Nokia helps Windows Phone overtake iOS in key European market
Don’t look now, but Windows Phone is gaining some serious momentum in Europe. The latest numbers from Kantar Worldpanel show that Windows Phone has actually …
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Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen may be pushing firm to ditch Bing, Xbox
As we’ve observed recently, Microsoft has really become a tale of two companies: An unstoppable juggernaut in the enterprise cloud and software market and a …
Microsoft attempts to assuage fears over Kinect privacy invasion
As the month of next-generation console releases begins, both Sony and Microsoft are tying up every loose end that they can in order to provide …
Why we’re about to get swamped with Surface ads this holiday season
Microsoft looks intent on growing its marketing budget to Samsung-esque proportions. Asymco’s Horace Dediu has posted a chart on his Twitter feed that compares advertising …
More good news for Microsoft: Nokia now No. 4 U.S. smartphone vendor
Beating out Motorola may not mean much these days, but Microsoft nonetheless has to be happy that Nokia has blown past Motorola to become America’s …
PS4, Xbox One hard drives will only fit 12 full-sized games
It might be a good idea to go ahead and start planning out exactly how you are going to fill up your new console’s hard …
Windows 8.1 picks up steam, drives adoption of Microsoft’s new OS
When we checked in on Windows adoption rates last month, things weren’t looking great for Microsoft’s most recent operating system. Windows 7 was actually gaining …
Microsoft hopes massive marketing budget will move 16M Windows tablets this year
Microsoft is planning on doing whatever it takes to get Surfaces and third-party Windows tablets into homes over the holiday season. WinSuperSite reports that Microsoft’s …
How Microsoft is Scroogling its own users with Windows 8.1
Congratulations to everyone who thought that Microsoft’s “Scroogled” ad campaign wasn’t born from the company’s deep-seated concerns for user privacy. InfoWorld’s Woody Leonhard this week writes …
Video: Microsoft shows off key Xbox One features in gameplay tour
We hope you like the new look of Windows 8, gamers, because that’s what you’re in store for if you opt for Microsoft’s upcoming new Xbox One video …
Video: Microsoft’s first Xbox One ad celebrates the glory of escapism
With the console wars set to heat up again this holiday season, Microsoft has fired its opening advertising volley with a terrific Xbox One ad …
Surface sales are getting less awful
The good news for Microsoft was that it didn’t have to write off $900 million because of poor Surface sales again last quarter. The trouble, …
Microsoft recovers from Surface debacle with strong Q1 earnings
Microsoft’s last earnings report was not the company’s brightest hour. Not only did it miss analysts’ expectations with fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $0.59 per share …
Microsoft’s Surface Pro is now the same price as Apple’s iPad
Microsoft’s Surface Pro is easily one of the most exciting and unique Windows computers that has ever been created, but unfortunately the device’s sleek design …
Windows 8.1 apps are about to get a lot more chatty
Steve Ballmer has long been enthusiastic about developers and now developers have another reason to be enthusiastic about Windows 8.1. ZDNet reports that Microsoft has …
Microsoft: Apple’s iWork suite isn’t worth giving away
Apple’s events typically lean on hardware announcements, such as the debut of the iPad Air on Tuesday, but the tech giant took some time to …
On his way out, Ballmer gets low marks from Microsoft employees
Steve Ballmer has been Microsoft’s CEO for more than a decade but it looks like a sizable chunk of his workforce won’t be sad to …
Here comes Windows Glass: Microsoft prepping a Google Glass competitor
Microsoft was late to the game in both the smartphone and tablet markets but the company is determined to not get left behind when it …
Windows Phone to finally get an official Instagram app
Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app acquired by Facebook for $1 billion last year, is finally coming to Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. The announcement came early …
Insiders don’t see Windows 8.1 doing anything to help PC sales
Windows 8.1 marks the triumphant return of the Start button but according to a new report, it won’t do much at all to help reinvigorate the …
PS4, Xbox One game delays might make for a sparse holiday lineup
Console launches are infamous for the underwhelming launch games that come along with them. Developers just don’t have enough time to spend with the system …
After 32 months at the top, Xbox 360 dethroned by PlayStation 3
There has been a changing of the guard in the U.S. video game console market and for Microsoft, it couldn’t have come at a worse …
The Start button’s triumphant return: Windows 8.1 now available
It might not be the same Start button Windows users have grown to love over the years, but it’s back. Microsoft on Thursday released the …
Video shows huge Xbox One speed improvements compared to Xbox 360
Good news for Xbox fans: It looks like booting up the next-generation console won’t take nearly as long as booting up the Xbox 360. A …
Microsoft seen folding Windows RT into Windows Phone by 2015
Microsoft may not be planning to perpetually support three different operating systems after all. An unnamed source tells ZDNet that Microsoft will likely fold its …
Special edition Xbox One preorders back at Best Buy after first round sold out
Almost as quickly as they appeared, the initial batch of Xbox One preorders were sold out. To make matters worse, a limited “Day One Edition” …
Microsoft prepares for phablets with latest Windows Phone update
On Monday, Microsoft announced the third major update for Windows Phone 8, which will enable higher resolutions and a larger Start screen in order to …
Microsoft rumored to be making Windows Phone 8.1 a tablet-capable OS
For a long time, many analysts and observers have wondered, “What’s the point of Windows RT?” And if the latest rumors from Paul Thurrott’s Supersite …
Windows 7 still makes up 99% of Toshiba’s enterprise sales
There’s no question that the adoption rate for Windows 8 is much slower than Microsoft had expected. Some manufacturers are even sticking with Windows 7 …
Microsoft’s Nokia buy still won’t get key apps on Windows Phone
Microsoft’s decision to buy Nokia’s handset division signaled its intention to build its own smartphone hardware but this still isn’t enough to get Candy Crush …
