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May 3, 2012, 1:28 PM

Facebook sets IPO range: Social networking giant to be valued at more than $75 billion

Facebook is getting one step closer to becoming a publicly-traded company, with the social networking powerhouse today disclosing in a… Read More

May 3, 2012, 11:24 AM

Microsoft board adds Seagate CEO, expanding to 11 members

Microsoft’s board will grow to eleven members with the appointment today of a new member, Stephen Luczo, the president and… Read More

May 2, 2012, 10:29 PM

Microsoft takes Manhattan, recruits former Yahoo researchers for new NYC lab

Microsoft Research is opening a new lab in New York City, seeding it with a group of former Yahoo researchers… Read More

May 2, 2012, 2:52 PM

Why Microsoft’s Windows Live is fading into the sunset

Microsoft today confirmed plans to stop using the “Windows Live” brand for its online services, as the new version of… Read More

May 2, 2012, 10:53 AM

Twilio partners with Microsoft’s Windows Azure

Twillio, the cloud-based communications upstart led by former Amazon.com employee Jeff Lawson, has inked a partnership that could bring its communications… Read More

May 2, 2012, 9:05 AM

Report: Microsoft plans $99 Xbox 360 + Kinect with $15 monthly subscription

Software and online services have long been sold as subscriptions, but what about game consoles? A report this morning by… Read More

May 2, 2012, 8:29 AM

German court says Motorola can block Xbox, Windows — but U.S. court stands in way

Setting up an unusual conflict between courts on different continents, a judge in Germany ruled overnight that Microsoft violates two… Read More

May 1, 2012, 9:54 AM

Windows Phone U.S. market share slipped prior to Lumia 900 release

New numbers from comScore Networks show Microsoft’s mobile market share falling to 3.9 percent of total smartphone subscribers in the… Read More

May 1, 2012, 8:51 AM

Microsoft to Windows Phone app makers: Less sex, please

Microsoft is taking steps to improve its Windows Phone Marketplace, notifying developers this week that it’s keeping an eye out… Read More

May 1, 2012, 4:00 AM

This M&A expert predicted Microsoft’s tie-up with Barnes & Noble 4 months ago

So often in the tech industry, industry pundits make predictions and get things dead wrong. But Nat Burgess, president of… Read More

Apr 30, 2012, 12:56 PM

Q&A: Microsoft lessons from Employees 154160 and 191855

Recently we received a news release about a new book called Stack Rank This! Memoirs of a Microsoft Couple. Apart from… Read More

Apr 30, 2012, 10:47 AM

Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact

Issues of competition and cooperation are never simple in the technology industry, but Microsoft’s surprise $300 million investment in Barnes… Read More

Apr 30, 2012, 8:08 AM

Scrutiny of Apple’s tax tactics renews focus on Microsoft

Over the weekend, the New York Times published an extensive report on Apple’s use of creative strategies to reduce the… Read More

Apr 30, 2012, 4:57 AM

Microsoft invests $300M in Barnes & Noble’s Nook unit, settles patent litigation

[Follow-up: Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact] Looking to jumpstart its upcoming Windows 8 operating system… Read More

Apr 28, 2012, 9:31 AM

Wozniak loves his Windows Phone: Apple co-founder calls mobile OS ‘beautiful’

Microsoft is trying hard to win fans for Windows Phone. And while the mobile operating system is still way behind… Read More

Apr 27, 2012, 10:48 AM

HP’s Windows 8 slate? Leak provides possible sneak peek

Microsoft is positioning Windows 8 to work not only on traditional computers but also on tablets, aiming to compete more… Read More

Apr 26, 2012, 8:58 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Drugstore.com CEO Kal Raman hired at Groupon

Kal Raman, the former Amazon.com and drugstore.com executive who stepped down as CEO of Bellevue-based GlobalScholar last September, has been named senior… Read More

Apr 25, 2012, 12:30 PM

Kickstarter project ‘Brydge’ makes iPad like MacBook Air — no toaster required

Apple CEO Tim Cook took a thinly veiled jab at Microsoft and Windows PC makers yesterday, saying that the notion… Read More

Apr 25, 2012, 9:26 AM

Microsoft in Android patent licensing deal with Pegatron

Microsoft just announced another patent licensing agreement with a maker of Android and Chrome devices, Pegatron Corp., making more headway… Read More

Apr 24, 2012, 12:17 PM

Google Drive takes on Microsoft SkyDrive, but at a higher price

Google Drive is alive. The long-rumored online storage service was officially announced today, following an apparent attempt at pre-emption by… Read More

Apr 24, 2012, 8:38 AM

Microsoft’s Skype arrives on Sony’s PlayStation Vita

Microsoft’s Skype division is launching a video and voice calling app today for Sony’s latest handheld gaming device, the PlayStation… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 9:39 PM

Windows 8 ‘release preview’ coming first week in June

Microsoft will distribute a “release preview” of Windows 8 during the first week of June, getting closer to finishing one… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 5:10 PM

Food recovery project wins Microsoft’s U.S. Imagine Cup

Over on Microsoft’s Redmond campus today, teams from schools around the country gathered for the U.S. finals of the company’s… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 3:06 PM

Netflix to Comcast: “Internet caps should apply equally”

In a broadside aimed directly at Comcast, Netflix devoted a section of its quarterly shareholder letter on financial performance to… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 10:48 AM

Dropbox, Microsoft SkyDrive add new storage features as Google Drive looms

The Storage Wars are heating up, but this has nothing to do with television or storage units. Microsoft this morning… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 9:25 AM

Facebook to pay Microsoft $550M for hundreds of former AOL patents

Facebook will pay Microsoft $550 million in cash to buy a portion of the AOL patent portfolio that Microsoft recently… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 9:10 AM

Will your next smartphone have a backside display?

A newly surfaced patent filing from Microsoft provides a glimpse of where our smartphones might be headed — even if… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 7:50 AM

Skype releases Windows Phone app, gears up for Xbox

Skype took its Windows Phone app out of beta this weekend, releasing a 1.0 version with updates including video calling in… Read More

Apr 22, 2012, 9:21 AM

The new shape of Microsoft’s entertainment unit: More diverse, less profitable

Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division has long been synonymous with the Xbox 360 and video games, which have traditionally represented… Read More

Apr 21, 2012, 7:03 AM

GeekWire Radio: Paul Allen’s sub, Ray Ozzie’s legacy, and more from our live events

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Seattle rock legend Dave Dederer shares the inside secrets of digital… Read More