Microsoft, along with seven other organizations that are part of the consortium to convert a portion of the Bletchley Park into an Institute of Technology, have been awarded government funding for the project.
Microsoft is launching this week .future, a new podcast presented by technology reporter Cristina Quinn.
Tomorrow is International Women's Day and Microsoft is celebrating the day with a new campaign to inspire women around the world to #MakeWhatsNext.
Former corporate vice president of Microsoft’s developer division chief, S. “Soma” Somasegar, has been given the new role of managing director at venture capital firm, Madrona Venture Group. “Madrona is in a unique position,” Somasegar told TechCrunch. “We sit at ... Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently spoke to the audience at the Gartner Symposium/ITxp about the value of trust in technology. Speaking via satellite, Nadella explained Microsoft's position, with Microsoft Cloud services, including Azure and Office 365, and the questions that can arise when people put their trust solely in technology.
Applications are now open for the next intake of the Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert program. This program connects innovative educators from around the world and helps foster a global atmosphere of pro-technology education with career development opportunities and certifications, ... Read more
Dana Willmer from Microsoft partner CloudSpeed discuss how to maximize return on investment for cloud business.
Microsoft has announced partnerships with CNN, MSNBC, NBC Universo and Telemundo to deliver real-time feedback via Microsoft Pulse to viewers of US President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address to the Congress, happening at 9 p.m. EST today. Previously ... Read more
Microsoft wants to shine a spotlight on people who use technology to achieve great things. To date, Microsoft hasn't had a presence on Tumblr, the popular microblogging and social networking platform, and the company has chosen this message of inspiration ... Read more
It's not rare for governmental organizations to get all cozy with big corporations - and they get called out for it fairly often - but it's uncommon for them to respond with more than verbal denials. It is, therefore, an ... Read more
One of the most significant changes to Microsoft's recent attitude towards development has been its aggressive push for cross-platform presence of all its key apps, and a laser focus on productivity. CEO Satya Nadella highlighted both as he showed off, among Microsoft's other ... Read more
Microsoft finally launched its inaugural flagship store, at 677 Fifth Ave. in New York City, after six long years of waiting for just the right real estate to become available. The store joins Microsoft's 110 retail outlets in the U.S., ... Read more
Nobody can argue that basic research and development isn't important to a company and to an economy. Technology impacts everything today, from medicine, food production, and entertainment to business operations, logistics, and marketing. Basic research is the engine that creates ... Read more
Rahesh Jha, Microsoft Corporate Vice President for the Office 356 team, has taken to the official blog to announce the availability of local Office 365 datacenters in India. Satya Nadella first announced plans to build the local datacenters in September last year. ... Read more
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Bob Stutz, took to the company blog today to announce Microsoft's acquisition of a long-time partner, Web portal and application lifecycle management solutions provider Adxstudio Inc. According to the post, Microsoft will acquire "key ... Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinpin, First Lady Peng Liyuan and other high-profile Chinese executives visited Microsoft in Redmond, reported Microsoft on their blog. The group was greeted by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the company's Executive Briefing Center, and talked about the ... Read more
On September 23th, China's President Xi Jinping will be meeting with executives from the most prominent US tech companies in Seattle, reported the New York Times. The technology forum will be co-hosted by Microsoft. Invitee list includes big names like ... Read more
Technology has evolved quite a lot over the years, with many new innovations that try to make life a lot easier. And Dr. Simon Kos, the health industry manager for Microsoft in Australia, already has an idea about how technology ... Read more
In a recent study that confirms pretty much what we’ve all known for a while now, Microsoft has revealed that yes, technology is affecting our attention span. Back in the year 2000, the average human’s attention span was 12 seconds ... Read more
Some writers and technology journalists would have you believe that Google Docs and iWorks are the tools needed to fulfill the needs of any student or business. To a varying degree, that could be right. As a journalist, writers typically don’t ... Read more
Bill Gates has just completed a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), making it the third time he has participated in one. For non-Reddit folk, an AMA is, as its name suggests, an opportunity for the community to ask a person ... Read more