Microsoft Sets January Date for Windows 10 Event Microsoft has announced a further Windows 10 reveal event for January 21st 2015. The press event will be a daylong function and will take place at the Redmond, Washington campus of Microsoft.
Five new media apps have launched on the Xbox One this week. Gamers who own the Microsoft gaming system can now download Vevo, Telemundo Now, Pandora, Bravo Now and Popcornflix apps.
Google and Microsoft struck a deal with Sony Pictures to offer the vexed comedy movie online. Google announced on Wednesday that it will stream "The Interview" on YouTube and Google Play.
Technology is connecting people like never before, but the language barrier remains one very analogue problem that's not so easily bridged by digital tech. That doesn't mean that big companies aren't trying though, and Microsoft-owned Skype just launched a preview of its Skype Translator program on Monday.
The Redmond, Washington tech giant has decided to allow people to use their Bitcoins to add credit to their Microsoft account and buy apps and games for Windows Phone, Xbox or Windows operating system. Microsoft is partnering with Bitcoin payment processor BitPay to accept the cryptocurrency.
Microsoft continues to open up to Apple and Google mobile platforms, with the most recent move in this direction being its acquisition of Outlook for iPhone app -- and Latino-founded startup -- Acompli.
In which we go hands-on with Nokia's last Lumia, the mid-range 830. The recently released Nokia Lumia 830 is an end of an era, and though it's also a mid-tier smartphone, this device deserves consideration when it comes to picking a smartphone to own for the next couple of years.
Months following the sales of its mobile devices division to Microsoft, Nokia launched an Android-based N1 tablet on Tuesday at the Slush conference in Helsinki.
Microsoft's recent release of free, functioning versions of its Office apps for iOS is justifiably huge news -- especially because these smartphone apps aren't really a big deal.
Microsoft has ended retail sales for its Windows 7 and 8 operating systems. Until the mid-2015 release of the new Windows 10, customers can now only purchase Windows 8.1; Windows 7 Professional, meanwhile, remains available through downgrade rights.
Combining your laptop and tablet into a single device is a feat Microsoft has been trying to accomplish through three generations of "laplets." The Surface Pro 3, the software giant's latest model, so far comes the closest to solving the conundrum, most experts agree.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is opening up about women and diversity in the workplace after comments he made at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing on Oct. 9 raised eyebrows.
Levy previously directed Night at the Museum After years of wild success on video game screens, Minecraft could soon be one step closer to its debut on the big screen as Warner Bros.
Mojang CEO says Minecraft is unlikely to change Many Minecraft fans were up in arms when news came through last month that Microsoft has a $2. 5 billion deal in place to buy Mojang, half of the game's development team.
The hack reveals that Microsoft is currently working on a Notification Center, following in its competitors' footsteps. However, the company is also tracking how preview users' operate the software.
Update will fix bugs and add horses, mules and donkeys The much-anticipated next-gen "Minecraft" version was released last month in the shadow of the news that Mojang, half of the game's development team, was to be acquired by Microsoft in a $2.
China finally gets the Xbox One The youth (and adults) of China can finally legally play an imported video game system after Xbox One debuted in the country Monday.
