Oct 12, 2017, 6:31 AM Amazon and Microsoft unveil ‘Gluon’ neural network technology, teaming up on machine learning Microsoft and Amazon, which surprised the tech world with a partnership between their Cortana and Alexa virtual assistants, are back… Read More
Oct 11, 2017, 12:24 PM Three technologies Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks will shape the future With a rueful smile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged on stage at the GeekWire Summit that “one of the (really… Read More
Oct 11, 2017, 11:34 AM Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on leadership lessons from cricket and team sports Company executives across all industries can learn a lot from team sports. That was the message from Microsoft CEO Satya… Read More
Oct 11, 2017, 11:23 AM How Microsoft’s Satya Nadella got Wall Street to look past its cloud battle with Amazon Web Services About a year after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella became the third chief executive officer in the company’s history, he outlined… Read More
Oct 11, 2017, 10:55 AM Microsoft HQ2? ‘We are very, very happy where we are,’ says CEO Satya Nadella Amazon’s decision to open a second headquarters equal to its hometown Seattle campuses is largely unprecedented in modern business history,… Read More
Oct 11, 2017, 10:44 AM After struggling with ‘Why us?’ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella credits son with shaping who he is When he was 29 years old, Satya Nadella was looking forward to the birth of his first child. Like many… Read More
Oct 10, 2017, 10:34 AM Microsoft’s SDK for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update now generally available All developers interested in building apps for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update can now download the software-development kit now… Read More
Oct 10, 2017, 6:00 AM Microsoft Ventures launches global AI startup competition with top VC firms In the latest sign of Microsoft’s continued investment in artificial intelligence, Microsoft Ventures announced today that it is teaming up… Read More
Oct 9, 2017, 8:38 AM Straight talk on Windows Mobile: Microsoft exec explains why smartphone hardware is no longer a focus A Microsoft executive confirmed on Twitter over the weekend something we already knew but hadn’t been said officially: Building new… Read More
Oct 6, 2017, 1:04 PM Behind-the-scenes with NFL sideline technology: Microsoft and Bose power team communication Much like how technology has changed the way you communicate with friends, family, and co-workers, it has also revolutionized how… Read More
Oct 5, 2017, 7:29 AM At long last, Microsoft is releasing its Edge browser for iPhone and Android Microsoft Edge, the default web browser for Windows 10, will be available as a preview for iPhone starting today and… Read More
Oct 3, 2017, 1:46 PM Microsoft Azure fire system glitch shows why everyone benefits from transparent cloud outage reports Outage reports issued by most cloud companies tend to be meaningless exercises in brevity, designed by lawyers and put into… Read More
Oct 3, 2017, 11:00 AM Microsoft acquires virtual reality startup, announces new Samsung mixed reality headset Microsoft has acquired a San Francisco Bay Area virtual reality startup ahead of a major milestone for its “mixed reality”… Read More
Oct 2, 2017, 12:34 PM Microsoft discontinuing Groove Music Pass streaming service Dec. 31, teaming up with Spotify Microsoft said Monday it plans to discontinue its Groove Music Pass streaming service, and it will instead partner with streaming… Read More
Sep 29, 2017, 10:39 AM How Microsoft became a destination for a new generation of open-source developers An old tongue-in-cheek journalism canard suggests that once something has happened three times, it’s a trend. Along those lines, when… Read More
Sep 28, 2017, 11:30 AM What happened after Satya Nadella told Microsoft’s execs to ‘find the rose petals in the field of sh*t’ In one passage of his new book, Hit Refresh, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tells the story of his response to… Read More
Sep 27, 2017, 11:25 AM Kids, a dog and screen time: Magazine gets inside look at Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s life at home Anu Nadella, wife of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, calls the vibe in their Seattle-area home “extreme controlled chaos.” Despite the… Read More
Sep 27, 2017, 10:45 AM We knocked on the door at Microsoft’s mysterious small-town office, and here’s what we found Microsoft’s office in Silverdale, Wash., a town of close to 20,000 people on the Kitsap Peninsula across Puget Sound from Seattle,… Read More
Sep 26, 2017, 11:35 AM Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer among those praising Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book ‘Hit Refresh’ Plenty of interested readers outside of Microsoft will pick up CEO Satya Nadella’s new book, “Hit Refresh,” to gain some… Read More
Sep 26, 2017, 8:59 AM Bill Gates says he’s switched to an Android smartphone, ‘with a lot of Microsoft software’ It really is a new era at Microsoft — or maybe it’s a return to the company’s roots. Bill Gates… Read More
Sep 25, 2017, 12:01 PM Review: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s candid book ‘Hit Refresh’ goes inside the tech giant’s revival This was my litmus test for Satya Nadella’s new book: Does he write about his Grace Hopper debacle? The answer… Read More
Sep 25, 2017, 10:37 AM Apple replaces Bing with Google as search engine for Siri and Spotlight Apple is ditching Bing and will now use Google to power the default search engine for Siri, Search within iOS… Read More
Sep 25, 2017, 9:34 AM Microsoft launches Technology for Social Impact group, pledges to help 300k nonprofits move to the cloud Cloud computing has quickly become an essential tool for businesses and governments across the world — but for many nonprofits… Read More
Sep 25, 2017, 8:06 AM Microsoft to release programming language for quantum computing — now it just needs a quantum computer Microsoft says it has a created a new programming language for quantum computers, seeking to help developers unlock the still… Read More
Sep 25, 2017, 6:00 AM Microsoft Teams to replace Skype for Business as main meeting tool for Office 365 customers Microsoft is going all in on its chat and productivity tool, Teams. As its annual customer event Ignite kicks off… Read More
Sep 25, 2017, 6:00 AM Microsoft links its new Cosmos DB database to serverless technology for Azure developers Microsoft’s strategy for helping its customers use one of the more exciting developments in cloud computing — serverless technologies —… Read More
Sep 25, 2017, 6:00 AM Microsoft connects LinkedIn and Office 365 via profile cards, starting to capitalize on $26B deal More than a year after Microsoft announced its plans to purchase LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, the technology giant is rolling… Read More
Sep 22, 2017, 9:31 AM Microsoft’s Satya Nadella inspires Pete Carroll at Seahawks practice and gets signed ball from coach The Seattle Seahawks know a thing or two about rallying around inspirational voices — whether it’s head coach Pete Carroll… Read More
Sep 22, 2017, 8:14 AM Microsoft and Facebook team up to build fastest underwater cable across the Atlantic Microsoft, Facebook and a subsidiary of Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica have completed the highest-capacity undersea cable to travel across the… Read More
Sep 22, 2017, 7:07 AM One year later, Microsoft AI and Research grows to 8k people in massive bet on artificial intelligence Microsoft’s first mission statement envisioned a computer on every desk and in every home, but Bill Gates also had another… Read More
