Minecraft: Pocket Edition is now available on Windows Phone. The game costs $6.99 can be downloaded on Windows Phone 8.1. Also, the Minecraft movie project stalls after director Shawn Levy leaves over creative differences with Mojang.
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 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.
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.
Phone is identical to the HTC One that runs Android At noon on Tuesday, Verizon Wireless exclusively began selling the HTC One M8 for Windows, a mouthful that boils down to an HTC One phone that runs the Windows Phone operating system, according to PC World.
Surface Pro 3 attacks MacBook Air with three new ads Microsoft is trying to convince laptop owners that their Surface Pro 3 tablet can replace laptops with all its features and capabilities.
Microsoft ultrabooks are trying to beat out MacBooks, can they? Windows-based laptops are trying their best to keep up with Apple's MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.
Standalone Kinect device will cost $199. Soon PC users will be able to add a Kinect 2. 0 device to their computers, and they won't need an Xbox One to use it.
Microsoft's Windows 8 platform received a ban on China's government computers. A statement from the Central Government Procurement Center in China stated all desktops, laptops and tablets purchased through the state must be installed with an operating system not connected with Windows 8.
An up-to-date operating system is highly recommended Microsoft has finally ended its support for Windows XP effective April 8, 2014. Released in 2002, Windows XP is being retired from ongoing support so that Microsoft can focus on maintaining their more modern operating systems (such as Windows 7 and Windows 8) and bringing users new and better experiences.
Microsoft is set to soon acquire Nokia's mobile business, a move that raises the question: how will Microsoft deal with the Android operating system, especially given that Nokia now has an Android smartphone, the Nokia X, out? Microsoft Executive Vice President of operating systems Terry Myerson hints that Microsoft is not only supportive, but also enthusiastic about cross-platform integration.
Apple Inc. secured another win as the top smartphone manufacturer in the United States (U.S.) but lost in the mobile operating system market share to Google.
Microsoft is a viable choice in the tablet market Apple may be the leader in the tablet market, but this did not keep Microsoft from following suit and creating their own line of touch screen gadgets.
Looks like Microsoft will have to wait a little while longer to have Finnish-based mobile device manufacturer Nokia completely under its wing. The Redmond tech giant recently announced that the deal to acquire Nokia won't be finalized until April 2014.
Microsoft tablet lineup is slowly improving Microsoft has released a series of tablets under the "Surface" name: the first series, the original Surface, was released in 2012 and was followed by two models, namely the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2.
Will Android dominate the Smart Watch market? Ultra-modern watches and other wearable gadgets now have a new Android software from Google at their disposal.
Android and iOS users can now hash out their differences on digital battlefields as Google announced Monday that Google Play Game services will expand to include multiplayer cross-platform play.
The market for electric cars grows wider Back in the day, electric cars were deemed as impractical alternatives for standard fuel vehicles. Today, however, better cars are being manufactured, and they have grown in popularity.
Microsoft's Windows and Google's Android operating systems may begin to run side by side in the near future, but it looks like neither company is happy about the increased interaction.
