Will Microsoft Buy TikTok?
Whoa! Stranger things have happened. But Microsoft of all companies has surprisingly slotted in pole position to take over TikTok, the Internet phenomenon that has taken the world by …
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Microsoft Publishes Edge Release Schedule
Keeping things on track. The Chromium based version of Microsoft Edge officially launched earlier this year, and has since then grown on to become one of the finest web …
Microsoft Again Complains About Apple 30% Fee
Things are heating up! You may recall that a couple of months back Microsoft expressed its displeasure at the App Store requirements that Apple had set up for developers. …
Microsoft Hits $38 Billion In Q4 2020 Revenue
The numbers are in, and they are big! Microsoft has posted some $38 billion in Q4 2020 revenue, buoyed by notable increases in its Windows, Surface, and Gaming businesses. …
LinkedIn Cuts 960 Jobs
Sad. Things may have slowed down with the calamity that is known as the coronavirus, but the impact of the pandemic is still being felt. Case being, LinkedIn, who …
Microsoft Will Launch Cloud PC In 2021
The talk of a wholly cloud powered flavor of Windows is not new, the chatter could be heard even before Microsoft launched the modern version of its operating system, …
Microsoft Cuts More Jobs, Azure Impacted
It’s almost tradition now. Microsoft has recently decided to cut more jobs worldwide, as part of a restructuring plan that got underway after a new fiscal year began on …
Is Microsoft Plotting A Return To Wearables?
Oh, boy! Here we go again! Who here remembers Microsoft Band? The crown jewel of the company’s wearable efforts had a short shelf life of just three years before …
Microsoft Strikes Against Coronavirus Scammers
Microsoft strikes back! The software titan has taken legal action to protect users, and in the process, seized malicious domains that were being used by coronavirus scammers to take …
Microsoft Creates New Consulting Arm As Part Of Reorg
Microsoft continues its July tradition of announcing and implementing a structural reorg within the company, and this latest one brings if centered on bringing changes to its Customer Success …
Xbox First-Party Games Showcase Set For July 23
Mark your calendars, ladies and gentlemen! Microsoft has made it official that it will be holding its first-party games showcase for Xbox on July 23, with Summer Games Fest …
Microsoft Closing Its Retail Stores Across The World
2020 is relentless! Microsoft has announced a strategic change to its retail operations that will see it close down almost all of its physical retail stores across the planet. …
Microsoft Kills Off Mixer
Another one bites the dust! Almost four years after Microsoft acquired the live streaming service called Beam, and rebranded it as Mixer, the company has decided to abandon it. …
Microsoft Not Happy With Apple App Store Bullying
90s in reverse? Gone are the days when Microsoft used to be active in the mobile space with its very own app store to house applications for the Windows …
Microsoft Market Cap May Hit $2 Trillion In Two Years
Something about the sky being the limit? If things go according to plan, Microsoft could be the first company to breach the $2 trillion market cap mark. And that …
Microsoft Offers BUILD Attendees Discounts Up To 80%
Sweet. Deal. Microsoft was forced to hold its BUILD 2020 conference digitally this year, thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. And the company tried a lot of new things …
Is the Windows 10 May 2020 update working for your PC?
So a lot of you got the Windows 10 May 2020 Update and the feedback has been mixed (to be generous). We wanted to get some direct feedback from …
Microsoft Replacing 50 Journalists With AI
The future is now? Well, it could be by the end of June. For there is talk that Microsoft is set to replace dozens of journalists with good old …
Microsoft Fluid Framework Is Now Open Source
Talk about fluidity! You may be familiar with one of Microsoft’s newest creations, the Fluid Framework, which was first announced at BUILD last year, and arrived in preview later …
FedEx Announces Major Partnership With Microsoft
FedEx has teamed up with Microsoft on a major partnership focused on improving the end-to-end commerce experience globally, and reinventing the most critical aspects of the experience. Both Azure …