Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 70 of 234

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

Sep 20, 2017, 3:56 PM

Microsoft opens mysterious office in small town a ferry ride away from Seattle

Microsoft has quietly opened a small office in Silverdale, Wash. a town of close to 20,000 across Puget Sound from… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 2:52 PM

Pepsi CFO joins Microsoft board, replaced on Twitter board by former Google CFO

Hugh Johnston, the PepsiCo vice chairman and chief financial officer, has joined Microsoft’s board of directors and left the Twitter… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 10:12 AM

Microsoft to accelerate growth in gaming as Xbox leader Phil Spencer joins senior leadership team

As part of a strategy to accelerate its gaming business across the company, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today named Xbox… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 9:47 AM

Amazon reportedly tried to poach Satya Nadella, and Microsoft is happy it didn’t happen

Microsoft’s renaissance in recent years may have never come to pass if Jeff Bezos had his way. In a wide-ranging… Read More

Sep 16, 2017, 10:00 AM

From Seattle to Paris: A burgeoning French tech connection grows stronger with visit to Amazon HQ

Embed from Getty Images Representatives from the Consulate General of France and the government’s business development agency were in Seattle this… Read More

Sep 15, 2017, 9:02 AM

Google, Microsoft emphasize cloud security as hacks intensify and big businesses eye the cloud

Security fears have been associated with cloud computing ever since it began, and for the most part those fears have… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 2:54 PM

Microsoft’s AI chief wants to launch a chatbot in every country with more than 100M people

Microsoft has launched conversational chatbots in several countries so far, starting three years ago with Xiaoice in China, which quickly… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 10:30 AM

Photos: Steve Ballmer honored as U.S.-China tech institute GIX names new building after former Microsoft CEO

As part of its $40 million in support of the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), a new U.S.-China joint tech institute, it… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 8:52 AM

Microsoft Pix update uses AI to turn iPhone app into a document scanner

Microsoft Pix was released last year with a goal of improving on the native iPhone camera experience, but it just wouldn’t be… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 1:03 PM

Delta Sky Club at Sea-Tac Airport takes off with new addition of Microsoft devices and technology

Travelers with access to the Delta Sky Club at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s Concourse S will now also have access to information… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 10:43 AM

Full speed ahead: Gov. Inslee says he’s on board for Seattle-B.C. high-speed rail study

A high speed train with a one hour travel time between Seattle and Vancouver B.C. sounds like a pipe dream,… Read More

Sep 12, 2017, 12:00 PM

Live from the Cascadia conference: U.S. and Canadian civic and tech leaders look to forge new regional connections

The second Cascadia Innovation Corridor conference kicks off in Seattle today, where tech luminaries are teaming up with elected officials… Read More