According to a forum post on PCBeta, Microsoft plans to switch to a yearly release cycle for its desktop platform Windows starting with the successor to Windows 8, which will be released in mid-2013 if rumors are true. The user "maxy"...
Microsoft this past Friday launched "Wordament" on iOS (App Store link), a previously Windows Phone exclusive game that tasks users to find as many words as they can in a certain amount of time given a 4 x 4 grid...
Microsoft today announced via the Major Nelson blog the release of the "Sports Picks" app for Xbox 360, which allows gamers to make picks in sports games to compete with friends. The app is compatible with Xbox SmartGlass as well, so...
Microsoft today announced the release of the new SkyDrive app for Xbox 360 consoles, allowing users to access their cloud-based storage accounts. The app supports Kinect gestures and voice input as well, giving users the ability to access information from...
Microsoft today announced a new feature for Bing dubbed "snapshot" to rival Google's Knowledge Graph, which displays relevant information based on search queries in a box for quick user access. Snapshot, which will be visible in the middle column of...
Microsoft announced on the Building Windows Phone blog that it will be releasing the Windows Phone 7.8 software update sometime in "early 2013" for older Windows Phone 7 devices. Windows Phone 7.8 brings a number of the features introduced in Windows Phone...
Microsoft announced today that since the beta launch of Outlook.com this past Summer, 25 million users have registered to use the new email service. Microsoft also revealed that it has found that about one-third of Outlook.com users are also Gmail...
Microsoft announced via the Windows Blog today that it has sold 40 million licenses for its newest desktop operating system, Windows 8, which launched last month. The company also revealed that a number of apps that launched with the new Windows Store...
Microsoft announced today via the Major Nelson blog that it sold over 750,000 units of the Xbox 360 over the past holiday weekend, which included Black Friday sales. The sales numbers, which were actually above Microsoft's internal expectations, were double that...
Microsoft announced earlier this week that it sold 270,000 units of the Xbox 360 in October, marking the 22nd consecutive month that the Xbox 360 is the top-selling console in the United States. Microsoft says that it controlled 56% of...
Following a report from earlier this week, Microsoft has confirmed via the Skype blog that it will be retiring Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype early next year. The latest version of Skype already introduced the ability for users...
According to a report from The Verge, Microsoft is currently working on a 7-inch tablet of its own called the "Xbox Surface," which will be focused on gaming. The tablet will run a scaled-down version of Windows. The company has reportedly...
According to a report from The Verge, Microsoft is planning to finally retire its 13-year instant messaging client Windows Live Messenger, which initially launched as MSN Messenger in 1999. Windows Live Messenger is certainly a popular choice among users, but reports...
Microsoft today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, announcing a revenue of $16.01 billion. The number, which is actually a little lower than analyst expectations, comes in with a $4.47 billion net income. Microsoft says that Skype...
Microsoft announced today that it has acquired cloud storage solutions company StorSimple for an unknown amount of cash. The company has worked with Microsoft on cloud storage projects in the past, so it certainly makes sense for the Redmond-based tech giant...
Microsoft announced today that it will be releasing a preview version of Internet Explorer 10 designed for Windows 7 sometime in mid-November. IE10 will be shipping as the default web browser on Windows 8 later this month, and a final...
Microsoft announced via the Major Nelson blog today that it has begun rolling out the Fall 2012 Xbox 360 Dashboard software update to Xbox 360 gamers. The update brings a slightly refreshed user interface, Internet Explorer for Xbox, Recommendations and Ratings,...
Microsoft announced today that its long-awaited Surface tablet computer will be available for purchase starting Friday, October 26, 2012. The tablet, which is available for pre-order from the company's website now, will be initially be available for purchase in the U.S.,...
Microsoft announced today that it will be launching Xbox Music, which "combines the best aspects of free-streaming radio, music subscription services and music purchasing options." The service will compete against both the iTunes Store and platforms such as Pandora and...
Barnes and Noble announced today that it and Microsoft have completed the formation of a new subsidiary called "NOOK Media," which was first unveiled earlier this year. Microsoft has invested $300 million into the new company, but it is still...
