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Microsoft

Feb 28, 2017, 8:43 AM

Xbox introduces $9.99/month subscription service with access to 100 games like Halo, NBA2K, others

Microsoft today unveiled a new subscription service that gives Xbox owners another way to purchase and play games. Called “Xbox Game… Read More

Feb 27, 2017, 4:20 PM

EA exec and former Xbox leader Peter Moore to become CEO of Liverpool FC

After stints with Electronic Arts, Microsoft and SEGA, Peter Moore has landed his “dream” job — but not at a company… Read More

Feb 23, 2017, 12:19 PM

Microsoft donates $1M to new partnership of UW-UBC aiming to solve urban issues like traffic and homelessness through data

Microsoft is donating $1 million to a new partnership between the University of Washington and the University of British Columbia called the… Read More

Drone over water
Feb 23, 2017, 10:54 AM

Microsoft Ventures leads $26M round in AirMap, a startup that maps airspace in real time for drones

Microsoft and Airbus are investing in the future of autonomous drones that can communicate with one another as they fly… Read More

Feb 23, 2017, 8:00 AM

Ex-Microsoft Windows CMO launches data analytics-focused digital marketing firm Fjuri

Microsoft’s former Windows marketing chief is launching his own firm to help Fortune 500 companies improve their brand marketing strategies… Read More

Feb 21, 2017, 7:00 AM

HoloLens and engineering: How this earth sciences firm is using mixed reality to create 3D maps

When Sébastien Motte and John Howard launched their holographic computing development studio last year, they did not expect to be working with customers in… Read More

Feb 21, 2017, 6:00 AM

Microsoft Azure broadens support for popular open-source Kubernetes container manager

Microsoft is making the popular open source Kubernetes container orchestration service, originally designed by Google, generally available for use on… Read More

Feb 20, 2017, 7:13 AM

Microsoft strikes exclusive cloud deal with Flipkart, Amazon’s biggest online retail rival in India

Flipkart, the top online marketplace in India, has agreed to adopt Microsoft Azure as its exclusive public cloud platform, augmenting its own… Read More

Feb 18, 2017, 10:54 AM

Microsoft doubled its Azure cloud revenue to $2.7B last year, analysts estimate

Microsoft’s revenue from its Azure cloud platform more than doubled in 2016, reaching $2.7 billion, according to an estimate from… Read More

Feb 17, 2017, 11:34 AM

Microsoft’s new healthcare initiative, and the challenges of bridging tech and health

Healthcare is a cluttered industry, to say the least. A tangle of care providers, a complex payment system and a… Read More

Feb 16, 2017, 3:46 PM

Microsoft hosts Halo Wars 2 launch event as it preps to debut new real-time strategy game

Microsoft’s newest Halo game is almost here. Halo Wars 2, a new real-time strategy game developed by Microsoft’s 343 Industries… Read More

Feb 15, 2017, 3:40 PM

Full Interview: Bill Gates on global health, clean energy, Trump, Microsoft and the future of the world

Nearly a decade after leaving his full-time job at Microsoft, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for an extensive interview… Read More

Feb 14, 2017, 11:10 AM

Microsoft calls for ‘Digital Geneva Convention’ to protect citizens from cyberattacks

Microsoft today proposed a new initiative to protect citizens from unwarranted cyberattacks by governments, taking its cues from history. Speaking at the RSA… Read More

Feb 14, 2017, 8:16 AM

Video Highlights: Inside the world of Bill Gates, nearly a decade after he left Microsoft

Nearly a decade ago, in 2008, Bill Gates stepped down from his day-to-day role at Microsoft. A daily newspaper reporter… Read More

Feb 14, 2017, 5:10 AM

Bill Gates is still mixing it up at Microsoft in his spare time: ‘I love what’s going on there — it’s fun’

It has been nearly a decade since Bill Gates left his day-to-day role at Microsoft, but he still has a… Read More

Feb 14, 2017, 2:00 AM

What Bill and Melinda Gates are doing with Warren Buffett’s $30 billion, a decade after historic gift

“It was the biggest single gift anyone ever gave anybody for anything.” That’s how Bill and Melinda Gates describe Warren… Read More

Feb 13, 2017, 9:41 AM

Microsoft’s new HoloLens ‘Spectator View’ lets users share mixed reality experiences with others

Microsoft today debuted a new way for HoloLens users to share their mixed reality experience with others. Called “Spectator View,”… Read More

Feb 9, 2017, 8:00 AM

Microsoft’s Cortana will now keep you accountable for promises you forgot you made

Cortana wants you to keep your promises. Microsoft’s virtual assistant, available on platforms including Windows 10, iOS and Android, has some… Read More

Feb 8, 2017, 3:05 PM

Microsoft boosts Windows apps with Google Analytics SDK and Facebook install ads

Microsoft announced a new software development kit (SDK) today that lets developers use Google Analytics to measure usage of universal Windows apps. The… Read More

Feb 8, 2017, 11:41 AM

Microsoft will give Azure customers access to 10,000 patents to fight lawsuits

Microsoft will help its cloud computing customers fight lawsuits from patent trolls. As an added benefit to those paying for Microsoft… Read More

Feb 8, 2017, 8:38 AM

Cloud Report Card: Amazon Web Services is a $12B juggernaut, but Microsoft and Google are gaining

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos promised last year that public cloud titan Amazon Web Services would achieve $10 billion in sales for 2016, reaching that milestone… Read More

Feb 7, 2017, 4:18 PM

Microsoft, AT&T join in $25M funding round for SnapRoute, networking startup founded by Apple engineers

SnapRoute, a networking startup formed by Apple engineers, announced Tuesday that it secured $25 million in a Series A venture… Read More

Feb 7, 2017, 6:00 AM

Microsoft’s AI group debuts customizable speech-to-text technology, rapidly expanding ‘cognitive services’ for developers

  Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Research Group, a major new engineering and research division formed last year inside the Redmond… Read More

Feb 4, 2017, 11:46 AM

Microsoft tries to reinvent sports autographs, but can a digital signature replace good old-fashioned ink?

Microsoft wants to change how sports fans think about autographs. The tech giant this weekend unveiled “Social Autograph,” a new concept… Read More

Feb 2, 2017, 1:08 PM

Microsoft Outlook to include add-ons from GIPHY, Evernote and other partners with latest iOS update

  Microsoft is adding several new apps to Outlook on iOS, the company announced Thursday. The updated email application will… Read More

Feb 2, 2017, 8:13 AM

Microsoft asks U.S. agencies to create process for exceptions to Trump’s immigration order

Microsoft is asking new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly to create a process… Read More

Feb 1, 2017, 10:44 AM

Trump’s immigration crackdown may force Amazon and Microsoft to shift some workers to Canada

Prior to President Trump’s controversial immigration orders, Amazon offered positions in the U.S. to seven Iranian-born candidates. Now, the company… Read More

Jan 31, 2017, 5:48 PM

Slack launches ‘Enterprise Grid’ for larger businesses as Microsoft touts Teams traction

Popular messaging service Slack has entered the big leagues. The company launched a service catering to large corporations on Tuesday.… Read More

Jan 31, 2017, 10:50 AM

Charts: These tech companies stand to lose the most from Trump’s reported H-1B visa crackdown

Tens of thousands of tech workers could be affected by Donald Trump’s next executive order. Under the order, Trump will reportedly… Read More

Donald Trump
Jan 28, 2017, 6:35 PM

Court partially blocks Trump immigration ban amid protests and tech industry backlash

Updated with comments from Amazon, Expedia and Gov. Jay Inslee. A federal judge has issued an emergency stay that halts part… Read More

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