spoke about his support for addressing the threats of cybersecurity.… Read More

Mar 14, 2013, 3:18 PM

Xbox 360 marks 26 straight months atop U.S. market

Xbox dominance in the U.S. will live on another month. The latest numbers from NPD market research firm are out… Read More

Mar 14, 2013, 8:34 AM

Microsoft: Overheating datacenter caused Outlook.com outage

A firmware upgrade failure at one of Microsoft’s datacenters caused the facility to overheat and shut down access to Outlook.com… Read More

Mar 13, 2013, 10:22 PM

Twitter for Windows 8: Microsoft really needed this

Twitter’s official Windows 8 app, released Wednesday night, couldn’t have come a better time for Microsoft. Well, that’s not true.… Read More

Mar 13, 2013, 4:01 PM

Vyclone teams with Microsoft Internet Explorer on social video-editing web app

Social video sharing and editing app Vyclone expanded beyond iOS and Android today with the launch of a web app… Read More

Mar 13, 2013, 1:55 PM

Search stats: Google, Microsoft leading; Yahoo keeps slipping

Google continued to climb up the U.S. search market in February, inching farther ahead of Microsoft Bing and Yahoo. The… Read More

Mar 12, 2013, 3:59 PM

Here’s how to secure your Sonics tickets for next year

No one knows if the Sonics will be playing NBA basketball in Seattle this fall, but investor Chris Hansen is… Read More

Mar 12, 2013, 2:46 PM

Microsoft update boosts Surface RT wireless, typing and trackpad

Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday update, issued today, delivers a series of fixes and updates for users of the company’s Surface… Read More

Mar 11, 2013, 3:02 PM

LinkedIn to buy news-reader app Pulse for $50M-$100M

Though the likes of Microsoft and Yahoo were in talks to acquire popular news-reader app Pulse, it looks like it’s… Read More

Mar 11, 2013, 2:24 PM

Microsoft’s IE10 to run Flash by default on Windows 8, RT

Microsoft announced this afternoon that it’s updating the Modern UI (formerly “Metro”) version of Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8… Read More

Mar 11, 2013, 11:59 AM

Microsoft courts college students with extended Office 365 University trial

Microsoft is offering budget-minded U.S. college students a chance to try its new Office 365 University subscription for three months for… Read More

Mar 11, 2013, 9:50 AM

Is that bar busy? Microsoft enhances search results with ambient noise from phones

Data-collecting sensors are all the rage in the tech industry right now. Microsoft Research is testing a new use for… Read More

Mar 10, 2013, 12:06 AM

Microsoft eyes Amazon, wants more ‘pure Silicon Valley startups’ on Azure

Microsoft is “clearly not as far ahead as Amazon” in convincing startups to use its cloud computing system, but the… Read More

Mar 8, 2013, 8:37 AM

How Microsoft went from leading to lagging, and how it’s trying to change

Earlier this week I was part of a small group of journalists and bloggers who spent the day questioning and… Read More

Mar 7, 2013, 10:30 AM

Microsoft wants new model for online privacy, says current one ‘can’t survive’

It’s inevitable that companies will collect an array of data about people and their online activities. So rather than trying… Read More