Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 91 of 234

Mar 24, 2016, 5:51 PM

Microsoft may help finance Yahoo takeover amid board changes

Yahoo’s sale is moving slowly, but new money from Microsoft may help accelerate it. A new report from Kara Swisher in Re/code… Read More

Mar 24, 2016, 4:38 PM

HP, Microsoft and others invest $73.5M in Mesosphere cloud computing company

Mesosphere, a Silicon Valley cloud computing startup, announced today that it has raised a $73.5 million Series C funding round. The… Read More

Mar 24, 2016, 9:30 AM

Microsoft’s millennial chatbot Tay.ai pulled offline after Internet teaches her racism

Well, that escalated quickly. Less than 24 hours after first talking with the public, Microsoft’s millennial-minded chatbot Tay was pulled offline amid… Read More

Mar 23, 2016, 1:36 PM

Starbucks app coming to Microsoft Windows phones in “30 to 45 days”

Starbucks is about a month away from (finally) releasing a Windows version of its popular mobile app, according to the… Read More

Mar 23, 2016, 10:38 AM

Meet ‘Tay’: Microsoft debuts millennial-minded AI chatbot to understand how the kids talk

If you’re “an old,” understanding “teenz” can be as hard as understanding your cat. But Microsoft is trying to change that with… Read More

Mar 21, 2016, 10:23 AM

Bing’s bracket: Here’s how Microsoft performed with its March Madness predictions this weekend

The first weekend of March Madness 2016 is in the books and there were plenty of upsets that not many experts… Read More

Mar 19, 2016, 5:50 PM

Internal email: Microsoft launches investigation into Xbox ‘schoolgirl’ dancer incident; ‘We are not going to tolerate this,’ says HR chief

Microsoft’s top executives were “embarrassed and appalled” upon seeing photos of female dancers in schoolgirl outfits at a Microsoft Xbox-sponsored event at… Read More

Mar 19, 2016, 10:08 AM

Mac extends its lead over Linux among software developers, chipping away at Windows

A new survey of more than 55,000 coders shows Mac OS X distancing itself from Linux in a ranking of… Read More

Mar 18, 2016, 1:16 PM

Microsoft apologizes for hiring ‘schoolgirl’ dancers at GDC party, calls it ‘unequivocally wrong’

Microsoft apologized Friday for hiring scantily clad dancers at its official Game Developers Conference after-party in San Francisco. Reports surfaced Friday morning… Read More

Mar 18, 2016, 10:55 AM

Microsoft bringing HoloLens headset to Lowe’s to visualize kitchen renovations

If you’ve ever remodeled a room in your house, or even just tried to pick out a new paint color,… Read More

Mar 17, 2016, 11:11 AM

Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 Mobile upgrade for select phones

Microsoft is finally bringing Windows 10 to mobile phones running previous versions of Windows Phone starting today. While the initial list of… Read More

Mar 16, 2016, 3:23 PM

Microsoft employees break Guinness record for most people filling out a bracket together

It is officially March Madness at Microsoft. The Bing team already put out its data-driven predictions for this year’s NCAA… Read More

Mar 16, 2016, 1:03 PM

Twitter app for Windows 10 catches up, with addition of Moments and quotes

Twitter is bringing finally bringing its latest features to its Windows 10 app, with the addition of Moments, group Direct Messages and… Read More

Mar 16, 2016, 9:30 AM

Oracle’s Ellison brushes off competition as Microsoft and Amazon make inroads in cloud database market

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison displayed some of his famous swagger following the release of the company’s earnings report on Tuesday.… Read More

Mar 15, 2016, 11:03 AM

Windows 10 phones lose HERE Maps support, Windows 8 devices won’t get new HERE features

HERE Maps, the one-time Nokia-owned navigation and mapping app that Audi, BMW and Mercedes bought last year, is dropping support… Read More

Mar 14, 2016, 1:25 PM

Microsoft beefs up Skype for Web with calls to landlines and mobile, YouTube embeds

Microsoft is fleshing out the Skype for Web app with some welcome new features that combine the best of the desktop… Read More

Mar 14, 2016, 11:52 AM

Spotify hires Microsoft general counsel Horacio Gutierrez as its top lawyer

Microsoft general counsel Horacio Gutierrez, a longtime attorney who oversaw many of the Redmond tech giant’s company’s biggest patent deals and cases,… Read More

Mar 14, 2016, 9:39 AM

Xbox One meets PS4? Microsoft to enable cross-platform multiplayer gaming with other consoles

If you’re big into multiplayer gaming, you need to buy the same console as your friends to play together. But a new move… Read More

Mar 14, 2016, 9:16 AM

Microsoft’s March Madness bracket: Here are Bing’s NCAA basketball predictions

Editor’s note: Sign up for our GeekWire March Madness contest, with a chance to win tickets to the GeekWire Sports… Read More

Mar 14, 2016, 8:28 AM

Microsoft’s Minecraft to be used as artificial intelligence testing ground

Minecraft will be the backbone for a new platform designed to help test and improve artificial intelligence applications, Microsoft announced… Read More

Mar 14, 2016, 4:12 AM

Update: Microsoft reverses course on Bitcoin, says Windows Store will still accept digital currency

Update, 1:30 p.m., March 14: After saying that it will no longer accept Bitcoin in the Windows Store, Microsoft has… Read More

Mar 11, 2016, 5:24 AM

A tranquil and yoga-loving Steve Ballmer offers kinder attitude on Linux, the operating system he once called a ‘cancer’

Steve Ballmer, the fiery former chief executive of Microsoft, has voiced support for the software giant’s recent move to cozy… Read More

Mar 10, 2016, 5:06 PM

Sony PS4 tops Microsoft Xbox One again for U.S. console sales in February

Playstation 4 topped the Xbox One for U.S. console sales in February, as Sony ousted rival Microsoft for the ninth time in 10 months.… Read More

Mar 9, 2016, 5:07 AM

Suspected software pirates push Microsoft too far, company files copyright suit in Seattle

Microsoft has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Seattle against an unidentified defendant that the company accuses of creating perhaps thousands… Read More

Mar 8, 2016, 3:13 PM

Microsoft encourages young girls to invent as part of International Women’s Day celebration

Microsoft wants more young women to come up with their own inventions. To help celebrate International Women’s Day, the tech giant… Read More

Mar 7, 2016, 1:43 PM

Microsoft to release SQL Server for Linux in another big open-source move

Microsoft plans to release its SQL Server database management program for the Linux operating system, the latest in a series… Read More

Mar 7, 2016, 10:00 AM

Microsoft teams with Rhode Island to bring computer science to every high school in the state

A unique partnership between Microsoft and Rhode Island aims to bring computer science classes to every high school in the… Read More

Mar 7, 2016, 8:53 AM

Tech giants scale back on acquisitions — with the exception of Microsoft

Most of the heavyweights in tech pulled back from mergers and acquisitions in 2015, with one striking exception: Microsoft. Five of 8 tech giants decreased… Read More

Mar 7, 2016, 5:53 AM

Seattle is one of the hotspots to troll for cloud-computing talent, says NY Times

Because cloud computing is hot, because Seattle is home to some of the most advanced cloud-computing services, and because companies… Read More

Mar 4, 2016, 11:46 AM

Report: Microsoft considered $8B Slack purchase, but Bill Gates talked them out of it

Skype may still be the best way talk to you parents across the country or message your friends from your desktop, but… Read More