Election Day may still be more than two months away, but Microsoft announced some efforts today to get more young people informed about this upcoming election. And their medium of… Read More
[Follow-up: Microsoft unveils Xbox SmartGlass, Xbox Music, IE for Xbox, and Nike+ Kinect] It’s going to be a big week for anyone who cares about video games, with the E3 convention… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox team is busy gearing up for the big E3 video game convention next week, but they must have stopped to chuckle over this inadvertent product placement. A BBC television report… Read More
As an Xbox Live Gold member and Amazon Prime subscriber, the release of Amazon Instant Video for Xbox Live yesterday was pretty much made for people like me. For no… Read More
Comcast is releasing a few more details on its promised Xfinity TV for Xbox 360 service with what might be an unexpected plus: video streaming to an Xbox through the… Read More
Comcast’s Xfinity app for Xbox Live is still “coming soon,” but Microsoft gave a sneak preview on Monday as part of the TechForum event on the company’s Redmond campus. It’s part… Read More
The best comments, quotes, tweets and random zingers we heard this week … “This sums up the difference between Apple and Microsoft rather nicely, in my opinion.” — Sam Symons,… Read More
Christopher Gooche has been a loyal fan of Xbox Live for many years, using his last name of “Gooche” as his ID when playing games like Call of Duty. But… Read More
I’ve gotten to know Stephen Toulouse, better known as Stepto, through at least a couple of his jobs inside Microsoft over the years. In my mind he has always been… Read More
We’re back with another edition of Ask Andru – this time we’re focusing on the wildly popular Kinect add-on, and how useful it might be for Xbox 360 owners who… Read More
Microsoft will be phasing out the Microsoft Points virtual currency system used on Xbox Live and Zune by the end of the year, according to a report this afternoon by… Read More
Microsoft’s recent Xbox Live update took the gaming console further into the world of live television, including sports. But the company still has some kinks to work out, and one of… Read More
Over the weekend, an Epic Games forum post broke the news of a Microsoft policy change for virtual “gun-like” accessories for Xbox Live avatars. The change means that items such… Read More
Follow-up: Why Microsoft is keeping virtual guns away from Xbox Live avatars Looks like there’s no such thing as a Second Amendment in the world of virtual goods. A new… Read More
On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about the controversy over Amazon’s new Price Check app, the debate over Twitter’s new look, and the delay in Microsoft’s… Read More
In an unexpected move, Microsoft today came out with a free Xbox Live app for iPhone and iPad, coinciding with the rollout of the new Xbox Live dashboard for the… Read More
The rollout of Microsoft’s Xbox Live dashboard update, originally planned for this morning, has been “slightly delayed,” according to a message posted on Twitter this morning by Xbox Live’s Larry Hyrb.… Read More
Michelle Holtmann has been at Microsoft for almost 12 years, which means she understands the natural conflicts that can happen when two giant divisions decide to work together. But the… Read More
Microsoft’s overhauled Xbox Live dashboard, rolling out this week, marks the start of a new effort by the company to change the way people interact with ads on television screens, using… Read More
With the revamp of the Xbox Live service this week, one big addition in the U.S. will be live and on-demand television content from major cable and telecom providers, similar… Read More
A new Xbox TV service, announced by Microsoft this morning, aims to give the company’s Xbox 360 game console a larger role in the living room by making it a… Read More
A few months back, Microsoft revealed plans to debut a new TV service through Xbox Live, with news, sports and local channels. Comcast and Verizon Communications are among the providers… Read More
Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft is giving attendees at its Build conference here an early look at the Xbox Live application that it’s developing for Windows 8, bringing the online gaming… Read More
Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft today confirmed that its Xbox Live entertainment and online gaming service is coming to Windows 8, with a session on the topic scheduled for later this… Read More
An employee of Microsoft’s Xbox Live had his home surrounded by deputies recently after the King County Sheriff’s Office received a series of scary text messages making it seem as if… Read More
[Updated below with winners] Situated in a far corner of the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend is a showcase of top-notch game development and design on the Xbox… Read More
An announcement by Sony this afternoon could give the PlayStation 3 an edge over Microsoft’s Xbox 360 among a certain segment of sports fans … at least those with some… Read More
Speech technology from Microsoft’s Tellme group is quickly becoming a bigger part of the company’s products, starting with the upcoming revamps of Xbox Live and Windows Phone. Users will have more… Read More
Microsoft today confirmed plans to launch an updated version of the ESPN service on Xbox Live on Aug. 25. One of the most interesting new features: A split-screen view for… Read More
The launch of Microsoft’s Avatar Kinect yesterday has provided a new form of creative expression to Xbox 360 users — letting them put their Xbox Live avatars in virtual settings… Read More