Sports
Microsoft renews NFL Surface partnership through 2018-19
Microsoft has renewed its technology partnership with the NFL and teams and referees will continue to use Surface tablets for video replays through the end of the 2018-2019 season
Skype releases SPIKES bot just in time for track and field's London World Championships
The Skype team is launching today the SPIKES bot, which is the official bot for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in London starting August 4th.
Need to keep up with your favorite sport teams? The Bing Sportscaster bot can help
The Bing Sportscaster bot is a new Facebook messenger bot which is designed to get all the news you want about your favorite teams and players.
Spanish football league LaLiga signs Microsoft as global technology partner
Spanish football league LaLiga has announced that it has signed Microsoft as a global technology partner
Real Madrid players promote learning computing skills as part of the Hour of Code
Recently, Real Madrid footballers (soccer players to the those in the US) spoke to local school students via Skype about the importance of learning computer skills. Real Madrid's Marcelo Vieira, Sergio Ramos and Isco Alarcon spoke with the school students as part of Hour of Code.
Microsoft responds to controversy about Surface and the NFL
Microsoft has another response to the growing accusations that Surface tablets aren't performing well on the NFL sidelines.
Seattle Sounders to play final regular season game in Gears of War 4 kits
The Seattle Sounders will wear blue Gears of War 4 jerseys to play final regular season game against Real Salt Lake at CenturyLink Field on Sunday, October 23.
Microsoft shows off cloud based data in feature on transforming golf
Cloud based data is being combined from golf courses to improve the sport thanks to a collaboration between Microsoft and course designer Gil Hanse.
New Surface Pro 4 spots feature NFL scout, taking aim at Apple, again
New on Microsoft's marketing docket is a series of Surface promotions that feature NFL scout Trey Brown, who uses his Surface to help organize his day-to-day responsibilities of measuring football talent against team needs.
Microsoft pushes NFL with tips on how to follow on Cortana, Outlook, new NFL on Xbox ad
Microsoft has just published a new NFL on Xbox ad, along with a few more ways to celebrate the start of the seaso
Microsoft and the PGA want to use HoloLens to make golf more exciting
The PGA Tour is looking to leverage another Microsoft technology to help advance tracking, data collection and shot mapping visuals for golf with the inclusion of HoloLens development
EA Sports bringing Fantasy Premier League app for fantasy football on Windows 10 Mobile
EA Sports sees the value in both fantasy football and the Windows 10 Mobile platform, as the developer is creating a Fantasy Premier League app for Windows phones
Microsoft details NASCAR's Windows 10 Race Management app
In effort to bring NASCAR's technology up to speed, Microsoft has already been working on an app to change the way that the sport is handled.
Bing's back at it, predicting NBA Draft slots
Bing Predicts comes out with the expected lottery draft picks for the upcoming season of the NBA pro-basketball.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is a Minecraft fan, considers it "intellectually challenging"
The Dallas Mavericks have teamed up with the Mineplex server to create a world for fans to play, build, and compete.
PGA Tour, already partners with Microsoft, tests out HoloLens with demo at The Players Championship
Users at the Players Championship golf tournament in Florida this past weekend were able to interact with 3D models of courses, holes, and golfing metrics using Microsoft’s HoloLens.
Bing Predicts takes on the Kentucky Derby
For horse racing fans: Bing Predicts give us another glimpse into the future, this time as close as tomorrow's Kentucky Derby result.
Bing Predicts updates its NCAA tourney brackets for the Sweet Sixteen
Bing Predicts is back with some readjusted picks for the remaining 16 teams in this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Xbox One gets another boost as ESPN ends Xbox 360 support
ESPN dropped support for their Xbox 360 app on 3/23/2016. leaving the Xbox One as the few remaining ways to stream ESPN content.
Use Bing Predicts to help you build a smarter March Madness bracket
Bing releases their predictions for March Madness and a bracket builder tool for you to pick your own brackets.