Tag: Microsoft
Nokia Exec Pleads For Microsoft To Get Better Windows Phone Apps
While Nokia is trying to gain Windows Phone some traction by releasing top tier hardware for the platform, the company can’t win over customers on...
Microsoft CEO Admits Company Messed Up, Made Too Many Surface Tablets
It’s been said time and time again. If you’re not Apple, the tablet market is a hard one to crack. Microsoft has found this out...
HopStop No Longer On Windows Phone Following Apple Acquisition
If you’re a Windows Phone user and a fan of the popular HopStop app, there’s some bad news. Following Apple’s purchase of the app last...
Microsoft Targets The iPad Again With New Surface Ad
Microsoft seems to be enjoying its recent ad campaign that puts Apple’s iPad up side by side against a Windows tablet. The company has now...
New Office 365 Subscribers Will Get 1 Year Of Free Xbox Live Gold, Unless You’re In The U.S.
Microsoft is hoping to increase the number of people who subscribe to Office 365 by offering a 12 months Xbox Live Gold subscription for free....
Microsoft Is Working On A Smart Watch Too… Just Like Everyone Else
A report out of AmongTech shows that Microsoft, like Apple and Google, may be working on a smart watch of its own. The publication has...
Ballmer Announces Microsoft Company-Wide Restructure Dubbed ‘One Microsoft’
Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer has unveiled a company-wide restructuring plan dubbed “One Microsoft”. The plan is set to allow the company to operate holistically. The...
Samsung (Barely) Beats Apple For The First Time In Internet Usage War
For the first time ever, it looks like Samsung has managed to pull ahead of Apple in terms of Internet usage. The data comes from...
Former Xbox Chief Tried To Acquire Zynga Before He Became Zynga’s CEO
Don Mattrick, former Microsoft executive in charge of the Xbox and current CEO at Zynga, has apparently been interested in Zynga for the past few...
Xbox One To Separate Offensive And Annoying Players With New Reputation System
If trolling people on Xbox Live is your thing, you might not want to hear about the Xbox One’s new reputation system that Microsoft has...
Xbox One Not Launching In Japan Until 2014
Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox one won’t be launching in Japan until 2014. According to Microsoft Japan President Yasuyuki Higuchi, Japan is a “Tier...
Xbox One Code Redemption Possible With Kinect
One of the biggest issues with redeeming video game content codes is typing them in. It takes plenty of time to enter them in on...
Microsoft Not Bringing Xbox Games To iOS Or Android After All
Earlier this week Microsoft announced it was planning to bring its classic PC Age of Empires game to iOS and Android. The announcement led to...
Microsoft To Bring ‘Age of Empires’ And Other Xbox And PC Games To iOS, Android
Nikkei (via Reuters) has reported that Microsoft will be bringing a variety of Xbox and PC games to the iOS and Android platforms during the...
Just Kidding, The Xbox One Won’t Have DRM’d Games Or Require Internet Access
Don’t worry gamers, the Xbox One will not have DRM covered games or require an active internet connection after all. Microsoft has released a statement...
Microsoft Will Pay You $100,000 To Find Bugs In Windows 8.1
Strapped for cash? If you’re good enough with code, perhaps you can make some good money digging up bugs for Microsoft. The company is now...
Apple To Build Flagship Store Next To Microsoft Store In Palo Alto
While Microsoft impressed a number of people with the opening of its flagship store in Palo Alto last year, complete with a Maroon 5 launch...
First Party Xbox Games Will Remain $59.99 In The Next-gen
Every new generation of consoles brings the fear that prices for video games will go up. It happened when entering into this current generation when...