Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 preview due week of August 4
All About Microsoft posted a story that Microsoft will make the first update to Windows Phone 8.1 available to developers the week of August 4
Chinese officials seize Microsoft PCs, emails, financial info in antitrust probe
Computerworld reports that regulators in China today said that they made sudden appearances at several Microsoft offices on Monday to gather evidence for an antitrust probe.
Microsoft delivers a massive and gorgeous update to Xbox Video for Windows 8.1
WPCentral posted a story that Xbox Video on Windows 8.1 received a major update today
Microsoft wants a slice of Raspberry Pi
Fuzilla posted a story that Microsoft has launched an Atom-based 'Sharks Cove' machine it hopes will attract developers with an interest in tablets
Chinese regulators target Microsoft for office visits
Computerworld reports that officials from the China government appeared at four Microsoft offices, but the purpose of the visits was unclear.
Layoffs cool Microsoft employees opinion of CEO Satya Nadella
Computerworld posted a story that the percentage of Microsoft current and former employees who approve of CEO Satya Nadella has dropped since the company announced layoffs
Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 Chassis Requirements uncovered
Neowin has published the chassis requirements for the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update, GDR1
Microsoft wants you to forget Windows 8
Unless Microsoft radically changes its habits, it will throw Windows 8 down a deep memory hole even before a successor ships
Beta release of VLC player for Windows Phone coming soon
A developer working on the VLC player team for Windows Phone has revealed that the popular application will be hitting Microsoft's mobile platform very soon as a private beta
Microsoft wirelessly charges a Lumia 930 using apples and potatoes
Microsoft teamed up with Carphone Warehouse and artist Caleb Charland to wirelessly charge a Lumia 930 using apples and potatoes
Microsofts Live Lock Screen app now available for Windows Phone 8.1
It was teased at Build 2014 and is now finally available. Windows Phone 8.1 users can now download the Live Lock Screen BETA app to spruce up their Lock screens.
In Depth: Microsofts future under Satya Nadella: a very different, braver company
We are halfway through 2014 and Microsoft is having a good year - well, almost - even if it had to cut 18,000 jobs, can the Surface Mini, kill Android for Nokia, shut its Xbox Entertainment Studios and merge its tech conferences
The next 13 Microsoft Store locations to open have been revealed
The next locations for 13 upcoming Microsoft stores have been revealed, and it shows that Microsoft is heavily committed to rolling out retail outlets all over the United States
Microsofts software expansion continues with OneNote on Amazon Fire devices
Microsoft has made it clear that it wants its products on all platforms and that march continues as Microsoft has made OneNote available for the Amazon Kindle Fire and Fire phone
Windows Phone 8.1 Preview users still need to downgrade their OS in order to get Lumia Cyan
AT&T announced that their Lumia 1520 is now receiving the Lumia Cyan and Windows Phone 8.1 updates. However, it quickly became evident that those with the Preview for Developers installed on their Lumia 1520s did not have an update, but those with Windows Phone 8.0 did
Microsoft again writes off Surface inventory, renews profitability doubts
Microsoft again took a hit on its Surface business, the company acknowledged Tuesday.
Microsoft claims Surface Pro 3 sales are outpacing earlier models
Microsoft's Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood said this week that sales of the company's 12-inch Surface Pro 3 tablet are "outpacing earlier versions of Surface Pro" but did not offer any specific numbers.
Microsofts first post-Nokia phone is the budget Lumia 530
With Nokia's range of Android-powered smartphones all but dead, Microsoft is pushing its newly-acquired Lumia line harder than ever
Microsoft revenue lifted by cloud sales to businesses
Strong sales of cloud products to businesses helped lift Microsoft's revenue by 18 percent last quarter, though its profits declined.
Microsoft goes big on open source with Azure alliances
Adds plug-ins for Packer.io and Opennebula
Microsoft updates OneDrive for Windows Phone
An updated version of OneDrive has been released for Windows Phone - including WP7.5 - bringing a range of improvements, including the ability to download and choose where to save your files.
Microsoft to merge five events into one mega enterprise event
As part of the sweeping changes being ushered in by CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft is to merge five of its big global tech events, including TechEd, into one major event the week of 4 May 2015 in Chicago.
Windows 8.1 update 2 said to arrive on August 12th
Windows 8.1 update 2 is right around the corner and thanks to a few leaked documents
Microsoft launches new training portal to get you started on Windows Phone
Microsoft is now launching a new training portal to help new users to the platform get acquainted with Windows Phone with an interactive tutorial filled with videos
Microsoft layoffs get official, 18,000 jobs to be cut in largest round of layoffs ever
The rumors were true as Microsoft announced today that thousands of Microsoft employees will be let go from the company as they work to streamline operations and conform to Nadella's new mission
Microsoft to discontinue Nokia Asha and S40 feature phones
Microsoft isn't discontinuing only the Android-based Nokia X line. It also is phasing out the Nokia Asha and S40 feature phones as part of its further focus on Windows Phone.
HP, Microsoft Bring Windows 2003 Migration Support to Customers
Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft are continuing their longstanding partnership with a new migration support program for Windows Server 2003 customers, which was announced during this weeks Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2014
Why Microsoft isnt spooked by the Apple-IBM alliance
The Apple-IBM partnership will have little effect on Microsoft's dominance in the enterprise, or drastically change its mutating mobile strategy.
Surface Pro 3 gets another firmware update to fix WiFi issues
Microsoft is releasing its second firmware update this month for the Surface Pro 3 tablet
Microsoft is now releasing build 12400 of the Windows Phone 8.1 OS preview
Microsoft has thrown the switch on a new release of the Preview for Developers and Windows Phone 8.1
Xbox One sales have doubled since Microsofts Kinect U-Turn
Sales of the Xbox One have doubled in the US following Microsoft's decision to drop the Kinect as a core product and lower the price
Microsoft plans price war to stymie Chromebook growth
Microsoft's COO says his company and its army of OEMs will compete on price with Google's Chromebooks, a milestone in Microsoft's battle against the encroaching enemy.
Microsoft to smarten up Cortana and Bing with academic research
Microsoft's Cortana artificial intelligence (AI) personal assistant for Windows Phone 8.1 is about to get a whole lot smarter, thanks to the software giant's decision to integrate academic data within its Bing search engine.
Microsoft planning major job cuts, Nokia and Xbox staff face axe
Redmond staff to likely to learn fate next week
To the Cloud: Microsoft Signs 20-Year Contract for 175 MW of Wind Power
One of the biggest cloud data centers in the country will now be driven primarily via alternative energy
Microsoft pushes Windows Phone 8.1 update to Nokia handsets
Microsoft Devices has announced that it's starting the rollout of the Lumia Cyan update to all Nokia Lumia devices running Windows Phone 8 from today
Microsoft gets real, admits its device share is just 14%
Microsoft COO Kevin Turner acknowledged today that his company's operating systems power only a small fraction of all devices worldwide.
What about Windows Mr. Nadella
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella demoted Windows to a handful of terse mentions deep in his 3,100 all-hands strategy email of last week.
Microsoft: Over 12 million activations for Lumia 520
Microsoft finally offered up some concrete numbers on at least one Windows Phone device as the company revealed that the budget-themed Nokia Lumia 520 has so far registered over 12 million activations
New Start menu leaks in Windows build 9788
A new leak shows the Start menu in a leaked build of Windows Threshold and it looks exactly like the one that was shown off at Microsoft's Build conference earlier this year
Microsoft updates Bing Apps for Windows Phone 8.1
Microsoft has announced a range of improvements to some of its Bing Apps for Windows Phone 8.1, including single sign-in for Microsoft Accounts, and new features in Bing News, Food & Drink and Travel
Windows build 9788 spotted in the wild
A screenshot of Windows build 9788 has been spotted in the wild and aligns to previous information that we had heard about this particular build being leaked in the very near future
Microsoft launches Apportals to improve app management on Windows 8
Microsoft is continuing to attempt to reduce Windows 8.x hurdles for its business users with a new app-management tool called Windows Apportals
Microsoft CEO Nadella: We will reinvent productivity
CEO Satya Nadella has given Microsoft's employees their fiscal 2015 marching orders. The company's primary focus will be on productivity and platforms, not devices and services.
Microsoft readies three new Office 365 plans for small and mid-size businesses
Microsoft is introducing three new Office 365 plans for small and midsize business users this October
Russian Windows leaker denies link to ex-Microsoft worker who stole trade secrets
Notorious Russian leaker Wzor denied any link between the publication of internal Microsoft info and a former employee who stole trade secrets.
Microsofts IE steps back from the brink of irrelevance
Microsoft has managed to reverse years of sometimes-sharp decline in Internet Explorer's user share and revive interest in the browser it bundles with Windows.
Microsoft hasnt canceled plans to let you turn your Xbox One into a dev kit
Last year, Microsoft said that it would allow any Xbox One to be turned into a developer console but it looks like that feature has been scrapped by the team in Redmond
Windows 7 makes appearance in Microsoft end-of-support list
Microsoft has issued a list of products that will reach end of support in the second half of 2014 and in the two weeks of January 2015 as part of its routine support lifecycle product database
Windows Phone 7.8 mainstream support ends September 9
Microsoft has posted a reminder that Windows Phone 7.8 will lose its mainstream support on September 9
