Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 41 of 234

Nov 30, 2019, 9:13 AM

Microsoft VP Gretchen O’Hara on helping launch Women in Cloud, the work-life continuum, and more

Gretchen O’Hara is a diehard Microsoft fan. You might have guessed as much given that she’s worked for the Redmond,… Read More

Nov 27, 2019, 10:49 AM

Microsoft resumes political spending despite ongoing employee concerns

Microsoft has quietly started making political contributions again after suspending donations in July to address employee concerns. Federal election reports… Read More

Nov 27, 2019, 10:09 AM

Slack makes the case against Microsoft Teams’ rapid growth to 20M users, further escalating rivalry

Rivals Microsoft and Slack are sparring yet again, this time over new growth figures that show Teams pulling well ahead… Read More

Nov 27, 2019, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Seattle office for Sweden’s Sinch; Glossier hires CTO from Amazon

— Swedish cloud communications platform Sinch named Vikram Khandpur, a 13-year Microsoft veteran, as chief product officer. He’ll be based… Read More

Nov 27, 2019, 5:25 AM

Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirms virtual reality not a priority for company’s next-generation console

It looks like virtual reality capabilities won’t be coming to Xbox any time soon. VR doesn’t fit with Xbox’s perspective… Read More

Nov 26, 2019, 3:36 PM

In Seattle exhibition, Microsoft AI and mixed reality power immersive look at historic French monastery

An immersive new exhibition at Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry is blending technology from the 17th and 21st centuries… Read More

Nov 26, 2019, 10:36 AM

Microsoft sleighs ’em again in holiday ad as girl uses translation technology to speak to reindeer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnmy7IPE08I&feature=emb_logo It’s one thing to leave a note for Santa and hope for some sort of reply. It’s quite another… Read More

Nov 26, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft and AT&T reveal the 1st major initiative to come out of their big cloud-5G partnership

Microsoft and AT&T today unveiled the first big plan as part of their multi-year cloud alliance: Combining AT&T’s burgeoning 5G… Read More

Nov 22, 2019, 5:24 AM

Microsoft cleared to sell ‘mass market’ software to Huawei following reprieve from Trump admin

Microsoft said it has been granted a license to sell software to Huawei, the latest development in the complicated relationship… Read More

Nov 21, 2019, 10:37 AM

Microsoft delays release of wireless Surface Earbuds until 2020 to ‘get all the details right’

Microsoft’s place in the battle of wireless earbud makers is going to be delayed a bit as the tech giant’s… Read More

Nov 19, 2019, 8:00 PM

Update: Microsoft Teams and other Office 365 services back online after untimely outage

Update: Microsoft said it resolved the issue as of 10:30 p.m. Pacific Tuesday. Microsoft is citing a “recent networking update”… Read More

Nov 19, 2019, 7:08 AM

Salesforce and Amazon double down on cloud partnership following surprising Microsoft alliance

Amazon and Salesforce today strengthened their relationship with a new cloud partnership focused on technology for customer service centers. The… Read More

Nov 19, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft Teams hits 20M daily users, up 50% in 4 months — here’s how that compares to rival Slack

Microsoft Teams now has more than 20 million daily active users, a 50 percent spike in four months that puts… Read More

Nov 18, 2019, 10:13 AM

Microsoft taps Eric Holder to audit Israeli partner in demonstration of tech’s struggle to self-regulate

Microsoft’s decision to retain former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate how one of its partner companies uses facial… Read More

Nov 18, 2019, 5:29 AM

Logitech teams up with Microsoft for new low-cost Xbox Adaptive Controller accessory kit

Electronics accessory manufacturer Logitech today unveiled a new low-cost button kit for Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller that aims to help… Read More

Nov 16, 2019, 9:20 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon protests JEDI deal; Cortana reads email; Cosmic Crisp first taste

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is formally protesting a decision by the U.S. Department of Defense to award… Read More

Nov 14, 2019, 2:35 PM

Microsoft will bring Project xCloud game streaming service to Windows 10 PCs

Microsoft said it will bring its new cloud-based game streaming service to Windows 10 PCs, as part of a flurry… Read More

Nov 14, 2019, 7:46 AM

Together again? Microsoft and Salesforce deepen cloud partnership despite years of rivalry and rifts

Microsoft and Salesforce are strengthening their relationship, putting aside a complicated history for a new cloud partnership. Salesforce will move… Read More

Nov 13, 2019, 9:07 AM

Microsoft AI chief Harry Shum to depart in February after 23 years at the tech giant

Microsoft AI chief Harry Shum is leaving after 23 years at the Redmond, Wash. tech giant in a big departure… Read More

Nov 13, 2019, 5:28 AM

Minecraft Earth goes national: Microsoft’s augmented reality game now live across U.S.

Minecraft Earth, Microsoft’s take on the smartphone-enabled augmented reality gaming craze, made its U.S. debut after months of testing. Microsoft… Read More

Nov 12, 2019, 10:37 AM

Supreme Court hears Microsoft case challenging Trump’s decision to terminate DACA

Nineteen Microsoft employees traveled to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday for a hearing in a critical immigration case that… Read More

Nov 11, 2019, 3:05 PM

Microsoft backs California data privacy law taking effect next year

Microsoft plans to make changes required by California’s new data privacy law available to all its U.S. customers, the company… Read More

Nov 10, 2019, 9:49 AM

Review: Microsoft Cortana reading email aloud on an iPhone is surprisingly useful, to a point

Grab your headphones, press play, and groove to the sound of your email inbox. It might sound a little weird,… Read More

Nov 8, 2019, 10:13 AM

Microsoft goes to bat for Dreamer employees as Supreme Court prepares to hear DACA case

There’s the service and security engineer — brought to the U.S. from Mexico when she was four years old —… Read More

Nov 7, 2019, 12:45 PM

Looming cuts to transit cast doubt on Microsoft’s vision for Seattle-Vancouver high-speed rail

Microsoft’s aspiration to build one of America’s first high-speed rail lines in the Pacific Northwest hit a speed bump this… Read More

Nov 7, 2019, 8:32 AM

Facebook reportedly ‘heavily recruited’ Microsoft cloud chief Scott Guthrie — to no avail

Facebook really wanted to hire Scott Guthrie. That’s one revelation from the internal Facebook documents leaked by NBC this week. Mashable… Read More

Nov 7, 2019, 7:52 AM

Satya Nadella and other Sounders owners on how they’ve applied lessons from sports to business

The lessons from sports that can be applied to business and life are endless. Teamwork, grit, determination, leadership, planning, overcoming… Read More

Nov 6, 2019, 12:44 PM

Watch: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Elizabeth Warren, billionaires, antitrust and space exploration

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sat down for a candid and wide-ranging fireside chat Wednesday as part of the New York… Read More

Nov 6, 2019, 10:13 AM

How Nokia’s former CEO landed at a Seattle startup, rejoining Microsoft vet who led Nokia integration

Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone business didn’t turn out like either company had hoped, but five years later, some of… Read More

Nov 6, 2019, 6:00 AM

Planting the seeds of digital agriculture: Startup bets the farm on Microsoft’s new ag tech platform

Microsoft’s cloud-based platform for data-driven farming, Azure FarmBeats, had its official coming-out party this week at the company’s annual Ignite… Read More