Microsoft’s largest division isn’t Windows or Office anymore. It’s “Commercial Licensing” — with more than $39 billion in revenue last fiscal year, representing more than half of the company’s overall… Read More
Apple’s decision to offer its iWork suite for free on new iPads is drawing a spirited response from Microsoft’s communications chief. In a new blog post, Frank Shaw disputes the notion… Read More
Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Apiphany, an API management company that helps developers securely expose APIs to developers that are looking to use them. Apiphany, which is based… Read More
Talking about Apple’s new Mac lineup yesterday, CEO Tim Cook had this to say about the unnamed “competition.” “They’re confused,” Cook said, showing the slide above to represent Apple’s view… Read More
Windows developers have a new tool up their sleeves for letting users talk to their apps. First spotted by Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft has started allowing Windows developers to build… Read More
I’ve been known to impress my colleagues by whipping up a wicked graphic or logo in Microsoft Excel from time to time, but holy crap, check out this video of… Read More
Microsoft says Windows RT 8.1 is available for download again in the Windows Store for users of Windows RT devices including the company’s Surface RT tablets. The company had removed… Read More
Windows Phone owners will soon be able to share all the 7-second videos and filtered photos they could ever want. Stephen Elop just announced at Nokia World that the official… Read More
If you like big screens, you’ll want to take a look at Nokia’s newest phone. At Nokia World in Abu Dhabi, Nokia just introduced the Lumia 1520. The device has a 6-inch… Read More
There are close to 300 people gathering at the Bellevue Square Mall in Washington for the Surface 2 midnight launch event. Now, not every single person is there to pick… Read More
The search partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo is getting even frostier: Newly released court records show that Yahoo is questioning Microsoft’s long-term commitment to the deal as Steve Ballmer prepares to… Read More
Ten years ago, Mister Chief was a “terrible idea that spun out of control,” but now Frank O’Connor’s creation has found its way to an Xbox Live avatar costume this… Read More
On Saturday, Microsoft pulled the Windows RT 8.1 update because of serious problems it was causing for some Surface RT owners, including, it seems, bricking the device. If you’re one… Read More
A tech reporter who has been using Apple’s iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S, both running iOS 7, recently mentioned to me that he sometimes mixes the two up until he… Read More
Windows RT users who were waiting until the weekend to download and install the Windows RT 8.1 update will need to wait a little longer. Microsoft has removed the 8.1 RT… Read More
Next Tuesday will be a busy day in the world of tablets. And then Apple will unveil the new iPad. It’s the technology world’s equivalent of a traffic jam, or… Read More
If you want access to your Windows PC from your tablet or smartphone, a new piece of software will come in handy. We reported last week that Microsoft was planning… Read More
If you’ve been thinking about buying the Nokia Lumia 1020, now might be the best time — given that you’re in the right spot, that is. Eight Microsoft stores are… Read More
Who would have thunk that Walmart offers better pay to software engineers than Microsoft, Expedia and Amazon.com. But that’s one of the findings in a new Glassdoor survey which looks… Read More
Thirty-two months, or 2-and-a-half years: That’s how long Microsoft’s Xbox 360 held the top spot in the U.S. console market, based on unit sales. But the streak ended as of September,… Read More
With help from the Microsoft Kinect, researchers from the University of Washington have figured out a way to help blind people or those with low vision perform yoga correctly. Using… Read More
Microsoft released its Windows 8.1 update this morning, almost a year after the release of Windows 8 — aiming to make its operating system more palatable to desktop and notebook… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — While Google’s mobile operating system is currently eating Microsoft’s lunch in terms of market share, one of Android’s co-founders said that Microsoft had an important role in… Read More
The Windows mobile operating system still pales in comparison to iOS and Android when you look at overall market share. But one Seattle VC still believes Microsoft will become a viable… Read More
Microsoft is ending all support for Windows XP in April 2014, and doing its best to move users to newer versions of its desktop operating system. But Google isn’t letting… Read More
Microsoft Ventures is investing SkyGiraffe, a startup whose technology lets companies make their real-time internal business data available to their workforce on secure mobile apps. The companies announced the deal… Read More
To go with the new look of its console, Microsoft has announced a new, way of interacting with your friends, and it’s following in the footsteps of a popular social… Read More
Thanks to Microsoft, you might be able to have a virtual changing room right in front of you when you’re shopping. The company recently released a trio of videos showing… Read More
Just don’t call it Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft’s new “Update 3” for Windows Phone 8, unveiled this morning, adds support for screens as large as five or six inches, with… Read More
Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are both Harvard dropouts who climbed to the top of the technology world. And it turns out they share a similar approach when it comes… Read More