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Microsoft

It’s now the ‘Microsoft Theater’ in L.A. — a first-of-its-kind naming deal for Redmond company

Microsoft acquired Nokia’s smartphone business last year, and now the Redmond company is putting its name on the Nokia Theater,… Read More

Microsoft updates Xbox One with 1TB of storage, improved controller, permanent price drop for 500GB model

Trying to regain traction in the console market, Microsoft this morning announced an updated Xbox One with 1TB of storage and an… Read More

Apple unveils Mac OS X ‘El Capitan’ — with a jab at Microsoft Windows 8

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is underway right now in San Francisco, and the company wasted no time in jumping into… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Amazon same-day delivery, Windows 10 launch, and farewell to Urbanspoon

This week on the GeekWire radio show: What happened when we tested Amazon same-day delivery on a weekend; what’s at… Read More

Microsoft bringing Skype to a browser near you with Skype for Web beta

You can do a lot in a web browser, but until today you couldn’t Skype in one. Users in the… Read More

Windows 10 PCs unveiled: Microsoft and partners prepare for big launch

Windows 10 is officially confirmed for release on July 29, and now we’re getting a glimpse of the hardware that will… Read More

Microsoft shrinking footprint in Seattle and Bellevue as new Redmond building goes up

Microsoft is consolidating its operations in Seattle and Bellevue, Wash., shifting employees around and shedding some of its extra space in those regional satellite offices.… Read More

Microsoft confirms Wunderlist acquisition, strengthening cross-platform portfolio

Microsoft confirmed its acquisition of Wunderlist developer 6Wunderkinder in a blog post published today. The app will help strengthen Microsoft’s… Read More

Microsoft acquires Wunderlist creator, adding to its crossplatform productivity offerings, report says

Microsoft has reportedly acquired Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder, creator of the to-do list app Wunderlist. The app joins Acompli and Sunrise in Microsoft’s stable of… Read More

Microsoft tests ‘Earn’ rewards program: That daily latte will help you buy a Surface

In a new addition to its rewards programs, Microsoft is giving customers up to 10 percent back on purchases at major… Read More

Tech Moves: Foursquare exec Rob Wilk named Microsoft search sales VP; VoiceBox adds speech recognition experts; etc.

—Rob Wilk, who previously served as vice president of sales at Foursquare, has joined Microsoft as vice president of search sales and… Read More

Home ‘data furnaces’ have arrived, heating spaces with excess server heat

If you live in the Netherlands and have a fiber connection, you can now use the cloud to heat your… Read More

Microsoft’s comeback bid has a date: Windows 10 arrives July 29

Microsoft this morning confirmed that Windows 10 will be released on July 29. In a geeky twist, the company turned to… Read More

PC shipments to slip another 6% this year despite Windows 10 launch

Windows PC shipments are expected to decline for a fourth year in a row as competition from tablets and smartphones… Read More

New forecast: Windows Phone market share will still be single digits in four years

Windows Phone’s worldwide market share will rise over the next five years, but only slightly, market research firm IDC says… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana to launch on Android and iPhone, expanding beyond Windows for first time

Microsoft’s Cortana virtual assistant will expand to iPhone and Android as part of a broader effort by the company to help users… Read More

Microsoft’s universal ‘OneClip’ app leaks, syncs every Ctrl+C to the cloud

Have you ever had to go searching for a piece of text you’d copied once but was overwritten with another… Read More

Microsoft and Salesforce were $15B apart in acquisition talks, report says

Microsoft was willing to pay as much as $55 billion to acquire Salesforce, but the talks between the companies fell apart… Read More

Microsoft Outlook.com upgrade adds ‘Clutter’ inbox management feature

As part of its migration to Office 365, Microsoft is previewing an updated Outlook.com starting today. New features include improved search,… Read More

Microsoft Bing building ‘massive index’ of content from iOS, Android and Windows apps

Unlike web pages, the contents and capabilities of apps are usually hidden away from a search engine’s web crawlers, not accessible to searchers or… Read More

You can now watch over-the-air TV on your Xbox One

Xbox One owners in the U.S. and Canada can now use their console to watch over-the-air TV without a cable subscription.… Read More

Leak reveals Microsoft ‘Flow’ email app, an Outlook companion for iPhone

Despite the growth of messaging platforms, email just won’t go away. But Microsoft is working on a new app, called… Read More

Microsoft announces public preview of new Office Suite Android Apps

Microsoft is updating the Office experience for Android phone users today, starting with a public preview of three new apps… Read More

Dropbox updates Windows app with better sharing, now universal

Dropbox updated its Windows app today with the ability to have multiple concurrent uploads, better shared folder management and easier… Read More

Reading books with HoloLens? Microsoft patent shows how it could work

A new Microsoft patent shows how a head-mounted display could transform the experience of reading books — synchronizing a virtual character’s movements… Read More

Microsoft: Software pirates won’t get free Windows 10 upgrades, after all

Microsoft won’t offer free Windows 10 upgrades to Windows 7 and 8 users running pirated versions of the older operating systems, despite previous… Read More

Microsoft tops Sony in U.S. console battle for April; Xbox One sales up 63% from last year

Microsoft outpaced Sony for next-gen U.S. console sales in April, as the company reported a 63 percent increase in Xbox… Read More

Microsoft will automatically install Candy Crush Saga on Windows 10

Solitaire, Minesweeper and Hearts are getting some company on Windows 10. Microsoft says it will automatically install Candy Crush Saga… Read More

Bing will give mobile-friendly sites a ranking boost, following Google’s lead

Microsoft announced today that it will begin using mobile friendliness as a signal in Bing’s search ranking algorithm for results… Read More

Microsoft launches its own ‘Hyperlapse’ video smoothing technology for Android and Windows

Microsoft is releasing a new set of video technologies, Microsoft Hyperlapse, that can turn long, jittery first-person clips into smooth, time-lapse videos.… Read More

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