Microsoft Windows Phone 8 update adds support for ‘jumbo-sized’ displays, new storage settings Just don’t call it Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft’s new “Update 3” for Windows Phone 8, unveiled this morning, adds support… Read More
The billionaire buffer: How Mark Zuckerberg is following Bill Gates’ lead in real estate Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are both Harvard dropouts who climbed to the top of the technology world. And it… Read More
How to ditch Microsoft and join a great startup Guest Commentary: The last few months have not been great for Microsoft. First, the Surface turned out to be a… Read More
Microsoft plans Windows remote desktop app for iOS If you’re someone who needs to use Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol to get access to a computer from afar, there’s… Read More
PC shipments fall 7.6% in third quarter — which qualifies as good news? Worldwide PC shipments totaled 81.6 million units in the third quarter, a decline of 7.6 percent compared to the same… Read More
Tech happens: When tablets and schools don’t mix Memo to Microsoft: When it comes to Surface tablets in the classroom, be careful what you wish for. Because you… Read More
Xbox One back in stock on Amazon, GameStop The Xbox One has been sold out at most online retailers for a while now — maybe President Obama is… Read More
HP’s Meg Whitman: Microsoft turning from partner to rival Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman delivered an upbeat assessment of the company’s prospects during an address to investors and analysts this… Read More
These are the 10 Microsoft Stores hosting Surface 2 midnight launch parties If you want to be the first to get your hands on the Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2, Microsoft is… Read More
Here’s what Steve Ballmer actually said about Microsoft Office on the iPad Over the years there has been a great deal of speculation and misinterpretation of Microsoft’s plans to bring its core… Read More
Microsoft forks over $100,000 bounty to hacker for exposing Windows security flaw Here’s one way to make a quick $100,000: Find security flaws in Microsoft products. That’s how much James Forshaw, a security… Read More
Obama uses Xbox to explain his stance in government shutdown Maybe President Barack Obama pre-ordered an Xbox One for his daughters. Or it’s possible that he’s been taking some stress… Read More
This slick new Xbox One SmartGlass feature makes playing defense fun on Madden Playing defense on Madden 25 for the Xbox One is about to be way more intense, detailed and creative than… Read More
Try again, Twitter: Updated app takes Windows Phone to new levels of frustration Hey, that looks like an interesting story in that random tweet on my Windows Phone lock screen. I’d like to… Read More
Nokia’s rewards program for Windows Phone developers uses gamification model Lots of mobile companies offer rewards to developers who make apps on their platforms. But Nokia’s new DVLUP program is… Read More
HP unveils new Chromebook 11, as Google takes aim at low-priced Windows PCs The Chromebook army marches on, and it’s headed straight for the low end of Microsoft’s consumer Windows PC business. HP… Read More
Town of Nokia, Finland ‘renamed’ Microsoft in prank Ah, those funny Finns. In the wake of Microsoft’s $7.2 billion deal to acquire Nokia’s mobile phone business, someone has… Read More
Microsoft rolls over for Google, reverts to web player for YouTube on Windows Phone It’s been a long road for Windows Phone users wanting to watch YouTube videos in a native app on their… Read More
No, Microsoft isn’t using the Xbox One Kinect to extract your data for advertisers Microsoft has calmed the Xbox One fires ablaze this weekend after an Ad Age story suggested that the new Kinect… Read More
Ballmer’s final Microsoft shareholder letter: The real money is in the enterprise Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been known to drop significant hints about the company’s future in his annual letter to… Read More
Fox News debuts enormous Windows 8 touch screens in revamped newsroom Fox News today unveiled a new “News Deck” broadcast newsroom featuring an array of 55-inch touch-screen computers that appear to… Read More
No coupon? No problem: Microsoft linking daily deals directly to credit card Microsoft Bing is launching a test program in Seattle this week that aims to overcome one of the challenges of… Read More
Microsoft’s Skype apps finally overhauled for Apple’s iOS 7 Apple’s iOS 7 has been accused of taking cues from Microsoft’s Windows Phone and Windows 8, but Microsoft sure took… Read More
Q&A: Robert Scoble on ‘Age of Context,’ Google, Microsoft and the ‘freaky factor’ Writer, interviewer and tech evangelist Robert Scoble was back in Seattle this week, with his ever-present Google Glass, to promote the… Read More
Finally, you can unfriend Facebook friends on Windows Phone If you’re a Windows Phone user who has been waiting to unfriend that one person who was kind of in… Read More
Maritz AND Mulally? Analyst floats new idea for Microsoft Much of the speculation about Microsoft’s next CEO has focused on individual candidates for the job, but what if the… Read More
Ford CEO Alan Mulally: Exactly what Microsoft needs Guest Commentary: A flurry of speculation that Seattle’s Alan Mulally, Ford’s turnaround CEO, might be chosen to become Microsoft’s next CEO has digital pundits… Read More
Record profit for Samsung, first quarterly loss for HTC The difference between two of the most well-known smartphone makers could hardly be more stark these days. Samsung issued earnings… Read More
Microsoft board cuts Ballmer bonus, citing Windows and Surface RT challenges Microsoft’s board gave CEO Steve Ballmer a smaller bonus for fiscal 2013 due to declining Windows profits and the struggles… Read More
Study says Google wins ‘Bing it On’ challenge; Microsoft calls findings ‘unfair’ A law professor is giving Microsoft a statistical smackdown over its “Bing it On” search challenge, but the company isn’t… Read More
