The Windows 10 Weibo app has updated with added support for Microsoft’s Xbox One video game console. Weibo is a hugely popular social network in China and kind of works like a combination of Twitter and Facebook. Microsoft even runs ... Read more
Companies often tease their upcoming products, but rarely do they tease unintentionally. Recently, Microsoft in China inadvertently posted a teaser of Windows 9, asking them about their predictions about the return of the legendary Start Menu. Microsoft China posted on Weibo, ""Microsoft’s latest ... Read more
LinkedIn, the professional social network owned by Microsoft, has temporarily blocked new member sign-ups for its service in China. The company said in a statement that this move would help to ensure if the social networking platform is in “compliance with local law.”
Microsoft announced today that its Xiaoice bot will now be overseen by a new standalone company. Microsoft launched the chatbot for the Chinese market back in 2014, and Xiaoice basically acts as a personal assistant on networks such as Weibo.
Bing is apparently suffering widespread outages in China, starting late Wednesday local time. A VentureBeat report says that Microsoft is aware of the reports and are investigating. The post points to Reddit's r/China, where numerous posters from across the country ... Read more
An image of a newly discovered Chinese tomb, which bears a remarkable resemblance to Microsoft's Xbox logo, was posted on Twitter by user, Xbao, earlier this week. The image quickly garnered a lot of attention from gamers and even received ... Read more
Seems that over the past few years, the general public at large is finally acknowledging it as legtimate form of entertainment.
The company is still heading its bets with UWP and .NET developers.
More pictures of the cancelled Lumia 960 have just leaked on Chinese website Weibo, and the new images show that Microsoft definitely knows how to manufacture a premium-looking phone.
Microsoft is sending out emails to Skype users notifying them that Google, LinkedIn or Yahoo connections will no longer auto-populate in Skype, but this change will also affect Outlook.com accounts.
Another Windows phone has emerged in China, this time it is the Microsoft Lumia Hapanero.
The Windows 10 Video 360 app is expected to get an update sometime this week that will bring it to Xbox One consoles according to a tweet from one of its developers. “May the #XboxOne could have a 360 degrees ... Read more
Take a look at the top news surrounding Microsoft this week, from the LinkedIn acquisition looking likely in the EU, to great Black Friday deals and more.
Xiaolce, Microsoft's intelligent chat bot targeted at the Chinese market may well have been tweaked to avoid certain sensitive topics such as the Dalai Lama, Tiananmen Square protests and even USA’s President-elect Donald Trump.
The new Microsoft AI and Research Group, led by Harry Shum, would be looking at architecturing the next generation of digital assistants.
According to a new report, Microsoft will shut down its MSN web portal in China starting June 7, 2016.
In a post on NeoGAF (originally posted on Weibo), there appears to be more evidence that Microsoft has a second iteration of Xbox One on the way. According to the leaked screenshot and rough translation, the production notes point to Microsoft ... Read more
Microsoft's Lumia 650 will be available to buy on the Chinese Microsoft Store starting tomorrow, and the handset will be priced around 1699 yuan.
MediaFire is the latest Universal Windows 10 app now available in the Windows Store. MediaFire lets you access your files, photos, videos, music, or documents from any Windows 10 device. MediaFire offers users file hosting, file synchronization, and cloud storage. ... Read more
The Windows team dropped the latest Windows 10 Mobile Insider preview to Fast Ring participants late Friday, February 19, 2016
Microsoft is adding another prototype dream device to its list of canceled projects. The Nokia ‘Moonraker’ has surfaced in images as a potential smartwatch that Microsoft saw fit to keep shelved rather than release it to the masses. Twitter user ... Read more