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Microsoft

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

Mar 3, 2016, 6:47 AM

Has Microsoft finally figured out how to make successful acquisitions? Kurt DelBene explains the Acompli deal on ‘Acquired’ podcast

Microsoft has more than its share of experience with multi-billion-dollar, blockbuster acquisitions that didn’t turn out as planned. Its purchase… Read More

Mar 3, 2016, 6:00 AM

Bing partners with NCAA to become official ‘bracketologist’ for March Madness predictions

The NCAA will offer fans data-driven predictions and analysis for its annual men’s basketball tournament this month thanks to a partnership… Read More

Mar 2, 2016, 2:36 PM

Minecraft for Oculus Rift will be playable in first-person or on a virtual screen

The Minecraft-on-HoloLens demo is one of the coolest augmented reality experiences I’ve seen so far, but Microsoft’s HoloLens is still a long… Read More

Mar 2, 2016, 11:12 AM

Microsoft plans Dynamics CRM update, rolling in tech from recent Adxstudio and FieldOne acquisitions

Microsoft is putting a couple recent acquisitions to good use with an update to its customer relationship management software, Dynamics… Read More

Bill Gates
Mar 2, 2016, 6:56 AM

Forbes says Bill Gates still world’s richest person, while Jeff Bezos jumps 10 spots to No. 5 on list of billionaires

Though the value of his personal fortune fell by $4 billion during the past year, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates remains… Read More

Mar 1, 2016, 9:51 AM

Microsoft debuts Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection to help enterprise users spot hacks early

For enterprise users, spotting an advanced attack can be almost as hard as stopping one. But the faster an IT… Read More

Mar 1, 2016, 4:43 AM

Bill Gates doesn’t like unicorns’ near future, says he’d short them

Lots of people have predicted that the tech sector’s seemingly endless supply of investor money will soon dry up. Add Bill… Read More

Feb 29, 2016, 4:06 PM

Microsoft adds Super Tuesday election predictions to Bing’s fortune telling capabilities

Bing may have been developed as a search engine, but Microsoft is increasingly using its power to predict the future. In recent… Read More

Feb 29, 2016, 7:20 AM

How you’ll use Microsoft’s HoloLens: New videos show clicking, gazing and spatial sound

Remember thinking about whether to hit the right or left mouse button when clicking on something in the early days of computing? Now… Read More

Feb 29, 2016, 6:00 AM

Microsoft launches HoloLens developer preorders with 7 new apps for mixed reality headset

It has been more than a year since Microsoft announced the HoloLens, and we’ve seen an impressive range of on-stage demos since then. But Microsoft has… Read More

Feb 28, 2016, 5:48 AM

Why Microsoft is asking people to make 3D scans of their faces in Seattle this weekend

People visiting the Ballard Locks, one of Seattle’s marvels of 20th Century engineering, were given a chance on Saturday to help… Read More

iPhone 5c Apple
Feb 26, 2016, 10:27 AM

Amazon prepares to join Microsoft, other tech giants backing Apple in FBI encryption fight

After initially offering support through press releases and a smattering of tweets, some of the nation’s largest tech companies are now… Read More

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