GeekWire
Menu
  • Home
  • News
    • Amazon
    • Civic presented by Microsoft
    • Geek Life presented by Network of Giving
    • Health/Life Sciences
    • Microsoft
    • Podcasts
    • Space
    • Startups
    • Sustainability
    • Tech Moves
    • Bot or Not
    • GeekWire on the Road: Spokane
    • Microsoft at 50 presented by Accenture
    • Tech Vets presented by Northern Trust
  • GeekWork
    • GeekWork Recruiting
    • Job Board
  • Events
    • Community Calendar
    • GeekWire Events
  • Lists
    • Amazon Office Buildings
    • GeekWire 200 presented by JPMorganChase
    • GeekWire Startup List
    • GeekWire Startup Resources
    • GeekWire Startup Spaces
    • Layoff Tracker
    • M&As and IPOs
    • Northwest Women VC & Angel Investor List
    • Recent Fundings
    • Seattle Engineering Outposts
    • Venture Capital Directory
  • Members
    • Health Benefits
    • Memberships
  • Studios
    • GeekWire Studios: Let Us Tell Your Story
    • Nebius at NVIDIA GTC 2025 sponsored by Nebius
    • AWS Marketplace Seller Conference 2024 sponsored by AWS
    • AWS Summit: New York Partner Spotlights sponsored by AWS
    • Does Compute presented by Carnegie Mellon University
    • Guide to re:Invent sponsored by AWS
    • Money Hacks presented by BECU
    • Tech Connect at Dreamforce 2024 sponsored by RSM US LLP
    • Uncommon Thinkers Welcome sponsored by Greater Seattle Partners
    • Zuper at Inbound sponsored by Zuper
  • About
    • About GeekWire
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
    • Email Newsletters
    • Reprints & Permissions
    • Sponsors
  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips

What happens here matters everywhere.

  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips
  • Amazon
  • Microsoft
  • Startups
  • AI
  • Science
  • Tech Moves
  • Sustainability
  • Civic
  • Geek Life

Microsoft

Bing partners with NCAA, will use predictive algorithms to help people fill out brackets

Bing wants to help you win your March Madness bracket pool. The Microsoft search engine announced today that it is the… Read More

Sony to sell PS4 in China on March 20, joining Xbox One in key market

Following a 2-month delay, Sony announced today that it will sell the PlayStation 4 in China starting on March 20.… Read More

Microsoft Band comes back in stock, then disappears, in advance of Apple Watch announcement

Updated below with Microsoft comment. Those hoping to finally snag a Microsoft Band online had a chance this weekend —… Read More

Microsoft sues Kyocera in new Android patent infringement dispute

Microsoft filed suit against Kyocera this afternoon, alleging that the Japanese electronics company’s Android-based smartphones infringe on the Redmond company’s patents.… Read More

First look: Game streaming brings console-quality gameplay to Windows 10 devices

A continuing theme from Microsoft’s presence at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is that the company wants Windows… Read More

Microsoft and Google team up for version 2 of Angular framework

Microsoft and Google are fierce competitors in many arenas, but the two tech titans have teamed up for the second… Read More

Hands-on: Windows 10’s built-in game recording makes it easy to share awesome moments

SAN FRANCISCO–Aiming to boost Windows 10’s gamer cred, Microsoft will enhance the PC gaming experience with features that have proven… Read More

Microsoft launches preview of Office 2016 for Mac, full release coming later this year

Microsoft launched a public preview version of Office 2016 for Mac that allows users of Apple’s platform to get a… Read More

Microsoft engineer working on HoloLens augmented reality project killed in car crash

Mike Ey, a 30-year-old software engineer working on Microsoft’s HoloLens project, was killed on Saturday after another driver rear-ended him going 100 miles an… Read More

Microsoft announces wireless adapter that lets Xbox owners bring their controllers to the PC

SAN FRANCISCO–Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed a new wireless adapter at Microsoft’s keynote session at the Game Developers Conference designed… Read More

Live from GDC: Microsoft’s Phil Spencer on Windows 10 and the future of games

Xbox head Phil Spencer will take the stage here at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to talk about… Read More

Microsoft teams with Deutsche Telekom to promote Lumia sales in Europe

Microsoft has inked a partnership with Deutsche Telekom to promote its line of Windows-powered Lumia smartphones to users in Europe.… Read More

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gets its own system update preview program

Owners of the nearly decade-old Xbox 360 console will soon get a chance to sign up for their very own… Read More

Microsoft continues its cross-platform march with a universal foldable keyboard

Android? iOS? Windows? Microsoft doesn’t care. Or, at least, its newly announced foldable keyboard doesn’t. The company today unveiled the… Read More

Microsoft reportedly eyeing purchase of social news reader Prismatic, along with Apple and Yahoo

Microsoft is interested in expanding its recent acquisition spree by picking up social reader application Prismatic, a social reader application, according to… Read More

Microsoft encourages employees to donate their time to non-profits with new program

Microsoft just launched a new Tech Talent for Good program that encourages its employees to get out into the community and… Read More

Immigration attorney: H-1B visa changes will benefit – and may create – tech startups

On the heels of a new U.S. Department of Homeland Security move this week to allow work permits for some spouses of… Read More

News Brief

Microsoft will shut down two manufacturing plants in China

When Microsoft acquired Nokia’s devices and services business last year, the deal included some of the company’s manufacturing plants. Around… Read More

Microsoft’s mind-blowing vision of the future: 3D holograms, smart surfaces, next-gen wearables, and ‘fluid mobility’

What will the world be like in another 5 to 10 years? Microsoft is answering that question with a new… Read More

Your next nurse may be powered by Kinect

Okay, open wide. Wait, I can’t see clearly. Could you step a little closer to the Kinect? That imaginary dialogue may… Read More

Your chance to avert a global crisis! Microsoft to power diplomatic simulations at new U.S. museum

Visitors to the upcoming U.S. Diplomacy Center will use Microsoft technologies including the large-screen Surface Hub computer, Bing Maps and Skype… 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

Top tech internships of 2015: How Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and other giants rank

For the best internship experience at a tech company with an interview of only average difficulty, pick Facebook. The social network tops… Read More

Microsoft drops support for Facebook, Google chat from Outlook.com

Microsoft is dropping support for Facebook and Google chat from its Outlook.com web-based email service. In an email to Outlook.com… Read More

Apple takes smartphone market share from Android thanks to strong iPhone sales

  Apple’s strong sales of iPhones during the fourth quarter of 2014 gave the company a greater piece of the… Read More

Microsoft Band gets first big update: Cycling app, web dashboard, SDK and more

Microsoft this morning issued the first major software update for its 3 month-old Microsoft Band fitness tracker and smartwatch — including… Read More

Chef and Microsoft team up to enhance Azure’s automation

Microsoft and Chef announced a partnership today focused on helping businesses automate their cloud workloads and move them into the… Read More

Microsoft updates Windows Defender to protect against problematic Lenovo adware

Microsoft has updated Windows Defender to help users clean up after a piece of adware that was pre-installed on some… Read More

Amazon Web Services dominates cloud survey, but Microsoft Azure gains traction

Amazon Web Services continues to dominate cloud computing, with 57 percent of technical professionals saying in a new survey that… Read More

Microsoft boosts Azure’s big data chops with general availability of Machine Learning service

Microsoft Azure is getting new capabilities to handle big data workloads. The company announced a host of new features in… Read More

  • Older
  • Newer

Latest Stories

    Read All Stories

    GeekWire Newsletters

    Subscribe to GeekWire's free newsletters to catch every headline

    Send Us a Tip

    Have a scoop that you'd like GeekWire to cover? Let us know.

    Send Us a Tip

    A Word From Our Sponsors

    About

    • About GeekWire
    • Contact Us
    • Partner With Us
    • Become a GeekWire Member
    • Send Us a Tip
    • Join Our Startup List
    • Reprints and Permissions

    Follow

    • Facebook
    • X
    • LinkedIn
    • Instagram
    • RSS Feed
    • Podcast
    • YouTube
    • Bluesky

    GeekWire Newsletters

    Catch every headline in your inbox

    Read GeekWire

    • Apple News
    • Google News

    Legal

    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Sponsored Content Policy
    Return to Top of Page
    © 2011-2026 GeekWire, LLC
    Do Not Sell or Share My Personal information
    Limit the Use Of My Sensitive Personal Information
    Consent Preferences