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Microsoft’s SDK for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update now generally available

All developers interested in building apps for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update can now download the software-development kit now… Read More

Microsoft Ventures launches global AI startup competition with top VC firms

In the latest sign of Microsoft’s continued investment in artificial intelligence, Microsoft Ventures announced today that it is teaming up… Read More

Straight talk on Windows Mobile: Microsoft exec explains why smartphone hardware is no longer a focus

A Microsoft executive confirmed on Twitter over the weekend something we already knew but hadn’t been said officially: Building new… Read More

Behind-the-scenes with NFL sideline technology: Microsoft and Bose power team communication

Much like how technology has changed the way you communicate with friends, family, and co-workers, it has also revolutionized how… Read More

At long last, Microsoft is releasing its Edge browser for iPhone and Android

Microsoft Edge, the default web browser for Windows 10, will be available as a preview for iPhone starting today and… Read More

Microsoft Azure fire system glitch shows why everyone benefits from transparent cloud outage reports

Outage reports issued by most cloud companies tend to be meaningless exercises in brevity, designed by lawyers and put into… Read More

Microsoft acquires virtual reality startup, announces new Samsung mixed reality headset

Microsoft has acquired a San Francisco Bay Area virtual reality startup ahead of a major milestone for its “mixed reality”… Read More

Microsoft discontinuing Groove Music Pass streaming service Dec. 31, teaming up with Spotify

Microsoft said Monday it plans to discontinue its Groove Music Pass streaming service, and it will instead partner with streaming… Read More

How Microsoft became a destination for a new generation of open-source developers

An old tongue-in-cheek journalism canard suggests that once something has happened three times, it’s a trend. Along those lines, when… Read More

What happened after Satya Nadella told Microsoft’s execs to ‘find the rose petals in the field of sh*t’

In one passage of his new book, Hit Refresh, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tells the story of his response to… Read More

Kids, a dog and screen time: Magazine gets inside look at Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s life at home

Anu Nadella, wife of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, calls the vibe in their Seattle-area home “extreme controlled chaos.” Despite the… Read More

We knocked on the door at Microsoft’s mysterious small-town office, and here’s what we found

Microsoft’s office in Silverdale, Wash., a town of close to 20,000 people on the Kitsap Peninsula across Puget Sound from Seattle,… Read More

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer among those praising Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book ‘Hit Refresh’

Plenty of interested readers outside of Microsoft will pick up CEO Satya Nadella’s new book, “Hit Refresh,” to gain some… Read More

Bill Gates says he’s switched to an Android smartphone, ‘with a lot of Microsoft software’

It really is a new era at Microsoft — or maybe it’s a return to the company’s roots. Bill Gates… Read More

Review: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s candid book ‘Hit Refresh’ goes inside the tech giant’s revival

This was my litmus test for Satya Nadella’s new book: Does he write about his Grace Hopper debacle? The answer… Read More

Apple replaces Bing with Google as search engine for Siri and Spotlight

Apple is ditching Bing and will now use Google to power the default search engine for Siri, Search within iOS… Read More

Microsoft launches Technology for Social Impact group, pledges to help 300k nonprofits move to the cloud

Cloud computing has quickly become an essential tool for businesses and governments across the world — but for many nonprofits… Read More

Microsoft to release programming language for quantum computing — now it just needs a quantum computer

Microsoft says it has a created a new programming language for quantum computers, seeking to help developers unlock the still… Read More

Microsoft Teams to replace Skype for Business as main meeting tool for Office 365 customers

Microsoft is going all in on its chat and productivity tool, Teams. As its annual customer event Ignite kicks off… Read More

Microsoft links its new Cosmos DB database to serverless technology for Azure developers

Microsoft’s strategy for helping its customers use one of the more exciting developments in cloud computing — serverless technologies —… Read More

Microsoft connects LinkedIn and Office 365 via profile cards, starting to capitalize on $26B deal

More than a year after Microsoft announced its plans to purchase LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, the technology giant is rolling… Read More

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella inspires Pete Carroll at Seahawks practice and gets signed ball from coach

The Seattle Seahawks know a thing or two about rallying around inspirational voices — whether it’s head coach Pete Carroll… Read More

Microsoft and Facebook team up to build fastest underwater cable across the Atlantic

Microsoft, Facebook and a subsidiary of Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica have completed the highest-capacity undersea cable to travel across the… Read More

One year later, Microsoft AI and Research grows to 8k people in massive bet on artificial intelligence

Microsoft’s first mission statement envisioned a computer on every desk and in every home, but Bill Gates also had another… Read More

Microsoft opens mysterious office in small town a ferry ride away from Seattle

Microsoft has quietly opened a small office in Silverdale, Wash. a town of close to 20,000 across Puget Sound from… Read More

Pepsi CFO joins Microsoft board, replaced on Twitter board by former Google CFO

Hugh Johnston, the PepsiCo vice chairman and chief financial officer, has joined Microsoft’s board of directors and left the Twitter… Read More

Microsoft to accelerate growth in gaming as Xbox leader Phil Spencer joins senior leadership team

As part of a strategy to accelerate its gaming business across the company, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today named Xbox… Read More

Amazon reportedly tried to poach Satya Nadella, and Microsoft is happy it didn’t happen

Microsoft’s renaissance in recent years may have never come to pass if Jeff Bezos had his way. In a wide-ranging… Read More

From Seattle to Paris: A burgeoning French tech connection grows stronger with visit to Amazon HQ

Embed from Getty Images Representatives from the Consulate General of France and the government’s business development agency were in Seattle this… Read More

Google, Microsoft emphasize cloud security as hacks intensify and big businesses eye the cloud

Security fears have been associated with cloud computing ever since it began, and for the most part those fears have… Read More