Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 140 of 225

Amazon soars to nearly 110,000 employees, surpasses Microsoft for first time

Amazon’s growth shows no sign of slowing down. The company’s quarterly earnings report today shows Amazon blowing past the 100,000-employee… Read More

Microsoft beats expectations with record $18.5B in revenue

Microsoft posted quarterly revenue of $18.5 billion and earnings of 62 cents per share, up 17 percent — topping Wall… Read More

Meet the new Microsoft: New reporting segments debut with quarterly earnings today

Microsoft’s largest division isn’t Windows or Office anymore. It’s “Commercial Licensing” — with more than $39 billion in revenue last… Read More

Microsoft: Apple’s free iWork on iPad is ‘an attempt to play catch up’ to Office on Surface

Apple’s decision to offer its iWork suite for free on new iPads is drawing a spirited response from Microsoft’s communications… Read More

Microsoft acquires API management firm Apiphany

Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Apiphany, an API management company that helps developers securely expose APIs to developers… Read More

Apple vs. Microsoft, Google and Amazon: Why the future of ‘computing’ is a free-for-all

Talking about Apple’s new Mac lineup yesterday, CEO Tim Cook had this to say about the unnamed “competition.” “They’re confused,”… Read More

Microsoft lets devs use Bing speech recognition in Windows 8 apps

Windows developers have a new tool up their sleeves for letting users talk to their apps. First spotted by Mary… Read More

Crazy: Watch this guy recreate iOS 7 in Microsoft Word

I’ve been known to impress my colleagues by whipping up a wicked graphic or logo in Microsoft Excel from time… Read More

Windows RT 8.1 returns to Windows Store, Microsoft says glitch resolved

Microsoft says Windows RT 8.1 is available for download again in the Windows Store for users of Windows RT devices… Read More

Finally: Instagram, Vine apps coming to Windows Phone

Windows Phone owners will soon be able to share all the 7-second videos and filtered photos they could ever want.… Read More

With a 6-inch display, Nokia’s new Lumia 1520 is now the largest Windows Phone

If you like big screens, you’ll want to take a look at Nokia’s newest phone. At Nokia World in Abu Dhabi, Nokia… Read More

Nearly 300 people at the Surface 2 launch event near Microsoft’s headquarters

There are close to 300 people gathering at the Bellevue Square Mall in Washington for the Surface 2 midnight launch… Read More

Court filing: Yahoo tried to put the brakes on Microsoft deal amid Ballmer transition

The search partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo is getting even frostier: Newly released court records show that Yahoo is questioning Microsoft’s… Read More

Halo’s Mister Chief: The story behind a ‘terrible idea that snowballed out of control’

Ten years ago, Mister Chief was a “terrible idea that spun out of control,” but now Frank O’Connor’s creation has… Read More

Did Windows RT 8.1 brick your Surface? Here’s how to bring it back

On Saturday, Microsoft pulled the Windows RT 8.1 update because of serious problems it was causing for some Surface RT… Read More

A weekend with Microsoft’s Surface 2: Nice improvements, but not a giant leap

A tech reporter who has been using Apple’s iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S, both running iOS 7, recently mentioned to… Read More

Microsoft removes Windows RT 8.1 from Windows Store, citing problems with updates

Windows RT users who were waiting until the weekend to download and install the Windows RT 8.1 update will need to… Read More

Microsoft Surface 2 launching in teeth of Apple iPad event

Next Tuesday will be a busy day in the world of tablets. And then Apple will unveil the new iPad.… Read More

Android and iOS meet Windows: Microsoft launches official remote desktop apps

If you want access to your Windows PC from your tablet or smartphone, a new piece of software will come… Read More

Nokia Lumia 1020 available for free on-contract at these 8 Microsoft Stores

If you’ve been thinking about buying the Nokia Lumia 1020, now might be the best time — given that you’re… Read More

Chart: The top 25 companies that pay software engineers the most money

Who would have thunk that Walmart offers better pay to software engineers than Microsoft, Expedia and Amazon.com. But that’s one… Read More

The streak is over: Xbox 360 dethroned by PS3 after 32 months atop U.S. market

Thirty-two months, or 2-and-a-half years: That’s how long Microsoft’s Xbox 360 held the top spot in the U.S. console market, based… Read More

No eyes Namaste: Microsoft Kinect helping the blind do yoga

With help from the Microsoft Kinect, researchers from the University of Washington have figured out a way to help blind… Read More

Windows 8.1 is here: Key things to know about Microsoft’s ‘refined blend’

Microsoft released its Windows 8.1 update this morning, almost a year after the release of Windows 8 — aiming to… Read More

Android co-founder Rich Miner: Microsoft stifling innovation inspired me to build an open-source OS

SAN FRANCISCO — While Google’s mobile operating system is currently eating Microsoft’s lunch in terms of market share, one of… Read More

Seattle VC Tom Huseby: Windows will become a viable third mobile OS in 3 years

The Windows mobile operating system still pales in comparison to iOS and Android when you look at overall market share. But… Read More

Google to support Chrome browser on Windows XP for an extra year

Microsoft is ending all support for Windows XP in April 2014, and doing its best to move users to newer… Read More

Microsoft invests in SkyGiraffe mobile enterprise startup

Microsoft Ventures is investing SkyGiraffe, a startup whose technology lets companies make their real-time internal business data available to their… Read More

Here’s what the Xbox One’s friends list will look like

To go with the new look of its console, Microsoft has announced a new, way of interacting with your friends,… Read More

Here’s how Microsoft thinks retailers could be using Kinect

Thanks to Microsoft, you might be able to have a virtual changing room right in front of you when you’re… Read More