Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 61 of 234

Jun 18, 2018, 9:01 PM

Microsoft and Adobe expand partnership with deeper PDF integration across Office 365 versions

Microsoft and Adobe are cozying up even closer, with a series of new announcements including deeper integration of Adobe PDF… Read More

Jun 18, 2018, 2:12 PM

Microsoft ‘dismayed’ by family separations at the border after criticism mounts over ICE contract

Follow-up stories: Microsoft CEO calls border policy ‘cruel and abusive,’ says company’s technology isn’t aiding separation of parents and children… Read More

Jun 18, 2018, 6:00 AM

Microsoft buys edtech startup Flipgrid and makes the video discussion tool free for all schools

Microsoft has acquired education technology startup Flipgrid, Inc., and immediately announced that the subscription social learning platform will be free… Read More

Jun 15, 2018, 8:35 AM

Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets

REDMOND, Wash. — At first glance, the gathering inside Building 99 at Microsoft this week looked like many others inside… Read More

Jun 14, 2018, 7:49 AM

Microsoft reportedly working on Amazon Go-like cashier-less technology

Amazon isn’t the only Seattle-area tech giant that wants to change how we pay for items at the grocery store.… Read More

Jun 13, 2018, 6:00 AM

Office gets a new look: Subtle changes to Microsoft flagship product aim to reflect new era of work

Microsoft is redesigning Office, making a series of small changes that the company says add up to a simpler and… Read More

Jun 12, 2018, 10:42 AM

Don’t count Cortana out: Study predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will rival Amazon and Google in business use

Cortana is getting serious traction in the enterprise world, according to a new study that predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will… Read More

Jun 12, 2018, 8:15 AM

E3 2018: Sony gets out of the way and lets the games do the talking

LOS ANGELES ― If you’d told me last week that one of the big moments of this year’s E3 would… Read More

Jun 11, 2018, 5:04 PM

TLDR: Net neutrality ends, gender discrimination lawsuit against Microsoft, former Amazonian starts YouTube channel with daughter

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Jun 11, 2018, 5:02 PM

Microsoft tangles with current and former technical employees in court over gender discrimination suit

A federal judge in Seattle today heard arguments and delivered some blunt feedback in a three-year-old gender discrimination lawsuit brought… Read More

Jun 11, 2018, 12:57 PM

E3 2018 Analysis: Microsoft’s Xbox One still faces an uphill climb vs. Sony and Nintendo

COMMENTARY: The Xbox One, it must be said, is doing OK. Microsoft hasn’t released official sales numbers since 2014, but… Read More

Jun 10, 2018, 4:00 PM

Azure chief Jason Zander, a Microsoft lifer, is a link between the company’s past and future

Microsoft Azure Executive Vice President Jason Zander has worked for many different companies, despite the fact that he’s worked at… Read More

Jun 10, 2018, 3:15 PM

Microsoft reveals it’s working on new Xbox consoles, doubling down on game hardware

Engineers at Microsoft are currently working the next version of the company’s Xbox console. Speaking on stage during Microsoft’s keynote… Read More

Jun 10, 2018, 1:16 PM

Master Chief returns: Microsoft reveals ‘Halo Infinite’ for Xbox and PC during E3 keynote

Master Chief is back. Microsoft teased a new Halo game at the beginning of its keynote at E3, the big… Read More

Jun 9, 2018, 9:57 AM

Life lessons from artificial intelligence: What Microsoft’s AI chief wants computer science grads to know about the future

Artificial intelligence has exploded, and perhaps no one knows it more than Harry Shum, the executive vice president in charge… Read More

Jun 8, 2018, 7:51 AM

Microsoft’s GitHub gamble: Tech giant ready to spend years winning over critics of $7.5B deal

Will Octocat get along with Ninja Cat? GitHub co-founder Chris Wanstrath laughed in an interview this week as he pondered… Read More

Jun 7, 2018, 4:16 PM

TLDR: Google AdWords won’t run campaign ads in WA state, LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings, Amazon to stream U.K. soccer matches

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Jun 7, 2018, 6:00 AM

LinkedIn leverages Microsoft’s Bing Maps to add commute times to job postings

LinkedIn is adding commute times for jobs on its website, the latest in a growing series of integrations between the… Read More

Jun 6, 2018, 4:02 PM

TLDR: Elon Musk gets emotional at Tesla’s shareholder meeting, Microsoft’s underwater data center, Amazon’s $200 Echo Look

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Jun 6, 2018, 9:28 AM

Microsoft

Microsoft and Adobe expand partnership with deeper PDF integration across Office 365 versions

Microsoft buys edtech startup Flipgrid and makes the video discussion tool free for all schools

Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets

Microsoft reportedly working on Amazon Go-like cashier-less technology

Office gets a new look: Subtle changes to Microsoft flagship product aim to reflect new era of work

Don’t count Cortana out: Study predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will rival Amazon and Google in business use

E3 2018: Sony gets out of the way and lets the games do the talking

Microsoft tangles with current and former technical employees in court over gender discrimination suit

E3 2018 Analysis: Microsoft’s Xbox One still faces an uphill climb vs. Sony and Nintendo

Azure chief Jason Zander, a Microsoft lifer, is a link between the company’s past and future

Microsoft reveals it’s working on new Xbox consoles, doubling down on game hardware

Master Chief returns: Microsoft reveals ‘Halo Infinite’ for Xbox and PC during E3 keynote

Life lessons from artificial intelligence: What Microsoft’s AI chief wants computer science grads to know about the future

Microsoft’s GitHub gamble: Tech giant ready to spend years winning over critics of $7.5B deal

TLDR: Google AdWords won’t run campaign ads in WA state, LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings, Amazon to stream U.K. soccer matches

LinkedIn leverages Microsoft’s Bing Maps to add commute times to job postings

Clouds under the sea: Microsoft deploys its Project Natick data center off the coast of Scotland

Microsoft shows new big-screen Windows Collaboration Displays for conference room computing

Microsoft adds decade-long Windows support and other services for IoT device makers

Lightform unveils $699 augmented-reality projection device from the brains behind Xbox IllumiRoom

New Microsoft Azure tech could let smart building operators model the links between people and objects at work

TLDR: Microsoft agrees to buy GitHub, tech for women’s safety, Alexa & Google Assistant coming to Xbox

Here’s where Microsoft’s GitHub acquisition ranks among the tech giant’s largest deals

Developers and cloud rivals will be watching Microsoft’s plans for Azure and GitHub very closely

Google to link Meet business video-calling app with Microsoft Skype and other rivals

Alexa and the Google Assistant are reportedly coming soon to Microsoft’s Xbox

Microsoft agrees to buy GitHub for $7.5B, vows to let popular coding site operate independently