Tag: Microsoft
Xbox Founder Says Apple TV And Indie Games Will Kill The Xbox And PS3
For the past several years, the names Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo have dominated the home video game market. Some, however, are speculating that this may...
Apple, Microsoft, Adobe Called In By Australian Parliament Over Product Pricing Schemes
Consumers in Australia have often complained of being charged higher prices for smartphones, computers and other tech stuff than in other countries. In July of...
Microsoft Rumored To Release Microsoft Office For Linux In 2014
Most Linux users probably have their own productivity suite in lieu of Microsoft Office, but here’s a piece of good news for Linux users who...
Ubuntu Phone Set To Launch In Early October 2013
Ubuntu is one of the newest operating systems ready to make its debut in the mobile business, hoping to vie for third place behind iOS and...
Microsoft Trying Hard To Kill Off Second-Hand Games With New Xbox
There are two weeks left until the next PlayStation arrives, but we’re starting to hear more and more about the future of Xbox. Microsoft’s new...
Microsoft Adding 5 More U.S. Retail Stores By This Summer
When you think of Microsoft, its retail store presence probably isn’t one of the first things that comes to mind. Microsoft is trying to change...
Bill Gates Hits Up Colbert Report
Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates made an appearance on The Colbert Report last night and when the topic of conversation turned to Steve Jobs, Gates...
Gabe Newell, ‘Biggest Threat To Steam Box Is Apple’
Software engineer and Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is trying to create a new era of open-source gaming with the Steam Box project, but sees the...
Microsoft May Invest $3 Billion In Dell To Help It Go Private
Rumors began to circle last week over the possibility that the computer giant Dell was looking to leave the publicly traded stock market and was...
Microsoft Launches Free Disaster Relief App
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WPYVHmW5GX8 Microsoft has recently released a new Disaster Relief app that goes under the name HelpBridge. The application is available for iOS, Android and Windows...
Thief Breaks Into Microsoft Office, Only Takes Apple Gear
A Palo Alto newspaper just ran a story about a thief breaking into Microsoft’s Mountain View campus. The thief left the building with five...
Microsoft Only Surviving Because Customers Don’t Know Other Alternatives, Says Forbes
Microsoft has long been a leader in the technology world, but in the past few years Apple and Google have really increased the competition. According...
Microsoft Beats Apple In Acquiring R2 Studios
At the end of December we reported that Apple, along with Microsoft and Google, was in talks to acquire R2 Studios, the home automation firm,...
Thinner Fifth-Generation iPad Coming In March Alongside Retina iPad Mini?
Despite the fourth-generation iPad having just been released recently, Apple is reportedly planning to release the fifth-generation iPad in March, just five months later. This...
Apple, Microsoft, Others Looking To Acquire Home Automation Company
There’s been a huge cluster of innovation this year when it comes to controlling and automating your home from your mobile devices. There was the Lockitron,...
Apple And Microsoft Arguing Over Office, Not SkyDrive
AllThingsD has reported that Apple and Microsoft are arguing over more than just SkyDrive updates. The companies are apparently arguing over Office 365 subscription pricing....
Apple And Microsoft Clash Over Revenue Sharing For SkyDrive iOS App
Apple and Microsoft are reportedly locked into a dispute over revenue sharing for Microsoft’s SkyDrive app for iOS. Apple is seeking a 30 percent revenue...
Microsoft Accidentally Leaks Its Plans For An iOS Version Of Office
We’ve been hearing for months that Microsoft is working on an iOS version of its popular Office suite. It’s been a game of he said,...