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July 21, 2018

Tech

How Microsoft could become a $1 trillion company

Analysts recognized that Microsoft is winning more high-value Azure deals and improving the cloud's gross margin.
One analyst suggested the company's cloud transition is proving to be additive to its legacy products.

Justin Solomon | CNBC Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft

June 04, 2018

Web

Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 Billion, Moving to Grow in Coding’s New Era

GitHub, founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, was created largely as a community for software developers to share programming tools and code.

A GitHub billboard being installed in San Francisco in 2014. Microsoft said on Monday that it would acquire the company for $7.5 billion.CreditDavid Paul Morris/Bloomberg

September 25, 2017

Tech

Facebook and Microsoft are building a huge trans-Atlantic data cable

The high-capacity system should be ready by October 2017.

September 25, 2017

Tech

Microsoft and Facebook’s massive undersea data cable is complete

The high-capacity system should be ready by October 2017.

July 24, 2017

Tech

Microsoft signals end of Paint program

Microsoft's graphics program Paint has been included in a list of Windows 10 features that will be either removed or no longer developed.

May 23, 2017

Tech

Microsoft used to have one Surface, now it has four: Here's what each one is for

We'll walk you through who the Surface Pro, Surface Book, Surface Laptop and Surface Studio are for

May 23, 2017

Business

Microsoft explains how the new Surface Pro will compete with Apple — and why it's not calling it a tablet anymore

With the Surface Pro 4, Microsoft saw Apple's MacBook Air as the chief competition and used to tout its device's superior specs.

May 03, 2017

Tech

LAP-TIPPED OFF: Microsoft Surface revealed – and it’s got a bizarre feature that could get very GRUBBY

Microsoft's answer to the MacBook has been revealed in leaked pictures and it has one very bizarre feature

The leaked picture shows a furry suede keyboard @HOX0D

May 02, 2017

Tech

UNVEILED: Microsoft's new $999 MacBook killer with over 14 hours of battery life

If the Surface Pro 4 is Microsoft's MacBook Air alternative and the Surface Studio is up against the iMac

March 20, 2017

Entertainment

Bill Gates tops Forbes' rich list but Trump's wealth slips

Microsoft founder Bill Gates again tops Forbes' list of the world's richest people, in a year when the number of billionaires rose 13% to 2,043.

March 03, 2017

Tech

Windows 10 to offer update 'snoozes'

Microsoft will enable Windows 10 users to choose when security updates are installed once they arrive rather than enforcing them straightaway.

November 07, 2016

Mobile

The Surface Phone Could Have Looked Like This

According to Thurrott's Brad Sams, these Surface Phone renders are of a Dell-made device that never saw the light of day.

November 01, 2016

Tech

Microsoft attacks Google's Windows hack alert

Google's revelation of a security flaw in the Windows operating system has caused anger at Microsoft.

Microsoft says it needs more time to create a fix for the bug detailed by Google

October 26, 2016

Tech

This Is Microsoft’s Gorgeous New iMac Rival

It's a pricey desktop Windows PC called the Surface Studio

Don Emmert—AFP/Getty Images Microsoft Corporate VP of Devices, Panos Panay introduces Microsoft Surface Studio at a Microsoft news conference October 26, 2016 in New York.

July 19, 2016

Business

Microsoft's cloud unit boosts profits

Microsoft reported substantial growth in its cloud computing unit, which helped to boost quarterly profits.

June 13, 2016

Entertainment

LinkedIn CEO: Here’s Why I Sold the Company to Microsoft

Microsoft announced Monday that it would acquire professional networking site LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion.

June 13, 2016

Web

Here's what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told employees about the LinkedIn buy

Microsoft just bought LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. Here's the letter Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent to employees about the buy:

June 13, 2016

Tech

Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion

Microsoft will pay $196 per share for the company.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.Getty Images/Mat Hayward

June 01, 2016

Business

Why China’s Xiaomi and Microsoft Are Teaming Up

A just-announced partnership between Xiaomi and Microsoft represents a potentially promising collaboration between two struggling smartphone businesses.

Can it boost their struggling smartphone businesses?

May 26, 2016

Tech

Microsoft needs to change its mobile strategy or get out

Microsoft has had a rocky few years as it tries to compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung in the smartphone world. This week, it looks like the wheels are finally falling off.

One of Microsoft's Windows 10 Mobile phones.

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