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Microsoft

Oct 22, 2015, 2:43 PM

Huge growth: Amazon reaches 222,400 employees, hires 39,000 in last quarter alone

Amazon is hiring like crazy. The Seattle e-commerce giant added 39,300 employees during its most recent quarter, which is record… Read More

Oct 22, 2015, 1:28 PM

Microsoft beats estimates as surging cloud business counteracts slump in PCs and phones

Microsoft beat revenue and profit expectations for its first fiscal quarter, as revenue from its Office 365 and Windows Azure… Read More

Oct 22, 2015, 11:11 AM

Report: Microsoft to delay Edge browser extensions until next year, first major Windows 10 update coming next month

The first major update to Microsoft’s new operating system is supposedly coming next month, but the highly anticipated Edge browser extensions… Read More

Oct 22, 2015, 10:43 AM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the battle over the cloud: ‘It’s a Seattle race’

Tech giants everywhere are fighting for their slice of the cloud pie, but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said during an… Read More

Oct 22, 2015, 6:05 AM

Review: Microsoft’s vastly superior Xbox Elite Controller might just be worth the crazy price

The new Xbox Elite Controller is over-engineered, extra-complicated and, at $150, three times the price of a regular Xbox One controller. And… Read More

Oct 21, 2015, 10:11 AM

Surface Book reviews: Microsoft made a great laptop, but detachable screen may be overkill

The first reviews are out for Microsoft’s first laptop — and it looks like the Surface Book may be a… Read More

Oct 21, 2015, 9:50 AM

Michael Dell tells Satya Nadella what he thinks about Microsoft’s hardware strategy

Dell CEO Michael Dell is comfortable with Microsoft’s new role as both a partner for his company and a competitor in the… Read More

Oct 21, 2015, 8:52 AM

Key Windows exec Joe Belfiore taking a hiatus to spend six months at sea

Microsoft vice president Joe Belfiore took to Facebook on Tuesday night to announce an extended leave from the company where he has… Read More

Oct 20, 2015, 3:28 PM

Microsoft leading the charge for new international laws after U.S. spying derails longstanding trust

Microsoft outlined a detailed plan for new international laws governing the transfer of data between the U.S. and Europe on… Read More

Oct 20, 2015, 3:18 PM

Geek of the Week: Yarelly Gomez refuses to be another statistic about minorities in tech

The odds have always been stacked again University of Washington engineering student Yarelly Gomez. Her parents are both farm workers in… Read More

Oct 20, 2015, 1:22 PM

Yahoo reaches search deal with Google after loosening Microsoft ties

Updated below with Microsoft statement. Yahoo just announced a search deal with Google, taking advantage an earlier revision of its longtime… Read More

Oct 20, 2015, 10:34 AM

The New New Microsoft: Revamped divisions debut with earnings this week

Apps, The Cloud, and Windows/Devices. Microsoft uses fancier terms, but that’s the simple way of looking at the company’s new financial reporting… Read More

Oct 20, 2015, 9:26 AM

Microsoft says Surface Pro 4 is seeing record adoption among businesses

Looks like business is booming for the new Surface tablets. Microsoft announced today that the new Surface Pro 4 has… Read More

Oct 19, 2015, 3:37 PM

Sony PS4 tops Microsoft Xbox One in U.S. console sales for 5th straight month

Sony topped Microsoft again for U.S. current-generation hardware sales in September as its PlayStation 4 trumped the Xbox One for the… Read More

Oct 19, 2015, 2:45 PM

Microsoft nominates two new female board members as Maria Klawe prepares to step down

Microsoft announced on Monday that board member Maria Klawe will step down from the position in December, ending her six-year tenure.… Read More

Oct 19, 2015, 2:37 PM

Lenovo brings Yoga to the desktop with new all-in-one Windows 10 machine

Lenovo’s Yoga laptops have helped to pioneer the field of multi-modal PCs, and now the company is bringing that functionality (and name)… Read More

Oct 19, 2015, 2:26 PM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets $18.3M in pay as board cites ‘strong, consistent vision’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was awarded nearly $18.3 million in total compensation for the company’s 2015 fiscal year, consisting of… Read More

Oct 19, 2015, 10:25 AM

Microsoft announces price of 1TB Surface Book — $500 more than the top 13-inch MacBook Pro

Microsoft has expanded its pre-order lineup of the Surface Book with a new 1TB option, but it’ll cost a pretty… Read More

Oct 16, 2015, 10:24 AM

Microsoft winning over NYC ahead of flagship store launch with ‘prize machines,’ free food and Pitbull

Microsoft is pulling out the big guns as it looks to win over New Yorkers and build some buzz before… Read More

Oct 16, 2015, 10:05 AM

Walmart plans to release OneOps cloud technology as open source, targeting AWS and Azure

Walmart announced this week that it’s open-sourcing its cloud platform, called OneOps, to let developers build in the cloud without being locked… Read More

Oct 16, 2015, 9:41 AM

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reveals he has a 4% stake in Twitter

Steve Ballmer now owns the same percentage of Twitter as he does of Microsoft. The former Microsoft CEO today confirmed… Read More

Oct 15, 2015, 2:09 PM

See-through snapshots: Microsoft and UW tech takes pictures that are more than skin deep

They may not be X-ray specs, but the University of Washington and Microsoft Research are working together to let you… Read More

Oct 15, 2015, 8:36 AM

New Skype feature lets you send a link to anyone to start a conversation

Whenever I need to connect with someone new over Skype, I can never remember my Skype username. Is it my… Read More

Oct 14, 2015, 8:35 AM

Microsoft Surface Book sold out on online store, 2 weeks before launch

You may have a hard time getting the Surface Book you want on launch day. All configurations of the Surface Book,… Read More

Oct 13, 2015, 7:57 AM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella skips speaking role at women in tech event, will listen and learn this time

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be returning to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference again this week,… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 2:56 PM

Watch: Microsoft debuts Halo 5 launch trailer two weeks before release date

If you want to get excited for the newest Halo installment, the trailer above should do the job. Microsoft today… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 10:27 AM

Acer unveils Windows 10 devices, including convertible laptop and battery powered desktop

Windows 10 has been out for 2 and a half months now, but the hardware race around Microsoft’s operating system is… Read More

Oct 12, 2015, 10:21 AM

British man plays Minecraft for over 35 hours and hopes to set new world record

Minecraft is known for pulling its players in, but this guy ended up playing the game for over 35 hours… Read More

Oct 9, 2015, 1:30 PM

Amazon bookstore rumors, hands-on with Microsoft’s Surface Book, and the future of shoes

This week on the GeekWire radio show: Is Amazon opening a bookstore in Seattle? We provide the clues and let… Read More

Oct 9, 2015, 10:44 AM

Microsoft slashes Band fitness tracker price to $129.99 as new model prepares for launch

The Microsoft Band may have quietly just become the best value in the fitness tracker space, but probably not with the version the company… Read More

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