Week In Review (Jan 26 – Jan 30)
Week In Review returns with a vengeance! While Windows 10 was still the primary focus all month around, Microsoft made movements in other several other areas — from announcing …
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Week In Review (Dec 1 – Dec 5)
Purchase of the Week Microsoft may have slowed down big purchases, but the company made another notable acquisition after Minecraft. Acompli, the developer of a cross-platform mobile email solution …
Week In Review (Nov 24 – Nov 28)
Milestone of the Week It took a while coming, but Windows 8.1 has finally become the second most used operating system in the world. The desktop world, if you …
Week In Review (Nov 17 – Nov 21)
Milestone of the Week Microsoft rarely talks about statistics of its app repositories, but when it does, it’s usually triumphant. The company let everyone know that Windows users now …
Week In Review (Nov 10 – Nov 14)
Launch of the Week This side of operating systems, that is. Redmond took the wraps off its Skype for Web service, which is a simple concept that allows anyone …
Week In Review (Nov 3 – Nov 7)
Announcement of the Week It was coming, it just had to come. And this week Microsoft made it official. Office is now free for users on mobile devices, meaning …
Week In Review (Oct 27 – Oct 31)
Launch of the Week Years after we first heard that Microsoft is working on a wearable device, the company launched Band, which is a cross between a fitness band …
Week In Review (Oct 20 – Oct 24)
Replacement of the Week After months of speculation, we now have an answer to Microsoft’s mobile strategy for the future. The company official announced that the Microsoft Lumia brand …
Week In Review (Oct 13 – Oct 17)
Jab of the Week Eric Schmidt of Google sure comes across as someone that is not a fan of Microsoft. The chairman of the search engine giant made another …
Week In Review (Oct 6 – Oct 10)
Split of the Week Too big for their own good, perhaps. Ask anyone to name an iconic PC brand, and HP will be right up there at the top …
Week In Review (Sep 22 – Sep 26)
Rescue of the Week Remember the all or nothing days when Windows 8 made its debut? A lot of hardware vendors had penned their hopes on Microsoft turning things …
Week In Review (Sep 15 – Sep 19)
Purchase of the Week After about a week of rumors and reports, Microsoft made it official that it was buying Mojang, the developer of the certified hit game Minecraft. …
Week In Review (Sep 8 – Sep 12)
Leak of the Week Things took a turn for the interesting with the first ever batch of leaked Windows 9 screenshots. They come from a build that was distributed …
Week In Review (Sep 1 – Sep 5)
Event of the Week Like most big technology companies, Microsoft is not much enthused about industry events. They have their own gatherings through the year. Redmond, however, made an …
Week In Review (Aug 25 – Aug 29)
Downer of the Week What do you call bad news that arrives at the start of a week? Bad news, of course. Huawei gave us one by revealing that …
Week In Review (Aug 18 – Aug 22)
Goodbye of the Week Many would take this as an upbeat development, but the fact remains that Steve Ballmer is the man that has had a large part in …
Week In Review (Aug 11 – Aug 15)
Activity of the Week The ALS awareness campaign is charting new heights. Company heads from Apple to WWE have taken the ice bucket challenge, and donated to the cause. …
Week In Review (Aug 4 – Aug 8)
Announcement of the Week Now we know why there was not much excitement from Microsoft regarding the second update to Windows 8.1. While initially this refresh was expected to …
Week In Review (Jul 28 – Aug 1)
Comment of the Week What better way to start this list than with a controversy? Robert Scoble, the former Microsoft evangelist fired off a curious statement that Redmond should …
Week In Review (Jul 21 – Jul 25)
Battle of the Week Redmond is going all guns blazing as it tries to take on the increasingly popular Chromebooks. These Chrome OS devices now make up 35% of …