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Microsoft

Feb 11, 2016, 7:10 AM

Fetch! Microsoft’s latest artificial-intelligence trick is an app to ID dog breeds

Microsoft has used artificial intelligence to release apps that can determine how old people are, whether two people are twins,… Read More

Feb 10, 2016, 9:18 AM

Microsoft employees raised a record $125M for non-profits last year, up 7% from 2014

Microsoft employees set a new record last year for charitable giving. The Redmond company announced today that its workers gave… Read More

Feb 8, 2016, 11:10 AM

SwiftKey co-founder sold shares to buy bicycle, missing out on $250M Microsoft purchase

The road to success and riches can be long for a startup founder, but buying a bicycle may not make… Read More

Feb 8, 2016, 4:41 AM

Seattle man wins $50,000 in Microsoft’s Super Bowl tech contest

Colin Edwards’s novel idea for using sensors to measure the heart rate, core body temperature and hydration levels of NFL… Read More

Feb 4, 2016, 9:07 AM

Meet the 10 machine learning and data science startups in Microsoft’s Seattle Accelerator

Microsoft Ventures today announced its third batch of Seattle Accelerator startups that are focusing on machine learning and data science. Microsoft’s… Read More

Feb 3, 2016, 6:15 AM

Why Microsoft, not Google, is positioned to win the market for ‘smart glasses’

While the initial rollout of Google Glass may have been a disaster, with much of the focus centering on Glassholes… Read More

Feb 2, 2016, 4:12 PM

Microsoft reportedly paying $250M for SwiftKey, the popular mobile app that makes it easy to type on smartphones

Microsoft is reportedly paying $250 million to acquire SwiftKey, the London-based startup company whose keyboard applications make it simple to… Read More

Feb 2, 2016, 2:00 PM

NFL meets HoloLens: Here’s Microsoft’s vision for watching sports in augmented reality

Up until now, the “second-screen” experience while watching a live sports event on TV typically revolves around accessing apps like… Read More

Feb 2, 2016, 9:51 AM

Microsoft says its Iowa caucus app worked without issue despite #MicrosoftRubioFraud

Microsoft said its technology that helped calculate the winner of Monday’s Iowa caucus worked without error, but some Donald Trump supporters… Read More

Feb 1, 2016, 10:40 AM

Hard-working Bill Gates memorized license plates to monitor early Microsoft employees

In the early days of Microsoft, there were few enough cars in the parking lot that co-founder Bill Gates says… Read More

Feb 1, 2016, 8:18 AM

New data: Apple’s iPad Pro outsells Microsoft Surface tablets in debut quarter

The iPad Pro may be following in the footsteps of the Surface tablets — with its detachable keyboard, big screen… Read More

Feb 1, 2016, 6:49 AM

Microsoft dunks prototype data center in the ocean

Microsoft is testing a data center that operates hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface. By submerging a data center… Read More

Jan 31, 2016, 5:14 PM

NFL tests video replay on Microsoft Surface tablets for coaches and players during Pro Bowl

The NFL is again testing the use of video replays on the sidelines for players and coaches. During Sunday’s Pro… Read More

Jan 30, 2016, 9:31 AM

GeekWire Radio: Bernie Sanders vs. Microsoft, Amazon’s latest secret building, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Microsoft ‘feels the Bern’ as Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders questions… Read More

Jan 30, 2016, 3:19 AM

President Obama’s new ‘Computer Science For All’ plan puts $4B toward tech education in schools

A new program called “Computer Science For All,” announced today by President Obama, proposes more than $4 billion in funding for schools… Read More

Jan 29, 2016, 8:36 AM

Microsoft Surface tops $1.3B for quarter, but Lumia smartphone sales plummet

Microsoft’s Surface hardware lineup reached a new peak of more than $1.37 billion in revenue in the December quarter, a… Read More

Jan 28, 2016, 3:40 PM

Russell Wilson touts Bing after being accused of using Google to express love for Ciara

As a business, Twitter is struggling. But dang, the social media platform sure is providing some serious entertainment this week. After… Read More

Jan 28, 2016, 3:13 PM

Amazon adds another 8,400 employees, tops 230,000 worldwide, as Microsoft sheds 3,500 jobs

Amazon continued to expand its employee base in the fourth quarter, adding 8,400 people to top 230,000 full-time employees worldwide, not… Read More

Jan 28, 2016, 1:32 PM

Microsoft beats revenue and profit expectations, lifted again by the cloud

Microsoft this afternoon posted revenue of $25.7 billion for the December quarter, after adjusting for revenue deferrals, topping revenue and profit expectations… Read More

Jan 28, 2016, 10:57 AM

Bernie Sanders’ team questions Microsoft’s involvement in Iowa Caucus app

The Iowa Caucuses are coming up on Monday, and for the first time, smartphones will play a role in calculating… Read More

Jan 26, 2016, 3:32 PM

How the ‘Seattle Tech Universe’ map ended up at the World Economic Forum

The Seattle region’s technology landscape was in the spotlight over the weekend in Davos, Switzerland, where top corporate executives and global… Read More

Jan 26, 2016, 2:43 PM

Microsoft’s new ‘News Pro’ app for iPhone offers an alternative to Apple News

Microsoft has another app made just for iOS, and this one is competing directly with one of Apple’s newest apps.… Read More

Jan 26, 2016, 12:52 PM

Microsoft: Surface tablets have not experienced a single failure in 2 years on NFL sidelines

A day after the NFL made it clear that Microsoft’s Surface tablets were not to blame for a technical hiccup… Read More

Jan 25, 2016, 3:05 PM

NFL: Microsoft Surface problems during AFC Championship ‘not caused by tablets’

The NFL wants to make it clear that Microsoft Surface tablets are not to blame for a technology malfunction during… Read More

Jan 25, 2016, 2:01 PM

Microsoft taps Qualcomm Ventures boss to lead investment arm

Microsoft Ventures has a new leader. Fortune reported Monday that Nagraj Kashyap, who spent the past 12 years heading up Qualcomm… Read More

Jan 22, 2016, 7:22 AM

Microsoft plans to buy and redevelop its main Silicon Valley campus

Microsoft has submitted a proposal with the city of Mountain View, Calif., to redevelop the company’s campus based there. In an… Read More

Jan 21, 2016, 12:28 PM

Microsoft adds more backward compatible games to Xbox One, updates release schedule for new games

Microsoft isn’t going to make fans wait to play the latest games added to the Xbox One backward compatibility list. The company… Read More

Jan 21, 2016, 12:12 PM

Microsoft’s new alarm app wants you to play a game instead of hitting snooze

Hitting snooze is too easy: just roll over and smack around until you hit a big button. Yesterday, I hit… Read More

Jan 19, 2016, 12:06 PM

Microsoft recalls Surface Pro power cords over fire risk

Updated to include details on how to get your power cord replaced, below. You may want to be careful with… Read More

Jan 19, 2016, 9:22 AM

How Microsoft is changing the social features on Xbox One and the Windows 10 Xbox app

Xbox One Preview members and users of the Xbox beta app on Windows 10 will start seeing a number of tweaks… Read More

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