May 3, 2019, 10:23 AM Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie: If Amazon Web Services is the Yankees, we’re the Red Sox As Microsoft began to realize its entire cloud service was offline Thursday, executive vice president Scott Guthrie was comparing his… Read More
May 2, 2019, 2:48 PM Microsoft Azure recovering from major networking-related outage that took out Office 365, Xbox Live, and other services An outage that lasted more than an hour took out a host of Microsoft cloud services Thursday afternoon, as networking… Read More
May 2, 2019, 2:45 PM ‘Microsoft Solitaire,’ which debuted on Windows 3.0 in 1990, inducted into Video Game Hall of Fame “Microsoft Solitaire,” a computer game played by more than 500 million people over the past 29 years, has been inducted… Read More
May 2, 2019, 2:00 PM Microsoft unveils a new edge computing database and managed blockchain service ahead of Build The main event doesn’t kick off until next Monday morning in downtown Seattle, but Microsoft plans to announce a new… Read More
May 2, 2019, 2:00 PM Microsoft unveils $3,500 HoloLens 2 Development Edition ‘mixed reality’ headset Microsoft wants to bring more developers into its ecosystem to build “mixed reality” apps, and Microsoft today announced a Development… Read More
May 2, 2019, 10:56 AM Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Celebrating $1 trillion market cap would be ‘the beginning of the end’ Under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has returned to the tech elite, punctuated by the company hitting a financial milestone of a… Read More
Apr 30, 2019, 9:13 AM Microsoft equips veterans in rehab with accessible Xbox controllers Microsoft is making gaming more accessible for patients at 22 Veterans Affairs rehab centers by supplying them with its Xbox… Read More
Apr 29, 2019, 11:47 AM Microsoft and VMware unveil new cloud service that lets VMware customers run their apps on Azure Years after VMware cut a ground-breaking cloud deal with Amazon Web Services that helped make the hybrid cloud a reality,… Read More
Apr 29, 2019, 10:42 AM Tax hike on Amazon and Microsoft to fund higher ed in Washington state passes legislature Update May 21: Gov. Jay Inslee signed the education bill into law. I just had the honor of signing HB… Read More
Apr 26, 2019, 8:25 AM Slack calls out Microsoft as its ‘primary competitor’ in IPO filing in nod to rival’s collaboration tools Now we know why Slack made such a ruckus when Microsoft entered its territory two years ago with the introduction… Read More
Apr 25, 2019, 3:30 AM Amal and George Clooney partner with Microsoft on app to improve criminal justice oversight worldwide Courtrooms around the world can be dangerous places for marginalized communities, journalists, and human rights advocates. Often justice systems are… Read More
Apr 24, 2019, 3:40 PM Microsoft briefly becomes a $1 trillion company following strong earnings report Update, April 30: Microsoft today became the second U.S. company in history after Apple to close with a market capitalization above… Read More
Apr 24, 2019, 2:27 PM Microsoft’s hardware division continues momentum, posts revenue jump of 21% to $1.3B Microsoft’s Surface division is on a roll. After posting a staggering 39 percent revenue growth over the holiday season and… Read More
Apr 24, 2019, 1:25 PM Azure revenue remains a mystery, but cloud services continue to drive Microsoft forward One of these days, Microsoft will decide that it needs to break out the amount of revenue it is recording… Read More
Apr 24, 2019, 1:16 PM Microsoft beats Wall Street expectations, posting $30.6B in revenue, powered by cloud division Microsoft rebounded from a rare revenue miss, sailing past Wall Street expectations for its third quarter, powered by the tech… Read More
Apr 24, 2019, 9:24 AM Microsoft earnings preview: What to watch as tech giant shares latest financial update Microsoft is locked in a three-way race for the title of the nation’s most-valuable company with Amazon and Apple, with… Read More
Apr 23, 2019, 10:35 AM Microsoft Paint will remain part of Windows 10, as 34-year-old favorite lives on For years it’s felt like Microsoft Paint’s days were numbered, but the 34-year-old sentimental favorite keeps hanging on. The simple… Read More
Apr 23, 2019, 10:00 AM How multiyear contracts with big business are changing the economics of the cloud As it scaled its way to unicorn status and beyond over the last few years, Pinterest was more focused on… Read More
Apr 23, 2019, 6:00 AM Microsoft to equip UAE company’s new HQ with ‘virtual AI persona’ in expansion of cloud strategy Microsoft is outfitting a striking new office building just outside of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates with a suite… Read More
Apr 20, 2019, 8:56 AM Unicorns, IPOs and the hidden links among the new wave of tech giants Seattle has a new unicorn, Outreach, the sales and marketing automation company that raised a $114 million funding round, pushing… Read More
Apr 18, 2019, 1:11 PM Satya Nadella shares Microsoft’s inclusion strategy amid sexual harassment claims Microsoft’s workplace culture is under a magnifying glass now that emails from dozens of women have surfaced with damning stories… Read More
Apr 18, 2019, 9:59 AM Microsoft bets on a real-time operating system for IoT devices with Express Logic acquisition The devices that make up the internet of things require a different approach to computing, which is one of the… Read More
Apr 17, 2019, 3:44 PM Ahead of Zoom’s IPO, new report says Microsoft repeatedly tried to acquire video conferencing company Video conferencing company Zoom is set to go public this week, but its future could have been a lot different,… Read More
Apr 17, 2019, 12:29 PM Where Microsoft draws the line on selling facial recognition tech to government agencies Microsoft is being selective about the government agencies that can buy the company’s facial recognition software. Speaking at a conference… Read More
Apr 17, 2019, 8:30 AM Microsoft unveils next-generation Surface Hub, starting at $9,000 and shipping in June Microsoft will begin shipping the follow-up to its Windows 10-powered interactive conference computer, Surface Hub 2, in June at a… Read More
Apr 16, 2019, 2:05 PM Microsoft bundling Game Pass subscription service with Xbox Live for $15/month Microsoft is bundling its Game Pass subscription service with its Xbox Live Gold membership, the latest move in the company’s… Read More
Apr 15, 2019, 9:02 PM Microsoft’s ambitious new environmental goals include shifting data centers to 70% renewable energy by 2023 Microsoft is amping up efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and be a global leader in the fight against climate… Read More
Apr 15, 2019, 10:52 AM Internal memo: Satya Nadella promises Microsoft HR overhaul following new sexual harassment complaints Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is pledging to take action as women at the company share a growing number of allegations… Read More
Apr 15, 2019, 9:55 AM Surface Buds? Microsoft working on its own Apple AirPods competitor, report says Microsoft’s foray into headphones may not be a one-off, according to a new report. Citing multiple sources, journalist Brad Sams… Read More
Apr 11, 2019, 9:00 AM Ex-NFL player Steve Gleason launches eye-controlled wheelchair system inspired by Microsoft hackathon It all started with a hackathon. Back in 2014, a team of Microsoft employees developed the EyeGaze, a wheelchair that… Read More
