Forza Horizon 3 has been one of the biggest video game launches in the past year due to it releasing on both Xbox One and Windows 10 as part of Microsoft's Xbox Play Anywhere initiative which allows gamers to buy ... Read more
If the Chinese Microsoft doesn't sell any Windows phones as of today, Chinese consumers can currently get a high-end Android handset from Xiaomi from the Microsoft Store.
Mojang has announced today that it has teamed up with Chinese company NetEase to bring Minecraft's Chinese closed beta to passionate players in China.
The Redmond giant worked with the China Electronic Technology Group to release a custom Windows 10 version for the Chinese government
Today, Microsoft announced 14 new market-ready startups that it has chosen to join its Accelerator program in Shanghai, China. The companies represent a varied array of technology sectors with areas such as big data, IOT, fintech, digital marketing, and even ... Read more
Today it was announced that 14 startups from the Microsoft Accelerator Beijing 8th batch program had a chance to present their innovations during the Demo Day stage in Beijing.
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
In the next few years, Microsoft will add three new locations for its Microsoft Garage program. Launched in 2013, The Garage in Redmond, Washington is the flagship location. Since that time, two other locations have opened; Vancouver, BC in June ... Read more
3Glasses, or Shenzhen Virtual Reality Technologies Limited, is a Chinese virtual reality industry leader with experience in research and development, production, sales, and value added services across the virtual reality ecosystem.
During Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) earlier today in China, Microsoft made a variety of big announcements regarding mixed reality, its presence in Windows 10 going forward, and their own HoloLens device. The company has submitted HoloLens to the Chinese ... Read more
China has new cybersecurity laws which require software companies, and other technology suppliers to reveal their source code in order to prove that their software isn't hackable, and Microsoft isn't happy.
A report in Taiwan’s Commercial Times has suggested that Microsoft is preparing to conduct trial production runs of their rumored Surface Phone smartphone through the same mainland Chinese company they use for making the Surface Studio, ODM Pegatron. No other ... 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 official WeChat app has updated to version 1.2.0 for Windows 10 PCs. No release notes have been published for the update but the logging in via a QR code has been noticeably improved and is a lot faster than ... Read more
What ever happened to the Keyever Windows phone? The device was announced back in April 2016 for a release sometime in the third quarter of the year but very little has been heard of it since. The Keyever phone is ... Read more
The new Microsoft AI and Research Group, led by Harry Shum, would be looking at architecturing the next generation of digital assistants.
Located in Shanghai, China, Antshares is a decentralized and distributed network protocol based on blockchain technology.
Back in May, word got out that Microsoft was shutting down MSN China, effective June 7th, and redirecting its url to a directory page of Chinese websites, along with a Bing Search bar. Now, however, Microsoft has announced through its ... Read more
Microsoft Hong Kong and Japanese telecommunication company NTT have paired up to provide hybrid cloud solutions to businesses in Hong Kong.
Microsoft’s Azure team is not only expanding the functionality, flexibility, and reliability of the service but also its list of security, compliance, privacy, and transparency certifications.