Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 162 of 225

Microsoft updates Windows 8 Mail, Calendar, People apps

Microsoft will release an update to its native Mail, Calendar and People apps for Windows 8 and Windows RT starting… Read More

Halo 4 logs 11.6 million players, 11.7 billion kills and 388 million headshots in four months

It’s safe to say Halo 4 has been a success thus far. After raking in a record $220 million on… Read More

New stats: Amazon, Apple have biggest proportion of mobile users

comScore today officially unveiled a new measurement tool called Media Metrix Multi-Platform that combines and compares U.S. desktop, Android and… Read More

6 things Apple needs to copy from Microsoft Surface in iOS 7

The Microsoft Surface is an easy target. It is Microsoft’s attempt to get into touch computing and it is easy… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows Store surpasses 50,000 apps for Windows 8 and RT

Microsoft’s Windows Store, the app market for Windows 8 computers and Windows RT devices, now offers more than 50,000 apps,… Read More

Barnes & Noble is giving away a free e-reader if you buy a Nook HD+ tablet

Barnes & Noble, the struggling bookstore chain, is looking to supercharge its tablet and e-reader business in the face of… Read More

Microsoft defends Windows RT, says strategy ‘just gets stronger over time’

Following reports of lackluster sales of the Surface RT tablet and other Windows RT devices, Microsoft is speaking up in… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows Phone getting faster speech input

One of the difficult parts about shifting from iPhone to Windows Phone has been giving up the (near) real-time speech… Read More

Video: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop tosses TV journalist’s iPhone across the room

Nokia is in a dogfight with Apple and Samsung, trying to regain some ground in the ultra-competitive smartphone market. Is… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold to Microsoft alumni: ‘We participated in one of the most beneficial revolutions in human history’

For nearly one hour, Nathan Myhrvold stood in front of members of the Microsoft Alumni Network and talked strictly about Modernist… Read More

Bing adds LinkedIn, social media information to Snapshot sidebar

Bing is beefing up its search results. Today the search engine announced new additions to its Snapshot feature, which now includes… Read More

Windows Phone 8 finally gets Pandora — ad-free for 2013

At long last, Pandora released its Windows Phone 8 app this morning. Microsoft says the free app will come without… Read More

Microsoft Bing Fund to target autism at weekend hackathon

Microsoft’s Bing Fund startup incubator is holding a hackathon this weekend in Seattle — bringing together developers, designers and other… Read More

Microsoft pokes at Samsung Galaxy S3 in high-profile Windows Phone ad

Microsoft is getting more aggressive in its attempt to drum up attention for Windows Phone. The company announced today that… Read More

Microsoft to developers: Here’s $100 to make a Windows 8 app

Is this really enough to entice developers to consider Microsoft? Looking to jumpstart its Windows 8 app ecosystem for the… Read More

Microsoft, Expedia, others file complaint over Google’s domain name ‘land grab’

Fairsearch.org, a lobbying group whose backers include Microsoft, Expedia, TripAdvisor and Nokia, has filed objections over Google’s attempts to take… Read More

Report: U.S. investigating Microsoft over alleged bribery by partners overseas

Microsoft is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission over the company’s relationship with business… Read More

Skype update: People Hub integration, HD video now enabled for Windows Phone

Windows Phone users who chat with Skype should enjoy better quality video and People Hub integration with the app’s latest… Read More

Microsoft releases new Kinect interactions and 3D modeling for Windows

Microsoft this morning released a new version of its Kinect for Windows software development kit, adding features including 3D modeling… Read More

New era: Big office project to give Microsoft new neighbors

There was a time when Microsoft was the inevitable occupant of virtually any available piece of commercial real estate in… Read More

‘Google Keep’ note-taking tool means new competition for Evernote, Microsoft

Microsoft has made its OneNote note-taking application a key part of its larger cloud strategy for Microsoft Office, attempting to… Read More

Samsung mobile chief: ‘Lackluster’ demand for Windows tablets, phones

It has been a rough week for Microsoft’s tablet and devices businesses. First, IDC questioned the company’s tablet strategy and… Read More

Microsoft research: 4 habits of the multi-screen viewer

Nowadays, with all the gadgets available to us, multi-tasking with multiple devices has become a regularity. While watching the game… Read More

Zuckerberg leads list of most-liked CEOs; Bezos’ approval rating soars and Ballmer is a no-show in top 50

Do you like the job your boss is doing? If you work at Facebook, Amazon.com, Salesforce.com, EMC, SAP, Apple or… Read More

Report: Microsoft has sold just 1.5M Surface tablets

Microsoft has sold a grand total of 1.5 million Surface tablets so far — counting both the Surface RT and… Read More

Bill Gates addresses cybersecurity threats, then gets hacked

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stopped by the Washington Post today and spoke about his support for addressing the threats of cybersecurity.… Read More

Xbox 360 marks 26 straight months atop U.S. market

Xbox dominance in the U.S. will live on another month. The latest numbers from NPD market research firm are out… Read More

Microsoft: Overheating datacenter caused Outlook.com outage

A firmware upgrade failure at one of Microsoft’s datacenters caused the facility to overheat and shut down access to Outlook.com… Read More

Twitter for Windows 8: Microsoft really needed this

Twitter’s official Windows 8 app, released Wednesday night, couldn’t have come a better time for Microsoft. Well, that’s not true.… Read More

Vyclone teams with Microsoft Internet Explorer on social video-editing web app

Social video sharing and editing app Vyclone expanded beyond iOS and Android today with the launch of a web app… Read More