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GeekWire Live Blog: Microsoft Azure chief Scott Guthrie at Ignite 2016

ATLANTA, GA. — Microsoft is set to kick off its Ignite conference here this morning with a series of announcements… Read More

Microsoft’s cancer moonshot: Debug the disease as if it’s a computer glitch

Microsoft researchers are doing a bug bash on cancer, complete with software code names like “Project Hanover.” Some of them… Read More

Bill Gates: Voter opposition to globalization is ‘a huge concern’ — and a wake-up call

Bill Gates has seen first-hand the benefits of globalization, as the co-founder of Microsoft and a leader of the Bill &… Read More

Live: Bill Gates and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Vancouver, B.C.

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and co-founder Bill Gates are making a rare joint appearance Tuesday at the Emerging Cascadia Innovation… Read More

Surprise: Microsoft unveils new Nokia cell phone after agreeing to sell the business

Microsoft this morning unveiled a new cell phone called the Nokia 216, with a 2.4-inch screen, front- and rear-facing cameras,… Read More

Seattle, Vancouver B.C. mayors pledge to work together to fight climate change, fix transportation and housing

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson Monday announced a “memorandum of cooperation” between the… Read More

Oracle’s Larry Ellison: Amazon’s lead in cloud is over

Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison last week said he’d do it, and he did. The company best known for its conventionally… Read More

Microsoft closing Skype London office, putting 220 jobs ‘at risk’

Microsoft will close Skype’s London office as part of its efforts to consolidate its presence in the United Kingdom. The… Read More

Bill Gates and Satya Nadella to make rare joint public appearance in Vancouver, B.C., next week

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and its CEO Satya Nadella will headline a conference in Vancouver, B.C. next week with an emphasis… Read More

Inside the new Microsoft Technology Center in the Seattle region

Microsoft unveiled its newest Microsoft Technology Center Wednesday night, a facility designed to show off the company’s newest innovations to customers and partners.… Read More

Microsoft debuts new multi-device Windows 10 apps, converted from desktop software

Note: Post updated the clarify the tools used to create the new apps and which apps in the Windows Store work… Read More

These 10 machine learning and data science startups make up the newest Microsoft Accelerator class

Microsoft has chosen the 10 machine learning and data science companies that will make up the fourth class of its Seattle Accelerator. The startups hail… Read More

‘Productivity’: LinkedIn founder sheds more light on why company sold to Microsoft for $26.2B

SAN FRANCISCO — It was about the users, and about productivity. That’s what LinkedIn co-founder and chairman Reid Hoffman said… Read More

Microsoft releases first ‘Play Anywhere’ cross-platform game for Xbox One and Windows 10

Gaming consoles are notorious for their vertical integration: only in-house games, services, and controllers will work on them, and occasionally… Read More

Microsoft Surface phone speculation ramps up as company reportedly dials back on Lumia models

Microsoft will “end sales” of its lineup of Lumia smartphones in December, according to a report from WinBeta. Citing an… Read More

NFL predictions: Microsoft’s Bing eyes the week 1 winners — as well as a Super Bowl champ

The Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers kick off the NFL season tonight in a rematch of Super Bowl 50,… Read More

Report: Microsoft to challenge Slack with new Skype Teams service

Microsoft is building a workplace collaboration tool, called Skype Teams, according to a report from mspoweruser.com. The chat app would… Read More

A year later, how Microsoft’s jobs program for people with autism is working

It has been more than a year since Microsoft announced a pilot jobs program to specifically accommodate people on the autism… Read More

Microsoft is building a ‘smart fridge’ for not-so-smart grocery shoppers, like me

I’m not great at grocery shopping. I almost always forget something and at least once a week my boyfriend has… Read More

Look out, Alexa? HP’s new tabletop PC, featuring Microsoft Cortana, doubles as smart home speaker

This is not your beige box under the desk. HP is moving its PC business into the smart home speaker market with the Windows… Read More

Microsoft will sell MSN China to former general manager after saying it would shut down portal

Microsoft will sell its MSN China portal to Xicuhuang Technology, a Chinese entity led by a former MSN China general manager.… Read More

Microsoft testing new Garage apps that visualize noise and help students with writing assignments

Microsoft’s Garage incubator is testing six new apps with a variety of consumer-centric functions, including organizing projects and photos, sharing… Read More

In new Minecraft mini-game ‘Tumble,’ players fight to avoid a fiery grave

Anyone who hasn’t completely lost their inner child remembers jumping from rug to chair to coffee table to avoid the… Read More

Microsoft disses the MacBook Air with a catchy jingle in new Surface Pro 4 ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUOttPF4UTo Apple spent years trying to out-cool Microsoft in TV ads but now it’s the Redmond company accusing its top… Read More

GeekWire launches new Cloud Tech channel, with underwriting support from Salesforce

Cloud technology is one of the most dynamic, rapidly growing and important areas of the tech industry, and GeekWire has… Read More

Microsoft to preload Office and Skype on millions more Android devices under new Lenovo deal

Microsoft has struck a deal to preload some of its most popular programs onto a portion of Chinese tech giant… Read More

Microsoft reveals the ‘Xbox Onesie’ and the internet goes nuts

Australia has done it again. The land down under brought us Margot Robbie, the boomerang, Ugg Boots, and now a new… Read More

Microsoft testing potential Slack rival app to help shift workers organize schedules and chat with colleagues

Microsoft is testing a new app called Project Sonoma that is designed for shift workers at restaurants and retailers to view and… Read More

Microsoft partner Technosoft opens engineering lab in Bellevue to strengthen Skype for Business and other programs

Long-time Microsoft partner Technosoft announced Monday it has opened a new “co-engineering” lab in Bellevue, Wash., strengthening its ties with… Read More

Microsoft acquiring natural language scheduling startup Genee to add ‘intelligent experiences’ to Office 365

Microsoft has agreed to buy Genee, a scheduling service it said uses natural-language processing to automate setting up meetings. The… Read More