Just as most of us were winding down from Labor Day Weekend on Monday evening, Microsoft announced one of its biggest acquisitions ever with the company’s decision to gobble up… Read More
Microsoft will pay nearly $7.2 billion for Nokia’s Devices and Services business, including its smartphone unit, in a landmark deal that promises to radically reshape the Redmond company’s own business.… Read More
Microsoft has already given parents an extra element of control with the “Kid’s Corner” feature in Windows Phone 8 — an isolated section of the device, set up and controlled… Read More
We have learned very little about Microsoft’s IllumiRoom since first hearing about the crazy technology back in January. Now, though, we know a little bit more about the Xbox projector meant… Read More
If you follow Microsoft at all, you’re going to be hearing a lot about Jeffrey Ubben. Ubben is the founder, CEO and chief investment officer of ValueAct Capital, the San… Read More
August is supposed to be the month when the tech industry takes a breather, relaxing for a few moments before charging back into the heavy product release cycles of the… Read More
Whoever laid out the show floor at the Penny Arcade Expo has a sense of humor, or at least a taste for competition. The Microsoft and Sony booths are practically… Read More
Bye bye, Xbox Live Marketplace. Days after Microsoft moved from Microsoft Points to real world currency, the company has rebranded its Xbox Live Marketplace to simply “Xbox Games.” The new Xbox… Read More
Back when the NSA’s snooping practices were revealed in June, Microsoft joined fellow tech giants Google and Facebook in asking the U.S. government for more transparency in regard to government requests for national security information. Late… Read More
Research firm IDC this afternoon released a new 2013 forecast for the global PC market, and the news isn’t good for Microsoft or other companies that rely on traditional computer… Read More
Microsoft and Foursquare are in the “advanced stages” of talks that would have the Redmond company make a strategic investment in the location-based check-in service, according to a report from… Read More
Microsoft offered a temporary promotion for its Surface Pro tablet earlier this month that was set to end Thursday, but now it looks like the new price point will be… Read More
Like many modern relationships, this one started with a Facebook message. That was how Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, connected with Steven Sinofsky after hearing that the former Windows… Read More
How far apart are Microsoft and Motorola these days? They can’t even agree on what they’re arguing about. The trial under way between the companies in U.S. District Court in… Read More
In the rare case that you and your tech buddies were placing bets on who will become Microsoft’s next CEO, here’s some advice that may help you with your… Read More
Microsoft today is rolling out a new feature for Windows Phone users: Optical character recognition (OCR) that automatically translates pictures of text into actual text when uploaded from the phone… Read More
Just for the record, Box CEO Aaron Levie isn’t publicly throwing his hat into the ring as a candidate for Microsoft CEO. GeekWire asked him the question this afternoon, not… Read More
Two of Microsoft’s top engineering executives took the stand this morning in the company’s patent dispute with Motorola, laying the groundwork for Microsoft’s contention that Motorola’s proposed royalties for its… Read More
Microsoft says it has started sending the code for Windows 8.1 to its hardware partners to install on new PCs and tablets in time for the official public debut on… Read More
Steve Ballmer announcing his intent to leave Microsoft was unexpected and potentially a watershed moment for the company and also for the industry. The shift of a major tech company… Read More
A lawyer for Motorola urged a jury in Seattle this afternoon to consider the company’s October 2010 patent licensing offer to Microsoft in the context of the broader discussions and… Read More
First free Surfaces, and now the Xbox One. It’s looking like Microsoft is building a custom white Xbox One specifically for its employees at no charge to them. A Reddit… Read More
A jury of seven women and one man will hear opening statements in federal court in Seattle this afternoon in a high-profile patent suit between Microsoft and Motorola —a key… Read More
Microsoft today began rolling out the official release of a new update that moves transactions on the Xbox 360 to actual currency instead of Microsoft’s point system. The changes were… Read More
VMware has hired a former Microsoft exec as it looks to battle both Microsoft, Amazon.com and others in the virtualization and cloud computing arenas. The company today announced that it… Read More
A new report from The Verge this morning puts more weight behind the rumors that Nokia will be coming out with its own Windows RT tablet, code-named Sirius — further… Read More
To fully grasp the significance of Steve Ballmer’s retirement announcement, first go back to 2008, when the Microsoft CEO told an audience in Washington, D.C., that he planned to remain… Read More
A long-running patent dispute between Microsoft and Motorola will come to a head in federal court in Seattle this week as Microsoft tries to convince a jury that the Google-owned… Read More
We’ve got an epic GeekWire podcast for you this week, with an extended version of our weekly news segment, featuring our thoughts on Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s announcement that he’ll… Read More
Steve Ballmer’s retirement news today certainly grabbed the attention of the tech industry. (The top 13 stories on TechMeme are devoted to the announcement). I guess that’s what happens when… Read More