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Microsoft reportedly paying $250M for SwiftKey, the popular mobile app that makes it easy to type on smartphones

Microsoft is reportedly paying $250 million to acquire SwiftKey, the London-based startup company whose keyboard applications make it simple to… Read More

NFL meets HoloLens: Here’s Microsoft’s vision for watching sports in augmented reality

Up until now, the “second-screen” experience while watching a live sports event on TV typically revolves around accessing apps like… Read More

Microsoft says its Iowa caucus app worked without issue despite #MicrosoftRubioFraud

Microsoft said its technology that helped calculate the winner of Monday’s Iowa caucus worked without error, but some Donald Trump supporters… Read More

Hard-working Bill Gates memorized license plates to monitor early Microsoft employees

In the early days of Microsoft, there were few enough cars in the parking lot that co-founder Bill Gates says… Read More

New data: Apple’s iPad Pro outsells Microsoft Surface tablets in debut quarter

The iPad Pro may be following in the footsteps of the Surface tablets — with its detachable keyboard, big screen… Read More

Microsoft dunks prototype data center in the ocean

Microsoft is testing a data center that operates hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface. By submerging a data center… Read More

NFL tests video replay on Microsoft Surface tablets for coaches and players during Pro Bowl

The NFL is again testing the use of video replays on the sidelines for players and coaches. During Sunday’s Pro… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Bernie Sanders vs. Microsoft, Amazon’s latest secret building, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Microsoft ‘feels the Bern’ as Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders questions… Read More

President Obama’s new ‘Computer Science For All’ plan puts $4B toward tech education in schools

A new program called “Computer Science For All,” announced today by President Obama, proposes more than $4 billion in funding for schools… Read More

Microsoft Surface tops $1.3B for quarter, but Lumia smartphone sales plummet

Microsoft’s Surface hardware lineup reached a new peak of more than $1.37 billion in revenue in the December quarter, a… Read More

Russell Wilson touts Bing after being accused of using Google to express love for Ciara

As a business, Twitter is struggling. But dang, the social media platform sure is providing some serious entertainment this week. After… Read More

Amazon adds another 8,400 employees, tops 230,000 worldwide, as Microsoft sheds 3,500 jobs

Amazon continued to expand its employee base in the fourth quarter, adding 8,400 people to top 230,000 full-time employees worldwide, not… Read More

Microsoft beats revenue and profit expectations, lifted again by the cloud

Microsoft this afternoon posted revenue of $25.7 billion for the December quarter, after adjusting for revenue deferrals, topping revenue and profit expectations… Read More

Bernie Sanders’ team questions Microsoft’s involvement in Iowa Caucus app

The Iowa Caucuses are coming up on Monday, and for the first time, smartphones will play a role in calculating… Read More

How the ‘Seattle Tech Universe’ map ended up at the World Economic Forum

The Seattle region’s technology landscape was in the spotlight over the weekend in Davos, Switzerland, where top corporate executives and global… Read More

Microsoft’s new ‘News Pro’ app for iPhone offers an alternative to Apple News

Microsoft has another app made just for iOS, and this one is competing directly with one of Apple’s newest apps.… Read More

Microsoft: Surface tablets have not experienced a single failure in 2 years on NFL sidelines

A day after the NFL made it clear that Microsoft’s Surface tablets were not to blame for a technical hiccup… Read More

NFL: Microsoft Surface problems during AFC Championship ‘not caused by tablets’

The NFL wants to make it clear that Microsoft Surface tablets are not to blame for a technology malfunction during… Read More

Microsoft taps Qualcomm Ventures boss to lead investment arm

Microsoft Ventures has a new leader. Fortune reported Monday that Nagraj Kashyap, who spent the past 12 years heading up Qualcomm… Read More

Microsoft plans to buy and redevelop its main Silicon Valley campus

Microsoft has submitted a proposal with the city of Mountain View, Calif., to redevelop the company’s campus based there. In an… Read More

Microsoft adds more backward compatible games to Xbox One, updates release schedule for new games

Microsoft isn’t going to make fans wait to play the latest games added to the Xbox One backward compatibility list. The company… Read More

Microsoft’s new alarm app wants you to play a game instead of hitting snooze

Hitting snooze is too easy: just roll over and smack around until you hit a big button. Yesterday, I hit… Read More

Microsoft recalls Surface Pro power cords over fire risk

Updated to include details on how to get your power cord replaced, below. You may want to be careful with… Read More

How Microsoft is changing the social features on Xbox One and the Windows 10 Xbox app

Xbox One Preview members and users of the Xbox beta app on Windows 10 will start seeing a number of tweaks… Read More

Microsoft acquires MinecraftEdu, plans new ‘Education Edition’ of blockbuster game

More than a year after its $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang, Microsoft says it’s buying MinecraftEdu — a version of the… Read More

Xbox 360 scratched discs: Why the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case, a decade later

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to review a lawsuit between Microsoft and Xbox 360 users who allege that a defect in the… Read More

Microsoft to require Windows 10 for newest CPUs, pushing enterprise users to use latest OS

If you want a new computer with the latest CPU architecture like Intel’s Skylake chips, you’ll need to run Windows 10… Read More

Xbox One, Playstation 4 U.S. sales reach record highs as Sony ousts Microsoft in December

U.S. sales of the Xbox One and Playstation 4 hit record-highs last month. The NPD Group reported its monthly console sales… Read More

Searching for logo news? Bing tweaks design for third time in six years

An Internet search on the evolution of the Bing logo returned some fresh hits Thursday as tweaks were made at the 6-year-old… Read More

Skype now lets you start calls in Slack, even if you don’t have a Skype account

Sending a message on the popular communications tool Slack sometimes isn’t really enough to convey the full meaning of the… Read More