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Microsoft’s new song: Xbox Music expands to Android, iOS devices
Microsoft Corp. is making its Xbox Music service available on Android and iOS devices to compete with Apple Inc.’s iTunes, Spotify Ltd. and Pandora Media ...
Windows phone 8 updates found on Craigslist
Looking for the latest unreleased smartphone or smartphone OS? Well, aside from the random watering hole, Craigslist might be your best bet. Someone by the ...
The best and worst Microsoft acquisitions over the years
Microsoft has been buying up smaller companies since it nabbed the software that would become PowerPoint in 1987, but its most robust period of acquisition is ...
5 futuristic Nokia patents Microsoft needs to make
The patent brains behind a published Nokia concept -- the "Morph" -- this idea describes "a transformable body configured to be elastically stretchable between ...
Xbox One launch set for November
Microsoft will officially kick off its Xbox One on Friday, November 22. The new console will be available on that date to consumers across all 13 of ...
Xbox One arrives on Nov. 22 in 13 markets
Microsoft will release the Xbox One on Nov. 22 in 13 global markets, the company said Wednesday. The follow up to the Xbox 360 will be made available on the ...
Why Nokia didn’t sell its patents to Microsoft
Nokia may have sold its handset business to Microsoft Corp, but by hanging on to its valuable patent portfolio, the Finnish company could also get a big future ...
Windows 8 more widely used than OS X, IE still on the rise
In July, Windows 8 passed Windows Vista in market share. In August, it passed every single version of Apple's OS X, combined. Internet Explorer 10 grew sharply, ...
Microsoft can kiss other Windows Phone vendors goodbye
The software giant says it will continue to license its operating system after it buys Nokia, but its other partners aren't likely to stick around long. If ...
Is Stephen Elop the next Microsoft CEO?
Stephen Elop wasn't able to save Nokia, but he may be tapped as Microsoft's potential savior. Microsoft is buying Nokia's mobile phone business for $7.2 ...
Do Microsoft employees use Google at the office?
I am studying at Purdue University. Companies come here to hire students for full time and internship positions. Like many others, Microsoft too came. I ...
Microsoft Buys Nokia Mobile for $7.2 Billion
Nokia, the once-"burning platform" mobile devices company, is now seen to be a looked-upon savior for Microsoft. Late Labor Day evening, Microsoft announced it ...
Microsoft cannot justify silly Nokia deal
It was a silly move. Stratechery possibly said it best with an article titled, "The Deal That Makes No Sense". For their part, Microsoft has taken the ...
Yes, Microsoft Could Have Invented the iPhone.
Microsoft, in theory, could have produced the iPhone first — not the actual iPhone, of course, but the game-changing device that set the stage for the future ...