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Microsoft’s Android emulator for Windows 10 Mobile hits roadblocks

Microsoft has been struggling to build up the app store for its mobile operating system for years. While rumors have… Read More

An Ode to Code: ‘The Windows Thread that Wouldn’t Go to Bed’

There is plenty of drama in the process of software development, yet little theater or poetry about it. Poems are… Read More

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

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

Live from NYC: Microsoft unveils Surface Pro 4, Band 2, Lumia 950, HoloLens developer edition

NEW YORK — The stage is set, Windows 10 signs are illuminated and Microsoft appears ready to pull the curtain off… Read More

Microsoft working on Cortana for the car, testing virtual assistant on the road

Cortana may be your next co-pilot. Microsoft has been testing a prototype car with Cortana’s voice-control system built in. The… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft ink $108M cloud computing deal with FAA

Amazon and Microsoft are reeling in some serious dough to help the Federal Aviation Administration with its cloud computing needs. IT consultant and systems… Read More

Review: A month after Windows 10’s launch, Microsoft’s new Windows Store falls short

To find a new app on Windows 10, you may need to skip the Windows Store. That’s the takeaway based on our experience… Read More

Apple unveils Mac OS X ‘El Capitan’ — with a jab at Microsoft Windows 8

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is underway right now in San Francisco, and the company wasted no time in jumping into… Read More

PC shipments to slip another 6% this year despite Windows 10 launch

Windows PC shipments are expected to decline for a fourth year in a row as competition from tablets and smartphones… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana to launch on Android and iPhone, expanding beyond Windows for first time

Microsoft’s Cortana virtual assistant will expand to iPhone and Android as part of a broader effort by the company to help users… Read More

Microsoft opens Skype Translator preview to all

Anyone who wants to take Microsoft’s Skype Translator program for a spin can now download it for free to their Windows… Read More

First quarter PC sales estimated to drop more than 5 percent worldwide

Sales of PCs took a significant hit during the first quarter of 2015, according to new reports from Gartner and… Read More

Microsoft at 40: How the company has changed, and stayed the same

Forty years ago today, on April 4, 1975, two friends from Seattle formed a partnership called “Micro-soft.” In an email to Microsoft employees… Read More

Microsoft’s new Surface 3 tablet runs an Intel chip and full Windows

Microsoft just unveiled the latest version of its baseline Surface tablet, the Surface 3 — switching to an Intel Atom processor, and… Read More

Microsoft teams up with EdX to offer development courses for its platform

Microsoft partnered with online learning site EdX to offer people a new jumping-off point into the worlds of software development… Read More

Microsoft Garage rolls up its doors to reveal new Android, Windows Phone apps

Open the Garage bay doors, Redmond. For the second time since October, Microsoft has rolled out a fleet of cross-platform apps… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana changes Super Bowl statement to appease Seahawks fans

Cortana isn’t changing her prediction for the Super Bowl this weekend. She still gives the edge to the Patriots, based… Read More

Catching up with Brian Valentine, former Windows and Amazon engineering chief

Brian Valentine was a legendary figure inside Microsoft, as the executive leading the engineering teams for the Windows 2000 and Windows XP… Read More

Microsoft reports $26.5B in revenue, up 8%, but IRS audit and restructuring cut into profits

Microsoft just reported revenue of $26.5 billion for the December quarter, up 8 percent, beating Wall Street’s expectations on the… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Napster co-founder Jordan Ritter and tech vet Brian Valentine on their new venture

Is there a better way to start and grow startups, and keep the founding team together for the long haul? Our… Read More

Microsoft touts ‘Windows as a service,’ free Windows 10 upgrades for the first year

  When Windows 10 launches later this year, people who own devices running Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows… Read More

New ‘Illuminating Piano’ works with iPad or Windows to light the way for aspiring pianists

Wait, which piano key is that note again? That’s the eternal question for people learning to play piano, and a… Read More

Microsoft patches security flaw disclosed by Google

Microsoft has patched the security flaw that Google disclosed this weekend as a part of its regular Patch Tuesday security… Read More

Big changes ahead for Windows: ‘We’ve got to monetize it differently,’ says Microsoft exec

Microsoft Windows has made headway in the market for low-end laptops and tablets this year by reducing the price it charges device… Read More

What about Windows? And where was Bill Gates? Notes from Microsoft’s shareholders meeting

Steve Ballmer was in the audience, not on stage. Bill Gates wasn’t even there. A former Microsoft industry rival, John Thompson,… Read More

Microsoft report card: Grading Satya Nadella’s first year as CEO, so far

Microsoft investors will gather Wednesday morning for a yearly tradition, the company’s annual shareholders meeting at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash.… Read More

No Windows, no problem: Amazon’s AppStream streams almost any Windows app from the cloud

Want to run a Windows app on an iPhone? That’s no problem, thanks to a new update to Amazon’s AppStream… Read More

HP’s new Sprout desktop PC slices, dices and takes 3D scans

Picture, if you will, an all-in-one desktop, with a 23-inch monitor. It looks a bit like an iMac. Now, add a… Read More

Microsoft VP: Bing eyes Windows as ‘next treasure trove’ for data analysis

REDMOND, Wash. — Speaking this morning at a “Bing Ads Next” event, Microsoft VP Rik van der Kooi talked about the… Read More

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