Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 188 of 225

This M&A expert predicted Microsoft’s tie-up with Barnes & Noble 4 months ago

So often in the tech industry, industry pundits make predictions and get things dead wrong. But Nat Burgess, president of… Read More

Q&A: Microsoft lessons from Employees 154160 and 191855

Recently we received a news release about a new book called Stack Rank This! Memoirs of a Microsoft Couple. Apart from… Read More

Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact

Issues of competition and cooperation are never simple in the technology industry, but Microsoft’s surprise $300 million investment in Barnes… Read More

Scrutiny of Apple’s tax tactics renews focus on Microsoft

Over the weekend, the New York Times published an extensive report on Apple’s use of creative strategies to reduce the… Read More

Microsoft invests $300M in Barnes & Noble’s Nook unit, settles patent litigation

[Follow-up: Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact] Looking to jumpstart its upcoming Windows 8 operating system… Read More

Wozniak loves his Windows Phone: Apple co-founder calls mobile OS ‘beautiful’

Microsoft is trying hard to win fans for Windows Phone. And while the mobile operating system is still way behind… Read More

HP’s Windows 8 slate? Leak provides possible sneak peek

Microsoft is positioning Windows 8 to work not only on traditional computers but also on tablets, aiming to compete more… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Drugstore.com CEO Kal Raman hired at Groupon

Kal Raman, the former Amazon.com and drugstore.com executive who stepped down as CEO of Bellevue-based GlobalScholar last September, has been named senior… Read More

Kickstarter project ‘Brydge’ makes iPad like MacBook Air — no toaster required

Apple CEO Tim Cook took a thinly veiled jab at Microsoft and Windows PC makers yesterday, saying that the notion… Read More

Microsoft in Android patent licensing deal with Pegatron

Microsoft just announced another patent licensing agreement with a maker of Android and Chrome devices, Pegatron Corp., making more headway… Read More

Google Drive takes on Microsoft SkyDrive, but at a higher price

Google Drive is alive. The long-rumored online storage service was officially announced today, following an apparent attempt at pre-emption by… Read More

Microsoft’s Skype arrives on Sony’s PlayStation Vita

Microsoft’s Skype division is launching a video and voice calling app today for Sony’s latest handheld gaming device, the PlayStation… Read More

Windows 8 ‘release preview’ coming first week in June

Microsoft will distribute a “release preview” of Windows 8 during the first week of June, getting closer to finishing one… Read More

Food recovery project wins Microsoft’s U.S. Imagine Cup

Over on Microsoft’s Redmond campus today, teams from schools around the country gathered for the U.S. finals of the company’s… Read More

Netflix to Comcast: “Internet caps should apply equally”

In a broadside aimed directly at Comcast, Netflix devoted a section of its quarterly shareholder letter on financial performance to… Read More

Dropbox, Microsoft SkyDrive add new storage features as Google Drive looms

The Storage Wars are heating up, but this has nothing to do with television or storage units. Microsoft this morning… Read More

Facebook to pay Microsoft $550M for hundreds of former AOL patents

Facebook will pay Microsoft $550 million in cash to buy a portion of the AOL patent portfolio that Microsoft recently… Read More

Will your next smartphone have a backside display?

A newly surfaced patent filing from Microsoft provides a glimpse of where our smartphones might be headed — even if… Read More

Skype releases Windows Phone app, gears up for Xbox

Skype took its Windows Phone app out of beta this weekend, releasing a 1.0 version with updates including video calling in… Read More

The new shape of Microsoft’s entertainment unit: More diverse, less profitable

Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division has long been synonymous with the Xbox 360 and video games, which have traditionally represented… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Paul Allen’s sub, Ray Ozzie’s legacy, and more from our live events

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Seattle rock legend Dave Dederer shares the inside secrets of digital… Read More

Microsoft idea: Analyze Facebook posts to deduce mood, interests, education

Thanks to its Facebook partnership, Microsoft has been strongly positioned to use social media to enhance its Bing search engine,… Read More

Guess who Microsoft beat out for the AOL patent portfolio?

Microsoft’s more than $1 billion acquisition of AOL’s patent portfolio earlier this month didn’t come without some competition. And now… Read More

Microsoft beats estimates as most divisions see growth

Microsoft just posted revenue of $17.41 billion for the quarter ended March 30, up 6 percent. Earnings per share were… Read More

Verizon vows to back Windows Phone as ‘third ecosystem’

Microsoft and Verizon Wireless have been through some difficult times together over the years. (Anybody remember the Microsoft Kin? No,… Read More

Greenpeace scales building to prod Amazon, Microsoft with ‘clean cloud’ sign

Earlier this week Greenpeace released a report criticizing Microsoft, Amazon and Apple for not using enough renewable energy to power… Read More

Video: Resigning from Microsoft with a song

Whatever happened to “Take this Job and Shove it?” No, Karen Cheng’s resignation song is much more classy than that,… Read More

Nokia: Windows Phone sales strong in U.S. but ‘mixed’ overall

Reporting its quarterly results this morning, Nokia said sales of its Lumia line of Windows Phones have surpassed its expectations… Read More

Tech Moves: Cray taps Microsoft GM as CTO; Weber names creative director; etc.

William Blake, the former general manager of parallel computing platforms at Microsoft Corp., has been named senior vice president and chief… Read More

Somebody stole the plaque from Microsoft’s birthplace

A piece of Microsoft history has gone missing. The big plaque that marked the first official home of Microsoft in Albuquerque,… Read More