Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 85 of 225

Microsoft acquires Skype for Business management tech from Event Zero

IT teams currently have to turn to third-party solutions for advanced Skype for Business diagnostics and analytics, but Microsoft has acquired… Read More

IBM wins more U.S. patents than anyone else in 2015 — depending on how you count

IBM received more U.S. patents than any other company in 2015 — a total of 7,355 granted utility patents — marking its 23rd… Read More

Microsoft donates $500k to Portland college where Steve Jobs was a dropout

Microsoft has made a significant contribution aimed at jumpstarting a computer science program at Reed College in Portland, Ore. Students… Read More

Microsoft Vice President Peggy Johnson: Women are the biggest emerging market

Peggy Johnson has done a lot to change the face of Microsoft in year-and-a-half she’s served as executive vice president of business… Read More

Microsoft partners with ESPN’s Jay Williams for March Madness prediction site

Embed from Getty Images We’re still two months away from the craziness that is March Madness, but Microsoft is getting… Read More

Updated NFL playoff picks: Microsoft Bing predicts Super Bowl champion

Bing Predicts updated its NFL playoff picks after Wild Card weekend, but still thinks the Patriots will win Super Bowl 50.… Read More

White House invites Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to President Obama’s final State of the Union

If you plan to watch President Barack Obama deliver his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, be sure… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella selling Seattle-area home at asking price of $3.5M

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s home in Clyde Hill, Wash., was listed for sale this week at an asking price of $3.488… Read More

Marching bands and Stormtroopers: Inside Microsoft’s epic CES party in Las Vegas with DJ Steve Aoki

LAS VEGAS — If there’s at least one thing we learned at the big Consumer Electronics Show this week, it’s… Read More

Warning! New ‘Minecraft 2’ app is fake, will probably crash your iPhone

Today’s nominee for “worst thing” is certainly the fake Minecraft 2 app that managed to make it into Apple’s App Store.… Read More

New BFFs Samsung and Microsoft are working together on the Internet of Things, too

Earlier this week, Microsoft and Samsung announced the first Galaxy Tab running Windows 10. Now they’re moving on to washers and… Read More

Who will win the Super Bowl? Microsoft Bing picks champ before NFL playoffs begin

The NFL Playoffs start this weekend, but before the first ball is even kicked off, Microsoft’s Bing Predicts is forecasting… Read More

Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab runs Windows 10, rivals Microsoft Surface with its own keyboard cover

Samsung has built its Galaxy Tab business on the Android operating system, but the company is betting on Microsoft’s Windows… Read More

Office 365 in your car? Microsoft partners with Volvo, Nissan other automakers on new tech integrations

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is all about the connected car. Yesterday, it was a crazy electric… Read More

Microsoft: Windows 10 reaches 200M devices, growing faster than any previous version

Less than six months after its release, Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system is running on more than 200 million devices, outpacing… Read More

The top Seattle tech stocks of 2015: A surging Amazon leads the pack

It was a mixed year on Wall Street. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were relatively flat for… Read More

Video Review: Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller impressions

Microsoft has crafted what is likely the best controller ever made for any video game controller in history. The Xbox… Read More

Microsoft will notify users of suspected government spying

Microsoft said Wednesday night that it will tell users if their account has been “targeted or compromised by an individual or group… Read More

Forza 6 Xbox One Limited Edition Console Unboxing & Impressions

The Forza Motorsport 6 Xbox One Limited Edition Bundle features an Xbox One console with a custom blue paint job, complete with… Read More

Microsoft Selfie: Latest iOS app from Redmond does only one thing, but it does it pretty well

Microsoft has been on a roll this year with its iOS and Android development game, and is finishing the year out… Read More

News Brief

Report: Next Microsoft buildings in Redmond could be up to 10 stories

Is Microsoft’s headquarters campus destined to become more dense? A zoning change in the city of Redmond could allow the… Read More

The Year in Tech: The most important Seattle tech stories of 2015, as picked by GeekWire’s editors

When it comes to the Seattle tech stories that mattered in 2015 — major developments that will have a lasting… Read More

Microsoft marketing chief: Windows Phone needs a ‘spiritual equivalent’ to the Surface tablet

Windows Weekly, with Microsoft watchers Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley and TWiT founder Leo Laporte, features a wide-ranging interview this week with Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s chief marketing… Read More

Microsoft’s new six-month break requirement looms for ‘external staff’ — with some exceptions

Jan. 1, 2016, is marked on many calendars — and weighing on many minds — at Microsoft these days. The date marks the end… Read More

Microsoft pulls ‘Hey Cortana’ feature from Android app after it caused mic problems systemwide

One of the biggest ways Microsoft has beefed up its mobile presence is by making its AI assistant, Cortana, available on Android… Read More

Bill Gates slows his Microsoft stock sell-off in 2015, still tops list of U.S. insider sales at $1.5B

Bill Gates sold more than $1.5 billion worth of Microsoft stock in 2015 — topping the list of U.S. corporate insiders… Read More

Microsoft’s Skype buys Ray Ozzie’s startup Talko, but former exec won’t be returning

Talko, the mobile communications startup co-founded by former Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie, has been acquired by Microsoft’s Skype… Read More

Goldman Sachs upgrades Microsoft stock and admits, “We were wrong’

In a rare mea culpa from Wall Street, analysts from Goldman Sachs this morning upgraded Microsoft stock from “sell” to “neutral”… Read More

Microsoft delays Windows 10 Mobile update for Windows Phone 8.1 users

Windows Phone 8.1 users who were looking forward to joining desktop users in using Microsoft’s latest operating system may be… Read More