SAN FRANCISCO — Location check-in service Foursquare is expanding beyond smartphone apps to tablets, and it’s starting with a native app for Windows 8. Microsoft showed a quick glimpse of… Read More
The long wait is finally over for Sprint customers wanting to use Windows 8. The carrier announced today that it will offer two Windows Phone 8 devices this summer: the HTC 8XT… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — There was a time, not long ago, when Windows users needed to wait three years or more for a significant upgrade to the Microsoft operating system. The… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — I’m here in (almost) the front row at Microsoft’s Build developer conference. The company is getting ready to kick things off with a keynote address that will… Read More
Microsoft’s Build developer conference starts Wednesday in San Francisco, giving the company a new chance to generate interest in Windows 8 among a key audience — the people who make… Read More
Music video service VEVO already has apps for the iPad and Android, but the company is pointing to its launch today on Microsoft’s Windows 8 as a milestone that opens… Read More
A new Microsoft television ad, airing for the first time tonight, aims to introduce the public to the company’s new “devices and services” strategy — and implicitly helps to explain why… Read More
Are you ready to put your life on camera? Our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show is Chris Pirillo of LockerGnome fame. He’s organizing an event this weekend… Read More
Who says the Windows Start Menu is dead? SweetLabs, a San Diego-based company whose Pokki app platform replicates the functionality of the old-fashioned Start menu on the traditional Windows 8… Read More
Acer this morning officially unveiled its long-rumored Iconia W3 tablet, billed as the first 8-inch tablet to run Windows 8. This is not a Windows RT device running on an… Read More
It’s official: the Start button is coming back to the Windows desktop … sorta. Microsoft just released a series of new details on Windows 8.1, the upcoming revamp of the… Read More
Worldwide tablet shipments will grow by more than 58 percent this year, surpassing shipments of portable PCs for the first time, according to new projections released this morning by IDC.… Read More
New data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index shows satisfaction with Microsoft software declining slightly this year, falling 1.3 points to a score of 74 on a scale of 100.… Read More
Microsoft this morning gave more details about the Windows 8 overhaul known previously as “Windows Blue” — confirming it will be called Windows 8.1 and be released as a free… Read More
When The Coca-Cola Company tried to introduce “New Coke” to the market back in 1985, it was considered one of the worst product decisions known to mankind. Now, some analysts are comparing Coke’s… Read More
Update: Microsoft’s crazy, brilliant Windows 8 ads are now live It appears Microsoft either made a mistake by posting new Windows commercials or was just flat-out embarrassed by the initial response.… Read More
Microsoft says it has sold 100 million Windows 8 licenses since the launch of the new operating system last fall, as the company looks ahead to a new wave of… Read More
Acer announced a new lineup of Windows 8 notebooks, tablets and hybrids last week, but one product missing from the unveiling was the company’s rumored 8-inch Windows 8 tablet. No… Read More
What happened to the ads in those ad-supported Windows 8 apps? That’s the question being asked by many developers of Windows 8 apps, who say they’ve seen significant declines in… Read More
Microsoft is officially back on the radar in the worldwide tablet market, with its Surface Pro and Surface RT tablets combining for 900,000 units shipped in the first quarter, according… Read More
Apple will report its quarterly earnings Tuesday afternoon, providing the latest glimpse into the sales of the company’s main iPhone, iPad and Mac product lines. One underlying question: How much… Read More
Microsoft does plan to bring back the Start button on the traditional desktop in an upcoming Windows 8 update, but clicking on it won’t open a familiar popup Start Menu… Read More
Phil Gordon is a familiar character in the world of professional poker — an accomplished tournament player, author and former commentator on Bravo’s popular “Celebrity Poker Showdown” television show. But Gordon,… Read More
Microsoft this morning confirmed that it will roll out two-factor login for Microsoft Accounts across its major consumer products and services — giving users the option to boost their online… Read More
As concessions from Microsoft go, this one would be pretty significant, even if it is symbolic. The upcoming “Windows Blue” update for Windows 8 will give users the option to… Read More
Two influential analysts downgraded Microsoft’s shares this morning, another blow to the Redmond company as it struggles to gain traction in smartphones and tablets, and feels the impact of slumping… Read More
The home of Ratio Interactive, in the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square, is at first glance pretty much what you’d expect from a digital agency focused on mobile apps — flexible workspaces,… Read More
Panos Panay, the corporate vice president in charge of Microsoft’s Surface tablet business, made a brief appearance this morning at the company’s U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit in Redmond, running… Read More
Microsoft is meeting with hundreds of public officials in Redmond starting this morning for its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit, trying to make inroads for Windows 8, Office 365 and… Read More
Microsoft this morning confirmed plans for an upcoming wave of product updates known inside the company as “Blue,” and announced plans to hold its next Build developer conference in June,… Read More