Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
Recently Microsoft CMO and CFO Tami Reller revealed during the JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference that Windows Blue has been formally named Windows 8.1, and will offer a free upgrade, users can download it from the Windows Store for free. Reller confirmed that for this upgrade, in addition to the full version, they w... Read More>>
Microsoft today officially announced, Amy Hood will succeed Peter Klein as the chief financial officer. Klein also said he will remain at the company until the end of June to transition his duties over to Hood. Hood’s appointment immediate effect. Hood, 41, joined Microsoft back in December 2002, and previously served as the CFO... Read More>>
According to Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is developing a touch screen smartwatch. The news said that Microsoft is to get the watch parts from Asian suppliers. If the rumors are true, Microsoft will enter the field of smartwatch following Apple, Samsung and Google, which is except Google Glass the most popular wearable device. In fa... Read More>>
Microsoft is gearing up to release its first public preview version of Windows Blue at its Build developer conference in late June. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans have revealed that the company started work on a “milestone preview” version of Windows Blue earlier this month. The code, a second milestone of... Read More>>
All the signs have shown that the Microsoft Windows RT is in trouble, before thinking clearly why, we should first understand what the significance of the existance of Windows RT, then we can figure out what Microsoft should do. Let us look at the following points: According to the latest IDC survey report, the Windows RT Tablet PC m... Read More>>
Microsoft’s enterprise social network Yammer, today announced that it will integrate Microsoft’s translation tools to achieve real-time cross-language translation. The translation function is very simple, and very similar to Google’s Google Translate, when it detects that you use a language other than your default la... Read More>>
Shortly after releasing its surprisingly uplifting “Child of the 90s” campaign, Microsoft is back yet again to preach its progress with Internet Explorer. This time, the company is speaking directly to developers with the launch of Modern.IE: a collection of free tools aimed at helping Web developers spend “more time innov... Read More>>
Steven Sinofsky may no longer hold the Windows reins at Microsoft, but that certainly doesn’t mean that he intends on stepping back from the public sphere. Made famous for his work on Windows 7 and Windows 8, and the Surface tablet, Sinofsky left Microsoft sharply following the release of the latest iteration of the company’s oper... Read More>>
A relatively reliable MSFT tipster @MS_nerdrecently tweeted that Redmond will release three new and distinct generations of the Surface tablet sometime in 2013. Ballmer recently said on a shareholders’ call that the company would never again let hardware or anything else stand as a barrier to innovation, admitting that Microsof... Read More>>
According to TheVerge, Microsoft is building an Xbox set-top box. Multiple sources familiar with Redmond’s plans have confirmed to The Verge that the company plans to introduce a low-cost alternative to its Xbox console, designed to provide access to core entertainment services. The move will allow Microsoft to further increas... Read More>>
