Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Cloud computing helps power strong Microsoft quarter

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SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Microsoft on Tuesday reported strong quarterly earnings, powered by demand for cloud computing. The tech tita...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Microsoft sees cloud business growth, but supply woes continue for Xbox

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Microsoft Corp on Tuesday forecast a strong end to the calendar year thanks to its booming cloud business but said supply chain woes will co...
Monday, June 14, 2021

Microsoft bolsters video game line-up as Xbox turns 20

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SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Microsoft unveiled Sunday a batch of new titles for Xbox at the world's premier video game trade show, in...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Microsoft buys Canadian AI startup Maluuba

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SAN FRANCISCO, California — Microsoft announced Friday a deal to buy Maluuba, a Montreal startup focused on making machines able to think...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Microsoft opens fourth Transparency Center to cater Latin America

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BRASILIA — Microsoft Corp, still stung by accusations that it installed “back doors” for the U.S. government to access customers’ communi...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Microsoft sells patents to Xiaomi, builds ‘long-term partnership’

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Software maker Microsoft Corp is selling about 1,500 of its patents to Chinese device maker Xiaomi, a rare departure for the U.S. company...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Microsoft says game over for Xbox 360

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Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it would stop production of its popular Xbox 360 video game console, which helped the company gain a f...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Microsoft recalls 2.3 million power cords sold with Surface Pro tablets

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Microsoft Corp was recalling about 2.25 million AC power cords, less than a week after ...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

Microsoft’s secret weapon for growth in the cloud: email

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SAN FRANCISCO — In reporting better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings on Thursday, Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella touted hi...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Microsoft’s latest operating system running on 200 million devices

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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp’s latest operating system, Windows 10, is running on 200 million devices in what the company said was the ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Big US firms, led by Apple, hold $2.1 trillion overseas to avoid taxes: study

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WASHINGTON - The 500 largest American companies hold more than $2.1 trillion in accumulated profits offshore to avoid US taxes and would ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Microsoft plans celebratory debut of Windows 10

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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Monday announced plans for a celebratory debut this month of Windows 10 operating software designed to sprea...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Microsoft hands display ads to AOL, maps to Uber

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SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp said on Monday it will hand over its display advertising business to AOL Inc and sell some map-generating techno...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Microsoft to buy German start-up behind Wunderlist app — report

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FRANKFURT, Germany — Microsoft has agreed to acquire 6Wunderkinder GmbH, a Berlin-based startup behind the Wunderlist to-do list app, for...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Microsoft to launch first flagship store outside US in Sydney

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SYDNEY, Australia — Microsoft on Tuesday said it will open its first flagship store outside the United States in Sydney, as the technolog...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Windows 10 coming in 190 countries, 111 languages

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WASHINGTON — Microsoft says its new Windows 10 operating system will be coming “this summer” in 190 countries and 111 languages. In a blo...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nokia revives the brand with launch of iPad lookalike

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HELSINKI — Finland’s Nokia launched a new brand-licensed tablet computer on Tuesday which is designed to rival Apple’s iPad Mini, just si...
Friday, October 31, 2014

Microsoft joins fitness bandwagon

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NEW YORK — Microsoft unveiled its first fitness band Thursday, joining a crowded market of connected devices for tracking and analyzing p...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Microsoft plans to launch smartwatch within weeks – Forbes

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NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp is preparing to launch a smartwatch within the next few weeks that will passively track a user’s heart rate and...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Microsoft to spotlight new Windows software September 30

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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Monday sent out invitations to a September 30 event at which it is expected to provide a glimpse at the next...