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Microsoft Azure broadens support for popular open-source Kubernetes container manager

Microsoft is making the popular open source Kubernetes container orchestration service, originally designed by Google, generally available for use on… Read More

Microsoft strikes exclusive cloud deal with Flipkart, Amazon’s biggest online retail rival in India

Flipkart, the top online marketplace in India, has agreed to adopt Microsoft Azure as its exclusive public cloud platform, augmenting its own… Read More

Microsoft doubled its Azure cloud revenue to $2.7B last year, analysts estimate

Microsoft’s revenue from its Azure cloud platform more than doubled in 2016, reaching $2.7 billion, according to an estimate from… Read More

Microsoft’s new healthcare initiative, and the challenges of bridging tech and health

Healthcare is a cluttered industry, to say the least. A tangle of care providers, a complex payment system and a… Read More

Microsoft hosts Halo Wars 2 launch event as it preps to debut new real-time strategy game

Microsoft’s newest Halo game is almost here. Halo Wars 2, a new real-time strategy game developed by Microsoft’s 343 Industries… Read More

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Full Interview: Bill Gates on global health, clean energy, Trump, Microsoft and the future of the world

Nearly a decade after leaving his full-time job at Microsoft, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for an extensive interview… Read More

Microsoft calls for ‘Digital Geneva Convention’ to protect citizens from cyberattacks

Microsoft today proposed a new initiative to protect citizens from unwarranted cyberattacks by governments, taking its cues from history. Speaking at the RSA… Read More

Video Highlights: Inside the world of Bill Gates, nearly a decade after he left Microsoft

Nearly a decade ago, in 2008, Bill Gates stepped down from his day-to-day role at Microsoft. A daily newspaper reporter… Read More

Bill Gates is still mixing it up at Microsoft in his spare time: ‘I love what’s going on there — it’s fun’

It has been nearly a decade since Bill Gates left his day-to-day role at Microsoft, but he still has a… Read More

What Bill and Melinda Gates are doing with Warren Buffett’s $30 billion, a decade after historic gift

“It was the biggest single gift anyone ever gave anybody for anything.” That’s how Bill and Melinda Gates describe Warren… Read More

Microsoft’s new HoloLens ‘Spectator View’ lets users share mixed reality experiences with others

Microsoft today debuted a new way for HoloLens users to share their mixed reality experience with others. Called “Spectator View,”… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana will now keep you accountable for promises you forgot you made

Cortana wants you to keep your promises. Microsoft’s virtual assistant, available on platforms including Windows 10, iOS and Android, has some… Read More

Microsoft boosts Windows apps with Google Analytics SDK and Facebook install ads

Microsoft announced a new software development kit (SDK) today that lets developers use Google Analytics to measure usage of universal Windows apps. The… Read More

Microsoft will give Azure customers access to 10,000 patents to fight lawsuits

Microsoft will help its cloud computing customers fight lawsuits from patent trolls. As an added benefit to those paying for Microsoft… Read More

Cloud Report Card: Amazon Web Services is a $12B juggernaut, but Microsoft and Google are gaining

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos promised last year that public cloud titan Amazon Web Services would achieve $10 billion in sales for 2016, reaching that milestone… Read More

Microsoft, AT&T join in $25M funding round for SnapRoute, networking startup founded by Apple engineers

SnapRoute, a networking startup formed by Apple engineers, announced Tuesday that it secured $25 million in a Series A venture… Read More

Microsoft’s AI group debuts customizable speech-to-text technology, rapidly expanding ‘cognitive services’ for developers

  Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Research Group, a major new engineering and research division formed last year inside the Redmond… Read More

Microsoft tries to reinvent sports autographs, but can a digital signature replace good old-fashioned ink?

Microsoft wants to change how sports fans think about autographs. The tech giant this weekend unveiled “Social Autograph,” a new concept… Read More

Microsoft Outlook to include add-ons from GIPHY, Evernote and other partners with latest iOS update

  Microsoft is adding several new apps to Outlook on iOS, the company announced Thursday. The updated email application will… Read More

Microsoft asks U.S. agencies to create process for exceptions to Trump’s immigration order

Microsoft is asking new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly to create a process… Read More

Trump’s immigration crackdown may force Amazon and Microsoft to shift some workers to Canada

Prior to President Trump’s controversial immigration orders, Amazon offered positions in the U.S. to seven Iranian-born candidates. Now, the company… Read More

Slack launches ‘Enterprise Grid’ for larger businesses as Microsoft touts Teams traction

Popular messaging service Slack has entered the big leagues. The company launched a service catering to large corporations on Tuesday.… Read More

Charts: These tech companies stand to lose the most from Trump’s reported H-1B visa crackdown

Tens of thousands of tech workers could be affected by Donald Trump’s next executive order. Under the order, Trump will reportedly… Read More

Donald Trump

Court partially blocks Trump immigration ban amid protests and tech industry backlash

Updated with comments from Amazon, Expedia and Gov. Jay Inslee. A federal judge has issued an emergency stay that halts part… Read More

Trump’s immigration ban impacts 76 Microsoft employees; CEO Satya Nadella speaks out

[FOLLOW-UP: Court partially blocks Trump immigration ban amid protests and tech industry backlash] [Update, Tuesday morning]: Microsoft’s Nadella spoke to… Read More

Google, Facebook and Microsoft sound alarm over Trump’s immigration crackdown

[FOLLOW-UP: Court partially blocks Trump immigration ban amid protests and tech industry backlash] President Trump’s actions on immigration during his… Read More

Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: How Azure will fend off Amazon Web Services in the enterprise

Microsoft believes that its unique combination of cloud offerings will hold off market-leading public-cloud service Amazon Web Services in Microsoft’s… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek: Microsoft takes on the DOJ, inside Amazon’s giant post-holiday party, and more

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice are once again battling things out in court. But unlike their duel back… Read More

Microsoft’s market value surges past $500B for first time in nearly 17 years

Another strong earnings report has pushed Microsoft to a new milestone, lifting the company’s market value past $500 billion for the first… Read More

Microsoft’s commercial cloud run rate tops $14B for first time, driven by Azure and Office 365

Microsoft’s commercial cloud run rate exceeded $14 billion for the first time during the December quarter, driven by Office 365 and Microsoft… Read More

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