Hot cloud database startup Snowflake Computing, born on Amazon Web Services, adds support for Microsoft Azure After establishing a foothold in the cloud-based data warehousing market on the infrastructure provided by Amazon Web Services, Snowflake Computing… Read More
TLDR: Anti-Amazon graffiti, see Times Square under water with HoloLens, needle-free blood sugar monitor for people with diabetes Today’s featured stories Photos: Graffiti targeting Amazon and Jeff Bezos illustrates animosity toward tech giant in Seattle So much to… Read More
So much to sea in New York: Microsoft HoloLens a key part of art exhibit that ‘sinks’ Times Square New York City’s Times Square is already a bustling and chaotic location when experienced in everyday reality. In augmented reality,… Read More
TLDR: Microsoft unveils Surface Go, Demi Lovato to headline Amazon concert, new record for same-day delivery in space Today’s featured stories Microsoft unveils $399 ‘Surface Go’ with 10-inch display and USB-C port to take on lower-cost iPads and… Read More
Current and former Microsoft employees appeal class-action denial in gender discrimination lawsuit Updated at 3:20 p.m. with new details on ruling and appeal. Current and former technical employees at Microsoft are not… Read More
Microsoft unveils $399 ‘Surface Go’ with 10-inch display and USB-C port to take on lower-cost iPads and Google Chromebooks Microsoft Surface devices primarily target high-powered creative types at a substantial price point, but the tech giant is looking to… Read More
TLDR: Rumored Surface smartphone, Lime scooters in Uber app, dorm-style housing for adults Today’s featured stories Windows Phone fans lobby Microsoft not to kill rumored Surface dual-screen device aka Andromeda With $335M in… Read More
Windows Phone fans lobby Microsoft not to kill rumored Surface dual-screen device aka Andromeda There’s still a rabid community of Windows Phone fanatics out there, and they really want to see a new smartphone… Read More
A longtime Windows Phone fan tries out the Microsoft Launcher app for Android I’m still sad Windows Phone isn’t really a thing anymore, and I imagine Microsoft is, too. After largely retreating from… Read More
Microsoft Azure CTO: AI and machine learning “are going to transform every industry” Now that the basic appeal of cloud computing has been established — compute and storage resources managed by your vendor… Read More
TLDR Editor’s Picks: The state of the tech economy, from Seattle to Wall Street and beyond This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today: the ups… Read More
Dark mode for Microsoft’s Outlook.com is on the way Many Microsoft products have long supported a “dark mode” to make late night work easier on the eyes, though that… Read More
‘Everybody is a gamer’: Inside the first-ever Xbox video game competition at the Special Olympics Tim Dempsey and Nicholas Rasmussen didn’t even know each other until a few months ago. Now they’re good buddies and… Read More
Microsoft’s massive campus refresh starts later this year, as tech giant picks architects and contractors for the job Microsoft is one step closer to getting underway with the sweeping refresh of its Redmond, Wash. headquarters campus, with construction… Read More
Resilience and risk-taking: How the immigration experience shapes the path of foreign-born entrepreneurs First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most… Read More
‘Defining moment’ for Seattle as Microsoft, Amazon, others support Special Olympics USA Games Seattle-area tech companies are making a statement about building an inclusive workforce as the city hosts one of the largest… Read More
Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and tech’s battle for the hearts and classrooms of teachers If the ISTE 2018 exhibit hall was a high school, then Google and Microsoft were the enthusiastically competitive drama and… Read More
LinkedIn taps Microsoft’s language skills for new translation tool within main feed LinkedIn has added a new feature that allows immediate translation of posts in its news feed. Now, below a post… Read More
Google Cloud CEO wanted to buy GitHub, hopes Microsoft really keeps it neutral; Azure CTO vows not to mess with it Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene was interested in buying GitHub, but she isn’t ready to buy Microsoft’s promise to keep… Read More
David vs. Goliath in the cloud: Do investors see an opening for startups to take on AWS and Azure? Cloud computing is big business dominated by the world’s largest tech companies. Three of the four most valuable tech companies… Read More
Venture capitalists ‘love’ Microsoft’s buy of GitHub, call it a ‘super smart’ move to win developers and compete against AWS Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of GitHub is a whopper by nearly every standard — creating a path into 28 million… Read More
Microsoft Azure CTO: 2018 is the year blockchain becomes a real thing Blockchain has been around for a while, but it’s mostly played a supporting role as the backbone behind Bitcoin and… Read More
Microsoft introduces new data and edge-computing services for Azure customers at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit Microsoft rolled out several new Azure services Wednesday at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, making a key part of its… Read More
Microsoft establishes formal healthcare group, hires two new health leaders Like many large tech players, Microsoft has been steadily increasing its healthcare work over the past few years. Today, that… Read More
Judge denies former Microsoft employees’ bid to expand gender discrimination suit against tech giant A federal judge has denied class action status in a three-year-old gender discrimination lawsuit brought against Microsoft by current and… Read More
Microsoft and Razer reportedly adding mouse and keyboard support for Xbox One Gamers may soon be able to use a mouse and keyboard with their Xbox One console. That’s according to a… Read More
Secrets of a PowerPoint champ: What it takes to win a national title in a Microsoft Office program Used by many, banned by some and parodied by others, Microsoft PowerPoint is a staple of modern corporate life. But who… Read More
Apple’s striking new Seattle store, cloaked in secrecy, appears almost completed Apple still isn’t talking about its new Seattle store, but it looks almost ready for prime time. GeekWire first unearthed… Read More
Microsoft unveils Bing’s new Visual Search object recognition tool, rivaling Google Lens Microsoft today launched a new Visual Search capability within the Bing app that can identify objects in photos and give… Read More
Microsoft spends whopping $250M on huge office complex near its HQ campus Microsoft just paid nearly $250 million for a 725,000-square-foot office complex that represents something of a missing piece of the puzzle… Read More
