Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 55 of 225

Microsoft’s venture fund gets a new name: M12

Microsoft Ventures, the tech giant’s venture capital investment arm, is now M12. The “M” in the name stands for Microsoft,… Read More

TLDR: A big day for Seattle tech companies on Wall Street, universal flu vaccine, the intersection of tech and fashion

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What’s in Microsoft’s Windows 10 April 2018 Update, slated for release Monday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNdirfTlU4E Microsoft this morning provided new details on its next major Windows 10 update, previously known as the Windows 10… Read More

TLDR: Snap Spectacles are back, Seattle-to-Vancouver ‘nerd bird,’ Nintendo Switch

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LinkedIn among Microsoft’s fastest growing businesses as $26B investment begins to pay off

LinkedIn was a stand out of Microsoft’s latest earnings report, as the business social network saw a 37 percent jump… Read More

Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud group posts a 17 percent jump in revenue on 93 percent growth for Azure

Cloud computing has been a strong part of Microsoft’s turnaround during CEO Satya Nadella’s tenure as CEO, and its Intelligent… Read More

Microsoft revenue climbs 16% to $26.8B, beating expectations, thanks to cloud growth

Microsoft exceeded Wall Street expectations again in the most recent quarter, buoyed by its cloud division. Microsoft reported earnings per… Read More

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to U.S. politicians: ‘Shame on you’ if you ignore data

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many of the people who filled an auditorium here Thursday for an appearance by former Microsoft CEO… Read More

The ‘nerd bird’ has landed: Tech execs, politicians help kick off Seattle-to-Vancouver seaplane flights

With cranes in the background further building out Seattle’s booming tech sector, two seaplanes landed on Lake Union Wednesday, including… Read More

Announcing the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: Top tech leaders from Microsoft and Amazon added to agenda, early-bird tickets on sale

Our biggest technical conference of the year — the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit — is coming up on June 26-27… Read More

Microsoft’s Azure Container Instances, which lets you deploy containers with utter disregard for hardware, now generally available

When is a container serverless? That question might sound like troll bait for infrastructure geeks, but Microsoft’s Azure Container Instances,… Read More

Judge orders Trump administration to resume DACA in lawsuit brought by Microsoft and Princeton

A federal judge sided with Microsoft and Princeton University Tuesday in a lawsuit they filed over President Donald Trump’s decision… Read More

TLDR: Get packages delivered to your car, iPhone-based stethoscope, Adventureman visits Microsoft

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Microsoft eyeing big office complex near its HQ campus, report says

Microsoft plans to buy a 725,000-square-foot office complex that is surrounded by the tech giant’s massive headquarters campus, according to… Read More

Microsoft teams up with Skype competitor Discord to help Xbox gamers connect with friends

Microsoft is teaming up with Discord, a voice and text chat app for gamers, to let them link up their… Read More

Microsoft lends a technical hand as ‘Adventureman’ begins epic 6,000-mile run for charity across U.S.

Jamie McDonald dipped his hand in the Pacific Ocean two weeks ago to mark the start of his latest test… Read More

TLDR: U.S tech companies are hiring more foreign workers, Amazon reveals Prime membership numbers, Marvel at MoPOP

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100 Most Influential People, but just six covers: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella makes Time’s short list

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is among the artists, activists, leaders and visionaries (including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos) who made the… Read More

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner on integration with Microsoft: ‘So far, so good’

LinkedIn’s integration with Microsoft has “exceeded expectations,” propelling the business social network to record levels of engagement and revenue is… Read More

Real-world Minecraft mod: How the popular video game is transforming parks and other public spaces

Where there was once a derelict market in the Sunny Hill neighborhood of Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, now sits a skate… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon and Google jockey for title of 2nd most valuable company on the planet

Editor’s note: Market value numbers in this story have been updated Microsoft’s market value is around $745 billion Thursday morning,… Read More

Microsoft Translator beefs up offline capabilities with new AI-powered translations

The Microsoft Translator app’s most accurate translations, powered by the company’s emphasis on artificial intelligence, are now available offline. Microsoft… Read More

TLDR: Steve Ballmer’s shareholder meeting for America, the world’s biggest plane, Jeff Bezos’ new social media persona

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Supreme Court drops lawsuit over Microsoft customer data stored overseas due to CLOUD Act

The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a case that pitted Microsoft against the Department of Justice over emails the company… Read More

Facebook, Microsoft and other top tech companies vow to fight government-sponsored cyberattacks

More than 30 leading tech companies launched a new cybersecurity accord Tuesday in the hopes of one day inspiring a… Read More

Microsoft’s Brad Smith calls cyberspace the ‘new battlefield’ as company releases latest security features

Microsoft is beefing up security measures across its suite of enterprise products, with a series of new features and programs… Read More

Scenes from the Halo World Championships: Defending champs fall in battle for $500k prize

Thousands of video-game fans packed CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle this weekend to see which professional “Halo” team would… Read More

Three years later, Microsoft’s bet on Xbox One backward-compatible games is still paying off

It has been nearly three years since Microsoft announced plans to make older Xbox games playable on Xbox One, and… Read More

TLDR: Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, ?Seattle wants to regulate Uber and Lyft, Microsoft’s new smart mat

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Microsoft’s new portable smart mat aims to beam real items into the digital world

Microsoft’s research arm is working on a portable mat that can sense objects and then project them on to a… Read More