Jan 17, 2019, 10:42 AM Seattle Sounders and Reign FC unveil new jersey sponsor, replace Microsoft with online retailer Zulily Editor’s note: This story has been updated with details from the Sounders’ event announcing Zulily as its new jersey sponsor.… Read More
Jan 16, 2019, 6:41 PM Microsoft commits $500M to address affordable housing and homelessness in the Seattle region Microsoft is dedicating $500 million to fund construction of affordable homes and homeless services in the Seattle region in an effort… Read More
Jan 16, 2019, 9:44 AM Microsoft venture capital arm M12 expands to India, invests in healthcare data startup Microsoft’s venture capital arm M12 has made its first ever investment in a startup based in India. M12 made an… Read More
Jan 15, 2019, 3:20 PM Microsoft wins $1.76 billion DoD deal as massive U.S. government cloud contract looms Microsoft started off the year with two wins in the federal government sector, winning a $1.76 billion contract with the… Read More
Jan 15, 2019, 6:43 AM Microsoft counters Amazon again with big Walgreens partnership, aiming to reshape healthcare A week after unveiling a plan to reinvent grocery shopping with Kroger, Microsoft announced another major retail partnership: a seven-year… Read More
Jan 14, 2019, 2:47 PM Beware, Windows 7 hold-outs: Microsoft starts one-year clock to end support for popular operating system For the Windows 7 diehards out there — and there are a lot of them — Microsoft is only going… Read More
Jan 14, 2019, 12:00 PM Glasses give sight to the legally blind, opening eyes to the broader potential of making tech accessible LAS VEGAS ― More than 180,000 people attended CES to see the latest in consumer technology. From autonomous suitcases to a… Read More
Jan 13, 2019, 5:00 PM Building a wall around the cloud: Why China will soon be a very important cloud computing market Cloud computing was invented by American tech companies. By the end of the next decade, it might be the domain… Read More
Jan 12, 2019, 7:25 AM Facebook, groceries and … divorce? Catch up on the week’s big stories with the GeekWire Podcast We’re back! John Cook, Monica Nickelsburg and Todd Bishop get the GeekWire Podcast rolling for 2019 with our weekly news… Read More
Jan 11, 2019, 1:34 PM GeekWire Calendar Picks: Supporting women in tech, and exploring the mysteries of the universe Women in Cloud: If you’re like most women who work in the tech industry, you’ve probably experienced a hurdle or… Read More
Jan 11, 2019, 8:58 AM Microsoft spotlights efforts to help retailers modernize and compete with Amazon LAS VEGAS — Microsoft isn’t as visible as Google or Amazon at CES this year, choosing to mostly lay low… Read More
Jan 10, 2019, 12:11 PM Investigation reveals that Microsoft Bing surfaces and recommends child pornography Microsoft’s search engine has been serving and recommending child pornography, according to an investigation by TechCrunch and third-party researchers. After… Read More
Jan 9, 2019, 9:00 AM Seattle startup Lubn wins CES Innovation Award for smart key box LAS VEGAS — From a laundry-folding robot to Alexa-enabled mirrors, smart home technology is all the rage at the 2019… Read More
Jan 9, 2019, 6:00 AM New features for Microsoft Teams chat app further company’s push to woo retail and service workers Microsoft’s play to become the tech provider of choice for so-called “first-line workers” — people in fields like retail, hospitality and… Read More
Jan 8, 2019, 2:17 PM Microsoft says goodbye to its past as demolition begins on original buildings ahead of big renovation REDMOND, Wash. — Matthew Whilden has been at Microsoft for 11 years. For about 30 minutes on Tuesday, the senior… Read More
Jan 7, 2019, 3:55 PM Is this the future of retail? We checked out the new high-tech store from Microsoft and Kroger REDMOND, Wash. ― Attention shoppers, new technology on aisle seven. There were no audible announcements like that Monday morning at… Read More
Jan 7, 2019, 10:17 AM GitHub introduces new product tier that lets free users keep their code private GitHub will kick off the new year by allowing free users of the code repository service to maintain private projects,… Read More
Jan 7, 2019, 7:02 AM Microsoft and Kroger to challenge Amazon and Whole Foods with futuristic retail technology Can Microsoft and Kroger upgrade the grocery experience better than Amazon and Whole Foods can? That’s the unstated subplot in… Read More
Jan 5, 2019, 10:49 AM Beyond email: Microsoft time management exec and Satya Nadella mentee on the future of Outlook Outlook is one of Microsoft’s oldest products — at nearly 22 years old, it is the same age as some… Read More
Jan 4, 2019, 9:34 AM Microsoft reportedly testing a tool for managing and deleting personal data collected online Microsoft appears to be testing a tool that would allow internet users the manage the data websites and apps collect… Read More
Jan 3, 2019, 12:41 PM Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies go live with AI engine for universal diagnostic blood test It’s been one day short of a year since Microsoft partnered with Adaptive Biotechnologies to create a blood test with… Read More
Jan 3, 2019, 12:15 PM Do a majority of Google developers use Visual Studio Code? Microsoft declines to back up its top marketing exec’s claim There’s little debate that Microsoft has become a company willing to work across competitive boundaries over the last few years,… Read More
Jan 3, 2019, 11:34 AM Windows into the White House? Situation Room photo stirs debate over Microsoft operating system Talk about a screen shot. An official photo shared by the White House on Tuesday evening captured President Donald Trump… Read More
Dec 21, 2018, 1:00 PM Q&A: Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott talks diversity, taking some load off Satya Nadella, and whether the company needs to be cool A company doesn’t have to be cool to make an impact — just ask Microsoft. The tech giant is, depending… Read More
Dec 21, 2018, 9:45 AM Google Assistant comes in first and Cortana finishes last in smart speaker Q&A test The Google Assistant finished tops among the digital brains that power smart speakers in an extensive Q&A test, answering nearly… Read More
Dec 19, 2018, 9:13 AM Facebook data-sharing partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants at the center of latest privacy scandal Facebook is in the news again, but not for the reasons it wants to be. The New York Times published… Read More
Dec 18, 2018, 1:40 PM Microsoft and 343 Industries’ Bonnie Ross to be inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced that it will induct Microsoft and 343 Industries‘ Bonnie Ross into… Read More
Dec 17, 2018, 4:49 PM Xbox One gets its own keyboard and mouse: First look at Razer’s new peripheral for Microsoft console In advance of next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Singaporean hardware manufacturer Razer has shared images of… Read More
Dec 16, 2018, 11:11 AM Azure vs. AWS for startups: Microsoft’s top marketing exec explains its strategy in the cloud Startups were key to the early success of Amazon Web Services and most still favor the platform for cloud infrastructure.… Read More
Dec 13, 2018, 10:26 AM King County wins award for using Microsoft HoloLens to train staff at wastewater treatment plant King County has been recognized for using Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality device to train operators at a wastewater treatment plant.… Read More
