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Microsoft just completed its $26B LinkedIn acquisition: Here’s what they’re going to do first

Microsoft’s deal to buy professional social network LinkedIn for $26.2 billion has officially closed. Microsoft announced completion of the deal,… Read More

Wielding their Windows Phones, Microsoft shareholders grill CEO Satya Nadella on device strategy

BELLEVUE, Wash. — “Please silence all Windows Phones and other devices,” was the announcement at the beginning of Microsoft’s annual meeting… Read More

Microsoft holds annual meeting, minus Gates and Ballmer, after big year for company stock

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Microsoft is holding its annual shareholders meeting here this morning, and it’s notable in part because of… Read More

Microsoft unveils ‘Teams’ chat tool for Office 365, challenging Slack

Microsoft unveiled a new “chat-based workspace” for Office 365 Wednesday, dubbed “Microsoft Teams,” confirming its plans to challenge Slack and… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: ‘We are the company that stands for builders, makers and creators’

“We are the company that stands for builders, makers and creators.” That’s how Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described his company… Read More

Microsoft unveils 217-page book in bid to influence global cloud policy

Microsoft this morning unveiled a book titled “A Cloud for Global Good,” which CEO Satya Nadella called “a set of policy… Read More

Internal email: Microsoft forms new 5,000-person AI division; key exec Qi Lu leaving after bike injury

Microsoft says it has formed a new 5,000-person engineering and research team to focus on its artificial intelligence products — a major reshaping… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: ‘We are not pursuing AI to beat humans at games’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has long credited the democratizing effect of technology for his rise to the top. As part… Read More

Live Blog: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Ignite 2016 in Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA. — It’s a keynote double-header at Microsoft’s Ignite conference here today. Microsoft Azure chief Scott Guthrie headlined this morning’s… 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

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

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: It’s better to be a ‘learn-it-all’ than a ‘know-it-all’

In a wide-ranging interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, published Thursday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined some of the things he is doing… Read More

Microsoft releases first wave of Skype Bots to help people travel, buy concert tickets and talk to Spock

More than four months ago, Microsoft unveiled plans to add a bot framework to Skype, letting users chat directly with bots to do… Read More

This is the new Microsoft: Windows slips to No. 3 amid shift to the cloud

A small footnote in a new Microsoft filing reveals a big trend: Windows, the PC operating system that fueled the company’s rise as a… Read More

New stats: Microsoft’s commercial cloud revenue nears $10B a year

Revenue from Microsoft’s commercial cloud business, including Azure and Office 365, approached $10 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30, up… Read More

Microsoft scores cloud partnership with GE’s Predix IoT platform, marking first step in ‘broad strategic collaboration’

Microsoft and General Electric this morning said they will make GE’s Predix platform for the Internet of Things (IoT) available… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joins Fred Hutch board, in coup for cancer research institute

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is joining the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center‘s board of trustees, choosing the Seattle-based nonprofit institute as his only outside board… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Sen. Elizabeth Warren challenges tech giants, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book deal, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a possible running mate to Hillary Clinton, criticized… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book is called ‘Hit Refresh,’ due out in 2017

It’s not unprecedented for a Microsoft CEO to write a book. Remember “The Road Ahead”? Now Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella… Read More

Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella lays out 10 Laws of AI (and Human Behavior)

Taking a page from Isaac Asimov’s famous Three Laws of Robotics, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has drawn up six “musts”… Read More

Will the LinkedIn deal really be different? Microsoft looks to recover from difficult acquisition history

Microsoft is in the process of almost completely unraveling its $7 billion acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone business, and before that… Read More

Microsoft all but exits smartphone hardware with new $950M charge and 1,850 more job cuts

Microsoft says it will scale back its smartphone hardware business even more, cutting 1,850 additional jobs and taking a $950 million… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sells home for $2.8M — below asking price, but twice what he paid

To get a sense for the dynamic nature of the residential real estate market in the Seattle region, look no further than… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella looks ahead, a surprising study on screen time, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: A new study by the University of Washington questions the effectiveness of the… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Why the U.S. needs better laws to balance privacy and national security

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is calling for the U.S. government to establish a better framework of laws to create a “new equilibrium” between… Read More

Video: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Tech Alliance in Seattle

Update: The live stream has ended but you can watch the archive below. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will take the… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: MOHAI Maker Day, State of Tech, May the Fourth Be With You and more

Ever wanted an in-house microscope for all your home science needs? Search no longer. Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry will be… Read More

Code.org lands $23M as U.S. business leaders implore Congress to fund computer science education

Code.org, the non-profit that promotes computer science education around the world, has secured $23 million in donations from Microsoft, Infosys, Google, Mark… Read More

Image: Internet of Things jet engine

Microsoft extends the ‘Internet of Things’ to jet engines, refrigerators and more

Soon the “Internet of Things” will be keeping watch on jet engines, refrigerators and freezers, factory floors and more, thanks to… Read More

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